US2821780A - Magazine safety razors - Google Patents

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Feb. 4, 1958 w. P. BILICH MAGAZINE SAFETY RAZORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 18, 1955 I all w i n e M I William Feb. 4, 1958- w. P. BILICH MAGAZINE SAFETY RAZORS Filed Jfily 18, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 11211612 for illiam I? Bilick United States Patent MAGAZINE SAFETY RAZORS William P. Bilich, Chicago, Ill.

Application July 18, 1955, Serial No. 522,580

16 Claims. (Cl. 30-40) This invention relates to razors and, more specifically, to razors of the magazine type wherein a supply of extra blades may be carried in the razor.

It is a primary object of my invention to provide a novel razor of the magazine type.

Another object is to afford a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein extra blades may be stored therein in a novel and expeditious manner.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein blades may be readily moved from stored position to a position of use in a novel and expeditious manner.

Yet another object is to enable used blades to be quickly and easily removed from a razor of the aforementioned type in a novel and expeditious manner.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein blades may be readily adjusted to various operative positions for varying the shaving characteristics thereof, and for positioning the blade for ready washing and cleaning thereof.

Another object is to provide a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein double-edged blades may be used in a novel and expeditious manner.

An object ancillary to the foregoing is to provide a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein only one edge of a double-edged blade is exposed in shaving position at one time.

A further object is to provide a novel razor of the aforementioned type wherein double-edged blades may be moved in a novel and expeditious manner to expose either edge in operative shaving position.

Other and further objects of the present invention Will be apparent from the following description and claims and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, by way of illustration, show a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the principles thereof and what I now consider to be the best mode in which I have contemplated applying these principles. Other embodiments of the invention embodying the same or equivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a somewhat enlarged perspective view of a razor embodying the principles of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the razor shown in Fig. 1 with certain parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but with parts thereof disposed in different position;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 5-5 in Fig. 2; a

Fig. 5A is a detail sectional view of a portion of the razor shown in Fig. 5 i

2,821,?30 Patented Feb. 4, 1958 Fig. 6 is a top perspective view of a razor blade especially adapted for use in my novel razor;

Fig. 7 is a bottom perspective view of the razor blade shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a slide bar embodied in the razor shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view somewhat similar to Fig. l, but with parts disposed in different positions.

A razor 20, embodying the principles of my invention, is shown in the drawings to illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention. The razor 20 embodies, in general, a head 22 mounted on one end portion of the usual elongated handle or shank 24, Fig. l.

The head 22 of the razor 20, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, includes a substantially rectangular shaped housing 26 having a bottom wall 28, two end walls 30 and 31, two side walls 32 and 33, and a top wall or cover member 36 hingedly mounted at one end by hinges 38 to the upper edge portion of the end wall 30.

The cover member 36 embodies a substantially rectangular shaped top wall 36a from the respective outer edge portions of which end walls 30a and 31a project outwardly and downwardly at substantially a forty-five degree angle to the horizontal, Fig. 3. The walls 30a and 31a of the cover member 36 are so disposed on the top wall 36:: that the lower edge portions thereof rest on the upper edges of the end walls 30 and 31, respectively, of the housing 26, when the cover member 36 is disposed in closed position.

The hinges 38 are attached to one side to the outer face of the end Wall 30a of the cover member 36, Figs. 2 and. 3, in such position that the cover member 316 may be pivoted upwardly around the end wall 30a from the normally closed position shown in Fig. 3 to an open position such as shown in Fig. 9. The hinges 38 embody torsion springs 38a which are so disposed therein as to urge the cover member 36 toward closed position.

The sides of the cover member 36 are open to alford longitudinally extending slots 32:: and 33a, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, between the top wall 36a of the cover member 36 and the side walls 32 and 33, respectively, of the housing 26, when the cover member is disposed in closed position.

Two posts 41 and 42, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 are mounted on the upper face of the lower wall 28 of the housing 26 and project vertically upwardly therefrom in substantially parallel spaced relation to each other and to the walls 3033 of the housing 26. The upper end portions of the posts 41 and 42 terminate at their upper ends below the horizontal plane of the upper edges of the walls 3l33 of the housing 26.

A plurality of substantially rectangular shaped blades B having two openings 41a and 42a formed therein, Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9, may be mounted in stored position in the housing 26 in stacked relation to each other below the upper edges of the walls 30-33 of the housing 26 with the posts 41 and 42 extending through the openings 41a and 42a, respectively, in the blades B, to hold the blades against horizontal lateral movement in the housing 26.

The blades B preferably have a substantially rectangular shaped central body portion 44 from the longitudinal edge portions of which two cutting edges 46 and 47, respectively, project downwardly and outwardly at a down wardly opening acute angle to the horizontal plane of the central body portion 44 of the blade B. Two legs 51 and 52, of equal length, project downwardly from the lower face of the central body portion 44 of each blade B in spaced parallel relation to each other. The legs 51 and 52 may be afforded in any suitable manner such as, for example, by striking a portion of the body member 44 of the blade B downwardly, Figs. 2, 6 and 7. The legs 51 and 52 project downwardly from the body portion 44 of the blade B a greater distance than do the cutting edges 46 and 47 so that when the blades B are disposed in stacked relation on the posts 41 and 42 each upper blade B disposed in stacked position in the housing 22 rests on its legs 51 and 52 on the upper face of the body portion 44 of the blade B disposed immediately therebelow, and the legs 51 and 52 of the lowermost blade B in the stack rests on the upper face of the bottom wall 28, Figs. 3 and 5. The distance from the top face of the body member 44 of each blade B to the lower edge of the legs 51 and 52 thereof is somewhat less than the Width of either of the slots 32:: and 33a, and the length of each blade B is somewhat less than the length of either of the slots 32a and 33a, so that each of the blades B may be slid laterally outwardly through either of the slots 32a or 33a as will be discussedin greater detail presently.

The posts 4-1 and 42 are so disposed in the housing 26 that. when the blades B are mounted in stored position thereon, the outer edges of the cutting edges 46 and 47 are disposed in substantially parallel inwardly spaced relation to the inner faces of the side walls 32 and 33 of the housing 26, Fig. 5.

Two elongated guard bars 54 and 55 are mounted on the outer faces of the side walls 32 and 33, respectively, along the upper edges thereof, Figs. 1, 2 and 5. The guard bars 54 and 55 are preferably substantially V-shaped with the apices 56 thereof disposed in outwardly projecting relation to the outer faces of the side walls 32 and 33, respectively, and with the upper faces 56a thereof projecting from the side walls 32 and 33 in a downwardly and outwandly opening acute angle to the horizontal of preferably rforty-five degrees, Figs. and 5A.

An elongated substantially rectangular shaped slot 57, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, extends vertically through the end wall 31 of the housing 26 intermediate the longitudinal side edges thereof.

A substantially U-shaped slide 59, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and- 8, having two substantially parallel outer legs 61 and. 62 connected together at one end by an intermediate leg 63, is mounted in the housing 26 with the intermediate leg 63 disposed outwardly of thehousing 26 and the legs 61 and 62 normally projecting outwardly through the slot 57. The legs 61 and 62 are disposed in such position relative to each other that when the slide 59 is disposed in normal position in the slot 57, the legs 61 and 62 are disposed between. the longitudinal edges thereof with a relatively close, but freely slidably fit. Two lugs 61a and 62a project laterally outwardly from the inner portions of the legs 61 and 62, respectively, a sufiicient distance to engage the end wall 31 and prevent the complete withdrawal of the slide 59 outwardly through the slot 57 in normal position.

The slide 59 is of such size, and the lugs 61a and 62a are so disposed thereon, that when the slide 59 is moved outwardly of the housing 26 into extreme outwardly disposed position, shown in Fig. 4, wherein the lugs 61a and 62a are engaged with the inner face of the end wall 3i,

the slide 59 may then be moved upwardly and downwardly past the end of the stack of blades B into aligned position relative to the. space between any adjacent pair of blades. The slide 59 is of such thickness that it may then be moved longitudinally inwardly through the slots 57 into the space between such pair of blades, the lugs 61a and 62a passing between the legs 51 and 52 of the top blade B of such pair of blades B, and between the posts 41 and 42. When in this position, it will be seen that the slide 59 may be moved upwardly through the slot 57 to thereby raise any blade B disposedthereabove upwardly in the housing 26 to a position wherein the blade is disposed in the horizontal plane of the upper edge of the housing 26.

Each of the blades B has an elongated, substantially rectangular shaped opening 65 formed in the central por- 4 tion of the body portion 44 thereof, Figs. 2, 6 and 7. A clamping unit 67, Figs. 1 and 3, embodying an elongated screw or bolt 68 and a nut 69, is mounted in the cover member 36 for clamping a blade B against the inner face of the top wall 36a of the cover 36.

Two elongated slots 71 and 72, Figs. 1, are formed in the cover member 36. The slot 71 extends along the longitudinal center line of the cover member 36 from a position between the center of the top wall 36a and the end wall a outwardly through the lower edge portion of the end wall 31a. The slot 72 is disposed perpendicu larly to the slot 71 and extends thereacross at the longitudinal center of the top 36a of the cover 36, the ends of the slot 72 terminating in inwardly spaced relation to the respective adjacent longitudinal side edges of the cover member 36.

The slots 71 and 72 in the cover member 36 are preferably of equal width and are of such width that the shank of the bolt 68 may be extended therethrough and is freely movable therein. The nut 69 is of greater cross section than the slots 71 and 72 and is mounted on the shank of the bolt 68 outwardly of the cover member 36 and rests on the outer face of the top wall 36a to thereby support the bolt 68 in the cover member 36.

The screw 68 has a substantially rectangular-shaped base 76 at the lower end thereof which is complementary in shape to the opening in the blades B. The base 76 is mounted on the lower end portion of the bolt 68 in position wherein the bolt 68 is centered on the base 76 so that the opposite end portions of the base 76 project outwardly from the shank of the bolt 68.

The shank of the bolt 68 is of such length that it may be so disposed in the nut 69 that, with the nut 69 engaged with the outer face of the top wall 36a, and with the cover 36 disposed in closed position, the shank of the bolt 68 may extend through the opening 65 in the top blade of a full stack of blades B in the housing 26 to a position wherein the base 76 on the bolt 68 is disposed between the top blade and the blade disposed immediately therebelow, with the upper face of the base 76 disposed below the horizontal plane of the lower face of the body portion 44 of the top blade B, Fig. 3. The base 76 is of such size that it fits between the legs 61 and 62 of the slide 59, Fig. 2.

In the operation of my novel razor 20, the cover 36 may be moved into open position, and a full stack of blades B may be initially mounted in the housing 26 of the head 22, with the posts 41 and 42 disposed in the openings 41a and 42a, respetcively, in the blades. With a full stack of blades B thus disposed in the housing 26, the top blade in the stack is disposed closely adjacent to the horizontal plane of the upper edge of the housing 26.

The cover 36 may then be closed and the clamping unit 67 centered in the junction between the slots 71 and 72. The screw 68 may then be lowered through the nut 69, with the base 76 disposed in parallel alignment with the openings 65, into position wherein the screw 68 extends through the top blade B with the base 76 disposed below the body portion 44 thereof. The clamping unit 67 may then be rotated as a unit on its vertical axis through one quarter of a turn to thereby dispose the length of the base 76 perpendicular to the length of the opening 65 in the top blade.

The screw 68 may then be lifted upwardly through the cover 36 into position to raise the top blade B upwardly against the inner face of the top wall 36a of the cover 36, and the nut 69 may be turned downwardly on the screw 68 to thereby firmly clamp the blade B against the inner face of the top wall 36a. The top wall 36a of the cover member 36 is of such size that when the blades B are thus clamped in' centered, raised position thereagainst, the ends of the blades B fit freely between the upper end portions of the end walls 30a and 31a of the cover member 36, and the cutting edges 46 and 47' are disposed within the cover 36.

When it is desired to shave with the razor 20, the thus raised blade may be slid laterally outwardly'through either of the slots 32a or 33a in the cover 36 to dispose the cutting edge 46 or 47, respectively, in shaving position outwardly of the cover 36. This may be accomplished by loosening the nut 69 sufiiciently to free the blade B from tight engagement with the bottom face of the top wall 36a and, using the upper end portion of the bolt 68 as a handle, sliding the clamping unit 67 longitudinally of the slot 72 toward one end thereof. Thus, forexample, by moving the clamping unit to the left, as viewed in Fig. 5, to the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 5, the edge 47 of the blade may be disposed in shaving position, relatively closely overlying the guard 55 of the razor 20, as shown in broken lines in Fig. and in solid lines in Fig. 5A. The nut 69 may then be tightened on the screw 68 to thereby firmly clamp the thus positioned blade in such shaving position.

if it is desired to clean the cutting edge 47, such as, for example, upon completion of a shaving operation, the nut 69 may be released from clamping position, and the clamping unit 67 may then be shifted outwardly in the slot 72 into position wherein the screw 68 is disposed in abutting relation to the end of the slot 72. When the clamping unit 67 is so disposed in the slot 72, the blade carried thereby is disposed in the extreme outwardly projecting position shown in broken lines in Fig. 5A, wherein the edge 47 projects outwardly of the housing 22 into a readily accessible position for cleaning.

If, after using the edge 47 for shaving it is desired to shift the clamped blade into position wherein the cutting edge 46 is disposed in shaving position, this may be readily accomplished by again loosening the nut 69, shifting the clamping unit 67 along the slot 72 to the right, as viewed in Fig. 5, into position to dispose the cutting edge 46 outwardly of the cover 36 into the desired shaving position, and then again tightening the nut 69 on the screw 68 to clamp the blade in such shaving position.

The edge 46 of the blade may alsobe readily shifted outwardly into cleaning position by shifting the clamping unit 67 outwardly into extreme outer position in the ad jacent end of the slot 72 as previously described with regard to the edge 47.

It will be seen that, with my novel razor 20, the shaving position of the blade may be readily adjusted to the individual satisfaction of the operator by adjusting the position of the clamping unit 67 longitudinally of the slot 72.

To eject a used blade from the housing 26, the clamping unit 67 may be centered in the junction between the slots 71 and 72, and the nut 69 may be loosened on the screw 68 to a position wherein the used blade is supported by the base 76 just below the lower edges of the walls 30a and 31a of the cover member 36. The cover 36 may then be raised on the hinges 38 into a partially raised position, such as shown in Fig. 9, and the clamping unit 67 may then be moved longitudinally of the slot 71 toward the end wall 31a to thereby move the one end of the used blade outwardly beyond the end wall 31a of the cover member 36 into position, Fig. 9 to be readily grasped in the operators fingers. The clamping unit 67 may then be turned to align the base 76 with the opening 65 in the used blade, and the blade may then be removed from the razor 20. The clamping unit 67 may then be centered in the junction between the slots 71 and 72, and the cover 36 may again be closed.

When it is desired to dispose another blade in shaving position in the razor 20, the screw 68 may again be lowered through the nut 69 into blade-engaging position. The slide 59 may be pulled out into fully projecting position, as shown in Fig. 4, and moved downwardly into horizontal alignment with the space between the then top blade on thestack of blades B and the blade immediately therebelow. The slide 59 may then be slid longitudinally into position beneath the then top blade, and then moved upwardly in the slot 57 to dispose the latter blade in position to be supportingly engaged by the clampingunit 67. That blade may then be raised upwardly by the clamping unit 67 into engagement with the top wall 36a of the cover 36, and may then be shifted to the different positions, and ejected from the razor 20, in the manner previously discussed in relation to the first top blade in the stack.

These operations may be repeated for each of the blades B in the stack, the slide being moved downwardly into position beneath each successive blade in the stack, and then moved upwardly along the slot 57 to dispose that blade in position to be supportingly engaged by the clamping unit 67.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have afforded a novel razor wherein a supply of extra blades may be stored therein, and wherein the blades may be successively moved into position for use, and ejected from the razor in a novel and expeditious manner.

Also, it will be seen that I have afiorded a novel razor which is practical and efficient in operation, and which may be readily and economically produced commercially.

Thus, while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that this is capable of variation and modification, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to avail myself of such changes and alterations as fall within the purview of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container, means within said container for retaining said blades in stacked formation with portions of the topmost blade in said stack spaced from the blade disposed immediately therebelow, clamping means carried by said container for clamping a blade in a position of use, and elevating means insertible between the topmost one of said blades and the blade disposed immediately therebelow and movable vertically in said container for raising said topmost blade into engagement with said clamping means.

2. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container in stacked formation, said blades having central body portions spaced from each other, means carried by said container for clamping a blade in a position of use, and elevating means insertible between said body portions of adjacent blades and movable in said container for moving said blades into position for the application of said clamping means.

3. A razor comprising a housing, a plurality of blades mounted in said housing in stacked formation, each of said blades having a central body portion and legs projecting downwardly from said body portion, said legs on each of said blades above the lowermost blade resting on the blade immediately therebelow to thereby support said body portion of each respective upper blade in spaced relation to the blade immediately therebelow, means carried by said housing for clamping a blade in a position of use, and means insertible between adjacent body portions and movable vertically in said housing for raising the topmost one of said blades into position for engagement of said clamping means.

4. A razor comprising a housing, a plurality of blades mounted in said housing in stacked formation, adjacent ones of said blades having portions disposed in spaced relation to each other, means mounted on said housing for clamping a blade in a position of use, and means insertible between said portions of adjacent blades and movable vertically in said housing for elevating the topmost one of said blades into position for the application of said clamping means.

5. A razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container, means in said container for retaining said blades in stacked formation, said blades having portions spaced from each other, a

lid. for said container, .means. carried by'said lid .for; clamp-v ing a blade to said lid imposition of use,.said container having an opening therein, and elevating means mounted in said container and extending outwardly through said opening, said elevating means being insertible between the topmost blade and the blade disposed immediately therebelow, and being movable vertically in said container to thereby raise said topmost blade into engagement with said clamping means.

6. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container in stacked formation in a storing zone, said blades having central body portions spaced vertically from each other, clamping means carried by said container centrally between the sides thereof for clamping a blade in position ofuse, and a fork-shaped. lifter positioned in said container in spaced relation to said clamping means and insertible beneath said body portion of the topmost blade for raising said blade.

7. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container in stacked formation in a storing zone with. portions. of said blades spaced from each other, clamping means carried by said container above said storing zone for clamping the blade in a position of use, and a lifter movably mounted in said container and insertible beneath the topmost blade for raising said blade from said storing zone into engagement with said clamping means.

8. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container in stacked formation in a storing zone withv portions of the uppermost blade spaced from the blade immediately therebelow, clamping means carried by said container centrally above said storing zone for clamping the blade in a position of use, and a lifter vertically movable in said container and insertible beneath the topmost blade in position to clear the zone of said clamping means for engaging and for raising said topmost. blade from said storing zone into position for application of said clamping means.

9. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades, means engageable with said blades for retaining the latter in stacked formation in a storing zone in said container with portions of said blades spaced from each other, a lid on said container, clamping means carried by said lid centrally above said storing zone for clamping a blade to said lid in a position for use, and means for elevating the topmost one of said blades from said storing zone into position for application of said clamping means, said elevating means comprising a horizontally disposed elongated lifter, mounted in said container and and extending outwardly there through, insertible beneath the topmost one of said blades and movable upwardly in said container to raise said topmost blade from said storing zone toward said clamping means.

10. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of apertured blades mounted in stacked formation in said container, clamping means carried by said container for clamping a blade in a position of use, said clamping means comprising a clamping jaw insertible through the topmost one of said blades into position to supportingly engage said topmost blade when said blade is disposed in a clamping-jaw-engageable position in said container, means engageable with said blades for raising the topmost blade thereof into said clamping-jawengageable position.

11. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades mounted in said container in stacked relation to each other, each of. said blades having an elongated opening therein, clamping means carried by said container in position to clamp a blade in position. of use, said clamping means comprising a member. complementary inshape to said openings .in saidblades,

means-.foninsertiiigsaid.relongated member; through said opening .in;..the; topmostzzone. of said bladesv when said topmost. blade. is: disposed. in elongated-member engaging positionin said;containerzand.turning said. elongated member. out. of alignment with.said opening in said topmost blade into-supporting engagement with said blade, and means on. saidlast named means for raising said elongated member; to thereby movethe latter into clamping engagement; with said. topmost blade, and means movably mounted. in. said container and engageable with said topmost bladeforraising said topmost blade into said elongated-member-engaging position.

l2. A magazine. type. safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of. blades mounted in said container in stacked formationiina storing zone therein, a lid for said container, said lid having an elongated slot therein, clamping means extending through said slot and carried by said lid for .clampinga blade against said lid and means engageable'with: the topmost one of said blades for elevating the latter into position for the application of said clamping means thereto, said clamping means being movable longitudinally of said slot for moving the edge portions of said clamped blade outwardly of said container.

13. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, means within saidcontainer for retaining a plurality of apertured blades in stacked formation, a lid on said container, means carried by the lid for clamping a blade to said lid in a position of use, and means for raising the topmost one of said blades to a position for the application of said clamping means, said clamping means comprising a screw journalled in said lid and having an elongated member insertible through said topmost blade when said topmost blade is raised for such application, and-means'journalled on said screw operable to retract and 'draw' saidtopmost blade into clamping engagement with said lid.

14. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, means within said container for retaining a plurality of apertured blades in stacked formation, a lid on said container, said lid having two elongated slots therein disposed in perpendicular intersecting relation to each other, means mounted on said lid for clamping a blade to said lid, and means for raising the topmost one of said blades to a position for the appplication of said clamping means, said clamping means comprising a screw journalled in said lid for sliding movement along said slots, said screw having an elongated base insertible through said topmost blade when said blade is disposed in said position for application to anchor said topmost blade on said base upon partial rotation of said screw, and a nut mounted outside of said lid and rotatable to retract said screw and draw saidanchored blade into clamped engagement with said lid, whereby sliding movement of said screw along one of saidslots extends the edge portion of said anchored blade in shaving position relative to said container, and sliding movement of said screw longitudinally of the other of said slots ejects said anchored blade from said container;

15. A magazine type safety razor comprising a substantially rectangular-shaped container, a plurality of rectangular-shaped blades mounted in said container in a storing zone, said blades having elongated openings therein, means in said container and projectingthrough said blades for retaining said blades in stacked formation in said retaining zone, an elongated cover member hingedly'mounted on said'container and movable between open and closed position relative thereto, said cover member having two elongated intersecting perpendicular slots therein,.one of saidi..slots extending transversely of the length of said cover memberand terminating in spaced relation to the longitudinal.edgesthereof, the other of said slots extending longitudinally of said cover'member and. opening;outwardly throughi one end thereof, clamp.-

--ing5 means carried. by saidztmver' member. for clamping a blade to said cover member, and means for raising the topmost one of said blades from said storing zone to a position for the application of said clamping means, said clamping means comprising an elongated screw journalled in said lid for sliding movement along said slots, said screw having an elongated base insertible through said topmost blade when said topmost blade is disposed in said position for application to anchor said blade on said base upon partial rotation of said screw, and a nut mounted on said screw outwardly of said cover member and rotatable to retract said screw and draw said anchored blade into clamped engagement with said cover member, whereby sliding movement of said screw moves longitudinally of said one slot to thereby move a longitudinal edge of said blade into shaving position relative to said container, and sliding movement of said screw through said other slot moves said anchored blade outwardly of said cover member.

16. A magazine type safety razor comprising a container, a plurality of blades, means engageable with said blades for retaining the latter in stacked formation in a storing zone in said container, means supporting portions of the topmost blade in said stack in spaced relation to the blade disposed immediately therebelow, a lid on said container, clamping means carried by said lid centrally 10 above said storing zone for clamping a blade to said lid in a position for use, and means for elevating the topmost one of said blades from said storing zone into position for application of said clamping means, said elevating means comprising an elongated fork-shaped lifter mounted in said container for vertical and horizontal sliding movement therethrough, with the open end of the lifter disposed in said container and the closed end thereof projecting outwardly of said container to permit insertion of the lifter beneath the topmost one of the blades to raise said topmost blade from storing zone into engagement with said clamping means, and lugs projecting outwardly from the open end of the lifter to restrain the lifter from withdrawal from said container.

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