Patent ID: 6823590
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An electric rotary shaver comprising: a cutter frame provided with a plurality of outer cutter holes, outer cutters integrally provided with outer cutter casings, said outer cutter casings disposed in respective said outer cutter holes so as to be tiltable in any direction, and inner cutters rotatably disposed inside said outer cutters, said inner cutters being connected to inner cutter drive shafts which are rotationally driven and urged in a direction that causes said inner cutter drive shafts to protrude outward, wherein said rotary shaver further comprising:a cutter retaining plate provided inside and coupled to said cutter frame so as to be on a main body side of said electric shaver, and fulcrum plates respectively tiltably supported by said cutter retaining plate, said fulcrum plates being disposed so as to positionally correspond respectively to said outer cutter holes, and wherein said outer cutter casings are tiltably supported by said respective fulcrum plates by supporting members in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which said fulcrum plates are tiltably supported by said cutter retaining plate, so that said outer cutter casings together with said integral outer cutters are axially tiltable in any direction and tilting of said outer cutter casings together with said outer cutters is not limited by said cutter frame.