Patent ID: 6205666
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A dry shaving apparatus comprising:a housing;a housing portion mounted on the housing and having a first inner wall and a second inner wall opposite the first end wall;a biasing mechanism including a pressure element, a spring element, and a bearing wall;at least one exchangeable frame incorporating at least one cutting element and having a first end wall on one end and a second end wall on an opposite end, one of said first inner wall and said first end wall defining a sloping wall surface; andat least one detent element holding the exchangeable frame onto the housing portion so that said first end wall abuts said first wall and said second end wall abuts said second wall, said frame having a first stop element that cooperates with a corresponding second stop element of the housing portion, wherein the first and second stop elements are maintained in engagement with each other by said spring element acting upon said pressure element and causing said pressure element to both bear against said bearing wall and act upon said sloping wall surface, and wherein said spring element has a direction of force and the sloping wall surface slopes with respect to a plane that is normal to the direction of force.