Shaver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902077-B2
Application number	US-201715416170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jun 29, 2006
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a shaver including a cartridge and a handle body. The cartridge includes a cartridge body formed in a rectangular frame shape; a plurality of blades installed in the cartridge body in the side-to-side direction of the cartridge body, each of the blades having a front portion bent downward; pair of side fixation slots formed on left and right frames of the cartridge body, respectively, so as to fix the left and right ends of each blade; a supporter connecting upper and lower frames of the cartridge body; and an inside fixation slot formed on the supporter so as to fix a portion of each blade. The handle body is coupled to the cartridge body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shaver comprising:
a cartridge including:
a cartridge body having a rectangular frame shape;
a plurality of blades installed in the cartridge body in a horizontal direction of the cartridge body;
a plurality of pairs of side fixation slots, each pair of the side fixation slots formed on left and right frame portions of the cartridge body, respectively, so as to fix left and right lateral ends of each of the blades;
a supporter provided at a center area between the left and right frame portions of the cartridge body and connecting upper and lower frame portions of the cartridge body, wherein a rear surface of the supporter includes a convexly curved surface;
a plurality of inside fixation slots, each formed on the supporter provided at the center area so as to fix a rear portion of each of the blades; and
a hinge portion formed on either end of the lower frame portion of the cartridge body, the hinge portion having a hinge groove; and

a handle body coupled to the cartridge body, including:
a hinge protrusion being coupled to the hinge groove to allow for the cartridge body to perform a swing operation;
an elastic portion projecting from an upper portion of the handle body, the elastic portion being closely contacted with the convexly curved rear surface of the supporter so that the swing operation of the cartridge body is elastically performed by an elastic force of the elastic portion,
wherein the hinge protrusion protrudes externally.

2. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein each of the blades has a bent front portion.

3. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the rear portion of each of the blades is generally straight.

Assignees

• Dorco Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Young Ho
• An Byung Sun

Classifications

• B26B21/4012

  Housing details, e.g. for cartridges · CPC title

• B26B21/225 Primary

  the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle · CPC title

• B26B21/521

  Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads · CPC title

• B26B21/4068

  Mounting devices; Manufacture of razors or cartridges (B26B21/528 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B26B21/52

  Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible {(handles and attaching handles in general B25G)} · CPC title