projecting bearing journal 28 on the left hand end face 27 in a mating bore formed in the bearing arm 4 whereby the shaving head 7 of fig4 can be turned in both directions of rotation 29 30 constructed circumferentially on the bearing journal 28 is a groove 31 that serves to fixedly locate the journal in its mating bore on the bearing arm 4 for this purpose it is possible preferably for a spring loaded lock ring to be fastened in an annular groove in the mating bore so that when the bearing journal 28 is inserted into the mating bore said lock ring engages in the groove 31 thereby supporting the shaving head 7 such that it is fixedly located on the bearing arm 4 but is free to rotate about the axis of rotation 8 as the shaving apparatus 1 of fig2 shows the interior of the housing 2 accommodates an electrically driven drive motor 14 that is connected via electric leads to the switches 19 20 for turning the actuator head 7 into the active position of the short hair or long hair cutting system and is adapted to be coupled via further electric connections to a storage battery 32 provided in the housing 2 the storage battery 32 is electrically controlled by a printed circuit board 33 according to fig2 the drive motor 14.