Improvements in Safety Razors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
Improvements in Safety Razors.
We, FREDERICK KAMPFE, RICHARD KAMPFE and OTTO KAMPFE, Manu-
facturers, of No. 8 Reade Street, in the City of New York, in the County of New
York and State of New York, in the United States of America, do hereby
declare of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in safety razors. The object of our
invention is to provide a new and improved safety razor which is so constructed
that the lather can easily be removed and the razor thoroughly cleaned with great
facility and a further object of our invention is to provide a skin stretching
attachment which can readily be applied for stretching the skin in advance of the
cutting edge of the blade.
In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this Specification and in which
like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved safety razor provided with the
skin stretcher.
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same on the line 2, 2, of
Figure 1, the skin stretcher being detached.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the same, the skin stretcher being shown in
dotted lines.
Figure 4 is a plan view of the same, the swinging top being swung back and the
skin stretcher shown in dotted lines.
Figure 5, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 5, 5, of Figure 3.
The shell frame or casing A, for holding the blade C is made approximately
U shaped in cross section, preferably of sheet metal and is provided at its top with
a cross piece K at each end, which cross pieces connect the front and rear walls of
said casing.
A handle B is provided at its upper end with a ball B¹ fitting in a socket B²
having a threaded neck B which can be screwed into a threaded aperture in the
bottom of the casing.
Each cross piece K is provided on its outer edge with an angle lug E, each
containing an adjusting screw E for adjusting the blade to project a greater or
less distance beyond the front edge of the top of the casing.
The angle lugs E are bent over the upper surfaces of the cross pieces K and
toward each other and the blade is confined between said angle lugs and the cross
pieces K.
A spring latch D pivoted on the back of casing A bears against the rear
edge of the blade C and presses same forward and against the inner ends of the
screws E.
A top F provided with slots and having at its front edge bent prongs G, forming
a guard comb, is hinged to the top edge of the rear wall of the casing A and is
adapted to rest at its sides and near the front edge, on two screws H screwed
through lugs J formed on the outer edges of the cross pieces K and bent under
said cross pieces, as shown.
A spring finger M is made integral with said 'hinged top and is bent over the
upper surface of said top, so as to press against the underside of the blade to assist
in holding the same securely in place

page_text: The screws E and H can easily be adjusted by means of handle extension
piece L which is provided in its closed end with a squared aperture for receiving
the squared heads of said screws.
When the blade C is held in place on the casing A the cutting edge projects a
greater or less distance beyond the curved ends of the guard teeth or prongs G
which prevent the edge from cutting into the skin.
After the razor has been used and the blade removed the hinged top
can be swung up and easily wiped clean, thus facilitating the cleaning of the
casing.
By means of the universal or ball and socket joints the casing A or blade
can easily be adjusted at any desired angle most convenient for the person
using the razor, thus rendering the operating of shaving very easy and pleasant.
The skin stretcher consists of an angle plate N having an aperture through
which the threaded neck B³, of the handle B can he passed for the purpose of
bolding said angle plate on the underside of the casing A, as shown in Figure 1 in
full lines and in Figure 2, in dotted lines.
To the upturned front edge of the angle plate N a series of upwardly inclined
prongs P are fastened the upper ends of which are a short distance from the ends
of the guard teeth G, when the plate N is held on the underside of the casing
and thus serve to stretch the skin in advance of the cutting edge of the blade.
In case the skin stretcher is not required it can easily be detached and the razor
used without the same.
R is a holder for holding the blade while stropping it, the handle B which is
unscrewed from the casing A. serving as a handle for said holder R.
Having now particularly. described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. In a safety razor, a blade holder having a hinged top provided at its front
swinging edge with a guard, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In a safety razor a blade holder provided with a hinged top having a spring
finger on its upper surface and provided at its front edge with a guard, substantially
as herein shown and described.
3. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade, holding casing having two
end cross pieces on its top and a hinged top between said end cross pieces, which
hinged top has a guard at its front edge, substantially as herein shown and
described.
4. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing, having a
cross piece at each end of its top, each cross piece being provided with a down-
wardly bent lug, an adjustable stop in each lug, and a top hinged to said casing
between the cross pieces to rest on said adjustable stops, said hinged top being
provided with a guard, substantially as berein shown and described.
5. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing of a detachable
skin stretcher held on the casing in advance of the front top edge of the same,
substantially as herein shown and described.
6. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing of a detachable
skin stretcher, substantially as berein shown and described.
7. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing, of a detachable
handle and a detachable skin stretcher held on said casing by the detachable
handle, substantially as herein shown and described.
8. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing, of a
detachable handle and a plate having an aperture through which part of said
handle can be passed, and a series of prongs projecting upward from said plate, to
the front top edge of the casing, substantially as herein shown.and described.
9. A safety razor having a blade holding case and a handle connected therewith
by a universal joint, substantially as herein shown and described.
10. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holding casing of a handle

page_text: provided with a ball at the upper end and socket for receiving said ball, screwed
into the bottom of said casing, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 11th day of November 1895.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
31 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.