Abstract: A shaving cutter assembly for an electric hair cutting appliance the shaving cutter assembly including a shaving cutter and a carrier to which the shaving cutter is fixedly connected via at least one metallic weld.

Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.

Abstract: An inner edge of a reciprocating electric shaver includes an inner edge body, and an inner edge joint that supports the inner edge body, the inner edge body having a plurality of edge pieces which have an inverse U shape, slide along an inner surface of an outer edge, and cut beard. Then, in the inner edge joint, there are provided: a plurality of vibration plates which is connected to any of the plurality of edge pieces, and generates a shaving sound at a time of cutting the beard; and a support portion that supports the respective vibration plates, and the support portion is adapted to support a single point of each of the vibration plates.

Abstract: A shaving foil for a shaving system comprises a foil support section and a hair-receiving section. The foil support section is provided for support of the foil over a cutting member of the shaving system. The hair-receiving section of the foil includes a plurality of hair-entrance apertures that define at least one amorphous arrangement of apertures and a plurality of foil surface members that form a network of surface area adjacent to the plurality of hair-entrance apertures.

Abstract: A shaving device comprising cooperating hair cutting elements (4, 5) and means for driving the hair cutting elements (4, 5) is adapted to allow for automatic contour following during its application on the skin of a user. In particular, at least one cutting element (4, 5) is pivotably arranged in the shaving device, wherein a pivot axis (15) is intersecting at least one position where the cutting element (4, 5) is contacted by a driving member (14) for imposing the reciprocating movement on the cutting element (4, 5). In this way, a high drive stiffness is guaranteed, which is particularly important when a stroke of the movement of the cutting element (4, 5) is relatively small, for example, in an order of 100 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electric shaver having a shaver housing, and a shaving head housing that is connected to the shaver housing for pivotal movement between two end positions. The shaving head housing carries at least two shaving assemblies, of which at least one shaving assembly is retractable into the housing to a first, retracted position, and elastically biased toward a second, extended position, such that extension of the at least one shaving assembly is a function of contact pressure applied by a user. Actuating elements carried by the shaving head housing control a maximum degree of extension of the at least one shaving assembly as a function of a pivot angle between the shaver housing and the shaving head housing.

Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver with a shaving unit which includes an outer cutter(s) an inner cutter(s), a motor, and a drive mechanism all formed into a single unit and is provided to make a pivot motion in left and right directions, the shaving unit being supported in the grip section of the shaver by a pair of pivot parts provided on the front and back sides of the motor, and the head part, which includes the outer cutter(s), the inner cutter(s), and the drive mechanism, being provided to pivot front and back with respect to the motor.

Abstract: A shaving apparatus comprising a first shaving unit, including a first outer cutter (101,102) and a first undercutter (20) which cooperate together, a skin agitation member (12), a housing and a drive source (58) mounted in the housing. The outer cutter is mounted in a frame (10). The drive source is coupled to the first undercutter to provide oscillatory movement with respect to the frame at a frequency in the range 70 to 280 Hz. The drive source is also coupled to the skin agitation member to provide oscillatory movement at a frequency in the range 5 to 50 Hz. The first outer cutter is un-driven with respect to the frame.

Abstract: An electric razor comprises an apertured foil for (1) contact with skin being shaved, and an undercutter (23) urged against the foil and movable relative to the foil, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the foil, for shearing hairs that protrude through the foil apertures. The foil has a ridge (12) extending along the foil with first and second foil portions (8,9) forming respective flanks of the ridge. The cross-section of the foil is in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis and has an asymmetric arched profile. A first segment (5) of the cross-section taken through the first foil portion (8) has a radius of curvature in the range of 0.5 to 3.0 mm. A second segment (6) of the cross-section taken through the second foil portion (9) is contiguous with the first portion and has a radius of curvature in the range of 5 to 30 mm. The undercutter is in contact with the foil portions at both flanks of the ridge.

Abstract: A hand-held hair cutting appliance has a housing, a first cutting blade, and a second cutting blade. The first cutting blade is capable of reciprocating movement relative to the housing. A drive assembly is operatively connected to the first cutting blade for drivingly reciprocating the first cutting blade relative to the housing such that the first cutting blade is moveable in a side to side direction relative to the housing and the second cutting blade. A counter weight is adapted for reciprocating movement relative to the housing in response to reciprocating movement of the first cutting blade. The counter weight has at least one of a mass and a location relative to the first cutting blade to thereby at least partially counter-balance the reciprocating movement of the first cutting blade.

Abstract: A external cutter structure of reciprocating electric shaver and the method of making same, the cutter is made of a thin plate and is formed a strip shape by bending, it is provided on the head of the shaver, and it has a top surface and two side surfaces, the top surface includes strength parts at the both ends and a cutting blade part at the middle, the thickness of middle is reduced, a plurality of blades in the form of long grooves are formed on the blade part of the top surface. Said external cutter structure is simple, its strength is high and its distortion isn't easy, it can shave long beards, crimped bears and short beards at the same time.

Abstract: In an electric shaver moving inner blades reciprocally and linearly, outer blades which are elongated in longitudinal direction are respectively held on outer blade frames and the outer blade frames are further held in floatable in floating direction on a frame holder. An outer blade mounting base has a pair of protrusions formed at positions near to both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction to protrude in the floating direction and the frame holder has a pair of end walls arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction and a pair of engaging rims formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The engaging rims enclose the protrusions so as to position the frame holder to the outer blade mounting base when the frame holder is attached to the outer blade mounting base.

Abstract: An electric shaver in which a blade frame part 4 is attached to an upper portion of a body part 3, the blade frame part 4 including an outer blade 5, an outer blade frame 13 to fix the outer blade 5 thereto, a holding frame 14 to hold the outer blade frame 13 vertically movable, and an outer peripheral frame 12 connected to the holding frame 14, the upper portion including an inner blade 1. The holding frame 14 is detachably attached to the outer peripheral frame 12 from an under side thereof, and the outer peripheral frame 12 entirely covers an outer periphery of the holding frame 14.

Abstract: A blade of a reciprocating electric shaver includes a newly provided guide frame (8) freely detachably held on a holding frame (7) provided on a shaver body, in which, in the guide frame (8), there are provided: coupling portions (9) to which an outer edge frame (2) that fixes an outer edge (1) thereto is coupled; and spring receiving portions (10) which support lower ends of inner edge push-up springs (5).

Abstract: An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and a link mechanism. The head part projects from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and is swingably attached to the body part with a support base between the body part and the head part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The shaving portion is formed to be elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and has paired blades configured to operate relative to each other. The drive mechanism is configured to drive at least one of the paired blades. The link mechanism includes two link arms each connected to the support base and the head part respectively at connecting axes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion. The link mechanism is configured to support the head part on the support base swingably.

Abstract: Provided are an outer blade for a reciprocation-type electric shaver and a method of producing the outer blade, the outer blade being capable of suppressing a deformation such as wrinkles or an undulation, without adding a new component, to thereby keep a good appearance thereof. A sheet material for forming the outer blade is bent into a shape projecting upward when viewed in the lateral directions. The sheet material has hair introduction holes, the peripheral edge of each hair introduction hole forming a projection section projecting inward beyond the other portion of the sheet material, the end surfaces of a part of the projection sections make contact with a reciprocating inner blade. The sheet material is formed with a deformation suppression section in a specific region not including the projection sections which make contact with the inner blade but including the projection sections which make no contact with the inner blade.

Abstract: A dry shaver has an elongated shaving head with a lengthwise axis. The shaving head carries semi-cylindrical first and second outer cutters disposed on its opposite width ends, as well as a semi-cylindrical finishing cutter and a slit cutter interposed between the first and second outer cutters. The finishing cutter has a finishing foil which is deeply curved than a foil of the first and second outer cutters into an arcuate contour having a width less than that of the first and second outer cutters. The finishing foil disposed behind the first outer cutter comes into contact with a user's skin to make closer shaving than the first and second cutters.

Abstract: A shaving foil for a dry shaver has a plurality of perforation arranged in an array. The shaving foil is formed in its skin contact surface with a plurality of recesses which define a thin section of reduced thickness at the recesses, while leaving thick sections at the remainder of the foil. Each perforation is configured to have its circumference defined partly by the thin section and partly by the thick section. Both of the thin and thick sections can come into contact with a user's skin for smoothly guiding hairs into the perforations to make close shaving without irritating the skin, while the shaving foil is moved across the skin. Especially, the thin sections act to cut the hairs shorter than the thick section, as wall as to raise flattened hairs into the perforations for successfully cutting the flattened hairs.

Abstract: A reciprocating shaver including an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring for pressing the inner cutter against the inner surface of the outer cutter; slide members held on the outer cutter frame so as to be able to slide; outer cutter elastically supporting members which are for elastically supporting the outer cutter and mounted in the outer cutter frame with one end of each one of them engaging one of the slide members, and another end thereof engaging the outer cutter; and float setting members which are provided in the shaver main body and respectively engage the slide members, in linkage with the mounting motion of the outer cutter frame relative to the shaver main body, so as to determine the position of the slide members.

Abstract: A personal care apparatus having a hair trimmer, a main part and a head part. The head part being connected to the main part in a region of the main part that is adjacent to the head part and is pivotable relative to the main part. A personal care tool is provided on the head part and comprising a toothed cutting mechanism that has at least one drivable toothed blade and a spring of a U-shaped configuration has a cross-member connected to the head part and two sides co-operating with at least one position extension connected to the main part in the region of each of its two sides. The spring acts between the head part and the main part, and the head part is pivotable by the spring in synchronization with varying displacing forces that act on the head part in the course of a personal care process.

Abstract: In a shaving apparatus (1) with a housing (2) and with a short-hair cutting device (30) projecting out of housing (2) and with a long-hair cutting device (36, 37) projecting out of housing (2), a common carrying device (45) is provided for the cutting devices (30, 36, 37), wherein the carrying device (45) is adjustable for height relative to the housing (2), so that all the cutting devices (30, 36, 37) can be adjusted for height together, and wherein there is a drive connection to a motor (16) of the shaving apparatus (1) in each operating position of the cutting devices (30, 36, 37) and consequently all the cutting devices (30, 36, 37) are drivable in each operating position of the cutting devices (30, 36, 37).

Abstract: A hair trimmer blade unit includes a stationary blade and a movable blade, which includes movable blade pieces. Each movable blade piece includes a basal blade edge portion and a distal catch portion. The basal blade edge portion extends along a line inclined so that as the distal end of the movable blade piece become closer, the distance from the adjacent movable blade piece increases. The distal catch portion extends toward the adjacent movable blade piece from the line. The blade edge of each movable blade piece includes a saw-toothed portion formed so that as the distal end of the corresponding movable blade piece becomes closer, the distance from the adjacent movable blade pieces decreases in plural steps.

Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.

Abstract: A toroidal type stepless speed changer including input and output disks (10) and (12), power rollers (20) provided between the disks with supporting shafts (28) thereof outwardly protruding, a single movable ring (30) with which the outer ends of the power roller supporting shafts (28) are engaged, the single movable ring being movable in the direction of the disk center shaft (14) with turning thereof being restricted, and a single adjustment belt (48) capable of making reciprocal motion in its turning (circumferential) direction so as to move the movable ring (30) along to disk center shaft. By the movement of the movable ring (30) in the disk center shaft direction that is caused by the reciprocal motion of the adjustment belt (48), the inclination of all the power roller supporting shaft is varied, thus changing the rotational speed between the input and output disks.

Abstract: A support arm 27 that is rockably supported on one end of a grip portion 2 and projects from the one end is provided. Both ends of a blade head 3 are supported by the support arm 27 such that the blade head 3 can rock around an axis extending along a reciprocating direction of an inner blade 14, and an axial direction of the rocking motion of the support arm 27 with respect to the grip portion 2 is set in a direction intersecting with the reciprocating direction of the inner blade 14. This configuration achieves an electric shaver capable of increasing the movable range of the blade head while preventing a main body from increasing in size.

Abstract: The invention is an improved electrical hair trimmer having an internal cleaning tray that cleans dirty cutting blades. Located adjacent to the cleaning tray is an internal conveying means that enables a dirty cutting blade to be removed and a cleaned cutting blade to be installed without the use of an external mechanism. The main benefit of this invention is to provide an electrical hair trimming tool that can automatically remove and clean a used and dirty cutting blade.

Abstract: A electric razor foil assembly comprises flexible outer and inner foils (1, 2) supported by a structure (14) that is deformable to permit the foils to flex to follow concave or convex curvatures. The support structure includes two suspension members (22) supporting the foils along the respective side edges, and each support member (22) has several support elements (24) interconnected by hinges (25) and in sliding cooperation with the foils. The deformation of the suspension members is guided by guide plates located adjacent the suspension members. The foils are urged into cooperation by spring members (30) and the inner foil (2) is reciprocated by a drive arrangement including a flexible drive plate (36) disposed between the spring members (30) and the inner foil (2).

Abstract: An electric hair cutting apparatus including a casing and a cutter unit secured to the casing.

Abstract: A hair-clipper comprising a stationary blade having a main body provided with a plurality of comb projections having blades formed at their both sides, and a movable blade that has a main body having a plurality of comb projections having blades formed at their both sides and that comes into slide contact with the stationary blade, wherein the comb projections of the stationary blade include a skin-contact surface which abuts against a skin, and a slide surface with which the comb projections of the movable blade come into slide contact, the main body of the stationary blade includes an opposed surface which is opposed to a plane including the skin-contact surface, and a shortest distance between the opposed surface and the plane including the skin-contact surface is equal to or greater than a distance between the plane including the skin-contact surface and the comb projection of the movable blade.

Abstract: An electric-powered shaving apparatus with a drive part excitable by an electric motor into performing an oscillatory motion, the drive part transmitting its motion for cutting hairs to a short-hair cutter and to a long-hair trimmer. The long-hair trimmer is displaceable relative to the housing into an advanced and a retracted position. The motion of the drive part for the short-hair cutter is utilized for moving the long-hair trimmer into the advanced position.

Abstract: A head moving type electric razor includes an upper cap mounted on a housing and having holding protrusions formed at left and right inner surfaces thereof, a head support having left and right walls, pivot supporting recesses, lower coupling grips formed at outer surfaces of the respective walls, and hooks caught by the holding protrusions, a waterproof rubber plate mounted in the housing, a guide plate mounted in the upper cap and having an elongated center guide hole, a vibrator slidably coupled into the guide hole and having an upper coupling pin and a lower clevis recess, an eccentric shaft slidably coupled into the clevis recess, a swing head having pivots fitted into the pivot supporting recesses, upper coupling grips, and an arcuate trimmer drive slot, and a locking knob coupled to the upper cap and having a latch detachably coupled to the swing head.

Abstract: A dry shaver with a housing features a drive motor and a shaving head connected to the housing for pivotal movement about a pivot axis. The shaving head mounts at least two shaving systems, each comprised of an outer cutter and associated under cutters. The under cutters are adapted to be driven in an oscillatory linear motion relative to the outer cutter. The at least two under cutters are mounted respectively on separate oscillatory elements in the shaving head. The oscillatory elements are each connected to the drive motor via drive elements and are driven in mutually opposite directions.

Abstract: An electric razor includes an actuator, an outer cutter and an inner cutter. The actuator has a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The outer cutter and the inner cutter are respectively supported at the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the cutters can slide against each other. The actuator vibrates the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the vibrators slide in reciprocation toward opposite directions to each other. Even though vibration of the first vibrator is interrupted by external force through the outer cutter, the second vibrator relatively vibrates so as to slide in reciprocation with respect to the first vibrator and therefore it is easy to meet specified shaving performance.

Abstract: In a reciprocation type electric shaver having an outside blade unit detachable from a main body, the outside blade unit comprises a main blade, a slit blade and an outside blade holder for holding the main blade and the slit blade capable of floating up and down. A coupling structure for coupling the slit blade on the outside blade holder has a retaining structure for engaging the slit blade and the outside blade holder in a lateral direction of the outside blade unit so as to prevent disengagement of the slit blade from the outside blade holder when the slit blade is floated up and down with inclination. The retaining structure is a pair of fitting recesses formed on the slit blade and a pair of fitting protrusions formed on the outside blade holder.

Abstract: A dry shaver includes a swingable shaving head which is provided with a pair of support points through which the shaving head is supported to a grip through a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism includes a pair of cranks each connected at its one end to each one of the support points and connected at the other end to each one of the anchor points on the side of the grip. A frame projects on top of the grip in an overlapping relation with the shaving head to give the anchor points which are positioned upwardly of the support points with respect to a height axis of the grip for suspending the shaving head an top of the grip by the frame.

Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver that causes an inner cutter 50, while being pressed up from below, to move reciprocally on the inner surface of an outer cutter 16 that is substantially inverted-U-shaped when viewed from the side and is held so as to slide up and down in an outer cutter frame 54 secured to a shaver main body 10, wherein the shaver includes an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring 46 for pressing the inner cutter 50 against the inner surface of the outer cutter 16, and outer cutter elastically supporting members 56 for elastically supporting the outer cutter 16.

Abstract: An electric razor having a doubly latched net support includes a body unit containing a drive motor, and a head unit coupled to the body unit. The head unit includes a head body, a cutting blade assembly received in the head body, and the net support having a safety net and coupled to the cutting blade assembly and the head body. The head body has seating recesses formed in a bottom thereof, shock-absorbing springs received in the seating recesses, respectively, upper and lower buttons embedded in opposite sidewalls thereof, and upper and lower stepped portions formed at the inner surfaces of the sidewalls thereof. The net support further has supporting bars extending downward from a lower end thereof to be inserted, respectively, into the seating recesses formed in the bottom of the head body, and outwardly inclined latches provided at upper ends of the supporting bars, respectively.

Abstract: A multi type head moving shaver is disclosed. The multi type head moving shaver includes a housing provided with an ON/OFF switch and an inserting portion formed at a top of the housing, a connecting rod mounted inside the housing, the connecting rod being driven by a driving motor, a coupling member coupled to the inserting portion, the coupling member pivoting forward and backward, and a cutting head having a block coupled onto the coupling member, the cutting head pivoting together with the coupling member.

Abstract: A cutting machine to cut aluminum foil to pre-set and adjustable lengths. An embodiment for a manually operated machine. An embodiment to pre-determine the length and number of aluminum foil pieces whereupon that number of pieces is automatically prepared. An embodiment also to automatically fold the foil around an object like strands of hair.

Abstract: A reciprocating shaver including an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring for pressing the inner cutter against the inner surface of the outer cutter; slide members held on the outer cutter frame so as to be able to slide; outer cutter elastically supporting members which are for elastically supporting the outer cutter and mounted in the outer cutter frame with one end of each one of them engaging one of the slide members, and another end thereof engaging the outer cutter; and float setting members which are provided in the shaver main body and respectively engage the slide members, in linkage with the mounting motion of the outer cutter frame relative to the shaver main body, so as to determine the position of the slide members.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a shear system for an electric hair removing apparatus, in particular for an electric shaving apparatus, including at least one shearing unit having an outer cutter and an undercutter that are set in relative motion. The shear system of the invention includes at least one feeding device arranged to precede the shearing unit and is characterized in that the feeding device is set in motion relative to the outer cutter.

Abstract: A hair trimmer with a rattle dampening structure, includes an elongated main body; a cutter block having a stationary blade and a movable blade, both of which are comb-shaped and are slidably in contact with each other, the cutter block being protrudingly installed at one end of the main body; a comb-shaped cylindrical comb attachment covering the cutter block such that it is movable in a projected direction of the cutter block; and an elastic member for elastically pressing the comb attachment for trim length adjustment, in a direction approximately perpendicular to a moving direction of the comb attachment.

Abstract: In a shaver having provided on an upper end portion of a main body thereof a head portion comprising a razor having an outer blade and an inner blade, a front cross section of the shaver has a shape narrowed at a substantially center portion in its up and down direction, and a side cross section of the shaver has a substantially S-shape, in order to increase the contact area between the main body and the palm, to improve fit feeling, to make it hard to slip, and to finely adjust the angle of the razor against the skin without moving the wrist.

Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a shaving head carrying an outer cutter, and an inner cutter. An actuator is mounted in the shaving head for driving the inner cutter. The actuator includes an oscillator which carries a joint for driving connection to the inner cutter. Resilient coupling links are provided to support the oscillator to the shaving head in order to allow the oscillator to reciprocate relative to the shaving head. The resilient coupling link has its upper end coupled to the oscillator and has its lower end which is farther away from the inner cutter than the oscillator and is anchored to the shaving head. Thus, the oscillator is supported as being floated or lifted with respect to the shaving head, thereby being allowed to travel along a path which is somewhat arcuate in coincidence with the arc of the outer cutter.

Abstract: A shaving device includes an assembly to better maintain the cutting blades in contact with the skin during shaving. A swivel ball joint is preferably located between the shaver head and the housing and enables the head of the shaver to move in any direction from a longitudinal axis through the shaving device. A positioning spring connected to the ball joint and the housing is biased toward the center axis of the shaver and provides a swivel action that causes the shaver head to return back to its center position after adjustment of the head's angle. A motion transfer spring transfers the motor action to the upper shaving mechanism at any angle or direction that the shaver head may be in at any time. As the shaver head changes angles to match the contour of the user's body, the motion transfer spring flexes to follow the angles of the shaver head. This transfers the motion of the motor to the eccentric cam, which helps to control the motion of the trimmers.

Abstract: A reciprocating-type electric shaver including an outer cutter having an inverted U shape as seen from a side thereof and an inner cutter making a reciprocating motion while making sliding contact with an inside surface of outer cutter, and further including: an oscillator making a reciprocating motion by a motor installed inside the main body of the shaver; a central shaft provided in an upright position on the oscillator and rises toward the inside of the outer cutter; an inner cutter holder disposed in a slidable manner on the central shaft so that the inner cutter holder holds the inner cutter thereon and the inner cutter swings about a straight line that is perpendicular to the reciprocating direction of the inner cutter; and a spring compressedly installed between the oscillator and the inner cutter holder.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes net-shaped outer blades; and inner blades sliding reciprocally over an inner side of the outer blades as detachably connected with driving units driven by a motor. Each of the inner blades includes a blade plate having an inversed-like-U shape seen from a longitudinal direction in parallel with a reciprocating sliding direction; and a blade holder having attaching portions to be attached to the blade plate in longitudinally defined end regions, wherein connection portions to be detachably connected with the driving units are provided at the blade holder in a longitudinally defined center region, and, when dissembling the blade holder from the driving units, anti-detach portions are provided to thereby prevent separation of the blade holder in the longitudinally defined center region from the blade plate in the longitudinally defined center region due to a tensile load between the connection portions and the driving units.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inner cutter for a reciprocating electric shaver, including the steps of: press-stamping a thin metal plate to obtain a thin metal plate element that has an outer contour of an unfolded inner cutter and elongated openings that extend substantially perpendicular to the direction of the reciprocating motion the inner cutter makes and further has bridging-portions formed between the elongated openings; pressing the bridging-portions so that each bridging-portion has a final sectional shape of each cutter blade of the inner cutter; twisting the bridging-portions so that the cutter surfaces of the cutter blades are aligned substantially to the surface of the thin metal plate element; forming the thin metal plate element into substantially an arch shape with the cutter surface sides of the cutter blades facing outward; and executing finishing-work on the outer circumferential surface of the arch-shaped thin metal plate element.

Abstract: A multi type head moving shaver is disclosed. The multi type head moving shaver includes a housing provided with an ON/OFF switch and an inserting portion formed at a top of the housing, a connecting rod mounted inside the housing, the connecting rod being driven by a driving motor, a coupling member coupled to the inserting portion, the coupling member pivoting forward and backward, and a cutting head having a block coupled onto the coupling member, the cutting head pivoting together with the coupling member.

Abstract: A rotary electric shaver including an outer cutter frame mounted on a shaver main body housing a motor therein, outer cutters held in an outer cutter mounting hole formed in this outer cutter frame the upper surfaces thereof providing skin contacting surfaces, and inner cutters that rotate while being pressed against the inner surfaces of the outer cutters and have cutter bodies for cutting hair entering hair introduction openings formed in the outer cutters; wherein the outer cutters are provided tiltable relative to the outer cutter frame, and the outer cutter frame is tiltable relative to the shaver main body.