Personal-care appliance and method of assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9962844-B2
Application number	US-201715499307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 9, 2011
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A liquid dispensing razor with a handle defining a cavity. A cartridge mounted to the handle. The cartridge has a cap, a guard and one or more blades between the cap and the guard. A fluid applicator is mounted to the shaving razor cartridge for delivering fluid to a surface to be shaved. A fluid reservoir is at least partially positioned within the cavity of the handle. The fluid reservoir has an inner wall defining an opening and a frangible seal within the opening. A fluid connector is positioned within the cavity. The fluid connector has an angled tip configured to pierce the frangible seal to establish a fluid connection between the fluid applicator and the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir has an inner wall with an annular rib that engages the fluid connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid dispensing razor comprising:
a handle having an upper end and a lower end opposed to the upper end, the handle defining a cavity between the upper end and the lower end, the cavity defining a cover opening at a cover side, and the cavity further defining a closed side opposed to the cover side;
a shaving razor cartridge mounted to the handle at the upper end, the shaving razor cartridge having a cap, a guard, and one or more blades between the cap and the guard;
a fluid applicator mounted to the shaving razor cartridge for delivering fluid to a surface to be shaved;
a fluid reservoir at least partially positioned within the cavity of the handle, the fluid reservoir having an inner wall defining an opening and a frangible seal within the opening, the fluid reservoir being accessible through the cover side; and
a fluid connector positioned within the cavity, the fluid connector having an angled tip configured to pierce the frangible seal to establish a fluid connection between the fluid applicator and the fluid reservoir, wherein said angled tip is configured with a long edge and a short edge such that the long edge is positioned towards the cover opening and said short edge is positioned opposite said long edge, and wherein the fluid reservoir has an inner wall with an annular rib that engages the fluid connector.

2. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 wherein the fluid connector is removably engaged with the fluid reservoir.

3. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 wherein the outer wall of the fluid connector seals against an inner wall of the fluid reservoir.

4. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 wherein the fluid connector defines an opening that is in fluid communication with a pump assembly.

5. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 wherein the fluid connector includes a barrel.

6. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 further comprising a pump assembly comprising an elongated resilient tube having a pair of valves.

7. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 6 , further comprising an actuator positioned on said housing wherein the actuator compresses the resilient tube between the first valve and the second valve.

8. The liquid dispensing razor of claim 1 , wherein said fluid applicator positioned between said guard and said one or more blades.

Assignees

• Gillette Co Llc

Inventors

• Burrowes Lee
• Jessemey Paul Michael
• Wain Kevin James

Classifications

• B26B21/446 Primary

  Shaving aid stored in the razor handle · CPC title

• B65D17/50

  Non-integral frangible members applied to, or inserted in, preformed openings, e.g. tearable strips or plastic plugs (flexible adhesive strips adapted to seal filling or discharging apertures B65D53/08) · CPC title

• B26B21/528

  Manufacture of razor handles · CPC title

• Y10T29/49876

  by snap fit · CPC title

• Y10T29/49863

  with prestressing of part · CPC title