SHAVING HEAD WITH SKIN STRETCHING MEMBER

The invention is directed to a shaving head (8) comprising at least one cutting blade (10, 12) and actively driveable skin stretching means (14) arranged behind said cutting blade (10, 12) relative to a cutting direction (16) of said cutting blade (10, 12). The actively driveable skin stretching means (14) are provided to reduce the possibility that ni cks and cuts or irritations of the skip to be shaved are created during the shaving operation. In accordance with the invention the shaving head (8) comprises means (18) for providing a pivot axis (20) between the shaving head (8) and a handie (22) attached or attachable to said shaving head (8), said pivot axis (20) being arranged at least essentially parallel to said cutting blade (10, 12). By providing the pivot axis (20) the force ratio between a force applied to the actively driveable skin stretching means (14) and forces applied to other parts ofthe shaving head (8) may be kept constant for different angles of the handle. This improves the functioning of the actively driveable skin stretching means (14).