Electric razor

A dry shaving apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a shaving head frame mounted on the housing;
• a shaving head with at least two cooperating cutting elements, at least one of the cooperating cutting elements being a reciprocating cutting element;
• a supporting frame coupled to said housing, the supporting frame having two support arms for mounting the shaving head within the shaving head frame, the supporting frame defining a pivot axis;
• a conical bearing between the shaving head frame and the two support arms;
• a spring element for applying a spring force to the conical bearing;
• and
• an electric drive mechanism provided within said housing, the electric drive mechanism having a drive element for the transmission of a driving motion to the reciprocating cutting element;
• wherein the shaving head is mounted and held for pivotal movement about the pivot axis by the conical bearing acted upon by the spring force of the spring element.