Le Champion Frameback and Guard
Patent US903160
Invention Safety Attachment for Razors
Filed Friday, 11th October 1907
Published Tuesday, 10th November 1908
Inventor Adolphe Arbenz
Language English
CPC Classification:B26B21/02
- 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 - 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
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To all whom it may concern.
Be it known that I, Adolphe Arbenz, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and residing at Lausanne, Switzerland, have invented a new and useful Safety Attachment for Razors; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.
My invention comprises a new or improved safety attachment for razors, and has for its object to provide a removable device or plate, whereby an ordinary razor may be converted into a safety razor or restored to its normal condition at will, the device being reversible to enable it to be used for either right hand or left hand shaving and being easily cleaned, pleasant to use, very light in weight and not liable to corrosion.
To this end, my invention consists of a plate, or equivalent, preferably made from celluloid, galalite, bone, horn, ivory, or other vegetable or animal material, or of aluminium on account of its light weight, though it can also be made from other suitable metals or other material. These plates are designed to be (singly) secured to the razor blade by clips, or other means, and are grooved or otherwise shaped at the part which is near the cutting edge of the razor when attached thereto, while this part of the safety plate is also formed with a series of teeth arranged so as to prevent the razor edge cutting into the face while, at the same time, it allows hair and lather to pass through and enables the shaving operation to be performed.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,
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I claim:
1. In a safety attachment for razors, the combination, with a razor blade, of a plate having teeth on its lower edge thinner than said plate, to provide a clearance between said teeth when in use, and said plate having a longitudinal groove formed in the material of said plate adjacent to the razor and intersecting said teeth and reducing the thickness of the upper part thereof, to provide a clearance for the hair and lather, said groove extending for part of the length of the plate only leaving the material of full thickness at the upper part as
2. In a safety attachment for razors, the combination, with a razor blade, of a plate having teeth on its lower edge but thinner than said plate, to provide a clearance between said teeth and blade when in use, and said plate having a longitudinal groove on each surface intersecting and reducing the thickness of the upper part of said teeth at both sides, to provide a clearance for the hair and lather, as and for the purpose stated.
3. In a safety attachment for razors, the combination, with a razor blade, of a plate having teeth on its lower edge thinner than said plate, the latter having thick end parts extending from its top to its bottom edges, and having a portion of its body, including the upper part of said teeth and between said ends, thinner than the latter.
In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
Adolphe Arbenz.
Witnesses:
Ernest Bopp,
Fritz Siechter.