Kampfe Hair Trimmer (and Razor)
Patent US847782
Invention HAir-Trimmer
Filed Tuesday, 2nd October 1906
Published Tuesday, 19th March 1907
Inventors Frederick and Otto Kampfe
Language English
CPC Classification:B26B21/12
- B26B21/12
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged longitudinally to the handle combined with combs or other means for hair trimming - 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 - B26B21/08
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 changeable blades - B26B21/10
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged longitudinally to the handle
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To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, Frederick Kampfe and Otto Kampfe, both citizens of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Hair-Trimmers, of which the following is a specification.
Our invention relates to a device for trimming hair, although the same partakes of the character of a safety-razor.
The object of our invention is the production of a hair-cutting implement by means of which adults may readily trim or shorten their own hair and parents the hair of their children, performing the function of a self-constituted barber.
In carrying out our invention and in combination with a handle to be grasped by the hand and a body-frame supporting a removable razor-blade and its catch we employ guard-combs at either side of the cutting edge of the blade. Both guard-combs are pivoted and adapted to swing over from and toward said blade, and one or both of these guard-combs may be adjustable, so as to bring the free ends of the comb-teeth into the desired proximity to the cutting edge of the razor-blade. The teeth of the respective combs are advantageously in alinement. Consequently the alined intervening spaces act as ways or channels to receive and confine the hair being trimmed and prevent it sliding off or getting away from the cutting edge of the razor-blade.
The body-frame at its place of support of the razor-blade is advantageously constructed with side bracket-arms for lightness and rigidity and to provide ample room for the hair removed in trimming and at the same time ample strength and bearing-surface for the razor-blade.
In the drawing,
The handle
The body-frame
From the view
We provide frames
Along the back of the body-frame we secure a blade-spring
We provide a second guard-comb
The ends of the guard-comb
We have shown in the modified form of our invention,
We claim as our invention—
1. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade and means for supporting the same.
2. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade and adjustable means for supporting the same.
3. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for maintaining the teeth of said combs in proximity with the cutting edge of the blade but out of contact therewith and means for supporting the same.
4. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for maintaining the teeth of said combs in proximity with the cutting edge of the blade but out of contact therewith and adjustable means for supporting the same.
5. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for supporting the same and means for adjusting one of said combs in opposite directions to the cutting edge of the blade.
6. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, adjustable means for supporting the same and means for adjusting one of satd combs in opposite directions to the cutting edge of the blade.
7. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for maintaining the teeth of said combs in proximity with the cutting edge of the blade but out of contact therewith, adjustable means for supporting the same and means for adjusting one of said combs in opposite directions to the cutting edge of the blade.
8. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for pivotally connecting one comb to the body-frame, a spring for holding said comb in either of two positions, means for pivotally connecting the other comb to the handle structure and providing the same with a limited longitudinal adjustment thereon.
9. The combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of guard-combs at each side of the cutting edge of the razor-blade, means for pivotally connecting one comb to the body-frame, a spring for holding said comb in either of two positions, means for pivotally connecting the other comb to the handle structure and providing the same with a limited longitudinal adjustment thereon and means for providing an adjustment on the pivot of the latter comb.
10. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a body member comprising a bent portion connected with the handle and broadened out from said point of connection to a width agreeing with the length of the razor-blade and so constructed as to form supports along the opposite ends of the razor.
11. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a body member comprising a bent portion connected with the handle and broadened out from said point of connection to a width agreeing with the length of the razor-blade and provided with bracket-arms
12. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a body member comprising a bent portion connected with the handle and broadened out from said point of connection to a width agreeing with the length of the razor-blade and provided with bracket-arms
13. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a tubular support member at one end of the handle provided with a groove
14. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a tubular support member at one end of the handle provided with a groove
15. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of a guard-comb which in its initial position exteriorly overlies the razor-blade and in use comes between the razor-blade and the adjacent flesh and between the teeth of which the hair draws as cut.
16. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of a guard-comb, a tubular support member at one end of the handle, a sleeve surrounding the support member and movable thereon and a pivotal connection from the sleeve to the guard-comb whereby a limited longitudinal movement and a swinging movement may be imparted to the guard-comb.
17. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle, a body-frame, a removable razor-blade and holding means therefor, of a guard-comb, a tubular support member at one end of the handle, a sleeve surrounding the support member and movable thereon, a pivotal connection from the sleeve to the guard-comb and means for limiting the movement of said sleeve and preventing the same from turning.
Signed by us this 24th day of September, 1906.
Frederick Kampfe.
Otto Kampfe.
Witnesses:
Geo. T. Pinckney,
E. Zachariasen.