| abstract |
The hair clipper for use of removal of body hair prior to medical treatment or surgical intervention has a disposable cutter head (20). The cutter head comprises a base member (68), a stationary cutter member (60), a movable cutter member (62), a resilient member (64), a cover (66), and a drive coupling member (54). The base member (68) has teeth (110) to guide hair to the cutter teeth (76, 82). These teeth are configured to avoid the contacting, engaging and nicking of body skin. The simple and cheap cutter head is discarded after one use. This is facilitated by the clip segments (123, 127) for mounting the cutter head (20). The bird-like configuration of the hair clipper and the particular design of the cutter head (20) permits trimming of hair with a forward pushing stroke or a rearward drawing stroke. |