US3261097A - Perforated stationary blade for a dry razor having a sharp hair raising edge - Google Patents

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US3261097A
US3261097A US350776A US35077664A US3261097A US 3261097 A US3261097 A US 3261097A US 350776 A US350776 A US 350776A US 35077664 A US35077664 A US 35077664A US 3261097 A US3261097 A US 3261097A
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  • This invention relates to a stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter.
  • the movable cutter has cutting edges which co-operate with the cutting edges of the apertures in the foil to cut off the beard stubble extending through the apertures as the movable cutter moves thereacross.
  • the apertures in the upper or outer surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving are funnel-shaped and are often rounded as well in order to make the top of the blade slide easily along the skin.
  • the apertures themselves have been made in a great variety of shapes e.g., round, oval, rectangular, T-shaped, orthorhombic or hexagonal.
  • An object of the invention is a stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter, said apertures having sharp edges both at the underside of the foil adjacent the movable cutter and at the upper or outer surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving.
  • a still further object of the invention is a stationary blade of the kind outlined wherein said apertures are in the form of elongated hexagons having their two shortest parallel sides parallel to the smallest internal width of the hexagon and parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter is moved relative to the foil. In this way the quality of the shave is much improved.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the top side of the foil showing the preferred shape of the apertures
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken through the foil at one of the apertures, on a much larger scale than in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section through a fragment of foil F.
  • the upper or outer surface 2 of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving, is shown at the top, and the under or inner surface 5, along which the movable cutter (not shown) of the cutting head is rapidly reciprocated, is at the bottom.
  • the apertures 3 accordingly have sharp edges 4 at the underside 5, which edges act as cutting edges for the beard stubble extending downwardly into the apertures from the upper surface 2. In contrast to the conventional construction of the apertures 3, however, these also have sharp edges 1 at the upper surface 2.
  • edges 1 do ice not act as additional cutting edges as one might expect but, as cutting head passes over the skin, the sharp edges 1 cause the stubble, which normally always extends more or less obliquely from the skin first to stand perpendicularly to the skin and then to be cut off virtually at right angles to the hair axis at the lower cutting edge 4. Tests have shown the improvement in the quality of the shave obtained in this way to be chiefly due to the preliminary erection of the stubble by means of the sharp edges 1 at the upper surface of the foil.
  • the aforementioned erecting efiect produced by the sharp upper edges 1 of the apertures can be obtained to the full only if the internal width of the apertures 3 remains sufiiciently large in the direction of the normal shaving movement of the cutting head and sufiiciently small in the direction of movement of the movable cutter reciprocated at the underside of the stationary blade, as illustrated in FIG. 1. It is assumed in FIG. 1 that the movable cutter reciprocates from left to right, as indicated by the arrow, and that the normal shaving movement, with which the cutting head is moved over the skin, is approximately from top to bottom or vice versa.
  • the most suitable apertures have been found to be those illustrated in FIG. 1, which are all in the form of an elongated hexagon 3 with its two shorter parallel sides 6, 6' parallel to the smaller internal width of the hexagon and at least approximately parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter of the cutting head is reciprocated.
  • a stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter, said apertures being in the form of elongated hexagons having their two shortest parallel sides parallel to the smallest internal Width of the hexagon and parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter is moved relative to said foil and said apertures having sharp edges both at the underside of the foil adjacent the movable cutter and at the upper surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving.

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July 19, 1966 E. M. RITTER 3,261,097
PERFORATED STATIONARY BLADE FOR A DRY RAZOR HAVING A SHARP HAIR RAISING EDGE Filed March 10, 1964 IN VEN TOR.
Ernst Michel RiHzer BY 12%. flaw/x0 mm torneys United States Patent 1 Claim. (ci. 30-354 This invention relates to a stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter.
In the known constructions of dry-shave razors the movable cutter has cutting edges which co-operate with the cutting edges of the apertures in the foil to cut off the beard stubble extending through the apertures as the movable cutter moves thereacross. Usually the apertures in the upper or outer surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving, are funnel-shaped and are often rounded as well in order to make the top of the blade slide easily along the skin. The apertures themselves have been made in a great variety of shapes e.g., round, oval, rectangular, T-shaped, orthorhombic or hexagonal.
However, experience shows the quality of the shave obtainable with the known dry-shave razors to be still inferior to that obtainable if soap and a normal razor blade are used and when dry-shave razors are used it is generally necessary to shave more frequently than with a conventional razor.
An object of the invention is a stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter, said apertures having sharp edges both at the underside of the foil adjacent the movable cutter and at the upper or outer surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving. A still further object of the invention is a stationary blade of the kind outlined wherein said apertures are in the form of elongated hexagons having their two shortest parallel sides parallel to the smallest internal width of the hexagon and parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter is moved relative to the foil. In this way the quality of the shave is much improved.
An example of a foil according to the invention is illustrated diagrammatically in the drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the top side of the foil showing the preferred shape of the apertures, and
FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken through the foil at one of the apertures, on a much larger scale than in FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 shows a section through a fragment of foil F. In this fragmentary view, the upper or outer surface 2 of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving, is shown at the top, and the under or inner surface 5, along which the movable cutter (not shown) of the cutting head is rapidly reciprocated, is at the bottom. The apertures 3 accordingly have sharp edges 4 at the underside 5, which edges act as cutting edges for the beard stubble extending downwardly into the apertures from the upper surface 2. In contrast to the conventional construction of the apertures 3, however, these also have sharp edges 1 at the upper surface 2. These edges 1 do ice not act as additional cutting edges as one might expect but, as cutting head passes over the skin, the sharp edges 1 cause the stubble, which normally always extends more or less obliquely from the skin first to stand perpendicularly to the skin and then to be cut off virtually at right angles to the hair axis at the lower cutting edge 4. Tests have shown the improvement in the quality of the shave obtained in this way to be chiefly due to the preliminary erection of the stubble by means of the sharp edges 1 at the upper surface of the foil. This is plausible, for when a normal razor blade is moved across the skin, it obviously has the same eifect of erecting the stubble before the latter is cut off, but one cannot be sure of obtaining this eifect if the apertures 3 at the top of the foil are conical or have rounded edges as hitherto.
The aforementioned erecting efiect produced by the sharp upper edges 1 of the apertures, can be obtained to the full only if the internal width of the apertures 3 remains sufiiciently large in the direction of the normal shaving movement of the cutting head and sufiiciently small in the direction of movement of the movable cutter reciprocated at the underside of the stationary blade, as illustrated in FIG. 1. It is assumed in FIG. 1 that the movable cutter reciprocates from left to right, as indicated by the arrow, and that the normal shaving movement, with which the cutting head is moved over the skin, is approximately from top to bottom or vice versa. The most suitable apertures have been found to be those illustrated in FIG. 1, which are all in the form of an elongated hexagon 3 with its two shorter parallel sides 6, 6' parallel to the smaller internal width of the hexagon and at least approximately parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter of the cutting head is reciprocated.
The invention is not limited to the particular embodiment here shown and described. Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claim:
I claim:
A stationary blade for the cutting head of a dry-shave razor which comprises a foil having a plurality of apertures therein and adapted for fitting to the cutting head over a movable cutter, said apertures being in the form of elongated hexagons having their two shortest parallel sides parallel to the smallest internal Width of the hexagon and parallel to the direction in which the movable cutter is moved relative to said foil and said apertures having sharp edges both at the underside of the foil adjacent the movable cutter and at the upper surface of the foil which is in contact with the skin during shaving.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,286,443 6/1942 Scully 30-4392 2,317,177 4/1943 Carissimi 30-342 2,520,487 8/1950 Arey 30-43.8 2,661,532 12/1953 Salz 30-4392 2,701,414 2/1955 Knapp 30-354 X 2,929,139 3/1960 Van Haaften 30-354 X 3,092,904 6/ 1963 Bruecker 30-354 X WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner. MYRON C. KRUSE, Examiner.
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