Patent ID: 6481103
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An electric shaving apparatus having a housing, a shaving head which is freely pivotable with respect to the housing between a first and a second position and which comprises at least one upper cutter and at least one lower cutter adapted to cooperate with said upper cutter, a drive element, coupled to the lower cutter for driving the lower cutter, a trimmer which can be set from a rest position, in which the trimmer is not driven by the motor, into an operating position, in which the trimmer is driven by the motor, and from said operating position into said rest position, the shaving head being pivoted out of a central position, situated between the first and the second position, when the trimmer is set into its operating position, wherein the shaving head is pivoted into a locking position when the trimmer is in its operating position, which locking position is situated further away from the central position than said first or second position and in which locking position the drive element is disengaged from the lower cutter.