Patent ID: 8720069

Claim:
A reciprocating electric shaver including a shaving unit in which a substantially semi-cylindrical, horizontal outer cutter, an inner cutter that makes sliding contact with an inner surface of the outer cutter, a motor, and a drive mechanism that reciprocates the inner cutter using said motor are formed into a single unit, with said shaving unit being pivotable in a left direction and in a right direction, wherein said shaving unit is supported in a grip section of said shaver by a front pivot part and a back pivot part that sandwich said motor from a front direction and a back direction, a head part that includes said outer cutter and inner cutter and said drive mechanism is provided so as to pivot in the front direction and in the back direction with respect to said motor, said grip section comprises a motor holder formed with a horizontal elongated window below the pivot parts, a projecting piece provided on said motor enters said elongated window so as to be moveable in the left direction and in the right direction, coil springs are provided in said elongated window so as to sandwich said projecting piece from both left and right sides of the projecting piece and so as to return the shaving unit to a return position thereof in the left direction and the right direction, and said projecting piece is provided on a back surface of the motor.