Patent ID: 8336211
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A shaving apparatus with a housing and at least one cutting unit, the apparatus comprising: an external cutting member having a first central bearing surface; an internal cutting member drivable into rotation with respect to the external cutting member, the internal cutting member being provided with cutting elements having first cutting edges, the external cutting member being provided with hair trap openings bounded by second cutting edges for cooperating with the first cutting edges of the cutting elements for the purpose of cutting hairs, the cooperating first and second cutting edges forming first bearing surfaces between the external and the internal cutting member; a drive member for driving the internal cutting member into rotation; and a support device having visco-elastic properties present between second bearing surfaces for reducing a frictional force between the first bearing surfaces over a time period for cutting hair and is restored after the cutting of hairs ceases, wherein at least one of the second bearing surfaces is the first central bearing surface of the external cutting member.