Patent Document:

referring to the drawings and , in particular , to fig1 a flexible , twin - blade wet - shaving razor unit 10 is shown . razor unit 10 includes a seat portion 12 having a guard bar 14 , a cap portion 16 , a seat blade 18 and a cap blade 20 . disposed between the blades is a corrugated spacer 22 . as best shown in fig2 spacer 22 extends along the entire length l of seat blade 18 . spacer 22 includes a plurality of corrugations 24 , which increase the flexibility of the spacer , interconnected by a plurality of plates 26 . plates 26 extend across a substantial portion of the width w of seat blade 18 . as will be apparent to those skilled in the art , the design and configuration of spacer 22 will increase the rigidity of the blades , while , at the same time , still allowing such blades to flex in response to forces encountered during shaving . in this regard , a preferred embodiment of the present invention may provide that the plates are fixedly connected to the seat blades by means of spot welds 28 . fixedly connecting the spacer to the blade ensures that the alignment of such components remains constant and , in addition , further increases the rigidity of the blade . however , it is not necessary to fixedly connect the spacer to the seat blade ; instead , as explained below , merely sandwiching the uniquely designed components together can provide the desired increase in rigidity of the blade . referring to fig3 it can be seen that cap blade 20 , spacer 22 and seat blade 18 are sandwiched between cap portion 16 and seat portion 12 . more specifically , cap portion 16 includes a plurality of securing pins 30 that pass through a series of co - linear openings in the cap blade , spacer and seat blade . the securing pins are received by openings in seat portion 12 that are dimensioned so that pins 30 can be &# 34 ; snapped &# 34 ; in and , thereafter , not withdrawn . in addition , the pins are dimensioned so that once the unit is assembled , the components of such units are tightly sandwiched between the cap and seat portion . to allow relative movement of the blades during flexing , the openings in these components ( except for the centrally - positioned openings ) may be formed in the configuration of a slot . with respect to the spacer , the openings ( except for the centrally - positioned opening ) are formed with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the securing pins . together , the design allows the components to slide pass one another as the razor unit is flexed . when the razor unit is assembled , upper surface 32 of corrugations 24 will contact and , hence , support the lower surface of cap blade 20 . the support these corrugations provide to the cap blade translates into increased rigidity of such blade . in addition , it is possible to configure the components of the razor unit such that both the cap blade and the seat blade are equally supported . finally , as already mentioned above , the corrugated spacer provides increased rigidity to the blades , which , in turn , decreases the amplitude of vibration introduced into such blade . while there have been described what are presently believed to be the preferred embodiments of the invention , those skilled in the art will realize that various changes and modifications may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention and it is intended to claim all such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention .

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