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Philips Norelco is the American brand name for electric shavers and other personal care products made by the Consumer Lifestyle division of Philips. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For personal care products marketed outside the United States, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, Philips used the Philishave trademark until 2006.
The Philishave shaver was invented by Philips engineer Alexandre Horowitz, who used rotating cutters instead of the reciprocating cutters that had been used in previous electric shavers. The shaver was introduced in 1939, though initial production was limited due to the outbreak of World War II (the production facility in Eindhoven , the ...
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder. The Philips Company was founded in 1891, by Dutch entrepreneur Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. Frederik, a banker based in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty factory building in Eindhoven, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892.
Some shavers may be designed to plug directly into a wall outlet with a swing-out or pop-up plug, or have a detachable AC cord. Other shavers have recharging base units that plug into an AC outlet and provide DC power at the base contacts (eliminating the need for the AC-to-DC converter to be inside the razor, reducing the risk of electric shock).
The user guide engraved into a model of the Antikythera Mechanism. User guides have been found with ancient devices. One example is the Antikythera Mechanism, [1] a 2,000 year old Greek analogue computer that was found off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in the year 1900.
A reel-to-reel tape recorder from Akai, c. 1978. An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage.
One astronaut trims the hair of another on the International Space Station (ISS). A Wahl clipper attached to a vacuum cleaner was used to remove the free-floating hair clippings. [8] Leo Wahl took over his uncle's manufacturing business after Frank left to serve in the Spanish–American War in 1898. Leo continued to work on his inventions and ...
The 9000 was launched to the motoring press at a conference at Kolmården Game Park on 24 May 1984 [13] and 1985 in the European market. This original model called "Saab 9000 Turbo 16" was a five-door hatchback, only available with a manual gearbox and the 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with 16 valves, already known from the 900.