Handleless Razor
Patent US971772
Invention Safety-Razor
Filed Monday, 28th June 1909
Published Tuesday, 4th October 1910
Inventor James D. Millar
Language English
NCC-1701
CPC Classification:B26B21/527
- B26B21/527
Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible attachable to fingers or to the human hand - 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 - B26B21/40
Details or accessories - B26B21/52
Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible - 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 - B26B21/14
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle
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To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, James D. Millar, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.
This invention has for its object to provide a safety razor having pocket-like finger clips to fit upon the tips of the fingers of the user and clamp the razor in place thereon so as to avoid the necessity for being clasped by the hand thus permitting the razor to be manipulated by the finger and wrist movements as well as by the arm movements of the user, so as to effect its firm and steady travel in any direction and without jerky movements usual with razors grasped in the hand when moved in an inconvenient direction.
Another object of the invention is to provide such a safety razor which will be simple in its construction and durable and efficient in its use.
With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the safety razor herein claimed; its parts and combinations of parts and all equivalents.
I desire it understood that this invention is not limited to any specific form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in the different views:
In these drawings
In the first form of the invention illustrated, the frame
With that form of the invention shown in
With either form of the invention the front or head end of the frame
In use the razor is merely slipped onto the ends of the fingers as shown in
The operation with the modified form of the invention is the same as with the other form, the only difference being that the guide fingers are firmly held in finger clips as well as the operating finger.
When it is desired to remove the blade it is only necessary to engage the thumb nail with the shoulder formed by the outer edge of the backing
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a pocket-like finger clip on the blade holder for clasping a finger of the user, and a finger seat carried by the blade holder at the side of the finger clip to be engaged by another finger of the user for guiding the blade holder.
2. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a pocket-like finger clip adapted to clasp a finger of the user, and a finger seat on either side of the clip to be engaged by the adjacent fingers of the user for guiding the blade holder.
3. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a finger clip on the blade holder comprising members spaced apart to receive a finger between them, there being an opening in one member through which the pad of the finger may project, and a spring on the other member for pressing the finger toward said opening.
4. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a finger clip therefor consisting of a pair of spaced sheet metal members to receive the finger of the user between them, there being an opening in one of the members into which the pad of the finger may enter, and a spring tongue cut from the other member for pressing the finger against said opening.
5. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a projection extending therefrom, a finger strip secured to the projection and forming a finger clip therewith said projection and the finger strip being laterally curved and one of them being transversely bent, and a lateral projection from the finger clip forming a finger seat.
6. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a projection extending therefrom, a finger strip secured to the projection and forming a finger clip therewith said projection and the finger strip being laterally curved and one of them being transversely bent, and lateral extensions on the projection forming finger seats on either side of the finger clip.
7. A safety razor, comprising a blade holder, a projection extending therefrom, a finger strip secured to the projection forming a finger clip therewith, a downward extension on the sides of the projection carrying lateral finger seats, there being openings in the finger strip and the finger seats, and a spring on the projection for forcing the finger held by the finger clip into the opening of the finger strip.
8. A safety razor, comprising a finger clip for clasping the finger of the user, and a blade holder carried thereby comprising a sheet metal frame bent to form a shoulder and a slotted guard, tongues bent from the sides of the frame and extending toward the upper edge thereof to form a latch therewith, and a razor blade having a backing forming a shoulder to engage the shoulder of the frame and adapted to have its upper edge engaged by the tongues to lock it in place.
In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.
James D. Millar.
Witnesses:
R. S. C. Caldwell,
Anna F. Schmidtbauer.