US480976A - Device for sharpening razors - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

E. A. SUTPHEN. DEVICE FOR SHARPENING RAZORS.

No. 480,976. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. SUTPHEN, OF AURORA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELE, AND HERBERT T. WINDSOR, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR SHARPENING- RAZORS.

SPECIFICATIONTforming part of Letters Patent No. 480,976, dated August 16, 1892.

Application led August 24:, 1891. Serial No. 403.629. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SUTPHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Sharpening Razors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan view. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the device, a portion of the handle being broken away.

My invention relates to devices adapted to be used as aids in sharpening razors, and more particularly to devices of this class in which the razor is carried in a suitable holder, which is adapted to automatically reverse the razor when it is being sharpened.

The objects ot' my invention are to provide a new and improved device of this description in which the razor will be manipulated with great smoothness, and the danger of inj uring the edge of the razor or the strop will be reduced to the minimum, and also to simplify and cheapen the construction of devices of this nature. I accomplish these objects as hereinafter specified and as illustrated in the drawings. That which I regard as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, l indicates the razor-sharpening device, which consists ot' a frame 2, which is preferably rectangular in shape, being somewhat longer than the blade of a razor and from two and one-half to three times the width of an ordinary razor blade. The frame 2 is supported by a rod 3, which extends centrally from one end of the frame 2 a sufficient distance to form a handle, and is then twisted to form a coiled spring 4., as best shown in Fig. 1, the coiled spring passing back toward the frame 2 around the rod 3. The coil t is single continuous wire of suitable elasticity, which is bent to the form shown in Fig. 1 to form the frame 2, rod 3, and coiled spring 4, which forms the handle.

6 indicates a rotatable razor-support composed of a frame which is adapted to hold the razor. The frame 6 consists of a back 7, provided with upwardly-extending sides 8, which are adapted to receive the blade of the razor and extend along the frame for about the length of a razor-blade. Upwardly-extendin g lips 9 are provided at one end of the frame, which are adapted to receive and hold the handle of the razor. The razor is adapted to be fitted into the frame 6 by sliding it endwise into the groove formed by the side pieces 8 and the lips 9, the blade being held between the side pieces 8 and the handle between the lips 9, as above described. The frame 6 7o is supported near its outer end upon the onteiend of lthe frame 2, its inner end, which consists of a rod or shaft l0, being adapted to extend under the rod 3, where it is journaled in brackets 11, which are secured to said rod 3 and depend therefrom. IIwo brackets 11 are preferably provided, which are placed a short distance apart and are provided with eyes adapted to receive the shaft 10 and to form bearings therefor. The brackets l1 are rigidly secured to the rod 3 at right angles thereto in any suitable manner.

l2 indicates a string which extends horizontally across the handle formed by the coil 4 at any suitable point, preferably at its inner end, andiswound once ortwice around the shaft 10. By this construction when the frame 2 is resting upon the razor-strop the inner end of the handle may be moved to the right or to the left, and by reason of the arrangement of the string l2 around the shaft 10 the shaft and frame 6 will be caused to partially rotate, the movement being similar to that of a fiddledrill. This will cause the razor-blade to be turned first to one side and then to the other as the handle Vis operated, and it will rest upon the razor-strop in about the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The frame 2 will then be moved along the strop by the handle and the razor sharpened in the usual manner. The friction of the frame 2 upon the strop will be sufiicient to hold the frame ICO 6 at one end or the other of the string l2, depending upon the direction in which the frame 2 is moved, so that as said frame is moved upon the strop the razor-blade Will always be held in contact With the strop in position to be sharpened. As the rod 3 passes centrally through the coil 4 and is integral With said coil at the outer end of the coil, as hereinbefore described, said rod will normally lie at about the center of the coil, and therefore when the frame 2 is removed from the strop the frame 6 will resume the posltion shown in Fig. 1, the razor-blade being perpendicular to the frame 2. A portion of the Wire composing the coil 4 preferably extends horizontally across the upper portion of the inner end of the coil, as shown at l3in Fig. 2, to form a stop to prevent the rod 3 from bearing against the upper surface of the coil when downward pressure is lapplied to the coil in stropping the razor.

The string l2 may be made of any suitable material, such as strong cord or fine chain.

Instead of making the rod 3 and coil 4 of a single continuous Wire, as above described, the end of the rod may be rigidly secured to the outer end of the coil; but the former construction is preferred, as it is simpler and less expensive.

By constructing the handle 4 of flexible or elastic Wire I avoid the necessity of pivoting or hinging the handle to render it susceptible of lateral movements relative to the rectangular frame 2 to turn the razor-support 6 in opposite directions. The flexibility or elasticity of the handle-coil 4 enables it to be rigidly secured to the outer end of the rod 3, and consequently the device can be economically manufactured.

That which I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a rectangular frame 2, having a rod 3, of a iiexible-wire handle inclosing the rod, rigidly secured to the outer end thereof and movable laterally in relation to the rectangular frame, a razor-support journaled in the flexible handle and adapted to rest upon the rectangular frame, and devices for turning the razor-support by the lateral movements of the handle, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an angular frame 2, having a rod 3, of a eXible-Wire handle inclosing the rod, rigidly secured to the outer end thereof and movable laterallyin relation to the rectangular frame, arazor-support j ournaled in the handle and adapted to rest upon the rectangular frame, and a cord l2, extendingihorizontally across the handle near its innerend and Wound on a part of the razorsupport for turning the latter alternately in opposite directions, substantiallyas described.

The combination, with a frame 2, rod 3, extending centrally from one end of said frame, and an elastic handle rigidly secured at its outer end to the outer end of the rod 3, of a razor-supporting frame, the outerend of which is adapted to rest upon the frame 2 and being pi voted at its inner end Within the handle, and a cord 12, extending horizontally across the handle near its inner end, said cord being Wound around the inner end of the razor-supporting frame in such manner that as the frame 2 is moved back and forth upon the razor-strop by means of the handle the razor-supporting frame will be partially rotated alternately in opposite directions to cause the razor carried thereby to rest upon the razor-strop, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a frame 2, rod 3, extending centrally from one end of said frame, a coil 4, rigidly secured at its outer end to the outer end of the rod 3 and extending toward the frame 2 around said rod, and a cord 12, extending horizontally across the inner end of said coil, of a razor-supporting frame 6, having a shaft 10 on its inner end, brackets ll, secured to said rod 3 and depending therefrom in such position that they will be adapted to support the shaft lO, said cord l2 being Wound around said shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A razor-sharpener consisting of a rectangular frame 2, a rod 3, and a iiexible-handle coil 4, all formed of a single continuous piece of Wire, with the rod extending through the handle-coil, a razor-support adapted to rest upon the said frame, and devices for turning the razor-support when the said frame is moved upon a razor-strop by means of the handle-coil, substantially as described.

6. In a razor-sharpening device,the combination, with a handle and a frame secured thereto and projecting therefrom, of a razorsupporting frame carried thereby, and a cord secured to said handle and Wound around a portion of said razor-supporting frame, the arrangement being such that the razor-supporting frame will be partially rotated alternately in opposite directions by the movement of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

EDXVARD A. SUTPHEN.

Vitnesses:

Z. A. BARTON, E. W. BURNELL.

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