IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAVERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN HARRY PEARCE of Eldon Street, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Manager do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHAVERS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in "Shavers" (for shaving the human
face,) which usually consist of a short blade and a fixed guard which also forms the
handle. My Improvement consists in making the guard adjustable, so that as the
blade is reduced in width by constant sharpening, the requisite distance between the
guard and the edge of the blade may be retained. With this object in view I make
a handle of such configuration that the blade will project a considerable distance
below the underside., I make the combshaped guard of a separate piece of material
and attach it to the underside by a rivet (or similar means) passed through a tail
piece so as to form a spring, or I may form the guard from the same continuous
piece of metal or material as the handle, by bending it back to the required
position. One or more adjusting screws are fitted to the handle so as to bear
against the guard and force it from the handle until it is the requisite distance from
the cutting edge of the blade. As the blade wears the adjusting screws are
unscrewed, thus allowing the guard to follow the blade and maintain the relative
position of the two parts.
ROBT F. DRURY,
George St. Sheffield,
Agent.

page_text: J, JOHN HARRY PEARCE of Eldon Street Sheffield in the County of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHAVERS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement that is to say:-
My invention relates to improvements in shavers, or instruments for shaving the
human face, which (as distinctive from the ordinary razors) usually consists of a
short blade and a fixed comb shaped guard, which is so extended and shaped as also
to form the handle by which the instrument is held.
My improvement consists in making the guard adjustable so that as the blade is
reduced in width by repeated sharpening, the requisite distance between the edge
of the blade and the guard may be retained, by using the means of adjustment.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have annexed an
explanatory sheet of drawings to which I shall refer; the same letters of reference
indicating similar parts in all the Figures.
Fig. 1, represents the front of the blade A, with the clip B.
Fig. 2, shows the underside of the shaver, D is the comb shaped guard, secured
to the underside of the handle C.
Fig. 3, is a side view of same, showing the adjusting screws F.
Fig. 4, is a top view of same.
In carrying out my invention I make the handle C and the guard D, preferably
of separate pieces of material, the part of the bandle marked B¹ is made narrower
than is usual in shavers, so that the blade A projects some distance below it-
I attach the guard to the handle by means of a rivet or its equivalent at E, so that
its tendency is to lay flat against the handle, but if desirable the guard may be
made from the same continuous piece of metal as the handle by bending it back C¹.
One or more adjusting screws and nuts, are fitted to the handle so that their
points bear against the guard, and when turned, force it from the handle until
it is in the exact required position with the cutting edge of the blade A, which
is held firmly by the Clip B.
It will be readily understood that when the blade is worn narrower by repeated
sharpening the adjusting screws are unscrewed, thus allowing the guard to follow
the edge of the blade and so maintain their relative positions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The Combination and use with shavers of an adjustable guard, substantially as
herein described and illustrated.
D L 1 1
1001
ROBT F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.