Kiam's Safety Razor
Patent US788318
Invention Safety-Razor
Filed Monday, 24th October 1904
Published Tuesday, 25th April 1905
Inventor Benjamin Kiam
Language English
CPC Classification:B26B21/18
- B26B21/18
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle involving blades with two cutting edges - B
Performing Operations; Transporting - B26
Hand Cutting Tools; Cutting; Severing - B26B
Hand-Held Cutting Tools Not Otherwise Provided For - B26B21/00
Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor - B26B21/08
Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor involving changeable blades - B26B21/14
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle
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To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Benjamin Kiam, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.
My invention is an improvement in safety-razors; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawings,
As shown in
The guard-plate
In operation the guard-plate and the blade may be readily removed and replaced at will, thus facilitating the thorough cleansing of the razor, and I am able to secure the blade in place without perforating the said blade and also without perforating the guard-plate which presses against the blade and bends the same to any desired curve in the use of the invention.
It will be understood that in operation the blade
In
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is—
1. The safety-razor herein described comprising a main frame having side bars provided in their inner sides with recesses
2. The combination in a safety-razor, of a main frame having side bars and a back plate rigid with said side bars and having a concaved inner face, a guard-plate movable within the main frame and having a convex face opposing the concave face of the back plate, a flexible blade fitting between said back plate and guard-plate, and means carried by the main frame for pressing the guard-plate toward the back plate, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination in a safety-razor, of the main frame having its side bars notched or cut away in their inner sides, and having a back plate connecting the ends of said side bars and concaved in its inner face, the side bars being provided adjacent to the back plate with inwardly-projecting portions, the blade and convex guard-plate having end notches receiving said inwardly-projecting portions of the side bars, and means for pressing the guard-plate toward the back plate to secure the blade between said plates, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination in a safety-razor, of the main frame, the back plate rigid with the main frame and concaved in its inner face, the blade and conxex
Benjamin Kiam.
Witnesses:
F. W. Hanaford,
Jno. M. Ritter.