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US 4,241,500 AGranted
Razor with adjustable blade positioning
AssigneeAmerican Safety Razor Company
InventorClemens A. Iten
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AssigneeAmerican Safety Razor Company
InventorClemens A. Iten
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A safety razor incorporates an apparatus for substantially vertical displacement of a blade carrier and the shaving edge carried thereby with respect to a skin guard. The blade carrier includes a circular hub retained by a circular receiving portion of a cover member used in the razor. A circular interfacing device, between the hub and the receiving portion, incorporates two eccentric segments. A first segment receives the hub, and the second segment is engaged by the receiving portion of the cover. Rotation of the interfacing device in the cover provides displacement of the blade in accordance with movement of the centers of the two segments of the device. Such displacement specifically causes movement of the razor blade with respect to the skin guard formed in the cover, and is used to provide a height adjustment for the blade.
In a razor accommodating a blade carrier, said blade carrier having a first substantially circular component and fixedly retaining a blade having a sharpened edge;
In a razor having the form generally of a flat disc comprising front and rear cover members forming a casing, and a blade holder with an integral hub part projecting through a central opening in one of said cover members, said one cover member having an opening for a blade exposure area for shaving, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.