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Shaving system

US5497550A · kind A · utility

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39References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1994
Grant dateMar 12, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB26B21/60
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaving system with a blade member with a cutting edge of wedge shape that is defined by main facets with an included facet angle in the range of 10.degree.-17.degree. in the region forty micrometers from the cutting edge. The blade is mounted between leading and trailing skin-engaging surfaces so that the blade tangent angle is less than 20.degree. and the interior main facet of the blade is disposed at an angle of more than 150.degree. to a reference line that extends from the cutting edge of the blade to the skin-engaging point next forward of the blade edge.

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