US1611055A - Attachment for razors - Google Patents

Description

Dec. 14 1926,

P. E. MENZEL ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR;

' Filed NOV. 12. 1925 ATTORNEYS INVENTOR v '4 WITNESSES 54. /w

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The razor attachment of the present ining a Gillette and the guard plate 11, a sharpening device" such as a flexible strap 16 is adapted to be H j drawn, this strap frictionally turning the sharpened strap.

An ob blade in roner DOSltlOH to be by an auto-strop blade holder and set of the present invention is to 'providean attachment of this character which may be snugly supported between the usual blade clamping jaws of the auto-strop razor, supporting :jfiWS.

and which carries means for firmly Gillette blade between said A furtherob iect of the invention-is to provide an attachment of extremely simple,

practical construction, which may be readi- 1y removed or applied, and which will lend itself to economical manufacture.

lVith the above noted' and other objects,

invention consists in certainin view, the

novel features of construct-ion and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out mav be more in the claims. The invention." fully understood from the fol-- lowing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 isa top plan view showing my improved attachment in applied position sup porting a blade, during stropping.

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2 is a view in longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view-0f the blade holder with parts broken away for clearness, dotted lines indicating the manner in which I the attachment is removed from the blade holder.

' Fig. 4: is a 20 perspective'view of the plate In the accompanying draWings Ilhave shown the principal features of the well knowntype of auto-strop razor, including a handle 10 mountlng plate 11,

a guard from the opposite ends of which arise upstanding ears 12, betwe'en'whlch a pair of parallel shafts 13, 1 1 arejournaled.

Shaft 13 carries a roller 15 between which,

shaft 13, and

through the intermediacy of tional type of portion 17 en of the shaft 14.

blade holder includinga bight circling the shaft, and a pair this razor 1 made integral therewith.

the invention. Hencel do not wish to myself to the details set forth,but shall coI1- of parallel spring clamping jaws .18, '19 between-wh1'ch" a conventional auto-strop blade (not shown) is adapted to he received.

. Reversal ofthe movement of the strapjacts.

through the gearing 16 to reverse the'position of the blade holder, and consequently to tachmentin the nature of a flat plate 20 adapted to be inserted between the blade clamping jaws 18 and 1 9, and to support a h Gillette blade indicated at 21. As best seen in Fig. 3, the plate 20 includes the corner lugs 22 adapted to' be received behind the usual spring lugs 23 formed at the edges of the springclamping jaw 19. The plate 20 7 also includes an approximately semicircular or segmental extension 24 projecting beyond the free edges of the coacting clamping jaws 18 and 19, this extensionbeing formed with I a stud 25 for the reception of the central 83 opening in the blade21..

With the attachment plate 20 applied position and the blade 25 supported thereon,

relative movement imparted to the handle 10' and strap 16 will efi'ectsharpeningof the blade in the manner abovedescribed. There is no particular problem involvedv in removing the plate 20 froinits position between the clamping jaws, since this plate at itsv inner "edge is shaped substantially in accordance with the shape .o fthe blades usually mounted between the clamping jaws.

Upper clamping jaw 18 is formed with a I tongue 26 at one end coacting with the as? sociated lug 23, thejtongue being readily sprung out of the way to permit the plate 20 to be removed. as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. A It will be ohviousthat the particular. shape of the extension portion 24. of the late 20 may "be considerably varied, and that if desirable more than one'fsecuring lug 25, might be stamped therefrom, or otherwise i 1 find the device highly efficient however, in the form shown.

Various changes and alterations inightbe V 7 made in-Lthe general form and arrangement Mounted upon theshaft 14 is a 'convens of parts described, without,departingiffroin J 7 limit sider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and-scope of the appended claims.

It will of course be understood, that when the attachment is in place between the blade clamping jaws, a blade to besharpened may be readily inserted or reinovedwithout the necessity for dislodging or removing the plate 20.

I clai1n 7 1(An attachment for razors comprising .1 fiat plate having a straight edge adapted to be received between a-pair of blade clamping jaws, and including a portion adapted to extend beyond said jaws, and formed with a blade centering stud.

2. The combination with a razor including a pair of cooperating spring clamping jaws, lugs at the opposite ends of one of said jaws, the other jaw being cut away to accommd date the lugs, of a blade supporting attach- 'Inentincluding a plate received between said jaws and formed with projections locking behind the lugs, a portion of said plate extending beyond the edges of the clamping jaws, and means associated with said exten- PAUL E. MENZEL.

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