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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)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips or guards

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers > Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips or guards

CPC:

Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers > 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)

CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.

7 codes are CPC-only extensions.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B26B 19/384 CPC only CPC only
  • B26B 19/3846 CPC only CPC only
  • B26B 19/3886 CPC only CPC only
  • B26B 19/3893 CPC only CPC only
  • B26B 19/40 Lubricating IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B26B 19/42 providing for straightening the hair to be cut, e.g. by means of bristles; providing for tensioning the skin, e.g. by means of rollers, ledges (skin-stretchers for shaving per se A45D27/38) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B26B 19/44 Suction means for collecting severed hairs or for the skin to be shaved IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B26B 19/46 providing for illuminating the area to be shaved or clipped IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B26B 19/48 Accessory implements for carrying out a function other than cutting hair, e.g. attachable appliances for manicuring (massage means per se A61H7/00 - A61H23/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,650
  2. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,359
  3. BIC-VIOLEX GR 618
  4. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 373
  5. BRAUN DE 311
  6. DORCO COMPANY KR 298
  7. WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 278
  8. GILLETTE COMPANY 277
  9. URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 255
  10. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 241

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,745
  2. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,410
  3. BIC-VIOLEX GR 638
  4. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 378
  5. DISCO CORPORATION JP 355
  6. BRAUN DE 325
  7. WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 304
  8. DORCO COMPANY KR 297
  9. GILLETTE COMPANY 290
  10. URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 264