Patent ID: 7930828

Claim:
A shaving apparatus having a housing, provided with a holder to which at least one cutting unit is mounted substantially radially with respect to a central portion of said holder, each cutting unit comprising an external cutter having an outer shaving surface for contacting the skin, interrupted by hair entry apertures, an internal cutter drivable for movement along the hair entry apertures for cutting off hairs projecting through the hair entry apertures and a suspension member for suspending the external cutter relative to the holder, the suspension member being tiltable relative to the holder about a tilting axis, wherein said tilting axis is located proximate to said central portion of said holder more closely to a first peripheral portion of the shaving surface than to a second peripheral portion of the shaving surface opposite to said first peripheral portion of said shaving surface, wherein the shaving surface of said external cutter extends over at least two different shaving zones, a first one of said shaving zones being located closer to said tilting axis than a second one of said shaving zones, said first one of said shaving zones being adapted for shaving allowing the skin to dome less closely to the internal cutter at a given contact pressure than said second one of said shaving zones, and wherein the external cutter is thicker in said first zone than in said second zone.