Patent ID: 8857063

Claim:
A rotary electric shaver comprising: a plurality of cutter units each having an outer cutter assembly and an inner cutter, each of the outer cutter assemblies include an outer cutter and a circumferential rim secured to the outer cutter, the inner cutters being rotated by a motor, each of the inner cutters being in resilient contact with an inner surface of a respective one of the outer cutters each one of the outer cutter assemblies being movably retained in a respective mounting port formed in a cutter frame; a pushup plate which contacts at least one of the outer cutter assemblies from below to push up the at least one outer cutter assembly; a cutter retaining plate which is retained by the cutter frame and which is positioned below the pushup plate; and an outer cutter float spring which is compressively interposed between the cutter retaining plate and the pushup plate to impart an upward restoring tendency to the pushup plate.