US2686967A

US2686967A - Razor and dispensing magazine therefor

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Publication number: US2686967A
Application number: US244507A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard F Landwehr
Original assignee: American Safety Razor Corp
Current assignee: American Safety Razor Corp
Priority date: 1951-08-31
Filing date: 1951-08-31
Publication date: 1954-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1971-08-24

Description

R. F. LANDWEHR RAZOR AND nIsPENsING MAGAZINE THEREFOR Fi1ed Aug. :51, 1951 n Aug. 24, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A NVENTOIL l .RICHARD ANDA/Eye BY Aug- 24, 1954 R. F. LANDWEHR 2,686,967

RAZOR AND DISPENSING MAGAZINE THEREFOR Filed Aug. 3l, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EN. A l V WMM@ Patented Aug. 24, 1954 RAZOR AND DISPENSIN G MAGAZINE THEREEOR Richard F. Landwehr, Laurelton,

N. Y., assignor to American Safety Razor Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia Application August 31, 1951, Serial No. 244,507

(c1. en iol 24 Claims. 1

My invention relates to a safety razor and more particularly to a razor devised for blade replacement by a dispensing blade magazine; my invention relates also to a dispensing magazine and more particularly to a magazine devised for detachable association with a razor for blade replacement.

This application is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 146,798, led February 28, 1950.

One of the general objects of the invention is an improved razor of the type wherein a blade is enterable endwise thereinto.

Another general object is the provision in a razor of improved means for locating a blade with its shaving edge in proper relation to the guard. A Another of the general objects of my invention is improved means for holding the blade in shaving position and more particularly of means whereby the blade when so held is given a vtransverse flexure.

Another general object of my invention is a razor having an improved arrangement for permitting the attachment thereto of a blade magazine for blade replacement.

Another general object of my invention is an improved blade container and coordinately of improved means therein for dispensing a blade therefrom. v A more particular object of the invention is a construction for `the attainment of the aforementioned general objects wherein the blades are of the double edged type.

Some of the features for the attainment of the aforementioned and additional objects are these; blade clamping means in the razor which are elevatable to elevate a blade clamped thereby, from a lower level for blade reception to a higher level for shaving performance; means in the path of the blade as it is elevated, to cause the blade to flex transversely; a xed seat upon which a blade entered into the razor is initially received and a separate blade seat which is elevatable to engage the seated blade and lift it off said xed seat; a blade seat elevatable to and above the plane of a blade entered into the razor and locating means thereon engageable with the blade before the seat engages and elevates it; xedly related top and bottom members and blade clamping elements therebetween which are initially movable relatively to each other into adjacency and then movable together relatively (to said members) to bring the blade into its shaving level; a resiliently biasedmember in the blade chamber of a razor for exerting pressure on a enterable into a razor to form a continuation of the bottom wall of the blade discharge mouth; elevatable blade clamping elements, resiliently biased to normally engage and elevate the elements; and more particularly the efiectuation thereof by magazine attachment; a razor head having a iixed seat and a movable seat normally resiliently biased to shaving position thereabove and movable therebelow upon magazine attachment; a blade seat normally elevated yieldingly for shaving, having means depending therefrom and accessible from the exterior for lowering it and more particularly wherein the lowering can be eiected by and attachment of a magazine thereto; an improved magazine for containing and dispensing blades and coordinately an improvement arrangement for attaching it to the razor to attain the aforementioned objects.

For the attainment of these and such other objects as may hereinafter appear or be pointed out, I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention in the appended drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the razor of my illustrated embodiment;

Fig. 2 shows the razor with its parts separated in an exploded view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1 showing the position of the razor parts in their operative shaving position;

Fig. 4 is a section similar to that of Fig. 3 showing the position of razor head parts for blade reception or replacements;

Fig. 5 is an end view of the razor head;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 3, showing parts of said razor element in their shaving position with the blade ileXed an exaggerated amount;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the magazine of my illustrated embodiment;

Fig. 8 shows the magazine with its parts separated in an exploded View;

Fig. 9 is a perspective View of one of these parts; and

Fig. 10 is a cross section taken on line A-A of Fig. 7.

The razor head l2 comprises a hollow frame having a top portion and a bottom portion 3U (see Fig. 1). These portions are preferably formed separately as shown in the exploded view of Fig. 2 because of manufacturing considerations and convenience of assembly. When assembled, they constitute an integrated frame structure with the top and bottom portions in spaced apart relation to provide a chamber within which the blade and the locating and clamping means therefor are receivable in the manner and for functioning as hereinafter to be set forth. It will be understood, of course, that many if not most of the objectives of my invention are attainable even though this frame is made other than of two separate members. For convenience of reference, the top frame portion 2l) will hereafter be referred to as the cap and the por-'- tion 30 as the frame seat.

The cap 20 is shown atthe top of Fig. 2l as provided with end walls or flanges 2l and 22, preferably formed integrally with the connecting web portion therebetween.

The means for securing together cap 20 and frame seat 30 shown in Fig. 2 comprise lateral extending grooves 23, on each of the depending flanges, which slidably receive mating projections 33 on the frame seat. The two parts may be secured` in this relation as by locking pin 24.

A slot extends through end wall 2l of the cap member and is so dirnensioned and positioned as to permit ejection of a used, dull blade from the razor. The opposite wall of the cap is provided with a similar slot 2S to permit insertion of a new blade into the razor chamber. This slot 26 is substantially wider than blade thickness and is further widened centrally, both upwardly and downwardly, by portions 2l and 28 for purposes to be later described.

The central longitudinal web portion of cap 20, extends for a distance slightly more than the length of a blade and is provided with downward blade engaging abutments 45 at the sides of its inner surface. The under surface is sloped at 4l to permit blade flexing by abutments 45 and is also recessed for its entire length at 4|, to receive the spring 42 and the pressure pad 5B.

The razor frame seat 30 has an upper surface 36 (hereafter referred to as the fixed blade seat). It is provided with side flanges 3l (serrated) to form the blade guards. The edge of the blade receiving end ofthe fixed seat 36 is shown beveled at 37 to facilitate blade entrance. The openings 32 through the saddle discharge lather, debris and the like. The seat 36 is recessed longitudinally centrally thereof as shown at 34, to receive the locator l0 wholly therewithin. The bottom of this recess 34 is recessed downwardly, as at 35y to pro-vide a channel Whose purpose will shortly be pointed out.

A collar 38' depending centrally from the bottom of razor seat 30 has its bore open through the seat 39 into recess or space 34 thereof. The undersurface of the seat member 30 merges at its ends into the guard edges 3l and is shown as formed iiat at the bottom 46 and then curved upwardly and outwardly on each side in alignment with the bottom edges of flanges 2l and 22 of the cap.

The means for supporting and locating the blade in shaving position within the razor head frame comprise a pair of blade clamping members-50 and l0 movable in the frame and a system of springs which normally maintain these twov clamping members in blade clampingv relation at a relatively higher level. These means are so contrived that lower clamping member IIJ can be moved to a level below the fixed blade seat 36 to inactivate it and permit pressure plate 5E to yieldingly engage directly the fixed blade seat 3e or the blade thereon when blade placement or replacement is to be effected. The locator le which is the lower blade clamping member seats the blade at this upper level and Will hereafter be referred to as the supplemental blade seat. This locator member 'i0 is shown generally rectilinearly shaped and enlarged in width centrally thereof to conform in configuration to the shape of recess 34.

Pins ll are fixed to and extend upwardly from the locator l0. These pins are shown as provided with heads which are beveled or conically formed and a cylindrical neck portion 'I2 therebelow dimensioned and conformed to be engageable through openings 63 provided in the blade when 'the locator is moved upwardly. The shape of the head facilitates entrance ofl the-pinsy into the blade openings and serves also to relocate a blade inserted into a razor slightly olf center; These pins are fixed. in the locator 'lll in any desired manner as by force or friction nt. The upper surface i3 of the locator is shown as conversely curved so that the shaving edgesof a blade supported centrally thereon may be flexed downwardly. Upon reference to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the locator is centrally apertured at i4 for a purpose shortly to be pointed out.

The upper clamping member or pressure' pad shown as rectangular is provided with openings 5l` therethrough to receiving locating studsV I'I'4 upon elevation of locator T5, and is provided with end projections 52 upturned at 53 for reception in mating channels 54 defined by shoulders at the ends of channel 4l in the cap 2|). These projections guide the vpressure pad or upper clamping member vertically with relation to both the cap and the seat. The pressure pad is preferably formed with a flat undersurface for engaging the top surface of the razor blade EE). The upward extensions 53 on. lugs 52 serve further to space the upper surface of the pressure pad from the top of the channel il` at the limit of its upward movement to provide space therebetween for the spring member 42. At least one of the lugs52 is provided with a blade guiding beveled edge 55;

The disclosed razor, embodiment has been specially devised to service flexible blades of the double edge type havingcutting edges 6|, locating slots iii!l to receive locator pins 1l and end slots 52 for facilitating stacking. inthe magazine to be described later. It will beunderstood that the major objects of the invention are obtainable with razors constructedr to utilize bladesv other than that shown and described.

The hollow razor handle portion i3 (see'Figr. 4) is affixed to the lower end of the collar 38 to complete the razor handle. It will be observed that the bore through the collar 38 and the handle portion I3' are the same so that the bore in the latter is continued without substantial change through the former to open into, re#- cess 34 in the razor head. The two may be afxed, for example as shown, by enlarging the boreof I 3 sumciently to seat the lower end ofv collar 38' on shoulder 4, whose width is. predetermined tothe wall thickness of collar 38'. The collar 38 is provided with slots 5--5- which are. preferably in diametrical registration' and with their ends respectively below the underface of v seat: 3'0

and above the upper end of the handle member I3'.

A member 6 (see Fig. 2) is secured at its upper end to the locator 1|), for example by upwardly extending pin 'I received through a central opening 'I4 in the locator 'lil and upset at its upper end. This slide is slotted diametrically as shown at 8 (see Figs. 2 and 4). The cross section of member 6 is so related to the handle bore that the member can be entered therein for vertical movement to correspondingly elevate or lower locator 'I0 between its positions or" Figs. 3 and 4. A spiral spring 9 in the bore I3 underlies slide member 6 (see Fig. 4) and serves normally to elevate this slide member and with it the locator 'I0 from its lower position of Fig. 3 to its upper position of Fig. 4.

A roller l is mounted in slot 8 on pin 2 angularly positioned to register roller I with slots -5 of sleeve 38. The level of pin 2 is shown as such that upper portion of the roller is accessible through registering slots 5-5-8.

It will be observed that slot 8 of slide member 6 registers with and is longer than slots 5-5` and that the movement of the slide is restricted to a rectilinear one as and for the reasons to be pointed out hereinafter.

The handle portion I3 is shown iluted and beveled in Fig. 2 for convenience of handling.

When the razor parts described above, and shown in exploded View in Fig. 2, are assembled, the razor will have the appearance illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be observed that the improved razor comprises a head which has spaced upper and lower members 20 and 3E which are i'lxedly related to define a blade chamber which is provided with a blade ingress aperture in one end and a blade exit aperture at the opposite end. The operative position for a shaving performance of the aforementioned razor parts within the frame and handle shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is normally maintained by underlying spring 9 in handle part I3'. Replacing the contained blade requires that the locator le be lowered into space 34 to a level below the fixed Seat 3B to disengage pins II from blade openings 63 and permit the used blade to seat on xed seat 36 by spring pressure plate 5U, which lowered position of the parts is shown in Fig. 4. In this lowered position of the parts, the used blade on seat 3l registers with both discharge mouth 25 and admission mouth 26.

The magazine shown in Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive,

has means for attaching it to the razor of such nature that its attachment thereto will lower these parts automatically to their` position of Fig. 4` and bring the mouth of the magazine through which the blades are discharged levelled with the used blade on the fixed blade seat so that the blade entering the razor through mouth 26 of the razor head and between fixed seat 36 and pressure plate 5|), will engage and expel the used blade through opening 25.

This dispensing blade magazine is comprised of container body IUI, top closure I 02, blade ejecting slide |03 and the spring |04 which underlies and elevates the stack (see exploded view of Fig. 8).

Container body I 0| is deiined by bottom III, side walls H2, front wall H3 and rear wall H4. The front wall is shown with its top cut down sufficiently below side walls l |2 to provide a space through which a blade can be passed. The rear wall H4 is of the height of the side walls and is therefore higher than the front wall H3 by no less than blade thickness and has flange H6 extending upwardly centrally thereof. Side walls H2 may have flanges H8 extending upwardly from and longitudinally thereof to .receive top closure |62 therebetween. Transverse partition wall |2| subdivides the container space into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The height of this partition is shown as that of the side and rear walls and as reduced centrally thereof approximately to the height of the front wall to provide groove |22 centrally of its top. Rib |24 extending inwardly from the front wall is shown coter-minous at its top with the top of the front wall. Rib |25 extending inwardly from partition wall I2| is shown coterminous at its top with the bottom of aforementioned .groove |22.. The two ribs are shown in longitudinal registration centrally of the front chamber and may be of the same height. The dimensions of the front chamber and its ribs I2@ and |25 and the location of the latter are such that the blade shown in Fig. 2 can be received in this chamber with its side notches 62 engaged with these ribs and with its shaving edges held spaced from the side walls of this chamber.

The top closure |02 is removably associated with the container lill in any preferred manner, for example by beveled side faces ISI shown in Fig. 8 engaged in beveled grooves H9 in side wall flanges H8. The drawings show these bevels 'as of the full length of side walls H8, although the invention does not require it. This top closure is provided with slot |32 longitudinally thereof and open at one end. Its underface is thinned out longitudinally centrally thereof to provide a groove l2@ `preferably wider than slot |32. The location and dimensions of cover slot |32 are such that its open end will receive therein flange HS extending upwardly from rear wall Hfl and will overlie the lribs |251 and |25 and groove |22 in the `partition wall. The fit of the cover is preferably relatively tight because it `remains closed until exhaustion of the contained blades. It is made separable for convenience of manufacture and iilling.

Blade electing slide |03 shown in Fig. 8 may be formed from at material to provide top web IflI, side iianges I 42 of greater width, a relatively narrow neck |43 extending outwardly from and preferably centrally of a side edge of a top web I4! and bent into approximately U-shape, and a blade engaging portion |44 extending forwardly from the end of underlying portion of neck |43 and beyond top web Illl. Slide |93 is assembled with the container as shown in Fig. 7, with the side flanges |42 engaged with side walls H2 to slide therealong. The details of construction and the character of material employed is preferably such that this engagement supplies sufficient pressure to control the movement o the slide and the curved ends and ridged central portion of anges |42 participate in this control. The width of neck |133 of the ejector slide is no greater than that of slot |32 in the cover so that the neck portion can be entered into the open end of cover slot |32 and maintained therein by projection I I6 on the container. In its normal position of Fig. 7, the blade engaging portion Hill of the slide is levelled to the topmost blade engaged with the inner surface of top |02 by underlying spring ldd.

Spring |04 is comprised of a longitudinally extended downwardly bowed central member Ibi and two longitudinally extending relatively narrow upwardly bowed side portions |52 connected to the central member by relatively narrow necks.

absage-e7 Central member has itsv ends recessed at |53 andthe dimensions of.V thesel parts; are such that recesses |53 engagewith and. arezcenteredby. ribs |25 and |25.

It willbe observed.' thatzin. this normal. position of the pusher, theiinner endiofthesblade engaging portion |55 ispartly entered into groove |22 in the partition for clearance and: guidance. A forward movement ofthe slide-.causesthe'blade engaging portion |44 thereof to engage the adjacent end of the: topmostxblade.andadvance that blade through the mouthin theffrontiwallo the casing.

The lower projection`v or finger 16|.. isrelatively long and thin and iscomprisedio a. rear portion |54 affixed tothe container and. a front portion |55 whose heightV is diminished by bevel. |66. and shoulder |56 onits top: face andxisfurther and gradually diminished. at itsy extremeziront end by the upward angle given. the extreme; end |69 of its bottom face or edge sothat the h'eightlof that part of the front portion lbetween top shoulder. |68 and bottom bevel. |69. is'v uniform and is shown as slightly less than. the.y height of slots.

5 incollar 36 of the razor;

Before describing the operation of the. razor and the cooperation therewith of the. magazine. for blade repiacement, it willbepointedout that the upper finger |65. is predeterminedly dimensioned and contoured to be. received. in aligned. grooves 25 and. 35. slightly above the lower edge of razor entrance passage. Z6v and. slightly below the blade receiving seat136 in the.razor;.the space vertically between lingers |60: and. |6I. correspends approximately to saddle thickness at this end of the razor and which isrmeasured from the bottom of groove 35, to the underxsurface 46 of the saddle; the.. thickness of the. portion of finger |E| to the front of shoulder |68. approximates substantially the width ofthe

slots

5, 5 in the razor sleeve 38'; the width of slot.8, through razor slide member 6 is no less than that'of.

thev slots

5, 5; and slot 8 is suiiicientl'yI longer than slots 5, V and is so located thatit will open` into

slotsv

5, 5 for their full length. in. itsr upper and lower positions; and roller forms a yieldable obstrucA tion to the entrance of magazine nger |6| through slot 8.

Fig. 3 shows the blade clamping members normally elevated by underlying springfil-in the han dle; and Fig. @shows these parts lowered tocondition the razor for blade replacement. This conditioning is. effected automatically with and by the attachment of the magazine to the razor, by entering its linger i6! .into and-through the registering slots s, e anda, the height of the upand of linger iti beingpreierably less .than thespace between the topniost point of roller and the top.

end of slots 5, 5 (see Fig; 3). tofacilitate nger. entry; This entry` of" linger |61 will cause its beveled bottom portion |69.4 to engage the top ofv freely rotatable. roller |f and. gradually` depress.

it to the level of the bottomy of slotsr5; and bring the paralleltop and bottom` of therngerportion immediately in baci; of bevel. |69, into adjacency to. upper` and. lowerendsof slotsy 5 and spring 9. will cooperate toholdthe top. edge offnger. |6|1 aforementioned. brings its discharge mouth close' to and in registration with-razor entrance mouth 26, so that a blade moved, by slide |53 through magazine discharge mouth |54 is entered into andthrough slot 26 to expel the used blade through razor mouth 25 as it itself" is being entered into the razor head. The forward thrust permitted the slide is such that its blade engaging member |55 enters the enlargement 2-1 of mouth 26 to fully enter the new blade on seat 36.. In this fully advanced position, the Web-and neck portions |4I and |43Yare shown engaged respectively. against the front end wall of the razor and the closedv end of cover slot |33 so that either or the two together serve to limitslide advancement.

At the beginningv of such blade movement the forward end ofthe blade, as itenters slot 26 of the razor, is supported by finger and its rib |25 until. its advancing edge reaches the beveled portion 37 of the razor receiving seat. As blade advancement is continued the forward edge of the blade rides up thebeyeled portion 3l andengages the beveled surface 55 at the edge of the pressure pad. to be guided onto receiving seat 36 and under thepressure. pad 50. Further advancementof the ejector pushes the blade entirely into. the blade chamber of the razor against the resistance of the pressure pad, so. that the direction and extent of. travel of the blade isI pad respectively will permit a new blade to iind. itsproper level onl seat 36' regardless'of the levelv ofv its entrance into slot 26. This arrangement.

has the advantage of permitting relatively large manufacturing tolerances'and error in all of the mating'parts includingrthe attaching nger while guaranteeingI operabilityl of the combined' razor and magazine to inject new and eject old blades. The device is operative for these functions even though under certain manufacturing conditionsthe upper ringer |55 nds a level above receivA ing seat 36,V for in this case the new blade would still' be guided under the pressure pad and sup-y ported at one endbetween the pad and the magazine finger untii elevated by the locator.

It will be understood that' the conical shape ofA the locator pins 1|. enable the latter upon elevation of the. locator to` engage the end edges of slot 63. in the razor blade andy shift said blade to. center it by an amount equal. to the radius of the.

pins, should the blade have been inserted slightly out of centerV position in. the razor chamber.

Conditioningv an unloaded razor forv blade placement willv be no, different from that described abovefor a'loaded-razorexcept that entry of a blade from.. the magazine will elevate the pressure. pad for blade` thickness.

After: blade` placement: (or replacement) Y has.

upward pressure of underlying handle spring il` is substantially greater than the downward pressure of overlying spring 42.

What I claim is:`

1. A razor for use with a magazine having a razor attaching linger, said razor being comprised of a frame having top and bottom members which define a chamber therebetween and a ,mouth through which a blade can be entered thereinto,

a shaving edge guard on the frame at a level l above the mouth, a blade carrier within the chamber mounted for vertical movement from a lower level which clears the mouth to a level` thereabove to lift a blade entered through the mouth into shaving relation to the guard and spring pressed means normally operative to elevate said blade carrier, said means being accessible for operation upon magazine attachment to move said carrier to its lower level.

` 2. In combination a razor comprised of a frame having top and bottom members which define a chamber therebetween and a mouth through ing e'dge guard on the frame at a level above the mouth, `a blade carrier within the chamber mounted for vertical movement from a lower level which clears the mouth to a level thereabove to lift a blade entered through the mouth into shaving relation to the guard and normally operative means for elevating said blade carrier, and a magazine having an attaching finger enterable into the razor for depressingsaid blade carrier.

3. In combination a razor comprised of a handle and a head comprised of a frame having top and. bottom members which dene therebetween a chamber and a mouth through which a blade can be entered thereinto, a blade carrier within the chamber and means for mounting it for vertical movement from a lower level which clears the mouth to a level thereabove to thus elevate a blade thereon, normally operative means for maintaining said blade carrier elevated comprising a member depending downward from the carrier and slideably received in the handle and a means for yieldably applying an upward pressure to the slideable member and a magazine having an attaching finger enterable into the razor for depressing the blade carrier.

4. A razor and magazine combination as characterized in claim 3, wherein registering slots are provided through said depending member and adjacent portions of the handle for reception of the magazine linger to depress said depending member.

5. The razor and magazine combination as characterized in claim 4 wherein a roller is mounted within the slot in said depending member to partially project into the lower end thereof so that the magazine finger entered thereinto will engage said roller and depress the carrier.

6. A razor handle and a head carried thereon comprised of a frame having top and bottom members which denne therebetween a chamber and a mouth through which a blade can be entered thereinto, a blade carrier within the` chamber and means for mounting it for vertical movement from the lower level to clear the mouth to which a blade can be entered thereinto, a shavl0 a level thereabove to thus elevate a blade thereon, normally operative means for maintaining said blade carrier elevated comprising a member depending downward from the `carrier and slideably received in the handle and means for yieldably applying an upward pressure to the slideable member, the slideable member and adjacent portions of the handle member having registering slots for the reception of a tool to depress the slideable member, theslot in the slideable member beinglonger than that in the handle member.

7. For use with an attachable magazine, a razor comprising spaced apart i'lXedly related blade receiving seat and cap portions, a pair of relatively movable blade clamping members therebetween and means normally operative for engaging and maintaining said members and the blade clamped therebetween elevated above the seat, said means being `accessible by a tool to render them inoperative.

8. The combination with the razor as set forth in claim l, of a magazine having a linger extending forwardly therefrom and enterable into the razor to depress the blade carrier to clear it of the razor mouth for the reception therethrough of a blade fed from the magazine whereby withdrawal of the linger will free the carrier for vertical movement to elevate the received blade.

9. In combination a 'razorcomprised of a handle and a head comprised of a frame having top and bottom members which denne therebetween a chamber and a mouth through which a blade canbe entered thereinto, a blade carrier within the chamber and means for mounting it for Vertical movement from a. lower level which clears the mouth to a level thereabove to thus elevate a blade thereon, normally operative means for maintaining said blade carrier elevated comprising a member depending downward fromthe carrier and a magazine having a forwardly projecting finger engageable with said depending member to depress it and hold the carrier at its lower level for blade replacement.

i l0. A razor and magazine combination as set forth in claim 9, wherein a registering slot is provided through said depending member for reception of the magazine finger.

ll. A razor and magazine combination as characterized in claim 9, `wherein registering slots are provided through said depending member and adjacent portions of the handle for reception of the magazine finger. i

l2. A razor and magazine combination as set forth in claim 9 wherein the depending member is receivable for sliding movement in the handle and wherein registering slots are provided through said depending member and adjacent portions ofthe handle for reception of the magazine finger to depress said depending member.

13. A razor and magazine combination as set forth in claim` l2, wherein a roller is mounted in said depending member to` partially project into the lower end thereof so that the magazine iinger will depress `said depending member by engagement with said roller.

14. A razor and magazine combination. characterized in claim 13 wherein the slot through the depending member is longer than the registering slots through the handle.

l5. A razor attachable blade dispensing magazine having a bottom, a top and a front wall, a plurality of blades stacked therein, said front wall having an exit Slot for the topmost blade, a guiding finger projecting forwardly from and beyond said front'wall, the top face of said finger ybeing 'levelled to 'the -bottom of said magazine blade exit slot and a `rib longitudinally aligned with said finger and extending inwardly from vsaid front wall and whose top surface is also -levelled to the vbottom of the magazine 'exit mouth so that in its advanc'e,`the topmost blade will be supported and guided from the innermost end of the rib to the outermost end of the finger.

16. In a razor and magazine combination, a -razor head comprising-'a frame having an upper, lower and an end Wallt'odene a blade chamber, a blade entrance passage through the end wall, enlarged intermediate its length both upwardly and downwardly, a blade feeding magazine provided with a finger enterable into the downward enlargement in said blade entrance and an ejector finger on said magazine enterable into the'upward enlargement .of said blade entrance passage.

17. In a razor and magazine combination, a razor head including fixedlyrelated seat and cap members, a blade feeding magazine having a blade feed slot in one wall thereof, means for attaching the magazine with said feed slot and an entrance mouth in alignment, means for ejecting ablade endwise from the magazine onto the razor seat, and means in said razor between said seat and cap for grasping the entered blade therebetween and-lifting it from engagement with the seat into engagement with the cap.

18. For use with `a razor having a head comprising a blade receiving channel and a normally spring elevated blade seat, a hollow handle attached to said blade `seat containing depressing members to depress 'said `blade seat, and an access opening in said hollow handle below said head to communicating with said depressing means; a blade dispensingmagazine having a discharge mouth at the upper-end of its front wall and a flange portion which vprojects downwardly from the front endof the vmagazine bottom and extends a substantialdistance beyond said front wall, and a razor attaching finger extending forwardly from the front end of said iiange; said attaching finger being spaced below the blade receiving channel of the razor head and being receivable in the access opening of the razor to actuate said depressing member.

v19. A magazine as set forth in claim 118, wherein a stop shoulder is provided at the front end of the top edge of the flange to'limit attaching insertion of the finger into the razor.

20. AA blade dispensing razor attachable magazine having a discharge mouth at the upper end of its front wall and a flange portion which projects downwardlyfrom the'front end of the magazine bottom and extends for a lsubstantial distance beyond said front wall; a razor attaching finger extending forwardly from the front end of said fiange; and a relatively short finger spaced vertically above said ange extending forwardly from the front walls and having'its upper surface levelled to the bottom edge of the discharge mouth; said attaching'nger being at a level immediately below the bottom wherebir razor attachment will be eifectedat a level below the magazine bottom.

`21. A blade dispensing razor attachable magazine `having a discharge mouth atthe'upper end of its front walland a flange portion which projects downwardly from the front end of the magazine bottom and extends 4for a substantial distance beyond said front wall; a razor attaching finger extending forwardly beyond the front 'wall of said fiange; said portion of the flange which extends beyond the front wall being extended vertically so that the flange isengaged about the lower front corner; and said attaching finger being at a level immediately below the bottom whereby razor attachment will be effected at a level below the magazinebottom.

22. A blade dispensing razor attachable magazine having a discharge mouth at the upper end of its front wall and a flange portion which projects downwardly from the front end of the magazine bottom 'and extends for a substantial distance beyond said 'front wall; varazor attaching finger extending forwardly beyond the front wall of said liange; the front end portion of said nger having its under surface beveled upwardly forwardly toward its terminal end to serve 'as a cam for automatically conditioning the razor for blade reception when attachment is effected; and said attaching finger being at a levelimmediatelybelow the bottom whereby razor-attachment will oe effected at a level below the magazine bottom.

'23. A razor having a frame comprised of top and bottom members defining a chamber therebetween and a mouth opening into said chamber for blade reception, upper and lower Clamping members in the chamber and spring means for biasing each oi' the mem-bers toward the other and into engagement, the bias of said means upon the lower member being greater than the bias thereof upon the upper member, `so that the engaged clamping 4members will be `moved thereby to a higher level.

24. A. razor having a frame comprised of top and bottom members defining a chamber therebetween anda mouth opening into said chamber for the reception of a blade, and anupper clamping member and a spring for biasing said member downwardly and a lower clamping member anda spring for biasing it upwardly, the bias of the y second mentioned spring being greater than most of the biasV of the first mentioned spring so that the Ytwo springs will engage the'clamping members and lift them as a'unit to ahigher level.

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