EP0873223B1 - Rasierklingeneinheit - Google Patents

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EP0873223B1
EP0873223B1 EP97902893A EP97902893A EP0873223B1 EP 0873223 B1 EP0873223 B1 EP 0873223B1 EP 97902893 A EP97902893 A EP 97902893A EP 97902893 A EP97902893 A EP 97902893A EP 0873223 B1 EP0873223 B1 EP 0873223B1
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Richard Garraway
Bernard Gilder
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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
    • B26B21/40—Details or accessories
    • B26B21/4012—Housing details, e.g. for cartridges
    • B26B21/4018—Guard elements

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  • This invention relates to shaving devices and concerns a safety razor blade unit having at least one blade with a cutting edge which is moved across the surface of the skin being shaved by means of a handle to which the blade unit is attached.
  • the blade unit may be mounted detachably on the handle to enable the blade unit to be replaced by a fresh blade unit when the blade sharpness has diminished to an unsatisfactory level, or it may be attached permanently to the handle with the intention that the entire razor be discarded when the blade or blades have become dulled.
  • Razor blade units generally include a guard which defines a surface for contacting the skin in front of the blade(s) and a cap for contacting the skin behind the blade(s), the cap and guard serving important roles in establishing the so-called “shaving geometry", i.e. the parameters which determine the blade orientation and position relative to the skin during shaving.
  • the present invention is especially concerned with the guard and/or cap of a razor blade unit.
  • the present invention aims to provide an improved surface structure on a cap or guard and in accordance with this object the invention resides in a safety razor blade unit having at least one elongate blade, and a skin engaging member defining a surface for contact with the skin during shaving, said surface being defined by spaced hollow projections extending upwardly from a base and open at their upper ends, the projections being formed of a resiliently flexible material whereby the upper ends of the projections can deflect locally under forces encountered during shaving.
  • the projections can take the form of tubes which may be arranged in one or more rows extending along the base generally parallel to the razor blade edge(s), with at least 10 tubes per row.
  • the projections have a height in the range of 0.38mm to 1.5mm preferably about 0.75mm, an outer diameter from 0.40mm to 3.00mm, preferably about 0.60mm, and with the wall thickness at the base to height ratio being between 1:1 and 1:15, preferably around 1:7.5.
  • An appropriate spacing between adjacent projections, at least in the direction parallel to the blade edge(s) is in the range from 0.10mm to a distance equal to the maximum dimension of the projection measured in said direction, the spacing in a currently preferred embodiment being 0.20mm.
  • adjacent projections can be interconnected, such as by membranes moulded integrally with the projections.
  • the projections may be of constant internal and external diameter, but they can also taper in either direction along their length both inside and/or outside.
  • a suitable wall thickness for the hollow projections has been found to be around 0.10mm, at least at their upper edges. It is not essential for the projections to be completely annular in cross-section and they can have one or more longitudinal slots extending over their full height or only part of their height.
  • tubes of circular in cross-section are provided but this is not essential and other cross-sectional shapes are possible, such as elliptical, square or D-shaped.
  • the upper end faces of the projections can be substantially flat and coplanar. Alternatively the upper end faces may be inclined forwardly and downwardly toward the base. Also the upper edges of the projections may be rounded off, at least at the fronts of the projections.
  • the projections forming the skin contacting surface of the skin engaging member can be more responsive to local forces during shaving, e.g. due to a hair being encountered, than solid projections and as a consequence there may be less tendency for hairs to be deflected laterally by the projections.
  • the hollow projections form pockets in which moisture or a shaving preparation, such as shaving soap or the like, applied to the skin to facilitate the shaving operation, can collect in small amounts.
  • a shaving preparation generally serves to lubricate the skin. Any preparation collected in the pockets may assist in lubricating the skin, e.g.
  • the skin engaging member could even be supplied with the pockets containing shaving enhancement product, or possibly communicating with a reservoir of such a product to be dispensed through the pockets, in essentially the same manner as described in relation to the pocketed skin engaging members disclosed in our International Patent Application No. PCT/US95/08634 (W096/02369).
  • delivery of product from the pockets may be enhanced by a pumping action due to the projections flexing as the skin contacting member moves across the surface of the skin.
  • the skin engaging member 1 illustrated in Figures 1-6 is intended to form either a cap, or more probably a guard surface in a safety razor blade unit having one or more elongate blades.
  • the member 1 is elongated and will be mounted on a frame of the blade unit to extend in parallel with the blades.
  • the member 1 is moulded in one piece of an elastomeric material, e.g. rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer such as that sold under the Trade Mark KRATON. It includes a rectangular base 2 from which extend upwardly, cylindrical open-topped hollow projections or tubes 3.
  • the tubes are arranged in four longitudinal rows in which the tubes 3 are equally spaced at a distance not greater than the outer diameter of the tubes, and the tubes of alternate rows are longitudinally staggered by a distance which is half the centre-to-centre pitch P of adjacent tubes in the same row.
  • tubes of adjacent rows overlap in the longitudinal direction, and as shown they also overlap in the front to rear direction.
  • the dimensions are as follows: Base length - 1 30.00 mm Base width - w 2.5 mm Tube height-h 0.75mm Tube outer diameter - d 1 0.60 mm Tube inner diameter - d 2 0.40 mm Tube wall thickness- t 0.1mm Tube pitch (in each row) -p 1.23 mm Number of tubes per row 24 Total number of tubes 96
  • the tubes 3 have a constant circular cylindrical cross section as clearly illustrated in Figure 6. However this particular tube shape is not essential and Figures 7 to 11 illustrate alternative shapes as follows:
  • the tubular projections have completely annular cross-sections, but in the modified embodiment of Figures 18 and 19, the tubular projection has a longitudinal slot extending the full height of the tube at the front of the tube. Apart from the slot, which has a width of 0.1mm, the tubular projection is of the same shape and size as in the embodiment of Figures 1-6.
  • the slot could be provided at other positions, and additional slots could also be provided.
  • tubular projections have a height of 0.75m and are essentially flat-topped in as much that the height is the same around the projection periphery. This is not crucial and it may be beneficial for the upper edge of the projection to be relieved, in particular in the forward facing direction.
  • Figures 20 and 21 illustrate an example of a tubular projection 3 basically the same as the projections of Figures 1 to 6, but having a forwardly and downwardly inclined top face 10, the downward inclination being at an angle ⁇ of about 30°.
  • Figure 21 shows an alternative modification according to which the front edge 11 at the upper end of the tubular projection 3 is rounded off at a radius of 0.3mm. While illustrated in relation to tubular projections as in Figures 1 to 6, the inclined top face 10 and rounded edge 11 modifications of Figures 20 to 22 can be applied to any of the embodiments of Figures 7 to 19, and to the modified embodiments described below.
  • the projection 3 in Figure 23 is square in cross section, the wall thickness t being 0.1mm, the exterior having a side length S 1 of 0.6mm and the interior having a side length S 2 of 0.4mm.
  • the tubular projection of Figure 24 is substantially D-shaped in cross-section, being essentially the square section of Figure 23 with one side replaced by a semi-circular wall with an inside radius r 1 of 0.2mm and an outside radius r 2 of 0.3mm.
  • the semi-circular wall could be arranged to face either forwardly or rearwardly.
  • FIG. 25 The cross-section of the tubular projection shown in Figure 25 has the same external profile as that of Figure 24, but the internal profile is circular with a diameter of d 2 of 0.4mm.
  • Figure 26 shows a projection having a cross-section shaped as an open-sided square and is the same as the projection of Figure 23 but with the rear wall omitted. It will be appreciated that projections with the cross-sections of Figures 23 to 26 could be arranged to taper internally and/or externally as in the various projections of Figures 7 to 17. Of course other cross-sectional shapes are also possible such as triangular, elliptical or oral.
  • the material of the skin engaging member will have a flexibility appropriate for the particular shape and size of projections provided, but a hardness of less than 90 shore A will normally be appropriate.

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  1. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer mit mindestens einer elongierten Klinge und mit einem Hauteingriffselement (1), das eine Oberfläche zur Berührung mit der Haut während der Rasur aufweist, wobei die genannte Oberfläche durch beabstandete hohe Vorsprünge (3) definiert wird, die sich von einer Basis (2) nach oben erstrecken und an ihren oberen Enden offen sind, wobei die Vorsprünge (3) aus einem federnd elastischen Material gebildet werden, wobei die oberen Enden der Vorsprünge durch die während der Rasur auftretenden Kräfte lokal abgelenkt werden können.
  2. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorsprünge an der Basis in einem geometrischen Muster angeordnet sind.
  3. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorsprünge in mindestens einer Reihe angeordnet sind, die sich entlang der Basis in eine Richtung erstreckt, die allgemein parallel zu der Rasierkante bzw. den Rasierkanten angeordnet ist.
  4. Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 3, wobei mindestens drei parallele Reihen von Vorsprüngen vorgesehen sind, und wobei die Vorsprünge in einer Reihe im Verhältnis zu den Vorsprüngen einer angrenzenden Reihe longitudinal versetzt sind.
  5. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 4, wobei die Vorsprünge eine externe Abmessung aufweisen, die longitudinal an einer Reihe gemessen wird, die größer ist als der Abstand zwischen angrenzenden Vorsprüngen in der gleichen Reihe.
  6. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei sich die hohlen Innenräume der Vorsprünge im wesentlichen zu der Ebene der oberen Oberfläche der Basis erstrecken.
  7. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die hohlen Innenräume der Vorsprünge entlang der Vorsprünge eine Konizität aufweisen.
  8. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 7, wobei die hohlen Innenräume eine Konizität in Richtung der Basis aufweisen.
  9. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei die Vorsprünge Wände mit im wesentlichen konstanter Dicke entlang der Vorsprünge aufweisen.
  10. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei die Vorsprünge einen im wesentlichen runden Querschnitt aufweisen.
  11. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, wobei mindestens einige der Vorsprünge Schlitze aufweisen, die sich von ihren oberen Enden nach unten erstrecken.
  12. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach Anspruch 11, wobei sich die Schlitze im wesentlichen über die gesamte Höhe der Vorsprünge erstrecken.
  13. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei die Vorsprünge eine Querschnittsform aufweisen, die unter einer quadratischen Form, einer quadratischen Form mit offenen Seiten oder einer D-Form ausgewählt werden.
  14. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13, wobei die Vorsprünge ein Verhältnis der Wanddicke an der Basis zu der Höhe von 1:1 bis 1:15 und von vorzugsweise etwa 1:7,5 aufweisen.
  15. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14, wobei die oberen Endoberflächen der Vorsprünge nach unten und vorwärts in Richtung der Basis geneigt sind.
  16. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 15, wobei die externen Kanten an den oberen Enden der Vorsprünge an den Vorderseiten der Vorsprünge abgerundet sind.
  17. Klingeneinheit für einen Sicherheitsrasierer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 16, wobei aneinander angrenzende Vorsprünge durch Membrane miteinander verbunden sind, die integral mit den Vorsprüngen und der Basis geformt sind.
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GBGB9600620.0A GB9600620D0 (en) 1996-01-12 1996-01-12 Safety razors
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PCT/US1997/000407 WO1997025190A1 (en) 1996-01-12 1997-01-08 Razor blade unit

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RU (1) RU2169659C2 (de)
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