IMPROVEMENTS IN RAZOR STROPS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE WILLIAM WALTER EDWARDS, of Princess Street, Wolverhampton in
the County of Stafford, hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN RAZOR STROPS to be as follows:
The
A description of razor strop known as "the graduating strop" is formed by
carrying an endless leather band around two cross bars supported upon two
longitudinal rods one of such cross bars being fixed at the outer end of the rods and
the other capable of sliding upon such rods near the inner ends thereof.
inner ends of the rods are fixed to a third cross-bar. The handle has a screw-pin
by which as the handle is turned the movable cross-bar is drawn back to tighten
the band or is pushed forwards to slacken it. This razor strop yields irregularly
in use cross-wise of the band producing an unequal effect on different parts of the
razor's edge, and is unnecessarily complicated.
Now the object of this invention is to construct a razor strop which shall give
a regularly yielding surface for the whole width of the leather and in which the
band shall be in an unvarying degree of tension, thus obviating any adjusting
apparatus and simplifying the construction of the strop.
A strop constructed according to this invention has an endless band formed of
sheet metal by curving the metal round at each end of the strop and jointing
together the ends of the metal by brazing or otherwise. A rod passes through the
axis of this band, being connected thereto at each end by brazing or otherwise, and
a part of this rod projecting at the back end carries the handle.
The leather to form the surfaces of the strop is laid over the sheet metal, and
thus a surface is formed upon a metal spring which is in a constant degree of
tension and which in yielding under pressure maintains an even surface cross-wise
of its face, causing every portion of the razor's edge to be affected by its action
and producing a smooth keen edge.
LL T
1004

page_text: I, GEORGE WILLIAM WALTER EDWARDS, of "Princess Street, Wolverhampton, in
the County of Stafford, hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for, IMPROVEMENTS IN RAZOR STROPS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of
reference marked thereon :-
A description of razor strop known as "the graduating strop" is formed by
carrying an endless leather band around two cross-bars supported upon two
longitudinal rods, one of such cross-bars being fixed at the outer end of the rods
The
and the other capable of sliding upon such rods near the inner ends thereof.
inner ends of the rods are fixed to a third cross-bar. The handle has a screw pin
by which as the handle is turned the movable cross-bar is drawn back to tighten
the band, or is pushed forwards to slacken it. This razor strop yields irregularly
in use crosswise of the band, producing an unequal effect on different parts of the
razor's edge, and is unnecessarily complicated.
Now the object of this invention is to construct a razor strop which shall give
a regularly yielding surface for the whole width of the leather, and in which the
band shall be in an unvarying degree of tension, thus obviating any adjusting
apparatus and simplifying the construction of the strop.
A strop constructed according to this invention has an endless band formed of
sheet metal by bending the metal round at each end of the strop and jointing
together the ends by brazing or otherwise. A rod passes through the axis of this
band and is connected to the band at each end by brazing or otherwise, and a part
of this rod projecting at the back end carries the handle.
The leather to form the surfaces of the strop is laid over the sheet metal, and
thus a surface is formed upon a metal spring which is in a constant degree of
tension and which, in yielding under pressure, maintains an even surface crosswise
of its face causing every portion of the razor's edge thereon to be affected by its
action, and producing a smooth keen edge.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing illustrates in longitudinal section a
razor strop constructed according to this invention, and figure 2 is a transverse
section on line x x of figure 1. The same letters of reference occuring upon both
views indicate corresponding parts.
The thick line lettered A A indicates the band of sheet metal. This band is
curved round at each end, and is jointed together at one of such ends by brazing
or otherwise. B is a rod brazed or otherwise fixed to the band A. A, and C is a
part of the rod projecting from the band at the back end thereof and to which is
fixed the handle D. The band A A is covered outside with the strop leather E E
etc, and the inside of the band may be lined with any convenient lining material
FF etc.
The strop is drawn full size, and for this size of strop I prefer to use a
metal band of about N° 23 gauge (Standard Wire Gauge).
A modification of this invention, according to which the strop may be used
also as a razor case, is illustrated by figures 3 and 4, of which figure 3 is a
corresponding view to figure 1 and figure 4 to figure 2. A' A' is the band of sheet
metal, which is shewn in this case bent with square ends instead of rounded as in
figure 1. B¹ is a sheet metal distance-bar which answers the purpose of the bar B
figure 1, and also acts as a division to the strop. The side a of the razor strop
is closed in by any suitable yielding material, and thus two divisions are formed
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page_text: for razors, namely 6 and 61, the side a forming the bottom of the razor case. These
divisions are suitably lined and are provided with rests c c¹ for the smaller ends of
the razors. The strop itself is of course kept in a case when not in use, and thus
the razors are securely prevented from falling out. C is a screw brazed to one
end of the metal of the strop, G is a washer screwed thereon, and D¹ a handle
screwed upon a boss upon such washer, but any suitable arrangement of handle
may be employed.
The band A A, or A' A¹, is not necessarily continuous, as the upper and lower
parts thereof may be in separate pieces, if desired, and be brazed or otherwise
fixed to blocks or suitable connections at the ends.
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
In a razor strop, the metal band A A (figure 1) or A' A' (figure 3) in
combination with the rod B, or distance-piece B¹, or other suitable means for
maintaining the said band in a proper and constant degree of tension, substantially
as and for the purpose herein described and shewn by the drawings.
DL11: 100