Adjustable shaving blade assembly and razor
AssigneeBIC Violex Single Member S.A.
InventorsEvaggelos Skodras, Yiannis Psomiadis
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Abstract
A shaving blade assembly (10) comprises a plurality of parallel blades (20) including a first blade (20) and a first rack-and-pinion mechanism (50) with a rack (51) coupled to the first blade (20) to actuate the first blade (20) in a first direction (M) orthogonal to a cutting edge (21) of the first blade (20). The shaving blade assembly (10) may be part of a razor (100,100′) and the position of the first blade (20) may be adjusted in the first direction (M) using a method comprising a step of actuating the first blade (20) in the first direction (M) through the rack-and-pinion mechanism (50).
Claims20
A shaving blade assembly comprising:
- a plurality of parallel blades including a first blade;
- a blade carrier including a first surface and a second surface, wherein each of the plurality of parallel blades extends from the first surface, and wherein the second surface is opposite of the first surface;
- a housing including a guiding surface, the guiding surface engaging the second surface to define an engagement;
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- a first rack-and-pinion mechanism with a rack coupled to the second surface to actuate the first blade in a first direction orthogonal to a cutting edge of the first blade, wherein the engagement between the guiding surface and the second surface guides the blade carrier in the first direction.
A shaving blade assembly comprising:
- a first blade;
- a blade carrier including a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first blade extends from the first surface, and wherein the second surface Is an opposing surface of the first surface and is inclined relative to the first surface;
- a first rack-and-pinion mechanism with a rack coupled to a first end of the second surface to actuate the first blade in a first direction orthogonal to a cutting edge of the first blade such that the first rack-and-pinion mechanism is configured to adjust a first blade exposure in the first direction;
- a dial wheel configured to operate the first rack-and-pinion mechanism;
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- a housing including a guiding surface, a first blade retainer and a second blade retainer, the guiding surface engaging the second surface to define an engagement, the engagement between the guiding surface and the second surface guides the blade carrier in the first direction, wherein the first blade retainer is at a first longitudinal end of the housing and the second blade retainer is at a second longitudinal end of housing, and each of the first blade retainer and second blade retainer is configured to contact the first blade to retain it within the housing, wherein the first blade retainer or the second blade retainer includes an opening through which the dial wheel is coupled to the first rack-and-pinion mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.