Patent ID: 6421918
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving system comprising:a shaving head defining an interior cavity, and having a guard element; at least one elongated generally flat blade element; a hand held hollow housing secured to said shaving head, and defining an elongated passageway communicating with said interior cavity of said shaving head; and an ultrasonic transducer horn in said elongated passageway, said ultrasonic transducer horn having a free end portion extending into the interior cavity and supporting said at least one blade element for vibratory motion relative to said guard element, said vibratory motion having an amplitude that moves the elongated blade in substantially parallel relation to a shaving stroke, said ultrasonic transducer horn free end portion connected to said shaving head by a resilient strut, said strut so oriented as to flex during said vibratory motion so that the at least one blade element moves relative to the shaving head and the guard element.