EP0311429B1 - safety razors - Google Patents
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- EP0311429B1 EP0311429B1 EP19880309383 EP88309383A EP0311429B1 EP 0311429 B1 EP0311429 B1 EP 0311429B1 EP 19880309383 EP19880309383 EP 19880309383 EP 88309383 A EP88309383 A EP 88309383A EP 0311429 B1 EP0311429 B1 EP 0311429B1
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- magazine
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B21/00—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
- B26B21/08—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor involving changeable blades
- B26B21/14—Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle
- B26B21/24—Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle of the magazine type; of the injector type
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- This invention relates to safety razors incorporating blade magazines and to the blade magazines themselves, which may be permanently associated with the razor handle or exchangeable.
- the present invention is, in any event, concerned with magazines and magazine razors utilizing three-dimensional blade units, which present quite different problems in relation to effective storage and loading of the units and of sealing against the ingress of moisture into the magazine.
- British Patent 2166380 discloses a blade unit magazine having two compartments and a mechanism for moving a blade unit from an operative shaving position in a first compartment to a stored retained position in a second compartment.
- a blade unit magazine for a magazine type safety razor the magazine being of generally rectangular cross-section and open at one end and adapted to accommodate a plurality of razor blade units housed as a stack, each unit comprising at least one razor blade mounted above an imperforate support plate, manually operable advancing mechanism to enable transportation of said stack toward the open end, characterized in that a cap and a guard are provided at the open end of the magazine, said cap and guard being spaced apart to receive the outermost unit of the stack therebetween to present the blade or blades positioned between the cap and guard thereof in an operative shaving position, and in that a manually directly operable plunger is engageable with the innermost unit of the stack and, with the units bearing directly against each other for transmitting forces from the plunger through the stack, is operable to advance the stack and eject the outermost unit in the stack from the magazine and replace that ejected unit by the next unit in the stack, said plunger and magazine having teeth to prevent reverse movement of the plunger away from said open end,
- Figs 1 to 3 illustrate the upper portion of the razor, which has a grip or handle 1 and a head 2 to which a magazine 3 is permanently secured.
- the magazine is of generally rectangular cross-section and is open only at its outer end, i.e. the left-hand end as drawn. At its open end, or mouth, the magazine is formed with a cap 4 and a guard 6.
- the magazine houses a stack of individual blade units 7, each comprising a generally rectangular support plate 8 carrying a tandem pair of blades 9, the outermost pair of which are positioned between the cap and guard in an operative position of use.
- the tandem blade pair is preferably of the form described and illustrated in EP-A 293 683 published on 07/12/88.
- each unit is precisely positioned in turn at the operative position, in which its support plate seals the interior of the magazine against the ingress of moisture and shaving debris to protect the remaining units in the stack.
- the inner end of the magazine houses a plunger 11 bearing against the underside of the innermost unit, and a manually operated slide 12 whose forward end has a resilient ratchet finger 13 for engaging the plunger, and at its rear end it has a resilient latch 14 normally engaging against a fixed rear face of the magazine, to prevent inadvertent displacement of the stack.
- the plunger is formed with a series of ratchet teeth 16 engageable in turn by the finger 13 and it also has its own ratchet finger 17 engageable with a set of ratchet teeth 18 formed on a fixed part of the magazine.
- a coil compression spring 19 urges the slide to its rearmost position, as illustrated in Figs 1 and 3.
- the cycle is repeatable until only the last unit remains, and when that has served its useful life, the whole razor is discarded, or if the magazine is exchangeable, it is discarded and replaced.
- Figs 4 and 5 Detailed constructional features of the magazine and blade units are illustrated in Figs 4 and 5, in which Fig 4 shows the outermost unit in operative position, and Fig 5 shows that unit partially ejected.
- each unit is supported at each end by metal-lic spring clips 21 of the form described and illustrated in the specification of co-pending application 8712785, which retain the blades in spaced parallel relation but permit independent resilient deflection thereof under forces encountered during shaving.
- Each pair of blades and clips is mounted on a support plate 8 of moulded plastics construction and of generally rectangular form, filling the cross-section of the interior of the magazine 3 near its mouth. Adjacent each end, the plate 8 has integrally moulded upstanding projections forming resilient detents 81 and location edges 82. At each end, the plate 8 has a longitudinal extension 83 and an upstanding generally Z-shaped projection constituting a resilient non-return latch 84 and providing at its inner edge a location face 86.
- the adjacent clip 21 is frictionally jammed between the face 86 and the location edges 82.
- the magazine 3 has, as previously stated, a cap 4 and a guard 6. In its rear wall, beneath the cap 4, it is formed with soap-slots 31 for the clearance of water and shaving debris. These slots also form fixed locations for co-operation with the adjacent blade unit detents 81.
- the adjacent detents 81 engage in slots formed in upstanding lugs 34. These lugs also serve to return the guard member 6, which is formed as a separate moulding having its own longitudinally extending cantilever springs (not shown) bearing on the magazine body.
- the guard is held captive to the body by vertical guides (not shown) which constrain it to move vertically, i.e. perpendicular to the plane of the support plate 8.
- the integral springs urge the guard 6 upwardly, away from the mouth of the magazine, but it can move downwardly, against the restoring forces exerted by the cantilever springs, under the forces encountered during shaving to increase conformance of the razor to skin contours.
- the shorter end walls of the magazine are shaped to match the profile of the support plates 8 and at their upper ends have narrow notches 32 to receive and engage the latches 84 of the uppermost unit of the stack.
- the uppermost blade unit in its operative position, is held firmly in its desired position relative to the cap and guard by the engagement of the detents 81 in the soap-slots 31 and slotted lugs 34.
- FIG. 5 shows the unit partially ejected, with the next unit progressing towards the operative position.
- the adjacent end wall of the magazine has a thickened cam portion 33, which cams the latch 84 inwardly.
- the latch reaches the notch 32 it snaps back into it normal position to lock the unit against return movement.
- the latches are only required to deflect inwardly as they pass over the thickened cam portions 33 in order to avoid strain and additional friction while the units are beneath that region of the magazine.
- each support plate 8 is slightly chamfered downwardly and outwardly so as to have essentially line contact, all along the profile of the plate, with the interior wall surfaces of the magazine in the region of its mouth.
- the chamfering results in the lower edges 87 being slightly resilient so as to conform more readily with the magazine walls to assist in forming a moisture-tight seal.
- the above described arrangement facilitates the provision of a very compact magazine, utilizing twin bladed units, with due regard to the effective storage, positioning for use and successive replacement of the units in the magazine, as well as protection of the blade edges against mechanical damage and of the units against the ingress of moisture and shaving debris.
- the simple rectilinear motion required to eject units and move fresh units into operative position permits the associated mechanism to be constructed in a simple manner, but with a high degree of reliability.
Description
- This invention relates to safety razors incorporating blade magazines and to the blade magazines themselves, which may be permanently associated with the razor handle or exchangeable.
- There have been various proposals over many years from the provision of magazine razors for using wafer blades, although we are not aware of any of these proposals having been put into production.
- The present invention is, in any event, concerned with magazines and magazine razors utilizing three-dimensional blade units, which present quite different problems in relation to effective storage and loading of the units and of sealing against the ingress of moisture into the magazine.
- British Patent 2166380 discloses a blade unit magazine having two compartments and a mechanism for moving a blade unit from an operative shaving position in a first compartment to a stored retained position in a second compartment.
- According to the present invention there is provided a blade unit magazine for a magazine type safety razor, the magazine being of generally rectangular cross-section and open at one end and adapted to accommodate a plurality of razor blade units housed as a stack, each unit comprising at least one razor blade mounted above an imperforate support plate, manually operable advancing mechanism to enable transportation of said stack toward the open end, characterized in that a cap and a guard are provided at the open end of the magazine, said cap and guard being spaced apart to receive the outermost unit of the stack therebetween to present the blade or blades positioned between the cap and guard thereof in an operative shaving position, and in that a manually directly operable plunger is engageable with the innermost unit of the stack and, with the units bearing directly against each other for transmitting forces from the plunger through the stack, is operable to advance the stack and eject the outermost unit in the stack from the magazine and replace that ejected unit by the next unit in the stack, said plunger and magazine having teeth to prevent reverse movement of the plunger away from said open end, and wherein the support plate of the outermost blade unit cooperates with wall portions of the magazine to seal against ingress of debris and moisture.
- Further features of the invention will appear from the following description of the presently preferred form thereof, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figs 1, 2 and 3 are diagrammatic cross-sections showing successive stages in use of the razor; and
- Figs 4 and 5 are perspective views, partially broken away, of the magazine.
- Figs 1 to 3 illustrate the upper portion of the razor, which has a grip or handle 1 and a head 2 to which a
magazine 3 is permanently secured. The magazine is of generally rectangular cross-section and is open only at its outer end, i.e. the left-hand end as drawn. At its open end, or mouth, the magazine is formed with a cap 4 and a guard 6. The magazine houses a stack ofindividual blade units 7, each comprising a generallyrectangular support plate 8 carrying a tandem pair of blades 9, the outermost pair of which are positioned between the cap and guard in an operative position of use. - The tandem blade pair is preferably of the form described and illustrated in EP-A 293 683 published on 07/12/88.
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support plates 8 all extend parallel with each other and transversely of the magazine. As will be explained in more detail below, each unit is precisely positioned in turn at the operative position, in which its support plate seals the interior of the magazine against the ingress of moisture and shaving debris to protect the remaining units in the stack. - The inner end of the magazine houses a
plunger 11 bearing against the underside of the innermost unit, and a manually operatedslide 12 whose forward end has aresilient ratchet finger 13 for engaging the plunger, and at its rear end it has aresilient latch 14 normally engaging against a fixed rear face of the magazine, to prevent inadvertent displacement of the stack. The plunger is formed with a series ofratchet teeth 16 engageable in turn by thefinger 13 and it also has itsown ratchet finger 17 engageable with a set ofratchet teeth 18 formed on a fixed part of the magazine. Acoil compression spring 19 urges the slide to its rearmost position, as illustrated in Figs 1 and 3. - Starting from the position shown in Fig 1, in which the magazine contains a full set (in this case five) of blade units, the outermost unit is employed until its edges are dulled.
- It is replaced by the user pressing the
slide latch 14 downwardly, to release it, and forwardly to advance the slide and plunger to the position shown in Fig 2, in which the first unit has been ejected and the second unit located in the operative position. In the course of this movement, theplunger finger 17 picks up the next (fixed)ratchet tooth 18, and thespring 19 is compressed. - Upon release of the slide, the spring recovers to return the slide outwardly to its starting position, the
slide finger 13 clicks into place to engage thenext ratchet tooth 16, in readiness for the next cycle of operation, and thelatch 14 snaps back into engagement with the rear face of the magazine. This condition is illustrated in Fig 3. - The cycle is repeatable until only the last unit remains, and when that has served its useful life, the whole razor is discarded, or if the magazine is exchangeable, it is discarded and replaced.
- Detailed constructional features of the magazine and blade units are illustrated in Figs 4 and 5, in which Fig 4 shows the outermost unit in operative position, and Fig 5 shows that unit partially ejected.
- In these Figures, the blades 9 are illustrated only in phantom line, in the interests of clarity. The blades 9 of each unit are supported at each end by metal-
lic spring clips 21 of the form described and illustrated in the specification of co-pending application 8712785, which retain the blades in spaced parallel relation but permit independent resilient deflection thereof under forces encountered during shaving. Each pair of blades and clips is mounted on asupport plate 8 of moulded plastics construction and of generally rectangular form, filling the cross-section of the interior of themagazine 3 near its mouth. Adjacent each end, theplate 8 has integrally moulded upstanding projections formingresilient detents 81 andlocation edges 82. At each end, theplate 8 has alongitudinal extension 83 and an upstanding generally Z-shaped projection constituting a resilientnon-return latch 84 and providing at its inner edge alocation face 86. - The
adjacent clip 21 is frictionally jammed between theface 86 and thelocation edges 82. - The
magazine 3 has, as previously stated, a cap 4 and a guard 6. In its rear wall, beneath the cap 4, it is formed with soap-slots 31 for the clearance of water and shaving debris. These slots also form fixed locations for co-operation with the adjacentblade unit detents 81. - At the front wall of the magazine, the
adjacent detents 81 engage in slots formed inupstanding lugs 34. These lugs also serve to return the guard member 6, which is formed as a separate moulding having its own longitudinally extending cantilever springs (not shown) bearing on the magazine body. The guard is held captive to the body by vertical guides (not shown) which constrain it to move vertically, i.e. perpendicular to the plane of thesupport plate 8. The integral springs urge the guard 6 upwardly, away from the mouth of the magazine, but it can move downwardly, against the restoring forces exerted by the cantilever springs, under the forces encountered during shaving to increase conformance of the razor to skin contours. - Small projections on the guard engage in the slots in
lugs 34 to limit movement of the guard relative to the magazine. - The shorter end walls of the magazine are shaped to match the profile of the
support plates 8 and at their upper ends havenarrow notches 32 to receive and engage thelatches 84 of the uppermost unit of the stack. - As seen in Fig 4, the uppermost blade unit, in its operative position, is held firmly in its desired position relative to the cap and guard by the engagement of the
detents 81 in the soap-slots 31 and slottedlugs 34. - It will be understood that in use of the razor there are no forces acting on the unit which tend to eject it or partially eject it.
- Forces encountered during shaving act essentially inwardly of the unit and these forces are reacted positively by engagement of the
latches 84 innotches 32. - When the stack of units is pressed outwardly by operation of the slide and plunger, as previously described, the
detents 81 are resiliently cammed inwardly to clear thesoap slots 31 andlugs 34 as the unit is displaced upwardly. Fig 5 shows the unit partially ejected, with the next unit progressing towards the operative position. In this region, the adjacent end wall of the magazine has a thickenedcam portion 33, which cams thelatch 84 inwardly. When the latch reaches thenotch 32 it snaps back into it normal position to lock the unit against return movement. The latches are only required to deflect inwardly as they pass over the thickenedcam portions 33 in order to avoid strain and additional friction while the units are beneath that region of the magazine. - As seen in Figs 4 and 5, the side faces of each
support plate 8 are slightly chamfered downwardly and outwardly so as to have essentially line contact, all along the profile of the plate, with the interior wall surfaces of the magazine in the region of its mouth. The chamfering results in thelower edges 87 being slightly resilient so as to conform more readily with the magazine walls to assist in forming a moisture-tight seal. - The above described arrangement facilitates the provision of a very compact magazine, utilizing twin bladed units, with due regard to the effective storage, positioning for use and successive replacement of the units in the magazine, as well as protection of the blade edges against mechanical damage and of the units against the ingress of moisture and shaving debris.
- These advantages and features flow in part from the provision on the magazine, of the cap, guard and soap slots, and on the unit of the support plates which form supports for the blades, and also close off the magazine, below the soap slots, to seal it against the ingress of moisture and shaving debris.
- Furthermore, the simple rectilinear motion required to eject units and move fresh units into operative position permits the associated mechanism to be constructed in a simple manner, but with a high degree of reliability.
Claims (8)
- A blade unit magazine (3) for a magazine type safety razor (1, 2), the magazine being of generally rectangular cross-section and open at one end and adapted to accommodate a plurality of razor blade units (7) housed as a stack, each unit comprising at least one razor blade (9) mounted above an imperforate support plate (8), said magazine having a manually operable advancing mechanism to enable transportation of said stack toward the open end, characterized in that a cap (4) and a guard (6) are provided at the open end of the magazine, said cap and guard being spaced apart to receive the outermost unit of the stack therebetween to present the blade or blades positioned between the cap and guard thereof in an operative shaving position, and in that a manually directly operable plunger (11) is engageable with the innermost unit of the stack and, with the units (7) bearing directly against each other for transmitting forces from the plunger (11) through the stack, is operable to advance the stack and eject the outermost unit in the stack from the magazine and replace that ejected unit by the next unit in the stack, said plunger and magazine having teeth (16, 18) to prevent reverse movement of the plunger away from said open end, and wherein the support plate (8) of the outermost blade unit cooperates with wall portions of the magazine (3) to seal against ingress of debris and moisture.
- A blade unit magazine according to claim 1 characterized in that said teeth comprise a first ratchet arrangement (16) to advance said plunger (11) stepwise and a second ratchet arrangement (18) operable to prevent reverse movement of the plunger (11) after each advance.
- A blade unit magazine according to any of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that each support plate (8) is provided with resilient detent means which cooperates with portions of the magazine when the plate (8) reaches the outermost position to retain the unit firmly in that position, the detent means being disengagable by a subsequent operative movement of the plunger (11).
- A blade unit magazine according to claim 3, characterized in that the detent means on each unit includes latches (84) including outwardly directed projections which snap into co-operating recesses (32) in the adjacent wall of the magazine to lock the outermost unit against return movement inwardly of the magazine.
- A blade unit magazine according to claim 3 or claim 4 characterized in that the edges of each plate (8) and the detent means are spaced from the walls of the magazine (3) until the unit (7) arrives at the outermost position.
- A blade unit magazine according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the peripheral edges of each support plate (8) are chamfered, so as to be resiliently deformable and to have substantially live contact with the walls of the magazine (3) when each unit is in the outermost position.
- A blade unit magazine according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the guard (6) is mounted for limited movement, relative to the support plate (8) of the outermost unit (7), against the action of a resilient restoring force in directions perpendicular to the plane of the said support plate.
- A blade unit magazine according to any preceding claim, characterized in that each unit comprises a blade (9) or a tandem pair of blades (9, 9) and the said mounting incorporates resilient means which permit limited movement of the blade or blades towards and away from the support plate (8) under the action of forces encountered during shaving.
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GB878723656A GB8723656D0 (en) | 1987-10-08 | 1987-10-08 | Safety razors |
GB8723656 | 1987-10-08 |
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EP0311429A1 EP0311429A1 (en) | 1989-04-12 |
EP0311429B1 true EP0311429B1 (en) | 1993-02-03 |
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EP19880309383 Expired - Lifetime EP0311429B1 (en) | 1987-10-08 | 1988-10-07 | safety razors |
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CA (1) | CA1322274C (en) |
DE (1) | DE3878127T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2037235T3 (en) |
GB (1) | GB8723656D0 (en) |
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US2857667A (en) * | 1957-09-26 | 1958-10-28 | Baun John E De | Magazine type safety razor |
US3587170A (en) * | 1968-12-19 | 1971-06-28 | Glenn T Randol | Safety razor with disposable blade magazine |
GB2114491A (en) * | 1982-02-15 | 1983-08-24 | Gillette Co | Safety razors |
GB2166380B (en) * | 1984-10-23 | 1988-02-24 | Tony Ruiz | Razors |
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- 1987-10-08 GB GB878723656A patent/GB8723656D0/en active Pending
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- 1988-09-27 CA CA000578589A patent/CA1322274C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-10-07 ES ES88309383T patent/ES2037235T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-10-07 EP EP19880309383 patent/EP0311429B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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CA1322274C (en) | 1993-09-21 |
GB8723656D0 (en) | 1987-11-11 |
EP0311429A1 (en) | 1989-04-12 |
DE3878127D1 (en) | 1993-03-18 |
ES2037235T3 (en) | 1993-06-16 |
DE3878127T2 (en) | 1993-08-26 |
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