DIFF Main Group
B26B 19/00 Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B26B 19/12 of the oscillating- cutter type; Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor (B26B19/04 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26B 19/14 of the rotary-cutter type; Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor (B26B19/04 takes precedence) +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26B 19/20 with provision for shearing hair of preselected or variable length +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26B 19/26 of the type performing different methods of operation simultaneously, e.g. reciprocating and oscillating; of the type having two or more heads of differing mode of operation +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26B 19/28 Drive layout for hair clippers or dry shavers, e.g. providing for electromotive drive (electric motors per se H02) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26B 19/38 Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers, or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips, guards (cutters, cutting heads B26B19/04, B26B19/12, B26B19/14; cleaning or disinfecting devices A45D27/46; drying devices A45D27/48; casings for electric apparatus in general H05K) +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,650
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,359
- BIC-VIOLEX GR 618
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 373
- BRAUN DE 311
- DORCO COMPANY KR 298
- WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 278
- GILLETTE COMPANY 277
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 255
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 241
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,745
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,410
- BIC-VIOLEX GR 638
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 378
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 355
- BRAUN DE 325
- WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 304
- DORCO COMPANY KR 297
- GILLETTE COMPANY 290
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 264