Patent ID: 6226871
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A dry shaving apparatus comprising:a housing having a longitudinal axis;a shaving head on the housing and mounted so as to permit the shaving head to oscillate in a first direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing, said shaving head including a shaving head frame and two cooperating cutting elements within the shaving head frame, wherein at least one of said two cooperating cutting elements is a reciprocating cutting element;an electric drive mechanism mounted in the housing so as to permit oscillatory motions of the electric drive mechanism relative to the housing, said drive mechanism having a drive element for supplying a driving motion to said reciprocating cutting element, wherein said drive mechanism is caused to oscillate within the housing by supplying driving motion through the drive element to said reciprocating cutting element, and wherein the oscillatory motions of the electric drive mechanism are transmitted to the shaving head causing said shaving head to oscillate relative to the housing.