US1599482A

US1599482A - Safety razor

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Publication number: US1599482A
Application number: US890A
Authority: US
Inventors: William J Moore
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-01-06
Filing date: 1925-01-06
Publication date: 1926-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 1943-09-14

Description

W. J. MOORE SAFETY RAZOR Sept. 14 1926;

Filed Jan. 6, 1925 Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

STATES WILLIAM J. MOORE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed January 6, 1925. Serial No. 890.

The object of my invention is to rovide a construction of safety razor of t e Gillette type which in what I now consider the most satisfactory embodiment of my invention combines the advantages ofsafety from risk of cutting the flesh without impairment of shaving qualities; of taking care of lather removed while shaving; of adjustment for close shaving; and of having the weight that is desirable in a razor. Of course, my invention may be embodied in forms in which all the named advantages may. not be combined. My invention consists in whatever is described by or is included within the terms or scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View with parts broken away the better to illustrate the construction of a safety razor embodying my invention 5 FigT'Q is a-transverse section.

My invention as is usual with Gillette razors is embodied in a structure which includes the flexible LL blade, 10, theouter concavo-convex blade clamping plate, 11, the inner concave-convex blade supporting plate,12-, which, however, has the special construction hereinafter described, and the detachable screw connected handle, 13.

The inner blade supporting plate, 12, is projected beyond each of the cutting edges of the blade being arched in a curve outward and downward and such arched portion is formed .into teeth, 14, by parallel slits, and preferably the teeth at their ends are united by what in effect is a bar, 15, so that the skin or flesh is not engaged by r the sharp teeth but by an extendedsmooth surface. Such bar, 15, has the further advantage that it adds desirable weight to the razor. However, I contemplate embodying my invention in a construction in which no bar will be used but the ends of the teeth will be free. At each end of the row of teeth is a similar arched finger, 16. these fingers being spaced apart a distance somewhat greater than the length of the blade edge so that the blade at the ends or corners will rest upon such fingers and not project beyond the same and hence the danger of cutting or gashing the flesh which exists when the end corners of the blade are exposed is avoided. Again as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 the blade edge engaging surface of the finger, 16, is slightly higher than the adjacent surface of the teeth, 14,

so that the entire'edge of the blade from end to end is out of contact with the teeth and hence the entire cutting edge of the blade is available for shaving. Of course, the degree of separation of the blade edge from the teeth while ample for the purpose stated is not sufiicient to cause risk of cutting in shaving. The end fingers, 16, are flexible or yieldable enough so that they may be bent up or down to regulate the space between the cutting edge of the blade and the teeth and thus enables adjustment of the closeness of the shave. If desired one edge of the blade may thus be adjusted for a closer shave than the other edge of the blade and the razor kept permanently in that condition or there may be adjustment from time to time.

While my invention is preferably embodied .in a razor of the Gillette type employing the double edge blade I, of course, do not limit myself to that embodiment.

The arched sides of the guard plate form a pocket or-basket to trap and hold the lather during shaving.

What I claim is:

1. A safety razor having a guard plate for the cutting edge of the blade, such plate comprising blade supporting fingers at the ends, and teeth between such fingers, such fingers being joined to hold them from relative movement, and the end fingers being bendable independently of said intermediate. fingers in a direction transversely of the .blade edge to vary the spacing of the edge from such intermediate fingers.

2. A safety razor as in -claim 1 in. which the end fingers are spaced from the adjacent intermediate fingers by a slot longer than the slots between adjacent intermediate fingers. 1

3. A safety razor as in claim 1 in which the intermediate fingers are joined at their gxtrcmities by a continuous flesh engaging &. A safety razor as in claim 1 in which the length of the guard plate is greater than the length of the cutting edge of the blade, and the blade at its ends rests in contact with the end fingers.

lln testimony whereof I hereunto affix'my signature,

WILLIAM J. MQURE.