Dry shaving apparatus

A releasable frame for a powered shaving apparatus having a housing defining a shaver head region and including a drive mechanism connected to a coupling member, said releasable frame comprising

• a frame housing adapted to be releasably attached to the shaver head region of the shaving apparatus,
• at least one cutter element supported on said frame housing and, in a first shaving position of the frame housing being mounted substantially nonmoveable to the shaver head region, being adapted to be driven in hair shearing relation by the drive mechanism, and
• at least one retaining element adapted to be engaged to the coupling member and therewith to the drive mechanism in at least a second position of the frame housing, wherein in said second position said retaining element is adapted to retain the frame housing to the shaver head region in displaceable relation to the shaver head region, and
• wherein in the second position the frame is coupleable to the drive mechanism to be agitated relative to the shaver head region to loosen shaving debris.

A method of cleaning a powered shaving apparatus that has accumulated shaving debris after having shaved a hairy skin surface, comprising the steps of

• providing a powered shaving apparatus having a drive mechanism and a shaving head region comprising at least one cutter element and a frame selectively positionable between a first shaving position supported on the shaving head region and a second released position supported on the shaving head region,
• mounting the frame in the shaving position substantially immovable relative to the shaving head region suitable for a shaving operation,
• releasing the frame from the shaving position,
• displacing the frame to the second position,
• retaining, in the second position, the frame in moveable relation on the shaving head region,
• agitating the frame with the drive mechanism,
• whereby debris accumulated from shaving is loosenable from the shaving apparatus.