Patent ID: 6938344

Claim:
An auxiliary part for mounting shaving attachments to an outer cutting member of an electric shaver in a detachable manner, wherein said outer cutting member has a multiplicity of hair inlet openings extending from an outer surface of the outer cutting member to an inner surface, and wherein the hair inlet openings are arranged such, during shaving, hairs to be shaved extend through respective openings, characterized in that the auxiliary part is formed by an element which can be snapped onto the corresponding outer cutting member by its one side and is provided at its other side with means for removably fastening at least one shaving attachment to the element, characterized in that the auxiliary part has a rectangular shape with at least one rectangular recess which narrowly fits the outer circumference of the cutting member(s), and said auxiliary part is provided at its upper side along the long sides of the recess with said means for removably fastening at least one shaving attachment, said shaving attachment is a lubricant carrier, the auxiliary part has two said rectangular recesses, one on each side of a central portion, and a wear indicator is provided on an outer surface of the central portion, the wear indicator becoming visible when the lubricant carrier has become substantially exhausted and is due for replacement.