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`Docket No: HOK-0279
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS1 COMPLETE LISTING OF CLAIMS
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`IN ASCENDING ORDER WITH STATUS INDICATOR
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`Please amend the following claims as indicated.
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`1. (Currently Amended) A shaving head for a dry shaver, said shaving head having a slit
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`cutter unit which comprises:
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`an outer cutter shaped to have a top surface for contact with a user’s skin, said outer
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`cutter being elongated to have a lengthwise axis and a width axis;
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`an inner cutter driven to reciprocate along said lengthwise axis in engagement with a
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`bottom surface of said outer cutter;
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`said outer cutter configured to have a U-shaped structure having a pair of legs connected
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`by a crossbar,
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`said outer cutter being shaped to have a plurality of slits which are spaced in said
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`lengthwise axis to leave a plurality of bridges each between the adjacent ones of said slits,
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`said slits extending continuously over a fill width of said crossbar and into upper ends of
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`said legs in a direction generally perpendicular to said lengthwise axis to give two straight slit paths
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`respectively on opposite width ends of said outer cutter, said straight slit paths on opposite width
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`ends being staggered with respect to each other along said lengthwise axis,
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`wherein:
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`each of said bridges extends along said width axis of said outer cutter to make said
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`bottom surface of said outer cutter smooth over the fill length of said bridge,
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`each of said bridges is formed at its longitudinal center with a deflection which is angled
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`with respect to said width axis so as to leave, between the adjacent ones of said deflection, an
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`angled path through which said straight slit paths of each slit extends continuously,
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`each of said bridges is tapered towards its longitudinal ends thereof to have a width
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`which is smaller at the longitudinal ends than at said deflection,
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`Application No. l 1/151,28O
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`Docket No: HOK-0279
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`each of said bridges has, along said lengthwise axis, a trapezoidal cross-section with a
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`longer base side defined by said bottom surface and with a shorter top side defined by said top
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`surface of said outer cutter.
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`2. (Withdrawn) The shaving head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said outer cutter being
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`shaped from a single metal sheet.
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`3. (Canceled).
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`4. (Withdrawn) The shaving head as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said bridges is
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`formed in its top surface with a notch.
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`5. (Withdrawn) The shaving head as set forth in claim 4, wherein said notch is formed in
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`the top surface of said deflection.
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`6. (Withdrawn) The shaving head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said outer cutter has its
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`top surface curved along said lengthwise axis to have its lengthwise center projecting than opposite
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`lengthwise ends thereof
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`7. (Canceled).
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`8. (Withdrawn) The shaving head as set forth in claim 1, further including a perforated
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`cutter unit which comprises:
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`an outer foil having a plurality of perforations; and
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`an inner cutter driven to move relative to said outer cutter foil.
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`9. (Withdrawn) A dry shaver comprising:
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`the shaving head of claim 8,
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`a motor having a driving element which is connected to
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`Application No. l 1/151,280
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`drive said inner cutters.
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`10. (Withdrawn) The dry shaver as set forth in claim 9, wherein
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`the inner cutter of said slit cutter unit is made of a metal into a unitary structure having a
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`hook for engagement with a coupler made of a plastic material for connection with said driving
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`element,
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`hook.
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`said coupler having studs which are mechanically engaged with and heat-welded to said
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