Patent ID: 6354005
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving apparatus having a housing (1) and a shaving head (2), a hair-collecting chamber (3) for collecting hair cuttings being situated between the housing and the shaving head, which shaving head has a holder (4) which holds at least one shaving unit (5) comprising an external cutting member (6) and a drivable internal cutting member (8) which cooperates with said external cutting member, which shaving apparatus has a drive unit (10) including a drive member (11) having a longitudinal direction (14), which internal cutting member has been provided with a coupling element (13) adapted to be coupled to the drive member (11), and which holder (4) is connected to the housing (1) by means of a hinge construction (15), characterized in that the hinge construction (15) is such that during opening of the hair-collecting chamber (3), in a first stage (D1), the holder (4) performs a pivotal movement with a large radius (R1) of curvature about a first center (M1) which is situated outside of the housing (1) and substantially in a coupling plane (50) through the coupling element (13) which is parallel to a shaving plane (60) through the shaving head (2).