IMPROVEMENTS IN RAZORS AND RAZOR SHEATHS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Clarke at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd August 1883.
THOMAS CLARKE of Sheffield in the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RAZORS AND RAZOR SHEATHS"
My invention relates to improvements in razors, and sheaths for protecting the
razors, the object being to produce a compact and economical combination of the
razor and the sheath, being especially useful to carry in the pocket and elsewhere.
In carrying out my invention I make the razor blade with a short straight
tang either parallel or slightly tapered, and I temper and finish it in the usual
manner but without attaching a handle or scales.
I make the sheath approximating to the configuration of the razor blade and
tang, by casting it (for example) in suitable metal, for instance white metal or
brass, (but if preferred I may form the sheath from sheet metal by stumping and
bending it to the desired shape)
The core upon which the metal sheath is cast, when it is withdrawn leaves a
space into which the razor and tang fits. The sheath is made open at each end,
the opening at the large end being to receive the razor when it is not required for
use the tang being pushed down into the corresponding part of the sheath-and
preferably projecting a short distance through the opening, so as to enable it to be
readily withdrawn for use.
When the razor is taken out of the sheath, the shank or tang is inserted in the
opening at the small end, of the sheath, which forms a convenient handle to hold
it by while shaving.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Clarke in the Patent Office on the 31st January 1884.
THOMAS CLARKE of Sheffield in the County of York, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RAZORS AND RAZOR SHEATHS"
My invention relates to improvements in Razors, and sheaths for protecting the
the object being to produce a compact and useful combination of the two
parts, very convenient to carry in the pocket, and economical to manufacturo.
razors,
In describing my invention I shall refer to the annexed sheet of drawings in
which the same letters of reference indicate the same parts in any of the figures.
Fig. 1. represents the sheath enclosing the razor.
Fig. 2, represents the razor partly withdrawn from sheath.
Fig. 3, represents the razor, i.c. the blade and tang.
Fig. 4, represents the razor ready for use, the sheath acting as a handle.
Fig. 5, represents a modification in the position of the razor and sheath.
In carrying out my invention, I make the razor blade with a short straight
tang D, which may be formed out of the same continuous piece of material with
the blade A, or it may be made of a different material, and with the back B, bo
attached to the blade by casting it thereon, or by other means.
I make the sheath C. of a configuration approximating to that of the razor blade
with the tang, preferably by casting it in white metal or other metal to the desired
shape with a hollow interior to receive the razor, but I do not confine myself to
this method, as I may if found desirable make the sheath from sheet metal by
stamping, bending or moulding it to the required shape. When the core which
forms the hollow interior in a cast sheath is removed, an opening is left corre-
sponding to the shape of the razor blade and tang, and into which the complete
razor may be passed by the hand, till the blade is quite concealed, the only portion
exposed being a short piece of the end of the tang, as shown at D, Fig. 1, for the
purpose of readily releasing the blade from the sheath.
When the Razor is required for use, the blade is withdrawn from the sheath,
and the end of the tang D is inserted into the opening of the sinall end of the
sheath, as shown in Fig. 4, or into a suitable hole formed at right angles through
the sheath as shown in Fig. 5.
Having now described and fully ascertained the nature of my invention and
the manner in which it may be carried into practice, 1 would observe in conclusion
that what I consider to be novel and original and therefore claim as the invention
secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is:―
The manufacture of razors and razorsheaths, in which the razor is arranged to
alide into the sheath, so as to be nearly or entirely enclosed in said sheath,
substantially as described and illustrated.
In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Clarke have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 30th day of January in the year of our Lord, 1884.
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