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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.2075/CHENP/2012 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :06/03/2012 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : FLUID RESERVOIR FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE FOR PERSONAL CARE
(51) International classification :B26B19/40
(31) Priority Document No :09170970.9
(32) Priority Date :22/09/2009
(33) Name of priority country :EPO
(86) International Application No
Filing Date
(87) International Publication No : NA
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
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Filing Date
(62) Divisional to Application Number
Filing Date
:PCT/IB2010/053628
:11/08/2010
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
Address of Applicant :GROENEWOUDSEWEG 1
EINDHOVEN 5621 BA NETHERLANDS
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)M.SC. LELIEVELD Mark
2)RAAP Gerben
3)BENNIK Jan
(57) Abstract :
Fluid reservoir for storing a fluid for a handheld device like a shaving apparatus. The handheld device may have a replaceable
fluid reservoir such as a cartridge or an incorporated fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir comprises a housing and a flexible
membrane. The flexible membrane delimits a variable storage volume in the housing. The storage volume may be varied by a
deformation of the membrane. The variable storage volume has an output port. The fluid reservoir according to the invention
further comprises a coil spring to exert a force on the membrane to pressurize a fluid in the storage volume.
No. of Pages : 14 No. of Claims : 13
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