To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Friedrich Ascheuer, of New York city, New York, have invented an Improved Razor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a razor of the kind that is provided with a guard to prevent accidental cutting. The razor has a split handle embraced by a ring, to which the guard is secured. By slipping the ring upward the razor-blade is secured to the handle.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved razor. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3, a front view with the razor-blade removed; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section, partly in side view, on line x x, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a cross-section on line y y, Fig. 2; and Fig. 6, a perspective view of the blade.

The letters a a represent the two sections of a divided tubular handle, connected at their lower ends by a cap b, and terminating at their upper ends in the laterally-projecting arms c. Each arm c has an inwardly-extending pin c′ and stop c². Within the handle there is a spring d, that tends to force the free ends of the handle-sections apart. The blade e has a small hole e′ in each end adapted to engage pin c′. Around the handle there is slipped a ring f, to which the guard g is secured. A small pin f′ on the ring enters a longitudinal groove a′ in sections a a and guides the guard upward in a position directly beneath the blade.

In use the ring is first pushed down, as in Fig. 3, so that the arms c spread apart. The blade e is introduced between the arms, and then the ring is slipped upward. This causes the sections a to close against one another. The pins c′ on arms c will engage the holes e′ of blade e. Thus the blade is held securely in place, and at the same time the guard g is brought into the proper position beneath the cutting-edge of the blade. The stops c² rest upon the face of the blade and prevent it from tilting.

What I claim is—

1. The combination of a split handle having arms c with a surrounding ring f and guard g secured thereto, and with a blade adapted to be engaged by arms c, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a split handle having arms c and pins c′ with spring d, ring f, guard g, and blade e, having holes e′, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of split handle having groove a′ and arms c with spring d, blade e, ring f, and guard g, the ring f having pin f′, substantially as specified.

Friedrich Ascheuer.

Witnesses:

F. v. Briesen,

Henry E. Roeder.