EP0521293B1 - Rasierapparatekopf, insbesondere Rasierklingeneinheit eines Nassrasierapparates - Google Patents

Rasierapparatekopf, insbesondere Rasierklingeneinheit eines Nassrasierapparates Download PDF

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EP0521293B1
EP0521293B1 EP92108765A EP92108765A EP0521293B1 EP 0521293 B1 EP0521293 B1 EP 0521293B1 EP 92108765 A EP92108765 A EP 92108765A EP 92108765 A EP92108765 A EP 92108765A EP 0521293 B1 EP0521293 B1 EP 0521293B1
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Wolfgang Althaus
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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
    • B26B21/22—Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle involving several blades to be used simultaneously
    • B26B21/222—Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle involving several blades to be used simultaneously with the blades moulded into, or attached to, a changeable unit
    • B26B21/227—Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle involving several blades to be used simultaneously with the blades moulded into, or attached to, a changeable unit with blades being resiliently mounted in the changeable unit

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  • the invention relates to a razor head arranged at the front end of a handle, in particular a razor blade unit of a wet razor, in which a single or double razor blade is resiliently arranged in a plastic housing.
  • a single or double razor blade is embedded in the shaver head in a plastic housing. If the razor head is designed separately and can be attached to a handle, for which purpose the handle and the razor head have mutually corresponding locking devices, this is referred to as a so-called razor blade unit.
  • a plastic housing with a front guide bar is provided.
  • two razor blades are each resiliently arranged to form a double razor blade.
  • the two razor blades each rest on side spring tongues so that they can adapt to the contour of the face during shaving.
  • a shaver head arranged at the front end of a handle is also known, in particular the razor blade unit of a wet shaver, in which a single or double razor blade is resiliently arranged in a plastic housing having a front guide bar and a rear cover cap a blade block is attached, which is mounted against the spring force in the direction of the rear wall of the plastic housing in this.
  • a disadvantage of this known system is that the angle and thus the position of the razor blades does not remain constant during the shave. Undesired vibrations or movements can occur in the respective razor blade, which can be the cause of unsatisfactory cutting performance.
  • the object of the invention is to create a razor head, in particular a razor blade unit of a wet razor, with an improved spring mounting of the single or double razor blades.
  • the invention proposes a razor head in which a single or double razor blade (6) is resiliently arranged in a plastic housing (1) which has a front guide bar (13) and a rear cover cap (7) and which is arranged on a blade block ( 5) is attached, which is displaceably mounted against the spring force in the direction of the rear wall (11) of the plastic housing (1), which is characterized in that the blade block (5) as a separate component independent of the front guide bar (13) of the plastic housing (1) is slidable in this.
  • a razor head designed according to this technical teaching in particular a razor blade unit of a wet razor with the single or double razor blade attached to a blade block, has the advantage of an improved spring suspension.
  • the two individual razor blades fastened parallel to one another can be moved parallel and thus synchronously.
  • the decisive advantage of this system is that the angle and thus the position of the razor blades remains constant during shaving and because of the precise technical guidance, undesirable vibrations or movements in the blade are avoided, so that optimal cutting performance can be achieved.
  • the razor blades thus remain at a constant angle to one another during the shaving with the linear displacement movement, which is very good despite the spring bearing Cutting result leads.
  • the blade block executes an exact linear movement by moving it equally both on the left and on the right side towards the rear wall of the plastic housing, it is equally to be understood that the Blade block is only shifted at one of the two ends in the direction of the rear wall of the plastic housing and, as it were, executes a pivoting movement in the plane of the razor blade, the pivot point forming the other end of the blade block. Overall, the blade block can thus move in parallel or non-parallel. This offers the advantage that a slight deflection of the blade block is ensured as a function of attacking shaving forces.
  • the blade block can be made of plastic or metal. It can be in one part or in several parts.
  • the razor blades are fastened to the block of blades with a resistant connection method that occurs during shaving, for example by gluing, welding, frictional locking, positive locking or riveting.
  • the blade block can be moved parallel to the plane (s) of the razor blade (s). This creates a parallel horizontally movable blade block, the razor blades attached to the blade block being displaceable parallel to the face tangent at the selected angle of attack. This ensures an optimal cutting result when the razor blades are spring loaded.
  • the sliding movement of the blade block is guided through a cover cap of the plastic housing on the upper side.
  • a compression spring be arranged between the blade block and the rear wall of the plastic housing. This compression spring, which is supported between the rear wall of the plastic housing and the blade block, ensures the necessary restoring force for the blade block.
  • the compression spring is preferably a curved leaf or wire spring.
  • This can consist of plastic or metal and is inserted into the plastic housing in such a way that it is supported between the rear wall of the plastic housing and the blade block.
  • the leaf or wire spring can be curved several times over its length. This means that one curvature adjoins the other, so that several contact points are provided on the rear wall of the plastic housing on the one hand and on the blade block on the other.
  • this has the advantage of a uniform application of pressure over the length of the blade block, and on the other hand, the one-sided displacement movements already described can thereby be carried out.
  • the restoring force can also be applied by a resilient cam located in the apparatus, which likewise ensures spring mounting of the blade block.
  • this has a guide rail on each side, by means of which the blade block can be displaced in corresponding recesses in the plastic housing. Thanks to these guide rails, the system has perfect guiding properties.
  • the guide rails can be guided outwards through the plastic housing, in particular through an upper blade shell be. This enables the function to be checked.
  • the blade block can also be pushed back for cleaning.
  • the curvature is designed and has the purpose that the one-sided displacement movement in the form of the previously described pivoting movement in the plane of the razor blades is made possible by a one-sided force also leads to a one-sided deflectable movement.
  • the plastic housing consists of a composable lower part and upper part, between which the blade block is arranged as a separate component. This has the advantage that the razor blade unit can be constructed in a technically simple manner and can be assembled correspondingly easily.
  • the upper part of the plastic housing is preferably designed in a frame-like manner in that a front guide strip and a rear cover cap are firmly connected to one another while leaving an intermediate distance through side walls.
  • the lower part has openings. These have the advantage that the shaving foam can be removed better during shaving and that the cleaning of the razor blade unit is also improved.
  • the blade block has at least one cam which is guided to the outside through an opening in the plastic housing.
  • the blade block has a cam on each side, which is guided to the outside through corresponding openings in the side walls of the plastic housing.
  • the razor blade unit consists of a plastic housing 1. This is composed of a lower part 2 and an upper part 3, the lower part 2 having openings 4 in the base area.
  • the lower part 2 and the upper part 3 can be firmly connected to one another by a wide variety of possibilities, for example by welding, gluing, locking, plugging into one another, etc.
  • a blade block 5 is slidably mounted within the plastic housing 1.
  • This blade block 5 is equipped with two razor blades 6 to form a double razor blade, which are firmly connected to the blade block 5.
  • the blade block 5 with its razor blades 6 is slidably mounted on the bottom of the lower part 2.
  • the top of the blade block 5 is guided through a rear cover cap 7 of the upper part 3 of the plastic housing 1.
  • the blade block 5 has a guide rail 8 on each side, which are guided in a corresponding recess 9 in the plastic housing 1.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the two guide rails 8 are slightly convex on the outside.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show that the blade block 5 has a strip 10 on the underside, between the and the rear wall 11 of the plastic housing 1, a compression spring 12 is supported in the form of a leaf spring.
  • This compression spring 12 has the tendency to press the blade block 5 forward in the direction of the guide bar 13 of the plastic housing 1, as is shown, for example, in FIG. 6.
  • the compression spring 12 in the form of the leaf spring is curved several times, as can be seen in Fig. 2, ie there are three arches in a row, so that the compression spring 12 with two break points on the rear wall 11 of the plastic housing 1 and with three bulge points on the Bar 10 of the blade block 5 rests.
  • the blade block 5 has a cam 14 on each side, which are integrally formed on the corresponding guide rails 8. These cams 14 of the blade block 5 are led out through openings 15 in the side walls of the plastic housing 1 and can thus be actuated. These openings 15 in the side walls of the plastic housing 1 are defined by lateral recesses both in the upper part 3 and in the lower part 2 of this plastic housing 1 after the assembly of these two parts.
  • the razor blade unit works as follows:
  • FIG. 1 and in Fig. 6 the basic position of the razor blade unit and in particular the blade block 5 is shown, ie the blade block 5 is in its foremost position, in which the cutting edges of the razor blades 6 on the tangent between the front guide bar 13 and rear cap 7 are.
  • the blade block 5 moves together with those fixedly attached to it Razor blades 6 in the direction of the rear wall 11 of the plastic housing 1. This is a pure linear movement of the blade block 5, so that it dips evenly into the plastic housing 1.
  • the pressure can also be applied to the left side (FIG. 4) or to the right side (FIG. 5) of the clinic block 5.
  • the blade block 5 is not moved uniformly over its entire length in the direction of the rear wall 11 of the plastic housing 1, but rather only in the area where the pressure is applied, that is to say either on the left (FIG. 4) or on the right (FIG. 5).
  • the blade block 5 executes, as it were, a pivoting movement in the plane of the razor blades 6 around the opposite end as a fulcrum.
  • the blade block 5 can be shifted by hand within the plastic housing 1, so that an improved cleaning of the razor blades 6 is possible.

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EP92108765A 1991-07-03 1992-05-25 Rasierapparatekopf, insbesondere Rasierklingeneinheit eines Nassrasierapparates Expired - Lifetime EP0521293B1 (de)

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GR3021458T3 (en) 1997-01-31
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RU2083300C1 (ru) 1997-07-10
BR9202598A (pt) 1993-03-16
JP2003220285A (ja) 2003-08-05
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ATE144453T1 (de) 1996-11-15
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