Disposable Razor
Patent US2501987
Invention Disposable Razor
Filed Monday, 19th November 1945
Published Tuesday, 28th March 1950
Inventor Albert D. Brown
Language English
CPC Classification:B26B21/06
- B26B21/06
Safety razors with fixed blade, e.g. with moulded-in blade - B
Performing Operations; Transporting - B26
Hand Cutting Tools; Cutting; Severing - B26B
Hand-Held Cutting Tools Not Otherwise Provided For - B26B21/00
Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor - B26B21/02
Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor involving unchangeable blades - 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 - Y10
Technical Subjects Covered By Former Uspc - Y10S
Technical Subjects Covered By Former Uspc Cross-Reference Art Collections [Xracs] And Digests - Y10S206/00
Special receptacle or package - Y10S206/822
Special shape
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My invention relates to an improvement in shaving devices or safety razors, and has for one purpose to provide a dispensable razor or shaver.
Another purpose is to provide a razor or shaver adapted for a quick and emergency shave for those who find themselves without the usual shaving facilities.
Another purpose is to provide a packaged shaver which includes or carries enough brushless cream for one shave.
Another purpose is to provide an improved package assembly for dispensable shavers.
Other purposes will appear from time to time in the course of the specification and claims.
I illustrate the invention more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings wherein
Like parts are indicated by like symbols throughout the specification and drawings.
Referring to the drawings,
The body
In dispensing the device, I prefer to provide a sealed container shaped to protect the cutting edge of the blade and to provide minimum stacking space. Referring to
The above-described container is so proportioned that it can be stacked in pairs, each pair forming together a rectangular body as shown at
It will be realized that whereas I have described and illustrated a practical and operative device, nevertheless many changes may be made in the size, shape, number and disposition of parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore wish my description and drawings to be taken as in a broad sense illustrative or diagrammatic, rather than as limiting me to my precise showing.
The use and operation of the invention are as follows:
My dispensable shaver is adapted to provide a quick emergency shave for those who find themselves without the usual shaving facilities. The shaver is shown as formed with a single plastic body, generally indicated at
I claim:
1. In a dispensable shaver, a body portion having an integral handle extending therefrom, said body portion and handle having, in longitudinal cross section, the general form of a comma, the generally cylindrical part of the comma having an aperture opening outwardly to an end of the body portion, the body portion having a slot extending from said aperture to the major convex face of the comma, and a blade inset in said body portion along said slot said blade having a cutting edge located within the curvature of said convex face of the comma, the face of the body portion being recessed, along each side of said slot, said recesses forming a space in which the edge of said blade is located.
2. In a disposable shaver, a body portion and a handle therefor, said body portion having an internal aperture and a slot extending from said internal aperture to an outer surface of the body portion, and a blade fixed in and extending along said slot, the surface of said body portion to which said slot extends being concave.
3. In a disposable shaver, a body portion having a curved outer surface with a recess in said surface, and a blade permanently secured in said body, said blade having an edge located in said recess and within the contour defined by the curvature of said outer surface.
4. In a disposable shaver, a body portion having a curved outer surface with a recess in said surface, and a blade permanently secured in said body, said blade having an edge located in said recess and within the contour defined by the curvature of said outer surface, said body being generally cylindrical, with its axis generally parallel with the edge of the blade.
5. In a disposable shaver, a body portion having a curved outer surface with a recess in said surface, and a blade permanently secured in said body, said blade having an edge located in said recess and within the contour defined by the curvature of said outer surface, said body being generally cylindrical, with its axis generally parallel with the edge of the blade, and an integral handle extending generally tangentially from said body portion.
6. In a disposable shaver, a body portion having a curved outer surface with a recess in said surface, and a blade permanently secured in said body, said blade having an edge located in said recess and within the contour defined by the curvature of said outer surface, said body being generally cylindrical, with its axis generally parallel with the edge of the blade, and an integral handle extending generally tangentially from said body portion, said handle having a concave surface and an opposite convex surface generally continuing the outer cylindrical surface of the body portion, said blade, and the recess in which it is positioned, being located adjacent the junction of the convex surface of the handle with the cylindrical surface of the body portion.
7. In a disposable shaver, a body portion generally cylindrical in cross section, an integral handle extending from one side and throughout the entire length of the cylindrical portion, the body and handle in transverse cross section having the appearance of a comma, the handle forming the tail of the comma and being pointed by a major convex face tangent to the cylindrical portion of the body and a minor concave face located between the tail of the comma and the cylindrical portion, a cylindrical aperture extending through the cylindrical portion of the comma from end to end, and a slot extending through the wall of the cylindrical portion between the cylindrical aperture and the major concave face of the comma, a blade held in the body of the shaver and overlying the slot, the convex face of the body in front of the blade being reduced in thickness to provide clearance for the blade, such clearance terminating at the slot.
Albert D. Brown.
REFERENCES CITED
The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
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42,943 Hance _____________ May 31, 1864
1,007,379Odell ____________ Oct. 31, 1911
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