Patent ID: 8347508
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. An electric shaver comprising: a rod-shaped body part; a head part projecting from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and swingably attached to the body part with a support base between the body part and the head part, the head part including a shaving portion and a drive mechanism, the shaving portion formed to be elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and having paired blades configured to operate relative to each other, the drive mechanism configured to drive at least one of the paired blades; and a link mechanism including two link arms each connected to the support base and the head part respectively at connecting axes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, the link mechanism configured to support the head part on the support base swingably, wherein the two link arms are disposed asymmetrically with respect to a straight line passing on a center of gravity of the head part and extending parallel with the projecting direction of the head part, when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, wherein the support base is formed separately from the body part, and wherein the electric shaver further comprises another link mechanism configured to support the support base on the body part swingably about an axis orthogonal to the projecting direction of the head part and the connecting axes.