Improvements in and connected with Razors.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug.,
1897
[Communicated from abroad by JOSIAH L. YOUNG, of the United States of America.]
Improvements in and connected with Razors.
I, VICTOR FALLON FEENY of 60 Queen Victoria Street, in the City and County of
London, 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
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in razors, in which the ordinary handle of
an ordinary or common razor is used by adjustment, to form a guard or shield for
the edge of the razor, so that the common razor may be used as a safety razor at
will, or may be used in the ordinary or usual way.
In
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which Fig. 1 is a view of razor partly opened. Fig. 2 is a view of razor partly
closed. Fig. 3 is a section across closed razor through line a-b. Fig. 4 is a
section through Y Z. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several
views. G represents the razor blade which should be provided with a bearing or
retaining surface or part as for example a pin or post A secured to the back of the
razor blade at its outer end. H represents the handle, both edges of which are
shaped alike. My razor blade always shuts or closes into the case or handle from
the lower side; the upper surface or edges of the handle marked E E, are bent or
bevelled in towards the edge of the razor blade as shown in Fig. 3. The upper
edges of the handle H H have the same shape as the edge line of the razor blade,
the blade G as usual in all cominon razors is pivoted or hinged at point C.
Figure 1. B is a set screw fixed at the lower edge on one side of handle H, as
better shown in Fig. 3. A is a post or pin fixed in the back of the razor; when
the razor is closed this set screw B is turned down tightly upon the post A, thus
holding the razor blade in handle H in the position required. F F are slots through
which the lather escapes from the interior of the handle. D represents a slot, and
C¹ a screw which together form a hinge for the blade G. The screw passes through
the handle and through the blade G. This screw C¹ is fixed firmly in the blade and
has a nut C on each end which projects through the handle H H as shown at C C.
Fig. 4, J J are soft rubber or spring washers which yield to the pressure of either of
the nuts C C, forcing the blade G to one side or the other of the handle between
points E E.
The slot D permits the upward or downward movement of the pin or screw C
when the blade G is raised or lowered in adjustment. This razor has all the
advantages of a common or ordinary razor, by slightly loosening the nuts C C,
Fig. 4 and B B, Fig. 3. When used as a safety razor, the blade is closed into the
handle H, and set or adjusted at the proper elevation or position with reference to
the thin edges of handle E E. Fig. 3. These edges are shown flush in Fig. 3, but
by means of a set screw 6' uniting the two halves of the handle H, H, through the
slot a¹, one of these edges E, Fig. 3 may be either raised and lowered or adjusted
relative to the other as required.

page_text: The razor blade is held in position by the set screw or nuts B B, Fig. 3, and
the set screws or nuts C C. I am aware that prior to my invention safety razors
have been used and that attachments have been placed on them; and on common
or ordinary razors, but my invention retains the forms and freedom of the common
razor without changing its form, utilizing the handle to accomplish the result of a
safety razor.
It will be understood that the edges of the handle E, E, may be so adjusted
in relation to the blade that one of said edges only shall co-operate with the blade
to serve as a guard, therefor, and also that the bearing surface upon the blade,
by pressure against which the blade is held in adjustable position may be varied
from the precise form shown in the drawings, and also the position of the said
screws modified and the edge or edges of the handle of the blade adjusted relatively
to each other and secured in operative cutting position, without departing from my
invention.
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:-
1. A safety razor consisting of the combination with a razor blade of the usual
conventional type of a handle provided with a longitudinal slot or opening having
one or more bevelled edges to guard the edge of the blade, a bearing surface on
said blade and set screws operating thereon to adjust and hold said edge relative to
said slot, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The combination of the razor blade G, provided with bearing surface A and
pin C, the handle H, the nuts C C, washers JJ, set screws B B, substantially as
and for the purposes described.
3. The combination of the razor blade G, a handle H, having bevelled edges EE,
slotted pivot joiut D, pin C¹, nuts C C, post A, set screws B B, slots F F, washers J.J,
slot a¹ and scrow 6', substantially as and for the purposes described.
4. A razor and handle, the latter provided on it's back side with a longitudinal
aperture having an edge or edges conforming in contour to the shape of the blade
and means for adjusting said blade and retaining it permanently in relation to said
edge or edges, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 8th day of Lune 1005
Dated this 8th
1005
For the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
60 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agents.