Patent ID: 8141254
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A reciprocating type electric shaver consisting of: a trimmer blade installed adjacent to a finishing blade in a shaver head provided on a shaver main body, and said trimmer blade consists of a stationary outer cutter bent in substantially a reverse L shape in cross section and a movable inner cutter bent in substantially reverse L shape in cross-section that makes sliding contact with the inner surface of the stationary outer cutter; and wherein said inner cutter has slits formed therein; said stationary outer cutter has a substantially flat horizontal bent part which is provided at an upper end thereof, and said horizontal bent part is formed with first slits that open toward an open end side of said horizontal bent part and second slits that open toward a bent corner side of said horizontal bent part with said first and second slits extending transversely to a reciprocating direction of said inner cutter; a horizontal bend part of said movable inner cutter is shorter in length than the horizontal bent part of the stationary outer cutter; said first and second slits of said stationary outer cutter work together with said slits of said movable inner cutter to cut hair that enters said first and second slits from both said open end side and said bent corner side; and said second slits are wider than said first slits.