US1991275A - Safety razor - Google Patents

Description

Feb. l2, 1935.

E. T. FRY

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ERNEST TFRY Patented Feb. 12, 1935 l s i 1 l SAFETY RAZOR Ernest T. Fry, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Richard L if G. Moses, Baltimore, Md. y

Application Junef 24, 1933, Serial No. 677,507 Claims.v (Cl. 30--12) Thisinvention relates to safety vrazors of the a slot 5 extendingwidthwise and which makes a two-edge wafer blade type' and it has for its obsnug fit with the blade 6, which is slidably insertject thc-:construction of a razor having the genedfinto said slot. The face members 3 and 4 emeral shapey of and the same manner of manipulaanate from' a base portion 7 'constituting part of 5 tion as the old fashioned straight razor, while at the handle.` The frame together with the hanthe same timepossessing attributes affecting-its dle may be' made of'any suitable material such celerity of operation and quickness andconvenasmetal,y urea condensation product, celluloid, ience in assembling and disassembling which phenolic resin or the like, and it ispreferred that make it distinctly novel and useful with reference the face members 3 and 4 be slightly yielding l0 to safety razors as heretofore constructed. or resilient so that when 'the razor is laid aga'nst l One of the more specific objects of the inventhe skin in the act of shaving, the face members tion is the provision of a razor having a frame will be pressed together against the blade holdincluding flat faces between which the blade is ing it securely against displacement. slidablyy and snugly inserted with some friction, The face members 3 and 4 are provided with andthe faces being preferably somewhat springy longitudinal slots 8 and 9 preferably arranged so that when the frame is pressed against the in a plane which intersects that of the blade 6. skin in the act of shaving, the friction is in` 'The blade is formed with a tongue or rib 10 which creased and the blade held firmly against dists slidably in either of the slots 8 or 9, perplacement. lmitting the blade to be reversed bringing new Another object of the invention is yto provide sides of the cutting edges into cutting relation to the frame with a longitudinal slot cutting the beard. K through both faces in a plane intersecting that The sides of the'face members 3 and 4 are inof the blade, and to form the blade with a longiclined so as to hold the blade at a proper angle tudinal tongue or rib selectively interdigitatable While shaving. with the slot in either face of the frame se that The edges of the frame may be rectilinear and 25 the blade can be readily reversed. unindented as indicated at 11 in Figures l and 2, Still another object of the invention is to pro- 01' Optionally, theyfmay be fOImd With guard vide the frame with through slots in intersecting lteeth 12 as shown in Figure 5. The rib 10 of the planes whereby it is easy to wash the frame blade 6 may project for a slight distance beyond merely by holding the slots underajet of water. the frame l aS at 13, Serving as a' handle yfOI 30 Other objects of the invention will appear as Slipping the blade in or out, 0r the Tb 10 may be the following description of a preferred and pracmade slightly higher than the outer side of the tical embodiment thereof proceeds. `face members 3 or 4 so that the blade may be In the drawing which accompanies and forms slipped out by mere frictional contact of the a part of the following specification and throughthumb against the projecting apex of said rib. 35 out the several figures of which the same charac- If desired, the blade could be made with a rib on ters of reference have been employed to'desigboth sides fitting both the slots 8 and 9 simulnate identical parts: taneously.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a razor embodying In cleansing the razor, it is merely necessary to 40 the features of the invention; withdraw the blade and hold the frame under a 40 Figure 2 is a cross section taken along the line jet of water so as to bring the widthwise and 2-2 of Figure 1; depthwise slots successively into alinement with Figure 3 is a perspective view of the frame; said jet; No screwing or unscrewing of vparts Figure 4 is a perspective View of the blade; and lis necessary in the assembling or disassemblingv Figure 5 is a slightly modified form of the inof this razor. It may be desired however to make 45 vention in which a toothed guard replaces the the blade holding portion of the frame of difplain guard shown in Figure l, the handle being' ferent material from the handle, in which case or also detachable from the blade holding portion of for other reasons, the two parts may be separatethe frame. `ly made and screwed together as shown at `14 in Referring now in detail to the several figures Figure 5. In order to withdraw or replacea 50 and first adverting to that form of the invenblade, itis not necessary however to unscrew' the tion shown in the rst four figures, the numeral handle from the rest of the frame. 1 represents a frame having the handle portion While I have in the above disclosure described 2. Figure 2 shows that the frame is divided into what I believe to be a preferred and practical a pair of flat face members 3 and 4 by means of embodiment of the invention, it is to be under- 55 stood that the details of construction as shown are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. Safety razor of the wafer blade type comprising a frame including an elongated handle portion, and a blade holding portion being an extension from said handle portion having relatively flat face members spaced apart substantially the thickness of a blade and of a. width to permit the projection of the blade edges, said face members being formed with a longitudinal slot opening into the space between said members and' adapted selectively to receive the upstandingA rib of a blade in either of reversed positions of said blade. v

2. Safety razor as claimed in claim 1, the sides of said members beyond which the edges of'said blade project being inclined at a proper shaving angle.

3. In combination, a. safetyrazor of the wafer blade type comprising a frame and a blade, said frame including an elongated handle portion and a blade .holding portion being an extension from said handle portion having relatively dat face member-fs spaced apart substantially the thickness of said bladeand of a width to permit the projection of the blade edges, said face members being provided with longitudinal slots opening into the space between said face members, said blade being provided with a longitudinal rib adapted to be received selectively in the slot in either of said face members whereby the blade may be reversed.

4. In combination a frame comprising a handle extended at one end into relatively at members spaced apart the thickness of a razor blade of the wafer type and otset laterally so that one edge of each projects beyond the adjacent edge of the other, one of said flat members having a through slot, extending longitudinally to communicate with the space between the members and positioned medially of said two members, whereby said member is divided into a Wide and narrow part of differing flexing strength, and a Wafer blade having a longitudinally extending rib adapted to slide in said slot, said blade of sufficient width tov project on each side from between said flat members.

5. Claim 4 with the side edges of the flat members on each side rounded into a substantially smooth curve, the curve of the edges on one side being oppositely disposed to that of the edges on the other side.

ERNEST T. FRY.

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