US1753459A - Blade holder and handle - Google Patents

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p J. A. GAFFNEY ,45

BLADE HOLDER AND HANDLE Filed June 8, 1928 v l INVENTOR WITNESSES Jamesl]. (far/n BY If! v n I 1 I ATTORNEY 15 of inserting and removing the blades or for Figure l-is an enlarged transverse sectional 65 Patented Apr. 8, 1930 s unirsio: sTATEs PATENThOFF ICE Application filed June 8, 1928.- Serial No. 283,972. l

This invention relates to a holder and han- With the above recited and other objects dle for blades which is particularly designed in View, reference is had to the following defor utilizing safety razor blades for other scription and accompanying drawings, in purposes after they have outlived their uscwhich there is exhibited one example or emfulness as a shaving medium. bodiment .of the invention, while the -Cltl1i1i55 While many devices of this nature have defines the actual scope of the same. been devised and marketed, they have all In the drawings:" been open to certain objectionable features F igurel is a perspective view of the blade and possess certain disadvantages. v In orholder and handle illustrating a blade assoder to meet with the various requirements ciated therewith.- v "-60 which tend to render a device of this nature Figure 2 is a side View thereof. 7 fully satisfactory in every respect, the same Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the must first be inexpensive and second easily manner in which the jaws-are separated 01 or readily manipulated, both for the purpose Insertion or removal of the blade.

completely separating the blade clamping Vi w aken approximately on the line 4.4 of I portion to cleanse and remove accumulations F gtlre 1. I V I I or matter which collect between said por- Figure 5 is asectional view takenappro'xitions. The clamping portions of said device ately 11 the line 55 of Figure 1." must also be readily connectable after their R f rring t0 the drawings by characters 7 separation and this without employing of reference, the vdevice is cut, bent and screws, bolts or other similar unnecessary 'm Cl f om asiligle sheet of resilient maand expensive parts which consume time on t f PIOVIClG pai of S f l1d l1 the part of the user in effecting the connection 'l d at One nd by a Curved or substanand di ti tially semi-circular bight 12. At their free 7 The present invention meets with the above the ms are widened to provide a pair requirements and differentiates from devices 01513121558 p gj 13 d1 One of which have preceded it, by the elimination 'Whlch law 13 is formed with openings or of theobjectionable features and disadvan- P f IatIOhS 15' and. the other of which jaws tag-es referred to. 14: 1s provlded with up-struck or deformed 30 The invention specifically comprehends an P t 1 Providing t s o re ponding improved holder and handle for perforate l SIZE -l Shape pproximatelyto the Opensafety razor blades which is completely j g 15 111 the Jaw 13-and to'the openings A formed from a single sheet of material to perforate blade member The arms 7 provide, a, pai -0f anns joined at one endby and 11 -are reversely CllIlVBCl fI'OIIl their '35 a curved onn ti bi -ht, th f d -juncture w1th the bight to the jawswith the tions of said arms defining blade clamping CPHVQX Surfaces 1 fi g lajaws having interengaging means adapted to QP- The h r r siliency of 'the imaxt d thr gh th f ti f th bl d terlal from which the "device is formed causes 40 and interengaging means at the juncture of arms to nelimanytend to Separate. At a th fr d ti f th arms ith th point substant ally: at the juncture, of the remainder of said arms for maintaining the M1115 Wlth 'l 13 and the arm 113$ jaws in parallel lam i g r l ti th s id formed with an up-struck tongue-17' having arms being so formed that pressure exerted a laterally projecting terminal 18,"while the thereon at a point between the connecting m 10 is formed with an opening 19of' a 130 bight and their juncture with the jaws eflects Size to snugly permit of the passage of the alimited relative separation thereofsufiicient tongue therethrough when the arms are to allow for removal and insertion of the moved laterallyout of alignment. After the blades, without disconnecting and separating passage of the terminal 18 of the tongue the arms. 7 through the opening 19, the inherenttend- W0 ency of the arms to re-align themselves moves the edge 20 of the slot under the tongue terminal 18 to maintain the aws 13 and 14 in substantally flat engagement with each other, while the portions of the arms having the tongue 17 and opening 19 inherently spring apart a limited distance due to the fact that the length of the tongue from its juncture with the arm 11 to its terminal 18 is greater than the thickness of the material from which the arm 10 is constructed.

Under this construction and arrangement, when pressure is exerted at a point intermediate the length of the arms to advance the arms toward each other to the position illustrated in Figure 3, the arms at the portions joined by the tongue 17 are first brought into engagement and with this as a fulcrum point further pressure on the arms efiects a relative separation of the jaws 13 and 14; which is suflicient to dispose the inner surface of the jaw 13 above the free ends of the studs to allow for the insertion or removal of the blade B. When it is necessary to separate the arms and jaws for the purpose of cleansing the same to remove foreign matter collected thereon, pressure is exerted on the arms intermediate their length to initially cause the upper surface of the arm 10 to be disposed out of frictional engagement with V the under surface of the terminal 18 of the tongue and to separate the jaws 13 and 14 sufficiently that the sides 16 will be out of contact with the openings 15, thus permitting lateral movement of the arms until the edge of the slot 20 is disengaged from under the terminal 18. It will thus be seen that in practice, with the blade in place between the jaws, the arms 10 and 11 together with the bight 12, form a convenient handle for using a discarded razor blade as a scraper or cutting implement for various other purposes than as a shaving medium, and that due to the interlocking engagement of the studs and openings 15 and the tongue and opening 17 and 19, accidental separation or release of the blade is precluded.

What is claimed is:

, A blade holder for perforate blades, cut, bent and formed from a single sheet of resilient material to provide a pair of arms joined at one end by a curved bight, the free end portions of the arms defining laterally disposed blade clamping jaws, one of which is provided with integral studs and the other with apertures, said studs adapted to extend 7 through the blade perforations and engage in the apertures of the other jaw, and integrally formed interengageable means at the juncture of the arms with the jaws comprising an upstanding tongue having a laterally projecting terminal upon one of said arms, said other arm having an opening of a size to receive said tongue for maintaining said jaws .in clamping relation and for permitting a Signed at College Point, in the county of Queens and State of New York, this 28 day of May, 1928.

. JAMES A. GAFFNEY.

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