Patent ID: 7707726

Claim:
A reciprocating electric shaver comprising: an outer cutter which is substantially inverted-U-shaped when viewed from a side thereof and is provided so as to slide up and down in an outer cutter frame that is detachably mounted on a main body of the shaver, and an inner cutter which is reciprocated while being pressed against an inner surface of the outer cutter; wherein said shaver further comprises: an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring for pressing said inner cutter against the inner surface of said outer cutter; a slide member slidably provided on said outer cutter frame; an outer cutter elastically supporting member for elastically supporting said outer cutter, said outer cutter elastically supporting member being mounted on said outer cutter frame with one end thereof being engaged with said slide member and another end thereof being engaged with said outer cutter; and a float setting member provided in said main body of the shaver said float setting member being caused to engage said slide member, in linkage with a mounting motion of said outer cutter frame relative to said shaver main body, thus determining a position of said slide member; and wherein said outer cutter elastically supporting member urges said outer cutter downward and a spring force thereof is set smaller than a spring force of said inner cutter upwardly pushing spring.