Patent ID: 8146253

Claim:
An inner cutter of an electric shaver that cuts hairs by sliding along an inner surface of an outer cutter through which the hairs enter, comprising: a joint member that is connected to a driving unit of the electric shaver; a plurality of cutting pieces formed thin and long in a U-shape such that an outer surface of a cutting piece contacts an inner surface of the outer cutter, the plurality of cutting pieces having both ends fixed with respect to the joint member in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a plate member including a plate main body of a plate shape having a bottom end fixed to the joint member, and a cutting piece connecting portion continuously provided at an upper end of the plate main body and engaged with a cutting piece in a sliding direction of the cutting piece, wherein the plate member has a recess located on the cutting piece connecting portion of the plate member that is horizontally offset in the direction of sliding from a longitudinal axis of the plate main body, and wherein the cutting piece has a bottom portion with a rectangular cross section that is cooperatively shaped to fit within the recess of the plate member.