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US 5,177,870 AGranted
Shower shaver
AssigneeAssociated Mills, Inc.
InventorsDonald N. Jursich, Donald J. Kempiak, William Kalnins, Jefferson L. Gentry
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AssigneeAssociated Mills, Inc.
InventorsDonald N. Jursich, Donald J. Kempiak, William Kalnins, Jefferson L. Gentry
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A shower shaver is made from two plastic piece parts. A first part is a handle in the nature of a pipe terminating in a cavity. The other piece part delivers water which strikes a razor blade and then exits under the cutting edge of the blade with enough force to wash debris away from the blade. A valve on the shaver handle provides a continuously variable control over the flow of water to the shaver. A tubing or hose attached to the shower shaver leads to a nipple which may be interposed between an outlet and a pipe. A quick disconnect connector enables the tubing to be connected to or disconnected from the nipple. A bracket or hanger is attached to a wall in any suitable out of the way location in order to receive and support the shaver when the shaver and the quick disconnect connector on the tubing is not in use.
A shower shaver comprising a handle having an upper cavity and further having a channel extending from said cavity through said handle, means at a front of said cavity for supporting a razor blade, said channel having two opposite ends one of which terminates at and communicates into said cavity, a flexible tubing connected directly to said handle at an opposite end of said channel, a valve in said handle for controlling a volume of water passing through said channel, at least one orifice in said cavity for emitting water passed by said channel toward said blade, thereby bathing said blade with a fast moving stream of water, a non-threaded quick disconnect connector attached to an opposite end of said tubing, a nipple having threads on opposite ends thereof so that said nipple may be inserted between a water outlet and a plumbing pipe, a mating quick disconnect fitting on said nipple, and a valve in said nipple for selectively directing water flowing through said nipple toward either said water outlet or said tubing.
A shower shaver comprising a handle with a channel terminating in and communication with a cavity at one end thereof, a removable and replaceable razor blade support at said one end of said cavity, said blade support being positioned to direct water issuing from said channel against a cutting edge of said blade and to bathe the user's skin with water immediately in front of said cutting edge, and a tube having a quick disconnect means on one end thereof being associated with said handle on the other end thereof for removably connecting said channel to receive a flow of water from a suitable source of pressurized water, said quick disconnect means comprises first and second telescoping tubes, one of said tubes having opposed studs extending therefrom, the other of said tubes having opposed L-shaped slots therein for receiving and capturing said studs responsive to a telescoping and a twisting of one of said tubes relative to the other of said tubes, and an O-ring for sealing the space between said tubes.
A shower shaver comprising a handle and a cavity, means at a front of said cavity for supporting a razor blade, a channel extending from said cavity through said handle to a source of water, said channel having two opposite ends one of which terminates at and communicates into said cavity, a flexible tubing connected directly to an opposite end of said channel, a valve in said channel for controlling a volume of water passing through said channel, a pipe within said shaver, said pipe extending from said valve far enough toward said cavity to provide a straight flow of water from said valve through said channel and cavity to said blade, and at least one orifice in said cavity for emitting water passed by said channel toward said blade, thereby bathing said blade with a fast moving stream of water.
A shower shaver comprising a channel terminating in a cavity having a wide end, a plurality of orifices at a wide end of said cavity, a removable and replaceable razor blade support at said orifices, said blade support being positioned to direct water issuing from said orifices against a flat surface of said blade and under a cutting edge of said blade to bathe the user's skin with water immediately in front of said cutting edge, a long thin walled tubing coupled at one end to deliver water to and through said channel to said cavity, means coupled to an opposite end of said tubing for delivering water from a plumbing pipe through said tubing to said shaver, a valve in said channel for controlling a flow of water through said cavity toward said user's skin, and notch means near a front of said cavity for directing a spray of water toward said user's skin independently of water issuing through said orifices.
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