Drive assembly for hair trimmers

A hair trimmer comprising:

• a base housing, a motor and a blade set, the blade set having a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade,
• the base housing having a blade set support at one end,
• the blade set support having a pair of spaced blade set support projections,
• a cam follower having spaced spring retainers near a bottom of the cam follower, and spaced spring end catches near an upper edge of the cam follower,
• a spring having elongated legs, the elongated legs extending under the spring retainers and being secured by the spring end catches in the cam follower,
• the reciprocating blade being operably secured to the cam follower by a drive device driven by the motor, and
• the stationary blade being secured to the base housing,
• wherein movement of the spring elongated legs is limited by the blade set support projections and the cam follower spring retainers when the blade set is removed.