Patent ID: 8776378

Claim:
A blade cartridge for a shaving razor having a handle, the blade cartridge comprising: a plurality of electrically conductive blades each formed as a unitary body and each being structured and disposed for receiving an electric current flow through said unitary body; a housing on said blade cartridge and extending substantially across the length of the blade cartridge in spaced and separated relation to the plurality of electrically conductive blades, and said housing defining a bridge structure extending over the blades and spaced from the blades to define an open gap between said housing and the plurality of electrically conductive blades for allowing a directed stream of water flow to pass below said housing, through the gap and between the plurality of electrically conductive blades for rinsing debris from surfaces of the plurality of electrically conductive blades; an electric power storage source contained within said housing; electric conductors connecting said electric power storage source to at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades for delivering electric current to the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades, wherein flow of the electric current through the unitary body of the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades causes the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades to be heated; and a switch on said blade cartridge selectively operable between an ON status for allowing the electric current flow through the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades, and an OFF status for interrupting the electric current flow through the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive blades.