Electric dry shaver

Claim 1

An electric dry shaver comprising a casing member having a cylindrical portion closed at the bottom end thereof and open at the top thereof, an electric motor means disposed in the cylindrical portion of the casing and having a rotatable shaft extending therefrom axially of the cylindrical portion, a shaving means disposed above said motor means and including a rotary cutting blade means removably mounted on the rotary shaft of said motor means for rotation therewith about the axis of the cylindrical portion of said casing member, said casing member having a tubular portion extending from the cylindrical portion and open at its outer end, a holder tube for a source of electric power removably attached to the open end of the tubular portion and coaxially therewith, said holder tube serving as a handle means, circuit means for supplying electric power from the source of electric power to said motor means when a source of electric power is mounted in said holder tube, and control switch means disposed in said circuit means for controlling the operation of said motor means, a separator wall disposed within the cylindrical portion of said casing member and above said motor means, said separator wall having a central opening therein for passage of the rotary shaft therethrough and adapted to bear against said motor means to maintain the position of said motor means within the cylindrical portion of said casing member and adapted to prevent cut hairs from entering sAid motor means, said separator wall including a peripheral wall provided on the inside with alternate smooth sections and threaded sections and said shaving means including a stationary comb element having a skirt thereabout provided with external threads for attaching said comb element to the threaded sections on the inside of the peripheral wall of said separator wall.