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(21) Application No. 3833/DEL/1997 A (22) Date of filing of Application: 30/12/1997
(54) Title of the invention: “A CUTTING ELEMENT FOR A SAFETY RAZOR.”
(51) International Classification 7 :
(30) Priority Data: B 26B 21/00, 21/56
(31) Document No.: 9700037.6
(32) Date: 03/01/1997
(33) Name of convention country: UK
(66) Filed U/s 5(2): NIL
(61) Patent of addition to application No.: NA
(62) Filed on: NA
(63) Divisional to Application No.: NIL
(64) Filed on: NA
Total No Of Pages: 10
(57) Abstract:
(71) Name of the applicant:
THE GILLETTE COMPANY.
Address of the Applicant:
Prudential Tower Building, Boston,
Massachusettes 02199, United States of America.
(72) Name of the Inventor:
RICHARD GARRAWAY
A novel cutting element in or for a safety razor comprises an elongate member with a series of
slots (5), each slot (5) tapering from an open forward end to a substantially closed trailing end, and
each slot (5) being confined between a pair of shaped edges (6) for slicing hairs as they move
through the slot as the cutting element is moved across the skin. One or more of the cutting
element may be used in a safety razor blade unit, either alone or in combination with a blade
having a conventional straight sharpened edge.
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