US1395334A

US1395334A - Hair-cutting implement

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Publication number: US1395334A
Application number: US326320A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marcus B Behrman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-09-25
Filing date: 1919-09-25
Publication date: 1921-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 1938-11-01

Description

M. B. BEHRMAN. HAIR CUTTING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25' 1919.

I Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

llllllglllililli UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAIR-CUTTING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed September 25, 1919. Serial No. 326,320.

To all whom it may con cern Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tompkinsville, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Cutting Implements, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hair-cutting implements of the class intended to be used by a person in cutting or trimming his or her own hair, although capable of being used by one person for cutting or trimming the hair of another person.

one object of my invention is to provide an implement by means of which a person may conveniently cut or trim his own hair to such length or style as he may prefer, the implement being one to be held in one hand and having. adjustable parts, whereby the user may control the extent of the cutting action of the implement.

My invention contemplates the use of a commercialtype of safety-razor blade and preferably comprises a a rear member which may be utilized as a handle and as a comb and a front member against either face of which the blade may be held, an outer hinged clamping, blade retaining and guard member, and an inner hinged comb-plate member to be adjusted toward and from said front member and serving to aid the user in securing the character of hair-cut that he may desire.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top View of a hair cutting implement constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same taken on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the implement;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View corresponding with Fig. 2, but illustrating the parts differently arranged from the condition shown in Fig. 2, the cutting blade in Fig. 2 being shown on the inner face of its supporting plate and the inner comb-plate being shown in its operative position, whereas in Fig. 4 the cutting blade is shown on the outer face of its supporting plate, the inner comb-plate is shown in its upper inoperative position and the outer clamping plate is-shown in an general frame having upper position ermittin the ositionin of the cutting bl de, and g p g Fig. 5 is a ment, the cutting-blade in this instance be mg shown as located against the inner face of its supporting plate.

In the drawings 10 designates the general frame of sheet metal bent and fashioned to form three members, to-witz a top member 11, a rear downwardly and outwardly extending combined comb and handle member 12 and a forward downwardly and outwardly inclined guard and blade supporting plate member 13, the whole preferably being in one integral piece of sheet metal and serving to carry the other portions of the instrument. The member 12 extends laterally to a suitable extent and is slotted to form comb-teeth 14, which prior to the use of the instrument for cutting or trimming the hair, may be utilized as an ordinary comb for smoothing the hair. The forward member 13 serves for the cutting blade 15, said blade in this instance being of the well known Ever- Ready type having a sharpened outer edge and provided at its inner edge with a folded head 16 affording shoulders at opposite sides of the blade. The plate member 13 is formed at its outer opposite side edges with integral inturned inner lips 17 to receive the perspective view of the instru as a support and guard 13 is also formed at its said edges with the I corresponding outer lips 18 which may be utilized to hold the blade 15 when it is desired to secure said blade against the outer face of the plate 13,. as shown in Fig. 4.-. The lips 17 are utilized tov receive the blade 15 when said blade is placed against the inner face of the plate 13. The plate 13 is, also, slotted to form comb fingers 19 which also serve as a guard, the lower ends of said fingers always projecting below the edge of the blade.

Upon the upper surface of the topll of the frame 10 is secured an upwardly and rearwardly' curved sheet metal plate 20, and this plate 20 at its opposite end edges is formed with perforated ears 21 in which are located projections or pins 22 connected with the clamp, cover and guard plate 23, said ears 21 and projections 22 serving as means for hinging the plate 23 to the plate 20.

The plate 23 is preferably in one integral piece of sheet metal and comprises an upper downwardly and forwardly inclined section 2 1, an intermediate curved section 25 and a forward and downwardly extended section 26, said section 26 being adapted at its lower edge to engage the outer face of the blade 15 or the outer face of the plate 13, as the case may be. The intermediate portion 25 of the plate 23 serves as a stop to engage the upper edge of the blade 15 and prevents said blade from sliding upwardly, Fig. 2. The blade 15 is preventedfrom sliding downwardly by the engagement of its head 16 with the forward edge of the topmember 11 of the frame 10. The upper central portion of the plate 23 hasv a tongue 27 slit therein, and this tongue 27 engages the face of a strip of flexed spring metal secured to the plate 2O at an opening formed therein. The spring 28 serves to yieldingly bind the plate 23 in its closed and open positions shown in Figs, 2 and 41 respectively.

, Below the forward portion of the topmember 11 is hingedly hung an inner combplate 29, said plate having at its upper opposits corners small projections 30 which are pivotally held in 'apertured ears 31 rigid with the aforesaid front guard 13. The plate 29 is a flat plate and has comb teeth 32, and at one edge said plate 29 is engaged by a flexed leaf spring 33, which serves to bind said plate 29 in its operative positionshown in Fig. 2 when said plate is to be made use of or in its inoperative position up under the top member 11 of the general frame when said plate is not to be employed, as shown in Fig; 41. The plate 29 may be turned downwardly or upwardly by the pressure of the finger, as occasion may require. It is very desirable that the plate 29 be capable of adjustment toward and from the guard plate '13, so that the character of the cut of the hair maybe regulated atwill,

and hence I provide the plate with an adjusting screw 35 which may be screwed against the guard plate 13 (or against the cutting blade 15 should the latter be at the back of the plate 13) and thus control the relation of said plate 29 to said plate 13.

In the use of the implement I would first preferably smooth the hair, especially if long, by means of the comb member 12. The plate 23 may thenbe raised and the blade 15 inserted downwardly against the inner face of the guard plate-member 13, thebody of the blade being inserted through a slot 36 at the forward corner of thetop-member 11 and then behind the lips 17 and said blade taking the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2. V

The plate 23 may then be turned down- .wardly to its operative position, and the comb-plate 29 turned downwa'rdly and adjusted by means of the screw 35 as may be required. Thereafter the operation of cutfinger on-the plate 23. The instrument may then be moved against the hair and the blade 15 will out 01f such portion thereof as may be permitted by the teeth 19 of the plate 13 and the teeth 32 of the plate 29, the length of the removed'portion of the hair being materially governed by the relation of the plate 29 to the blade 15 and this relation being under the control of the operator who will position said plate 29, as may be required, so as to permit a deeper cutting 01f of the hair or only a slight trimming off of the hair, as may be preferred. The nearer the plate 29 is adjusted toward the blade 15 the longer will be the lengthofhair removed, and by the sensitive pressure of the hand against the frame 10 the operator may remove such different lengths of hairfrom the various parts of the head as may beappropriate or meet his views.

When it may be desired to out the hair quite close in parts or all over the head, the plate 29 may be turned to its extreme front position, oras nearly so as necessary, and when it may be desired to out the hair very close all over the head the plate 29 may be turned to its inoperative position and the blade 15 placed against the outer face of the plate member 13, as shown .in Fig. 4. The implement will then produce a very short hair-cut and may also be used as a safetyrazor, the member 12 then serving as a handle therefor.

The implement may be handled and ad- A further method of using the implementand which I regard as important may be mentioned. In the use of the device withthe plate 29 in one adjustment, the spring 33 acts to hold the said plate in its given position in opposition to the pressure of the hair against and moving between the teeth of said plate. In the event that the hair should be thick and long, the operator may by holding the device with one finger, his second, for instance, placed against the inner face of the plate 29, allow the thick hair to press the plate 29 farther from the blade. and thus cause the device to cut oif a shorter length ofv where it is desirable to remove a longer length of hair, the operator may by the pressure of his said finger turn said plate 29 forwardly to its original adjustment.

I do not confine my invention to the precise embodiment thereof presented herein as illustrative of the invention,'since I desire adequate protection for my invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A hair cutting implement of the character described comprising a general frame affording a top and a downwardly and outwardly inclined front toothed member, a razor blade mounted on said front member, a co ver-plate for said front member, a toothed adjusting plate hinged at its upper edge back of the upper portion of said front member and to be adjusted at its lower end toward and from said member, and means for locking said hinged plate up under said top when said plate is to be placed out of operation.

2. A hair cutting implement of the character described comprising a general frame affording a top and a downwardly and outwardly inclined front toothed member, a razor blade mounted on said front member, a cover plate for said front member, a toothed adjusting plate back of said front member and normally standing substantially parallel therewith and secured at its upper end back of the upper portion of said front member and at its lower toothed edge to be adjusted toward and from said member, and means for securing said plate in its adjusted positions.

3. A hair cutting implement of the character described comprising a general frame affording a top and a downwardly and outwardly inclined front toothed member, a razor blade mounted on said front member, a cover plate for said front member, a toothed adjusting plate hinged at its upper edge adjacent to said front member and to be adjusted toward and from the same, and means for binding said plate in its adjusted positions.

4. A hair cutting implement of the character described comprising a general frame affording a top, a front toothed member and a rear member and being slotted at the up per'end of said front member, and said front member having blade retaining lips at both sides thereof, a razor blade having a head and adapted to said slot and to the lips on either side of said front member, and a cover plate for said front member having a stop shoulder to engage said head.

5. An implement of the character described comprising a general frame affording a top, a front toothed member and a rear member and being slotted at the upper end of said front member, and said front member having blade retaining lips at both sides thereof, a razor blade having a head and adapted to said slot and to the lips on either side of said front member, a hinged cover plate for said front member having a stop shoulder to engage said head, and spring means for releasably locking said cover plate in its open and closed positions.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of September, A. D. 1919.

MARCUS B. BEHRMAN.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, Sims. 0. GILL.