Year: 1886

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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:-
This invention has reference to razors provided with safety guards.
By means of the present invention a guard of better construction than heretofore
is applied to the razor, which guard can be readily moved from one side of the
razor to the other in the act of shaving and which also permits the razor being
stropped without detaching the guard.
In the accompanying drawing:
:-
Figure 1 is a side view of a razor provided with my improvements.
Figure 2 is a back view thereof.
Figure 3 is a front view drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal central section on the line x, x, Figure 2, and
Figure 5 is a horizontal cross section on the line y, y, Figure 1, both drawn to
an enlarged scale.
à is the blade of the razor; b is its handle. In the point c and heel d of the
blade are two recesses, into which are sprung the ends of a swing guard e. In the
recess in the point is placed a metallic stud f having three grooves, g, h, and i in
its exposed end so as to permit of the guard e assuming three positions with
reference to the blade a. The stud can be made solid with the blade if desired.
It can also be dispensed with if desired. When the front end of the guard e is in
the groove g, the guard is to the right hand side of the blade. When it is in the
groove hit is on the left hand side of the blade, and when it is in the groove i it
has been thrown around to the back of the blade so as to be out of the way in
stropping the razor.
j is a pin in the front end of the razor blade against which the front end of the
guard may rest as it is upon either one or the other side of the razor..

page_text: kk are two movable lock catches pivotted at, so that when the guard e is
thrown into either position for shaving, these catches can be fastened down over
the guard and heel of the razor, as shown in Figure 2. The position of the guard
shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 is. that which, it takes when it is desired to strop
the razor. Figures 1 and 3 show.the guard in one position for shaving; and the
other position is shown in Figures 4 and 5, the guard e then being on the opposite
side of the pin j-to that shown in Figure 1..
The handle b of the razor is a piece of metal continuous or integral with the
blade In the end of the handle is left an opening m sufficient to enable at least
two fingers of the hand to enter and grasp the razor.
This construction permits the most inexperienced person to shave himself
without the slightest danger of cutting the face.
The guard can be changed from one side to the other of the razor without
taking it off; it is easily detached, its ends being merely sprung into place in the
ends of the razor blade; it is, when thrown back for stropping, quite rigid, so as to
permit of the razor being stropped without the necessity for taking it off; and
when turned to either side it easily adjusts itself to the proper angle, and when so
turned it can be simply held in place by means of the catches above referred to.
The said guard has also the advantage of lightness, and gives ample space for
the lather to pass between it and the edge of the blade of the razor, thereby
preventing the possibility of clogging in shaving; at the same time the guard
permits the removal of the lather which may gather at the edge of the razor,
without taking the said guard from the blade.
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The construction of the handle enables the user of the razor to shave with great
confidence, particularly if he is a beginner, or awkward in the manipulation of
the razor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be perforined, as communicated to
ine by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
First. In safety guard razors, a swing-guard e, substantially as described.
Second. In safety guard razors, a swing guard e in combination with movable
lock catches f f for retaining the guard firmly on either side of the razor, sub-
stantially as described.
Third. In safety guard razors, a swing guard, in combination with a stud at the
point of the razor containing three grooves, substantially as described.
Fourthi. In safety guard razors, a swing guard in combination with catches at
the heel of the razor and a grooved stud at the point, substantially as described.
Fifth. In safety guard razors, the combination of the swing guard e, the grooved
stud containing grooves, g; h, i, the catches h, k, and the pin j, substantially as
described.
Dated thin 01nt 1...
1000