US3609501A - Holder for appliance and associated articles - Google Patents

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US3609501A
US3609501A US3615A US3609501DA US3609501A US 3609501 A US3609501 A US 3609501A US 3615 A US3615 A US 3615A US 3609501D A US3609501D A US 3609501DA US 3609501 A US3609501 A US 3609501A
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Bruce F Ray
Richard J Petrillo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/24—Magnetic cores
    • H01F27/26—Fastening parts of the core together; Fastening or mounting the core on casing or support
    • H01F27/266—Fastening or mounting the core on casing or support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/40—Structural association with built-in electric component, e.g. fuse
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • holder for electrical appliance and associated articles including a base portion housing a batterycharging means and having a recess for receiving an appliance, and a hollowbaek portion extending from the base position and having runner means for slidingly receiving articles associated with the appliance.
  • This invention relates to storage devices and is directed more particularly to a holder for retaining and recharging an electrical appliance and for retaining articles associated with the appliance.
  • wet shavers which utilize razor blades or razor blade cartridges, as in the past, but which also utilize an electrically induced motion to obtain a desired slicing effect. See, for example, U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 85l,665, filed Aug. 20, 1969, in the names of Ben H. Alexander, Joseph E. Koehler, and Roger L. Perry.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an appliance holder having means for receiving and recharging an appliance.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide such a holder having means also for receiving and retaining articles as sociated with the appliance.
  • an appliance holder having a base portion housing a batterycharging means, means for connecting the battery-charging means to an electric source, the base having a recess for receiving the appliance, a generally hollow back portion extending from the base, and runner means disposed in said back portion and comprising guide rails for cooperatively slidingly receiving articles associated with the appliance.
  • the invention is herein illustrated in its application to wetshave razors and blades, of the type disclosed in the aforesaid U.S. Pat. application. While the invention is particularly applicable to such devices, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in scope to devices of this type, but is applicable to electrical appliances generally.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view, partially broken away, of one form of holder illustrative of an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an elevational sectional view of the holder
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the electrical circuit of the holder.
  • the illustrative device includes a base portion 2 and a hollow back portion 4 extending from the base portion.
  • the base portion 2 houses a battery-charging means 6, which is connectable by a lead 8 to an outside source of electrical power (not shown).
  • the base portion 2 and back portion 4 serve as storage areas for the lead 8 when the device is not in use.
  • the base portion 2 has a recess 10 for receiving an electrical appliance, as for example, a safety razor R, as shown in phantom in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the back portion 4 comprises a curved sidewall 11 and a flat sidewall 13 and includes guide members l2, 14 which extend inwardly from the curved sidewall I1 and cooperate to slidingly receive an article associated with the appliance, as for example a razor blade cartridge B, shown in phantom in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the guide members l2, 14 are provided with abutment members 15 which stop the movement of the blade cartridge B in the guide members.
  • the holder includes a top member 16 having a circular sidewall 19 and a closed end 18 from which extend a plurality of projections 20.
  • the projections 20 are spaced inwardly from the sidewall 19 of the top member 16 a distance sufficient to permit passage of the curved sidewall 11 of the back portion 4 between the projections 20 and the sidewall 19 of the top member. Further, the projcctions 20 are spaced from each other such as not to interfere with the flat sidewall 13 of the back portion.
  • the bottom-of the holder is closed by a bottom end wall 22 on which may be mounted the battery-charging means 6.
  • the battery-charging means 6 is disposed in line with the recess 10 whereby to be proximate to an end of the razor R when the razor R is disposed in the recess 10.
  • the charging means 6 is provided with a primary coil 24 (FIG. 3) and a core member 26 which includes a centrally disposed post 28 (FIG. 2) and a pair of upstanding fins 30, the post 28 extending from the battery-charging means 6 well into the recess 10, and the fins 30 being parallel thereto.
  • the post portion 28 of the core member 26 is received in the razor R when the razor R is disposed in the recess 10.
  • the holder is normally assembled for sale with the razor R disposed in the recess 10, the blade cartridge B disposed in the guide members [2, 14, the electrical lead 8 disposed inside the base and back portions of the holder, and the upper end of the holder, as viewedin the drawings, closed by the top member 16.
  • the top member 16 When it isdesired to use the razor, the top member 16 is removed from the top of the holder, inverted, and placed on the bottom of the holder, the projections 20 engaging the bottom end wall 22, the circular sidewall 19 of the top member concentrically engaging the sidewall 11 of the base portion 2 of the holder.
  • the lead 8 is removed from the holder and connected to a convenient source of electricity, as for example, a common household electrical outlet (not shown).
  • the holder may be provided with an open-ended slot 32 (FIG. I). Connection of the lead 8 to an electrical source energizes the primary coil 24 and core member 26, which in the illustrated example comprises a portion of an E-core transformer.
  • a secondary coil C Disposed in the razor R is a secondary coil C, shown in phantom in FIG. 3, which cooperates with the primary coil 24 and the core 26 to form a transformer for conducting electrical energy to a battery-charging circuit E located in the razor R when the razor R is disposed in the recess 10.
  • the razor is lifted from the recess, thereby separating the components of the transformer and interrupting the batterycharging flow of electricity.
  • the cartridge B is merely lifted from the guide members 12, 14 and inserted in the razor.
  • the razor is returned to the recess 10, a hole in the handle of the razor receiving the post portion 28 of the core member 26, whereby to reinstitute charging of the battery means of the razor.
  • the holder would remain with the top member 16 on the bottom end of the holder and the electrical lead 8 connected to the aforementioned electrical source.
  • the lead 8 need only be removed from the electrical source and repacked in the hollow base and back portions, and the top member 16 be removed from the bottom end of the holder and replaced on the top end of the holder.
  • the projections 20 are pointedly shaped so as to assist in alignment of the upper end of the back portion 4 and the top member 16.
  • battery-charging means as used herein indicate means facilitating battery charging, though not necessarily comprising all that is required to charge a battery.
  • the base portion referred to herein houses means facilitating battery charging and is referred to as "battery-charging means, although it is recognized that such means in the housing comprises only part of the total means required to charge a battery, the remaining part being disposed in the razor handle.
  • Appliance holder comprising a base portion, a batterycharging means disposed in said base portion, means for connecting said battery-charging means to an electrical energy source, said base portion having a recess for receiving an electrical appliance, a generally hollow back portion extending from said base portion and adapted to house said connecting means, and a top member engageable with a top end of said holder to close said top end and engageable with a bottom end of said holder to retain said holder therein.
  • Holder for safety razor comprising a generally cylindrically shaped base portion, a battery-charging means disposed in said base portion, means for connecting said battery-charging means to an electrical energy source, said base portion having a recess for receiving the handle of said safety razor, said battery-charging means being proximate to said recess and engageable with said razor handle when said razor is disposed in said recess, a hollow generally hemicylindrical back portion extending from said base portion and adapted to house said connecting means, and razor blade holder means disposed in said back portion.
  • said razor blade holder means comprises guide rails extending generally inwardly from the interior walls of said back portion for cooperatively and slidingly receiving razor blade means.
  • each of said rails is provided with an inwardly extending abutment member engageable by said razor blade means.
  • one of said rails comprises three elongated members joined lengthwise on one edge, a second edge of one of said elongated members being joined to the interior wall of said back portion.
  • said batterycharging means comprises a primary coil and a core member, said core member including a post portion which extends into said recess and is receivable by a hole in said razor, other portions of said core member being disposed outside of said recess but proximate thereto.

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US3734282A (en) * 1971-05-25 1973-05-22 Bloom L Combination travel bag and recharger for portable battery-operated electric appliance
USD245976S (en) 1975-10-08 1977-10-04 Arbrook, Inc. Charging unit for portable electronic thermometer
USD334170S (en) 1990-09-28 1993-03-23 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Charger unit for an electric shaver
USD376128S (en) 1994-02-04 1996-12-03 Pure Energy Battery Corporation Battery charger for cylindrical batteries
US20030030530A1 (en) * 2001-07-10 2003-02-13 Friwo Geraetebau Gmbh Charging unit for a contactless transfer of electric power as well as a power absorbing device and a charging system
US6722498B2 (en) * 2002-02-06 2004-04-20 Salton, Inc. Integrated storage container for an attachment to a personal grooming tool

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US3734282A (en) * 1971-05-25 1973-05-22 Bloom L Combination travel bag and recharger for portable battery-operated electric appliance
USD245976S (en) 1975-10-08 1977-10-04 Arbrook, Inc. Charging unit for portable electronic thermometer
USD334170S (en) 1990-09-28 1993-03-23 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Charger unit for an electric shaver
USD376128S (en) 1994-02-04 1996-12-03 Pure Energy Battery Corporation Battery charger for cylindrical batteries
US20030030530A1 (en) * 2001-07-10 2003-02-13 Friwo Geraetebau Gmbh Charging unit for a contactless transfer of electric power as well as a power absorbing device and a charging system
US6781346B2 (en) * 2001-07-10 2004-08-24 Friwo Geraetebau Gmbh Charging unit for a contactless transfer of electric power as well as a power absorbing device and a charging system
US6722498B2 (en) * 2002-02-06 2004-04-20 Salton, Inc. Integrated storage container for an attachment to a personal grooming tool

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