US2113772A

US2113772A - Safety razor

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Publication number: US2113772A
Application number: US47568A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rothschild Sol; William F Steinmetz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-10-31
Filing date: 1935-10-31
Publication date: 1938-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 1955-04-12

Description

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Application October 31, 1935, Serial No. 47,568

28 Claims.

'This invention relates to improvements in razors and razor blades and has for one of its objects to provide an improved razor of the magazine type for separate blades.

A further object is to provide a simple and eilicient positive means for feeding the blades from the magazine to the razor head inf/proper shaving position and ejecting the used blade therefrom by the mere manipulation of a single simple control member.

A further object is to provide a simple and efiicient positioning means, which when cooperating with a correspondingly formed blade, makes it possible to feed the blades to proper shaving position and eject the used blades therefrom without disturbing the relationship of the clamp cover to the blade seat, thus eliminating a separate additional operation and mechanism necessary for such an operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of preformed razor blade, the cutting edge portion of which is permanently so disposed with relation to the mean plane of the main body portion as to have the effect of an abruptly downwardly turned cutting edge portion, for the purpose of insuring a relatively acute angle approaching parallelism with respect to the surface to beshaved when the blade is carried by a razor held at a convenient angle while shaving.

A further object is to adapt the magazine razor to the feeding of any type of blade, whether they be permanently flat, curved longitudinally or transversely or both or whether they are extremely flexible, inA which latter case the razor is adapted to feed them to the shaving position whether the cover and seat are at or curved or turned longitudinally or transversely or both.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the interior of the razor, after taking a vertical section through the casing, showing the magazine cover plate closed in full lines and opened in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 1 and taken at right angles thereto.

Figure 3 is a detail view in perspective oi a clip for carrying a plurality of razor blades and insertable in the magazine of the razor.

Figure 4 is a view in section taken along line l--l of Figure 1 showing the slide for forcing the blades from the magazine onto the blade seat and the cooperative relationship between the rotating drum and the slide for moving the latter.

Figure 5 is a view in section taken along line 5-5 of Figure 1, showing the curved stationary piece for forcing the flexible blade to assume a (Cl. 3H.)

transverse curvature corresponding to that of the blade seat prior to the engagement of the blade with the latter.

Figure 6 is a view in section taken along line 6 8 of Figure 5.

Figure 'I is an enlarged view in section taken along line 1-1 of Figure 2, showing the pawl for restricting the rotative movement of the razor head about its vertical axis to one direction.

Figure 8 is a plan view of a blade with a longitudinally extending positioning projection.

Figure 9 is an end view of that shown in Figure Figure l0 is plan view of a blade withha pai of rectangular positioning apertures.

Figure 1l is an end view'oi that shown in Figure 10. l

Figure 12 is a pian view of a blade with a longitudinally extending open end positioning slot.

Figure 13 is an end view of that shown in Figure 12.

Figure 14 is a plan view of a blade having a slot similar to that shown in Figure 12 and also a coextensive positioning groove.

Figure 15 is an end view of that shown in Figure 14. I

Figure 16 is a plan view of a blade having a longitudinally extending positioning groove.

Figure 17 is an end view of that shown in Figure 16.

Figure 18 is a fragmentary side view of a blade seat with a positioning groove to cooperate with the positioning projection of the blade shown in Figures 8 and 9.

Figure 19 is a fragmentary side view f a blade seat witha positioning projection to cooperate with' the grooves or slots of the blades shown in Figures 14 to 17 inclusive.

Figure 20 is an end view of a blade, blade seat and clamp cover showing the type of clamp cover used to cooperate with the blade seats such as shown in Figures 18, 19 and 28 and the blades that cooperate therewith.

Figure 21 is a Afragmentary top plan that shown in Figure 20. t

Figure 22 is a fragmentary side view of a conventional type of razor head and blade moderately curved transversely.

Figure 23 is a similar view showing the blade and seat curved with the guard and the cutting edge portion abruptly downwardly curved, the blade protruding a considerable distance past the edge of the clamp cover. v

Figure 24 is a view similar to Figure 23 showview of ing an extremely flexible blade and showing a clamp cover more adjacent the edge of the blade. Figure 25 is a view similar to Figure 23 in which the main inner portions of the blade and seat are substantially at.

Figure 26 is a view similar to Figuure 23 and in which the outer edge of the blade and seat are abruptly angularly turned down.

Figure 27 is a view similar to Figure 26 and in which the main inner portions of the blade and seat are substantially flat.

Figure 28 is a view in section through a blade seat with a spring pressed member .to engage a corresponding groove, aperture or slot for posii6 tioning the blade on the seat.

Figure 29 is a diagrammatical showing of different angles of disposition of razors in relation to the shaving surface.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it

2o is to be understood at the outset that the present invention includes certain features disclosed in our copending applications, namely, for Safety razors, Serial Number 735,547, filed July 17, 1934. now Patent No. 2,053,642 dated September 8.

25 1936, and hereinafter referred to as application A, and for Safety razor, Serial Number 22,520, filed May 21, 1935, and hereinafter referred to as application "B.

For instance, the razor is of the general type 30 shown in application B in that it has a magazine for separate blades and means for successively feeding the blades to the blade seat and thence to the proper shaving position. The blade seat and blade may also be preformed to assume 3l the curvature, either longitudinally or transversely or both, described in application B, or the blade, guard or cover or all may have a more pronounced curvature or turned down effect transversely adjacent the shaving edge, as will 40 hereinafter be pointed out with greater particularity. The blades may likewise have the same degree of flexibility longitudinally and transversely throughout as described in application A. Moreover, the blades, insofar as the positioning slots, grooves or apertures are concerned are interchangeable.

'Ihe magazine razor, itself, is so constructed that the feeding of blades from the magazine to the proper shaving position and the ejection of so the used blade from the razor head are both accomplished by the simple turning of a knurled rotatable knob. 'Ihe razor may be said to include a casing with sections I, 2 and 3, divided by partitions 4 and l, sections I and 3 having upper l5 and lower walls 6 and 1 respectively.

Section 2 constitutes the watertight magazine in which a plurality of blades 3 are shown arranged on their ends. Instead of inserting these blades separately in the magazine we may prol0 vide a blade clip as shown in Figure 3. 'Ihis clip has an end wall 3 with upper and lower walls I l and II, slotted to receive a spring leaf I2. The magazine has a door I3 hinged at I4. When the door is moved to the position shown in dotted lines the clip full of blades is inserted in the magazine after the leaf I2 has been removed. The upper and lower walls I0 and I I have grooves Il and I3 to engage projections I'I and I3 on the partitions 4 and I to properly align the clip as it 70 is placed in the magazine with the wall l towards the hinged door opening. 'I'he wall 3 has an aperture I3 to permit the free passage of a plate 23. This plate thus engages the face of the nearest blade, and under the action of the compression coil spring 2|, forces the blades to the left, as viewed in Figure 1 so that a number thereon is visible through the glass enclosed watertight peep hole 90. A suitable pivcted handle 22 connected to bolt 25 carrying the pressure plate is operated for contracting the spring 5 2| while refilling the magazine. The upper and lower walls I0 and II are provided with

inner flanges

23 and 24 to form guideways for the blade ends.

'I'he razor head includes a blade seat 23, guards 10 2'I4 and a cover 28 normally resiliently actuated to clamp the blade on its seat. The razor head, as shown in full lines, is in proper shaving position. 'I'he razor head includes a hollow tube 23 which is movable pivotally and rotatably in the l5 bearing 33 formed in the upper plate 6. Its pivotal movement is possible by means of the tube being pivotally connected at 3| to the casing. The tube also carries an arm 3|' on which is arranged a gear quadrant 32 adapted to mesh with 20 a pinion 33 on the upper end of a rotatable shaft 34 having suitable watertight bearings in

partitions

4 and 5. A rotation of the shaft 34 in a counterclockwise direction moves the razor head pivotally from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines and a clockwise rotation of the shaft correspondingly` returns the razor head to its normal shaving position. The purpose of this pivotal movement is to align the space 33' indicated in dotted lines with the aper- 30 ture 84 in the partition 4 and consequently in alignment with the razor blade situated at the extreme left of the magazine. An upward movement of this blade under positive pressure forces the used blade off and forces the new blade into 35 shaving position. Thus when the razor head is returned to horizontal position the new blade is in proper shaving position. The blade shown in Figures 12 and 13 is provided with an elongated open end slot 36 to cooperate with a stud 36 of l0 corresponding width, as shown for instance in Figures 1, 2 and 22 to 27 inclusive, to properly position the blade on its seat. In order to use this type of blade and seat or the seat 23 of Fig.

20 to which the spring clamp cover 23 is fastened, 5 it will be readily realized that in moving the razor l head from the horizontal to the vertical for feeding a new blade to the head, the latter must be rotated 180 degrees. 'Ihis is because the open end slot of the used blade must be adjacent the opening 84 and adjacent the upper or open end slot of the new blade so that as the new blade is fed, the used blade is pushed otf of its seat.

'I'his rotative movement is made possible by means of the following construction: Secured to the casing is a stationary quadrant gear 33 adapted to mesh with a pinion 39. This pinion is carried by a shaft 40 which carries the seat 23 and which is rotatably mounted in the tube 23. As previously described a counterclockwise rotation of the pinion 33 causes the head to pivot from the horizontal to the vertical. Simultaneous with this movement, the pinion 39, meshing with quadrant 33, causes the head to rotate clockwise for 180 degrees. The shaft 40 carries a pawl 05 4I spring pressed outwardly by spring 42 forcing the pawl 4I to engage with the shoulder 43 on the inside of the pinion 33, permitting clockwise rotation to this extent. A reversal of this movement is prevented by the disengagement of the pawl 4I as it is forced away from the shoulder 43 on the inside of the pinion 33 as the pinion is moved in the reverse direction.

The movement ofthe shaft 34 is brought about by the simple manual rotation of a knurled knob 44 fixed to a rotary drum 4l, which bears on a journal 6' projecting from the wall 6. The gear quadrant 46 is carried by the drum and meshes with a pinion 41 on the lower extremity of shaft 34. This knob is rotatable in either direction but obviously no rotation is imparted to shaft 84 unless the quadrant 46 and pinion 41 are in mesh.

The rotation of the knob, besides rotating and pivoting the razor head,-also effects a feeding of the blade from the magazine into the proper space 33' in the head. The drum 45 is provided with an exteriorly arranged groove or flange of predetermined spiral and

flat portions

48 and 48. As shown in Figure 4, one wall 3 of the lower section 3 is formed with guide members 50 and 5I for a sliding plate 52, which latter may have

tongues

53 and 54 iitting in corresponding vertical grooves in the inner surface of the wall il'. This arrangement insures alignment of the vertically movable slide. 'I'he slide is of a height equal to section 3 so that an upward movement thereof forces the blade at the extreme left of the magazine upwardly. The slide is preferably of the same thickness as the blade so that it moves only one blade at a time. Accordingly the slide should also be of a height at least as great as the height of section 2 plus the thickness of

walls

4 and 5. Fixed to the slide 52 is a pin 55. As long as the pin is in engagement with the fiat portion 48 of the groove no vertical movement is imparted to the slide 52. However, upon l rotation of the drum 45 to such an extent that the pin engages the spiral groove 46, the drum upon clockwise rotation forces the slide upwardly. Accordingly a counterclockwise rotation of the drum lowers the slide. It should be observed that should the operator attempt to lower the slide before completing its function of feeding the blade, this will be prevented by the blade being only partially fed into the razor head and thus holding the head against movement and preventing the counterclockwise rotation of the drum which controls the movement of the slide.

The location of the quadrant 46 and pinion 41 and the relationship of the pin 55 and

grooves

49 and 48 is such that the movement of the slide 52 is entirely independent of the pivotal or rotative movements of the razor head even though all of these movements are brought about by a manual control of the single operating knob 44.

It will be observed that when blades such as are shown in Figures 8 to 11 and 14 to 17, inclusive, are used in such a magazine razor as ours, it will be necessary to x the clamp cover on the exterior of the blade seat in such a way as not to obstruct the passage of the blade between the clamp cover and the seat. One method of doing this is shown in Figures 20 and 21 where the clamp cover 28 is fixed to the seat 26 at its outwardly disposed ends 35 thus permitting free passage of the blade 8. However, it is not considered that such an arrangement of the clamp cover is sufcient means for positively positioning and maintaining the blade on its seat. Therefore, we provide such means that will positively seat the blade in propr shaving position in relation to the guard, independently of the guard. For example, Figure 18 shows a blade seat 26 with a groove 59 to Aaccommodate the blade shown in Figures 8 and 9. Figure 19 shows a seat 26 with a longitudinal stud 31 to accommodate the blade shown in Figures 16 and 17. The stud may also be of a disappearing stud type such as shown at 6| in Figure 28, and

which will be more particularly described hereinafter. With such a type of disappearing stud as shown in this Figure 28, the ejection of a blade from the head, without removing the clamp cover as is necessary in conventionally used razors where positioning studs are used, is made possible, for, as the blade is pushed forward over the cam like end 6I' of the stud 6I and then out of the head by the incoming blade the stud is urged down into the countersunk portion 66, Figure 28, and permits the free passage thereof. With this arrangement the head will not have to be rotated 180 as before described and the pinion 39 and quadrant 36 may be dispensed with if desired.

'I'he blades 8, for purposes oi' illustration may be considered to be iiexible to the extent described in our application A. Instead ofv having the blade seat shown fiat as in Figure 2, and which is shown flat for the purpose of simple illustration, it may be curved transversely or of any other desired shape. However, in the case wherea transversely curved blade seat is used of the conventional type and flexible blades such as described in our application A, in order to easily feed such blades to such a curved blade seat and clamp cover in the same manner as described in connection with Figure 1, we have shown a suitable construction in Figures 5 and 6. In the wall 2 of section 2 near the top thereof may be formed an inclined and convexly curved groove 56 so shaped that as the blade is pushed upwardly it assumes the proper convex transverse curvature corresponding to the blade seat and cover and the space therebetween.

For the general type of blade seat shown in Figure 19 having a single or a plurality of positioning projections 31 thereon, we have illustrated several examples of blades in Figures, 10 to 17 inclusive with cooperating elements to engage the positioning projections. For instance the blade instead of having the open end slot 36 may have the groove 51 of Figures 16 and 17 or a combination thereof as shown in Figures 14 and 15 to accommodate the feeding operation previously described. Obviously the blade seat may be provided with a groove 58 to accommodate a projection 58 on the blade as shown in Figures 8, 9 and 18. If desirable, the blade may, of course, be provided with a plurality of apertures 60 to cooperate each with a plurality of studs such as 6I in Figure 28, wherein the positioning element of the blade seat may take the form of a member 6| with a leg or legs 62 and 63 extending through the blade seat 26 with

enlargements

64 and 65 to prevent removal. 'Ihe member 6l fits in a countersunk portion 66 in the blade seat and is normally resiliently upwardly urged by the

springs

61 and 68. These various forms of cooperating positioning elements of the blades and blade seats are in no way dependent upon the flexibility or rigidity of the blade nor upon the longitudinal or ltransverse disposition of the blade, curved or otherwise, whether preformed or distorted when clamped in the razor head. The point is that inasmuch as these features are interchangeable the actual illustration in the drawings is not burdened with a possible muititudinous series of combinations.

Now lin addition to the foregoing discussion and description it has come to our attention that while some blades and holders do provide for a limited degree of transverse curvature they do not provide for a. proper disposition of the shaving edge with respect to the surface to be shaved. For instance as illustrated in Figure 29 the sur- In Figure 24 the shape of the blade, blade seat face to be shaved is illustrated at B. The hair may be presumed to be extending laterally at right angles to the surface. In order to effectively cut these hairs for a clean shave the cutting edge portion of the blade should be substantially parallel to the surface S and hence appreaching at right angles to the hairs. We have found that the usual angle of holding the razor handle adopted by the user for arm comfort is about the angular position as shown at A. However, when held at this angle the blade of the present conventional types of razors are not at the effective angle. By way of comparison, in order to dispose the razor blade'cutting edge properly it would be necessary in the case of a moderately transversely curved blade to hold the handle in the attitude illustrated at B, and in the case of a straight ilat blade, at the attitude illustrated at C. To overcome these disadvantages we propose to so dispose the cutting edge portion of the blade with respect to its main body portion that the handle may be held in the convenient comfortable attitude shown at D and at the same time insure the disposition of the blade so that the cutting edge portion will be substantially parallel to the surface and therefore substantially at right angles to the hairs thereon.

The arrangement shown in Figure 22 includes a blade, blade seat and cover of the conventional type moderately curved transversely with a conventional guard. For the purpose immediately previously described we may adopt any of the arrangements shown in Figures 23 to 27 inclusive or any other blade shape arrangement which produces the same result. For instance in Figures 23 to 27 inclusive the blade is preformed to rigidly maintain the shapes illustrated, the blade in each case being in proper` shaving relationship with the guard and protruding a substantial distance past the edge of the clamp cover. In Figure 23 'the guard is turned down providing a curved surface 31* to conform with the curved surface 8'* of the blade, the remainder of the latter being moderately convexly curved transversely or any other desirable shape. The illustration in Figure 25 conforms to that shown in lFigure 23 with the exception that the main body portion is substantially flat transversely. In Figure 26 the main body portion of the blade is moderately curvedtransversely while in Figure 27 it is fiat. In both Figures 26 and 27 the edge of the guard, being abruptly turned down, is provided with an angular surface 31h to conform to the angular turned down edge 8 of the blade.

and guard are the same as shown in Figure 23. To accommodate a flexible blade of such type as described in our copending application A and support the same, however, the clamp cover 28 may be extended to be abruptly downwardly curved as at 28. It obviously follows that the clamp cover could be extended in any of the arrangements shown in Figures 25 to 27, inclusive, equally as well for supporting flexible blades in the manner shown for supporting preformed rigid blades.

In each of the cases shown in Figures 23 to 27, inclusive, the cutting edge is predeterminedly abruptly turned down to such an extent that as the user holds the handle at approximately the angular position shown at D, with respect to the surface S, Figure 29. the shaving edge of the blade will be disposed substantially parallel to the surface S and therefore at right angles to the hairs.

The above described feature eliminates the necessity for the user to hold the razor at an inconvenient angle. It further does away with the head may be dispensed with in the event the cooperating positioning elements of the blade and head are of such a nature as to make such a rotation unnecessary. 'I'he modification of the actual structure shown would involve only the elimination of the stationary quadrant gear of the head.

Likewise the inclined and convexly curved groove 56 for bending the exible blade may be made so as to be removably installed in the razor for taking care of the flexible blades as described. The aperture, or more aptly, the slot M may be predeterminedly formed to correspond to the transverse dimensions of the blade, whether the latter be transversely flat, curved, curved and flat or angular for different extents of its transverse dimensions.

We claim:

1. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine, for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and electing the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position.

2. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine, for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and electing the used blade therefrom and for moving said headback to normal position, a clip for holding a plurality of blades, said clip being insertable in said magazine and cooperating means in said magazine and clip for aligning said blades and forcing them into proper position from which to be fed to said head.

3. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine, for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time and means for forcing said blades towards ali'gnment with said aperture.

4. In a. safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine, for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and eiecting the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control and means for forcing saidblades separately through said aperture.

5.-In a safety razor, amagazlne for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal therel of, one at a time, means for forcing said blades Aals towards alignment with said aperture and means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from [the normal horizontal to the vertical so that ,the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine.

6. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and electing' the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control and means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard.

7. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and av guard, a single control means for feeding a. blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit'the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the lspace between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said head having positive blade positioning means and said blades having elongated open end positioning recesses to cooperate therewith.

8. In a. safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for vpivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said head having positive blade positioning means, said blades having elongated open end positioning recesses to cooperate therewith and means operated by said control means for simultaneously rotating said head 180 degrees during its movement from the horizontal to the vertical and'for preventing such rotation upon return to the horizontal.

9. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade'seat, a. clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and electing the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and havin'g an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one ata time, means for forcing said blades.

towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover -and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by. said razor and operated by said control, means' for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said head having positive blade positioning means, said blades having elongated open end positioning recesses to cooperate therewith and means operated by said control means for simultaneously .and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control and means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard y and means for preventing movement of said head during movement of said slidable member and vice versa.

11. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control ymeans for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used'blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space be- .tween the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said head having positive blade positioning means, said blades having velongated open end positioning recesses to cooperate therewith A and means operated by said control means for simultaneously rotating said head 180 degrees during its movement from the horizontal to the vertical and for preventing such rotation upon return to the horizontal and means for preventing movement of said head during movement of said slidable member and vice versa.

12. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by vsaid control, means for forcing said blades separately through. said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said slidable member having a pin. a rotatable drum operated by said controlmeans and having a groove engaged by said pin and part of said groove being flat whereby the rotation of said drum imparts no motion to said slidable member and part of said groove being spiral whereby a rotation of said drum imparts vertical movement to said member.

13. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards augment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in, said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said slidable member having a pin, a rotatable drum operated by said control means and having a groove engaged by said pin, part of said groove being flat whereby the rotation of said 14. In a safety razor, a magasine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and electing the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and.v

having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to thevertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable mem'- ber carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said slidable member having a pin, a rotatable drum operated by said control means and having a groove engaged by said pin, part of said groove being fiat whereby the rotation of said drum imparts no motion to said slidable member and part of said groove being spiral whereby a rotation of said drum'imparts vertical movement to said member, a gear carried by said drum, a shaft carried by said razor and having a pinion adapted to engage with said gear, a pinion carried on the upper end of said shaft, a gear carried by said head meshing with said last named Apinion whereby said head is moved from the horizontal to the vertical and vice versa. a stationary gear carried by said razor meshing with said last named pinion for simultaneously rotating said head degrees as the head moyes from the horizontal to the vertical and means on said shaft for preventing rotation of said head as the latter is moved from the vertical to the horizontal.

15. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, a clamp cover and a guard, a single control means Y for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom, said magazine carrying said blades on their ends and having an aperture to permit the removal thereof, one at a time, means for forcing said blades towards alignment with said aperture, means operated by said control means for pivotally moving said head from the normal horizontal to the vertical so that the space between the cover and seat is in alignment with said aperture in said magazine, means including a vertically slidable member carried by said razor and operated by said control, means for forcing said blades separately through said aperture and into said space between and in shaving position with respect to said seat, cover and guard, said slidable member having a pin, a rotatable drum operated by said control means and having a groove engaged by said pin, part of said groove being flat whereby the rotation of said drum imparts no motion to said slidable member and part of said groove being spiral whereby a rotation of said drum imparts vertical movement to said member, a gear carried by said drum, a shaft carried by said razor and having a pinion adapted to engage with said gear, a pinion carried on the upper end of said shaft, a gear carried by said head meshing with said last named pinion whereby said head is moved from the horizontal to the vertical and vice versa. a stationary gear carried by said razor meshing with said last named pinion for simultaneously rotating said head 180 degrees as the head moves from the horizontal to the vertical and means on said shaft for preventing rotation of said head as the latter is moved from the vertical to the horizontal, the gear carried by said drum being a multilated gear and so predeterminedly disposed with respect to the pinion with which it is adapted to mesh and with respect tothe groove of the drum and the pin of said sliding member that an operation of said control means rotates said shaft or moves said vertically slidable member, only at separate times.

16. In a safety razor, a blade holding device for holding a blade in shaving position, a magazine and a plurality of separate double shaving edge razor blades carried therein and single control means for moving said holding device into alignment with the blades in said magazine and for feedingsaid blades'separately into said holding device and for returning said holding device back to shaving position so that both of said edges are available for use.

17. In a safety razor, a blade holdingvdevice for holding a blade in shaving position, a magazine and a plurality of separate double shaving edge razor blades carried therein and single control means for moving said holding device into alignment with the blades in said magazine and for feeding said blades separately into said holding device and for returning said holding device back to shaving position so that both of said edges are available for use, and means for aligning said blades in said magazine.

18. In a safety razor, a blade holding device for holding a blade in shaving position, a magazine and a plurality of separate double shaving edge razor blades carried therein and single control means for moving said holding device into alignment with the blades in said magazine and for feeding said blades separately into said holding device and for returning said holding device back to shaving position so that both of said edges are available for use, and means for aligning said blades in said magazine and in said holding device.

19. In a'safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving one end of said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine and for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position, and means for hunting the feeding of said blades to one at a time from said magazine to said seat.

20. In a safety razor, a magazine for separate blades, a razor head including a blade seat, and a single control means for moving one end of said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine and for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position, and means for limiting the movements of said head to the position of alignment with a blade in said magazine and normal position and those positions intermediate thereof.

single control means for moving one end of said head from normal position to alignment with a blade in said magazine and for feeding a blade from said magazine to said head and ejecting the used blade therefrom and for moving said head back to normal position, said blades being stacked endwise in said magazine.

23. A razor comprising a head having a guard for receiving a blade endwise, a holder for a stack of blades, and a single control means for simultaneously revolving said head into various positions and for feeding the blades in succession from the stack in proper shaving relation to said guard.

24. A magazine safety razor having a blade holding means, a single control means for revolving in two different directions simultaneously said blade holding means and for feeding the new blades therein and ejecting the old blades therefrom and returning said holding means back to shaving position.

25. A magazine safety razor having a blade holding means, said holding means including a clamp cover, a blade seat with positive positioning means therein and a guard, a magazine for holding a stack of blades, a handle, single control means for revolving said holding means with respect to said handle and in alignment with said blades in said magazine and for feeding a blade therefrom into said holding means, and said clamp cover having outwardly disposed ends which project over the corners of said blade when in the holding means so as to prevent said corners from scratching the surface to be shaved.

26. A razor comprising a handle adapted to hold a stack of blades, a blade holding means pivoted to said handle so as to be transversely arranged when in shaving position and longitudinally arranged when receiving a blade from said stack, and single control means for rotating said blade holding means from one position to the other and to those positions intermediate thereof and for feeding the blades in succession from said stack, one at a time, and for re-rotating said blade holding means back to its normal position, and co-operative means including the blade that is being fed preventing said single control means from rotating said holding means back to the normal position if the feeding means has not completed its action.

27. A safety razor comprising a holding means including a clamp cover and a blade seat with a guard, said holding means adapted for receiving a blade endwise and holding it in positive proper shaving position with relation to said guard, independent of said guard, a magazine for holding a clip of blades, said blades being recessed for engaging on the positioning means in the holding means, and single control means for moving said holding means into alignment with said blades in said clip and for sliding the blades successively from the clip endwise into said holding means and moving said holding means back to the shaving position, and co-operating means including the blade that is being fed for preventing the moving of said seat back to the shaving position until the means for sliding a blade from said clip onto said seat has completed its action.

28. In a safety'razor, an aperture for passing blades therethrough, said aperture containing a shaping iron for bending a flexible blade as it passes therethrough into a predetermined shape corresponding to the shape of a slot in a blade holding device into which the blade is being fed.

SOL ROTHSCHILD. WILLIAM F. IS'I'EINMETZ.