IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO RAZORS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO RAZORS to be as follows:-
The invention has reference to razors in which the blade is not permanently
attached to a handle, but is when in use fixed in a holder. The improvements
have reference to the fixing, of the blade to the holder, to the use of guide rollers
which carry the soap or lather to the back, and to a handle for holding the razor
while being stropped or set.
The blade holder is formed, by cutting out and stamping or otherwise, with
cheeks, in which are grooves or guides to hold the ends of the blade. There are
two projections to limit the descent of the blade in the grooves so that the cutting
edge may always be at the same level. The cheeks are capable of being moved
towards each other so as to lock the blade in the grooves or guides. One way of
effecting this movement is by a bolt and nut the bolt being passed through the
cheeks; or screws may be used for the purpose. Or, the blade may be locked in
the holder by a hinged spring flap formed with projections or nibs to press on the
back of the blade; or a screw passed through the holder may press on the back of
the blade.
The blade may either be of the usual triangular form in section or be a thin
steel blade, in which latter case the back edge should be fitted into a cylinder or boss
against which the spring flap or other device for securing it in the holder would be
applied.
There are guide rollers fitted in the holder parallel to the blade and just below
or in advance of it; they are free to turn on their axes and carry the soap or
lather to the back of the holder.
When the blade is to be stopped or set it is taken out of the holder and inserted
into a longitudinal groove in a bar or shank fitted with a handle. This handle is
preferably made in two lengths which may be unscrewed to enable it to be packed
with the razor and accessory articles in a small case.
Dated this 19th day of May 1885.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Appertaining to Razors.
I, JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication from abroad by Auguste Bain of 1 Boulevard St Denis, Paris
France, Hair Dresser) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The invention has reference to razors in which the blade is not permanently
attached to a handle, but is when in use fixed in a holder. The improvements
have reference to the fixing of the blade to the holder, to the use of guide rollers
which carry the soap or lather to the back and to a handle for holding the razor
while being stropped or set.
The annexed drawings illustrate the invention. Figure 1 is an elevation,
Figure 2 a plan and Figure 3 a face view of the razor fixed in its holder. Figure 4
shows the holder separately. a is the blade holder; it is formed, by cutting out
and stamping or otherwise, with checks b b in which are grooves or guides c c to
hold the ends of the blade d. There are two projections ii to limit the descent of
the blade in the grooves so that the cutting edge may always be at the same level.
The cheeks b b are capable of being moved towards each other so as to lock the
blade in the grooves or guides. One way of effecting this movement is by a bolt
and nut h, Figures 1, 2 and 3, the bolt being passed through the checks; or screws
passing through the checks so as to act directly against the ends of the blade may
be used for the purpose. Or the blade may be locked in the holder by a hinged
spring flap formed with projections or nibs to press on the back of the blade; this
modification is represented in Figures 5 and 6, i being the flap, j its hinge, kits
spring and its projections or nibs. Or a screw passed through the holder may
press on the back of the blade as represented in Figure 7.
The blade may either be of the usual triangular form in section or be a thin steel
blade, in which latter case the back edge should be fitted into a cylinder or boss
against which the spring flap or other device for securing it in the holder would be
applied, see Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11, in which a is the blade with its back edge
fitted into a boss and b the spring flap.
There are guide rollers h h Figure 7 and x x Figures 8 and 9 fitted in the holder
parallel to the blade and just below or in advance of it; they are free to turn on
their axes and carry the soap or lather to the back of the holder.
When the blade is to be stropped or set it is taken out of the holder and inserted
into a longitudinal groove in a bar or shank fitted with a handle. Figures 12 and 13
represent respectively two constructions of handle. They are preferably made in
two lengths which may be unscrewed as at n Figure 13 to enable it to be packed
with the razor and accessory articles in a small case.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
ine declare that what I claim is
1. The construction of razor blade holders including the means of fixing the
blades therein substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a razor blade and its holder of rollers which carry the
soap or lather to the back substantially as hereinbefore described and represented
in the accompanying drawings.
3. Constructing handles substantially as shown in Figures 12 and 13 for holding
razor blades while being stropped or set.