Patent ID: 6826835
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An electric shaver comprising:an oblong body having upper and lower ends and having front and rear sides; a pair of elongate shaving heads extending across the upper body end on respective front and rear sides of the body, each having an outer cutting foil and an inner shearing cutter co-operable with the foil to perform a cutting action; and a drive mechanism located in the upper body end and in drive engagement with the shaving heads for reciprocating the two shearing cutters in opposite left and right directions against the corresponding cutting foils for cutting; wherein at least a first of the shaving heads has a first part and the upper body end is provided with a second part, and the two parts are in movable engagement with each other such that the first shaving head is compressible downwardly to move outwardly from the corresponding one of the front and rear sides of the body, thereby stretching a user's skin flat to facilitate shaving.