improvements in or relating to Razors or Snaving Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: improvements in or relating to Razors or Snaving Apparatus.
A communication from IRÉNÉE MAZEL, of Toulouse, in the Republic. of France,
Clergyman.
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I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden. in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to a new razor or shaving apparatus for tonsures, by
means of which priests can themselves shave their tonsures or can have it done
quite easily by an assistant.
The apparatus according to the present invention consists of a support con-
stituted by a central hub provided with radial arms. To the ends of these arms
are secured, by set screws, uprights, provided preferably with rubber feet sur-
rounded by a ring which maintains them at a fixed distance apart. The hub
of the support carries in its centre a sleeve socket serving as a guide for a tube
or tubular shaft adapted to rotate and reciprocate in said socket. The tube is
surrounded at the top by a collar which is arranged to support an operating
handle. This tubular shaft is provided at the bottom with a slotted piece the
function of which will be hereinafter described.
At a suitable point there is connected to the handle the head of a central
spindle arranged inside the central tubular shaft. The head of this spindle is
hollow and serves to receive a spring which, by means of a bolt presses against
the handle in order to take up the effect of shocks that the latter may receive
from the hand of the user.
About the middle of the length of the central spindle a pin is passed through
it, the ends of the pin passing through longitudinal slots in the tubular shaft
and serve to support a spring placed in the interior of an outer sleeve the shoulder
or inner flange of which is pressed upwards against the pin under the action of
the spring.
Round the tubular shaft there in placed, between the shoulder of the sleeve
and the hub to raise the central spindle and the parts supported by it. To the
lower portion of the spindle there is secured by a collar a bent bar or angle plate
on which is placed the hinge or pivot of an arm about the opposite end of which
is pivotted a lever or plate. This latter is attached to a slit hollow bar or
channel piece of, say, a dove-tailed cross-section which bar can be connected
with the male portion of another dove-tail part or
tenon of the blade support.
The blade support may be in the form of a yoke or clamp between the branches
of which is placed the razor blade. Between this blade and the part carrying
the blade-support there is arranged a screw the spires of which are the arranged
near the cutting edge of the blade, said screw rotating horizontally between the
branches of the yoke.
The arm carries above its joint a bent rod, the free end of which rests in the
slotted guide secured to the bottom of the centre tube. This rod, when the

page_text: apparatus is in operation, gives the blade-support an inclination depending on
the more or less low position given to the central spindle.
The arm has moreover, coiled around it a spiral spring one of the ends of which
presses against the lever in order to retain it in the normal position.
The blade support combined with the screw is primarily arranged to be used
with the tonsure-apparatus; it may however be also used as a hand razor, if the
blade support is mounted on a suitable handle.
The operation of the apparatus will now be described.
In order to fix the apparatus on the head, on which a tonsure is to be cut or
shaved elastic or non elastic cords or bands are used, attached to the legs of the
support and secured under the chin and behind the ears.
The apparatus having been previously regulated so as to cause the blade sup-
port to oscillate in accordance with the shape of the head on which the tonsure
is to be cut the blade support is set in its slide at a suitable distance from the
axis of rotation so as to obtain a tonsure of a certain diameter. Then the
apparatus is put in place by means of the cords etc. as described, the portion to
be shaved having been previously lathered.
Then the shoulder or flange of the sleeve is pressed with the two fingers of the
left hand so as to cause the pin to depress the central spindle with its connected
parts, at the same time depressing the central tube carrying the slotted guide.
As soon as the blade comes in contact with the skin, the handle is turned by the
right hand, one or two turns whereby the blade describes a circle in order to cut
or form the outer edge of the tonsure.
Then the handle is allowed to rise slightly, whereby the blade is brought nearer
to the centre of rotation, by means of the rod which moves in the guide and the
handle is again turned and so on until the centre is reached and shaved. If
there be a few hairs remaining in the centre, it is easy to remove them by means
of a hand razor.
The combination of the screw with the blade results in the hair shaved off
and having the tendency to remain near the cutting edge and to damage or clog
it, being removed by the screw and driven out from the blade owing to the
direction of the spires of the screw.
Dated this 26th day of April 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Razors or Shaving Apparatus.
A communication from IRÉNÉE MAZEL, of Toulouse, in the Republic of France,
Clergyman.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden. in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new razor or shaving apparatus for tonsures, by
means of which priests can themselves shave their tonsures or can have it done
quite easily by an assistant.
In order to make the invention better understood, the invention is illustrated
in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 shows the whole apparatus in perspective,

page_text: Figure 2 is a vertical axial section on an enlarged scale
Figure 3 is a plan, and
Figure 4 is a modified construction of a detail of the invention applied as an
ordinary razor.
The apparatus according to the present invention consists of a support con-
stituted by a central hub I provided with radial arms R. To the ends of these
arms are secured, by set screws, uprights S provided preferably with rubber
feet, and surrounded by a ring P' which maintains them at a fixed distance apart.
The hub I of the support carries in its centre a sleeve or socket I¹ serving as a
guide for a tube or tubular shaft H adapted to rotate and reciprocate in said
socket. The tube H is surrounded at the top by a collar M which is arranged
to support an operating handle N. This tubular shaft H is provided at the
bottom with a slotted guide F, the function of which will be hereinafter described.
At a suitable point there is connected to the handle N the head of a central
spindle Garranged inside the central tubular shaft H. The head of this
spindle G is hollow and serves to receive a spring which, by means of a bolt O
presses against the handle N in order to take up the effect of shocks that the
latter may receive from the hand of the user.
About the middle of the length of the central sprindle G a ping is passed
through it, the ends of the pin passing through longitudinal slots in the tubular
shaft H, and serve to support a spring L¹ placed in the interior of an outer
sleeve L, the shoulder or inner flange of which is pressed upwards against the
pin g under the action of the spring L'.
Round the tubular shaft H there is placed, between the shoulder of the sleeve L
and the hub I of the support, another spring K which tends to raise the central
spindle G and the parts supported by it. To the lower portion of the spindle G
there is secured by a collar a bent bar or angle plate on which is placed the
hinge or pivote of an arm El about the opposite end of which is pivoted a lever or
plate C. This latter is attached to a slit hollow bar or channel piece B of say
a dove-tailed cross-section, which bar can be connected with the male portion
of another dovetail part or tenon of the blade-support A. This connection is
shown in Figure 4.
The blade support A may be in the form of a yoke or clamp between the
branches of which is placed the razor blade b. Between this blade and the part
carrying the blade-support A there is arranged a screw a the spires of which are
arranged near the cutting-edge of the blade, said screw rotating horizontally
between the branches of the yoke.
The arm E carries above its joint e a bent rod f the free end of which rests in
the slotted guide F secured to the bottom of the central tube H. This rod f
when the apparatus is in operation, gives the blade-support A an inclination de-
pending on the more or less low position given to the central spindle G.
The arm E has moreover, coiled around it a spiral spring D one of the ends
of which presses against the lever C, in order to retain it in the normal position.
The blade-support combined with the screw shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 is
primarily arranged to be used with the tonsure-apparatus; it may however be also
used as a hand razor, if the blade-support is mounted on a suitable handle as shown
in Figure 4.
The operation of the apparatus will now be described.
In order to fix the apparatus on the head, on which a tonsure is to be cut, or
shaved, elastic or non-elastic cords or bands are used, attached to the legs of the
support and secured under the chin or behind the ears.
The apparatus having been previously regulated so as to cause the blade sup-
port to oscillate in accordance with the shape of the head on which the tonsure
is to be cut, the blade-support A is set in its slide B at a suitable distance from
the axis of rotation so as to obtain a tonsure of a certain diameter. Then the
apparatus is put in place by means of the cords etc. as described, the portion to
be shaved having been previously lathered.

page_text: The sleeve L is pressed down until the blade rests upon the head, the tube H
also moving down with the sleeve since it is no longer supported by it; then the
operator presses upon the end of the handle N thereby pressing down the central
spindle G through the part O and its spring, this moveinent causing the part M,
which is pivotted to the opposite end of the lever N, to rise slightly thereby
drawing up the tube H which is connected to it.
The result of this relative movement of the parts G and H will be that the
blade-holder A will be inclined owing to the slotted part F connected to the tube H
drawing up the bent arm f into a more vertical position thereby turning or
inclining the bent plates C to which the blade-support is secured. Rotatory
movement is then given to the handle N to cut the edge or outer part of the ton-
sure. Then the handle N is allowed to rise slightly, causing a further slight
relative movement of the two parts G and H, and bringing the blade of the razor
into a slightly more horizontal position, in consequence of the rod f which,
following the movement which is given to the spindle G, moves in the guide F,
which is maintained at the same height. The handle is still turned and raised
gradually until the blade A has passed over all the parts of the head to be
shaved.
If there be a few hairs remaining in the centre, it is easy to remove them by
means of a small hand razor (such as shown in Figure 4) which is simply con-
stituted by mounting the holder supporting the blade A, in the slide B of a suit-
able handle.
The limit of inclination of the razor blade is regulated, according to the conical
shape of the head to be shaved by adjusting the screw of the collar M and placing
the same to the desired height on the rod H.
The combination of the screw with the blade results in the hair shaved off and
having the tendency to remain near the cutting edge and to damage or clog it,
being removed by the screw and driven out from the blade owing to the direction
of the spires of the screw.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said in-
vention, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures, a central spindle, a handle
pivoted thereto at one end, and a cutter blade adjustably carried at the other
end, a central tubular shaft about said spindle, a slotted guide carried thereby,
a guide bar attached to part of the cutter blade support and adapted to be re-
ceived by the guide, and means for supporting the apparatus upon the head and
for altering the position of the cutter in a radial direction as set forth.
2. A shaving apparatus for the kind described for cutting tonsures, comprising
articulated levers arranged so as to be able to oscillate in all directions and
actuated through a vertical spindle, which carries them at its base, and which is
furnished at its upper end with a handle by means of which the operating
mechanism can be rotated to effect a circular cut, the razor being gradually
moved, during its rotation into a position more or less inclined to cause it to pass
over the whole surface to be shaved substantially as described.
3. In a shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures, a central spindle, a handle
pivoted thereto at one end, an angle plate secured upon the other end, an arm E¹
pivoted upon said angle plate, lever C and carrier B for the razor blade support,
a central tubular shaft, a slotted guide carried thereby, a guide bar attached to
the arm E¹ and adapted to be received by the guide, and means for supporting
the apparatus upon the head and for altering the position of the cutter in a radial
direction, as set forth.
4. Shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures, comprising a hub I supporting
legs S sleeve I¹ slotted tubular shaft H spindle G with pin g handle N springs L¹
and K sleeve L, angle bar E spindle arm E', plate C, carrier for the razor sup-

page_text: port and a razor support in combination with a slotted guide F engaging a rod f
attached to the arm E as and for the purpose set forth.
5. In shaving apparatus of the character described a razor blade support pro-
vided with a razor blade and a screw as ras and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of January 1899.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.