[July 29, 2011] Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Files Patent Application for a System Comprising a Skin Treatment Device and a Docking Station for the Skin Treatment Device Tweet (Indian Patents News (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) New Delhi, July 28 -- Netherlands based Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. filed patent application for a system comprising a skin treatment device and a docking station for the skin treatment device. The inventor is Sladecek Marcel. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. filed the patent application on Oct. 15, 2010. The patent application number is 6582/CHENP/2010 A. The international classification numbers are F25B17/08 and A45D26/00. According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The invention relates to a docking station for a skin treatment device having a cooling member. According to the invention, the docking station comprises: - an evacuator for lowering a pressure inside the cooling member, and - means for connecting an interior of the cooling member to a sorbent. The sorbent preferably comprises a zeolite. The invention further relates to a skin treatment device, particularly an epilator, comprising a cooling member for containing a cooling agent. According to the invention, the skin treatment device comprises means for connecting the cooling member to a docking station as mentioned above. The cooling agent is preferably water or an aqueous solution. The invention further relates to a method of cooling a cooling member of a skin treatment device, particularly an epilator. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: - the skin treatment device engaging with a docking station the docking station lowering the pressure inside the cooling member; and - the docking station establishing a connection from the interior of the cooling member to a sorbent." About the Company Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics) (Public, NYSE:PHG) is the parent company of the Philips Group (Philips). Philips' activities in the field of health and well-being are organized on a sector basis, which includes Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. The Group Management & Services sector provides the operating sectors with support through shared service centers. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the activities related to Innovation & Emerging Businesses were reported under Group Management & Services. As of December 31, 2009, Philips had 127 production sites in 29 countries, and sales and service outlets in approximately 100 countries. During 2009, the Company acquired the companies, Saeco International Group S.p.A., Dynalite and Traxtal. In July 2010, it announced the acquisition of the street lighting business of Amplex A/S. In July 2010, it acquired Shanghai Apex Electronics Technology. In August 2010, it acquired CDP Medical Ltd. Copyright Contify.com (c) 2011 Contify.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]