Patent ID: 7269902

Claim:
A shaving apparatus comprising: at least two shaving heads each having an internal cutting member and an associated external cutting member; a drive structure coupled to each of said internal cutting members for driving movement of each of said internal cutting members relative to the associated external cutting member for cutting off hair from a skin, wherein each of said external cutting members is rotatable about an axis of rotation between at least two shaving positions and comprises a shaving face for contacting the skin, the shaving face extending around said axis of rotation and comprising a first shaving field with apertures of a first type for outing short hair and a second shaving field with apertures of a second type for cutting long hair, the shaving fields of at least said first and second types extending through different segment of said shaving face; means for effecting rotation of each of said external cutting members between said at least two shaving positions; characterized in that the means for effecting rotation of the external cutting members include a control member arranged between said at least two shaving heads and engaging said external cutting members of said at least two shaving heads for simultaneously controlling said rotation of the external cutting members of said at least two shaving heads; and wherein each of said external cutting members is suspended for entrainment into said rotation by frictional forces exerted by the internal cutting member of the respective shaving head, the control member including at least one restrainer for engaging said external cutting members from being entrained by said frictional forces and actuable for releasing said external cutting members allowing said external cutting members to be entrained by said frictional forces.