Reciprocating dry shaver with movable shear plate and additional cutting means

Claim 1

A DRY SHAVER COMPRISING A HOUSING, RECIPROCABLE CUTTING MEMBER, A RELATIVELY THIN, CYLINDRICAL SHEAR PLATE HAVING SPACED GROUPS OF APERTURES THEREIN, SAID CYLINDRICAL SHEAR PLATE BEING CONSTITUTED OF A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE PORTIONS, A COMMON FILLET BETWEEN A PAIR OF SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLEXIBLE PORTIONS WHEREBY SAID FLEXIBLE PORTIONS ARE SUPPORTED AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND ARE BOWED OUTWARDLY, A TOOTHED HAIR-CLIPPING BLADE PROJECTING FROM SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLEXIBLE PORTIONS AND COUPLED TO SAID RECIPROCABLE CUTTING MEMBER, AND A PROJECTING EDGE OF SAID FILLET BEING PROVIDED WITH TEETH WHICH CO-ACT WITH SAID TOOTHED HAIR-CLIPPING BLADE, A PAIR OF ABUTMENTS ON SAID HOUSING, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SHEAR PLATE BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS WHEREBY SAID SHEAR PLATE IS PREVENTED FROM DISPLACEMENT ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, BUT IS ADAPTED TO MOVE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID AXIS, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SAID SHEAR PLATE BEING SOLELY AND RECIPROCABLE CUTTING MEMBER MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CYLIDRICAL SHEAR PLATE, AND RESILIENT BIASING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHEAR PLATE WHEREBY THE LATTER IS HELD IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CUTTING MEMBER.