US1568794A - Convertible safety razor, hair trimmer, and comb - Google Patents

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Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,794

- S. s. BAER CONVERTIBLE SAFETY RAZOR, HAIR TRIMMER, AND COMB Filed April 15, 1925 vlziarne y, I15 I construction enabling the bladeto be re-' reamed Jan. 5', 1926.,

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Application filed April 15, 1925. Serial N0. 28,488.

To all whom it mtag concern:

Be t known that I, SAMUEL S. Bum, a citizen of the United States, residing at 2417 Madison Avenue, in the city of Baltimore v,monly known as the Gillette type, one of the improvements being the provision of a moved and replaced without the necessity of separating o1: disconnecting the bladeclamping elements. y 1

' Another object is to provide an improved safety razor whose blade-clamping elements cooperate equally well in holding singleedge blades and double-edge blades in the effective position for properly shaving.

Another object is to provide an improved combination of a safety razor and hair trimmer; so the hair can be trimmed at the temples and on the necks of persons, in the generally approved manner, by the persons of whom the respective temples and necks are elements, the hair-trimming feature including a' comb that acts as a gage to regulate the length of the trimmed hair, and the comb also being useful separate from the hair-trimming blade.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following detion; Fig. 2 is an end view of the device Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is an elevation of is of the ordinary Gillette type, having atails ofdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: 40

Fig. 1 -'s a side elevation of a hair-cutting device constructed according to this invenshown in 7 one of the blade-clamping elements; 'Fig. 4 is an elevation of the single-edge blade formed for use with the other elements of this device; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the other blade-clamping element.

In these drawings, in which'similar. refer ence characters correspond to similar parts throughout the several views, the handle 10 socket (not shown) threaded to receive and adjust'ably hold the screw-stud 11 that is united with the combined comb and blade-- I clamping element 12 which is: also provided with the usual dowels 13. This member is provided with a groove. or depression 14 that receives the thickened part or; back 15 of the blade whose thinner part is shown at,

16 and terminates in the cutting edge-l7.

This form of blade is provided with notches 1.8 to receive the screw :11 and studs or dowels 12 and to combine with the latter for preventing lon itudinal shifting of the blade between t e clamping. elements; 'By

'means of the groove 14 and a similar groove -19 in the combined guard and blade-clamp 20, the blades are prevented from shifting laterally between the parts 12 and 20. These grooves and thickened part 15 also serve to assure that the blade is properly seated in shaving position when the clamping elements are in their proper position." The part 20 has the usual holes 21 to receive the screw "11 and studsor dowels 13. It also has the usual guard-teeth 22. The member -12 has comb-teeth 23. The blades back 15 extends slightly outward beyond the ends of the members 12'and 20, thus providing a substantial and convenient handle. for placing, removing and replacing the, blade between the blade-clamping members.

The foregoing improvements do not affect the use of 'the blade-holder in connection and such a blade is indicated at 2 1." This with the Gillette type of double-edge blade,

reference "character 24 also represents-the single edge of the blade 15 when the'latter is reversed for use in combination with the comb, for trimming hair at a distance from the cuticle. J

The razor is used in the usual we for shaving, but for trimming the hair-or card a distance from the cuticle, the razor edge of the single-'edge'blade, or one of the edges of the double-edge blade is used in combina- 1 tion with the comb-teeth 23. It will be seen I that the comb-teethwillhold the razor edge at a distance from the cuticle, and that this distance can be varied by tilting the handle 10 so that the thicker or thinner parts of the teeth will slide on the cuticle; or, for cutting the hair longer than the thickness of the comb-teeth,'theQpart-of the member '12 at its center orbetween the center andthe 1 "comb-teeth is held in contact .with the cuticle during. the shaving operation. In this connection, it. maybe well to remind ourselves that shaving is a storm of hair.

trimming, and vice versa, when such hair trimming is eliected with a device of this character.

Referring to the dotted line position of the blade 24, in Fig. 1, it is seen that the hair-trimming edge is between the handle 10 and the free ends of the comb-teeth and spaced from the latter, and at a considerable distance from the handle and thus providing an ample clearance to avoid clogging or interference of the cuttings with respect to the hair being cut.

I do not intend to limit my patent protection to the exact details of construction and arrangement here shown, it being obvious that various changes may be made within the scope of the inventive ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A safety razor including; two blade clamping elements, one of the lade clamping elements including a razor edge guard, the other of said clamping elements including a comb, a razor blade, and means cooperative with the clamping elements for holding the razor blade in cooperative relation with the razor edge guard and for also hold ing the razor edge in cooperative relation with said comb, for the purposes specified.

2. In a combined shaving and hair-trimming device, the combination of two clamping elements, one of these elements including a razor edge'guard, the other of said elements including a comb at one side and also including a guiding surface, said guidin surface extending from said comb to sai guard, a razor blade between said clamping elements and being reversible with respect to saiduard and comb, said guide being convexe in such manner that it cooperates with the comb for trimming hair to greaterand less lengths, said guide also being cooperative with said guard and with the razor edge for eflecting the cutting of hair at the cuticle.

3. A combined combing and guiding element of a hair-trimming device, such element including a convex side and a concave side, the concave side being provided with an element for defining the shaving and hair cutting positions of razor blades, the convex side and concaved side including comb-teeth which extend to one edge of this guiding element, the opposite edge of this element being relatively thin and strai ht for holding tions of razor bades and for securing a razor-guard in position, this combing and guiding element including comb-teeth on one edge, and the opposite ed 'e being relatively thin and straight for holding a razor-blades edge in proper relation to a razor-guard for eii'ecting the operation of shaving.

5. A device of the kind described consistin of a stem constituting a handle and provi ed with a blade-supporting element transversely disposed on one end thereof, and a blade-clamping and flexing member having a blade-overhan ing comb extension projecting a material dlstance laterally beyond said blade-supporting element.

6. A device of the class described consisting of a handle member, a blade-supporting member consisting of parts of different lengths projecting laterally on opposite sides of the handle member, the longer part constituting a razor-guard, and-a blade-clamping member overlying both of said bladesupporting parts, the portion of said clamping member overlying the shorter bladesupporting part being provided with comb teeth and being materially longer than said shorter blade-supporting art, and the por: tion of said clamping mem er overlying said longer blade-supporting part being shorter than said longer blade-supporting part.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnature.

- SAMUEL S. BAER.

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