U.S. patent number 3,754,325 [Application Number 05/256,433] was granted by the patent office on 1973-08-28 for hair trimming device.
Invention is credited to Evert Anton Tornvall.
United States Patent |
3,754,325 |
Tornvall |
August 28, 1973 |
HAIR TRIMMING DEVICE
Abstract
The cutting edge of a hair trimming device is engaged by a cover
member slidable on a base member and provided with a resilient
laterally and vertically movable means which upon movement of the
cover member towards the toothed front edge of the base member
laterally engages catch teeth on the base member to adjust the
cutting edge in a plurality of operating positions at various
distances from the toothed front edge whereas said means is
vertically disengageable from the catch teeth to enable the cutting
edge to be moved in the opposite direction.
Inventors: |
Tornvall; Evert Anton (Malmo,
SW) |
Family
ID: |
22972216 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/256,433 |
Filed: |
May 24, 1972 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
30/30 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B26B
21/08 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
B26B
21/08 (20060101); B26b 021/14 () |
Field of
Search: |
;30/30,31,63,64,195
;116/135 ;339/217S,341.18,341.19 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Simpson; Othell M.
Assistant Examiner: Smith; Gary L.
Claims
What I claim is:
1. A hair-trimming device which comprises a base plate, one end of
which is an elongated handle and the other end of which is
enlarged, the enlarged end having a recess in its upper surface
with tracks along the interior edge and teeth along its front edge
contiguous with the recess, a channel formed in the handle portion
and extending to the rear portion of the recess, first lips at the
lateral top edges of said channel and extending into the channel, a
cover plate detachable from and adjustable along the base plate
into a plurality of operating positions and having a bar extending
therefrom and being slidable in said channel, second lips on said
bar at the forward portion thereof and adapted to engage under said
first lips during the sliding movement of the bar and the cover
plate into said operating positions, said second lips being sized
to freely pass between said first lips in an initial position of
said bar relative to said channel, a cutting blade having holes
therethrough sized to fit between the cover plate and the bottom of
the recess, said cutting blade being adjustable with the cover
plate at a plurality of distances with respect to the base plate
teeth, and at least two bosses affixed to the underside of the
cover plate for engagement in the tracks in the recess through the
holes in the cutting blade, the improvement that comprises a first
longitudinally extending recess in one of the side walls of said
channel, a series of catch teeth extending in parallel with the
channel along the interior wall of said first recess opposite the
channel and being disposed at a higher level than the bottom of
said channel, an acute-angled notch in the top surface of said
handle and aligned with the rearmost tooth gap of said series of
catch teeth and communicating with said first recess, a second
recess in the bottom of said channel adjacent said first recess and
extending over at least the length of said series of catch teeth,
said bar at the rear portion thereof being divided into two
parallel and spaced legs, the one of which being shorter than the
other one and resiliently movable laterally and vertically relative
to said longer leg, an acute-angled projection on the outwards
facing side of said shorter leg and being sized slightly smaller
than said acute-angled notch, said projection by means of the
lateral resiliency of said shorter leg engaging said series of
catch teeth in order to stop the movement from said initial
position of the bar and the cover plate in a plurality of operating
positions and to be disengaged from said series of catching teeth
upon vertical pressure on said shorter leg to engage said second
recess, said projection being positioned so as to be aligned with
said notch when said second lips are aligned with the gaps between
said first lips in said initial position.
2. The improvement of claim 1, wherein said bar at the rear end
thereof is provided with a pressure plate sliding on the top
surface of the handle, said top surface being provided with a boss
adjacent the rear end of said channel and opposite the rear edge of
said plate, the side of said boss facing the end plate being
bevelled so as to engage said rear edge of said plate when the
projection is aligned with said notch and to raise the plate and
the bar in the channel in order to introduce said projection into
the notch.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a hair-trimming device to trim away minor
irregularities in one's coiffure, such as at the temples, at the
back of one's head and at the hair-edge of the neck.
More exactly, the hair-trimming apparatus according to the
invention provides an improvement of the hair-trimming device
according to U.S. Pat. No. 3,289,295, patented Dec. 6, 1966, in
that the means for adjusting the cutting edge in various operating
positions is simpler and more easy to operate, and, moreover, the
apparatus has a more convenient, flat shape.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to hair-trimming devices comprising a base
plate, one end portion of which is handle-shaped, a channel formed
in said handle-shaped portion, first spaced lips at the lateral top
edges of said channel and extending into the channel, a cover plate
adjustable along the base plate into a plurality of operating
positions and having a bar slidable in said channel, second spaced
lips on said bar at the forward portion thereof and adapted to
engage under said first lips during the sliding movement of the bar
and the cover plate into said operating positions, said second lips
being sized to pass through the gaps between said first lips in an
initial position of said bar relative to said channel.
In order to eliminate said disadvantates of the prior art the
hair-trimming device according to the present invention in one of
the side walls of said channel is provided with a longitudinal
recess having catch teeth along the the interior wall thereof. The
top surface of said handle is provided with an acute-angled notch
aligned with the rearmost tooth gap of said catch teeth. A second
recess is provided in the bottom of said channel adjacent said
first recess and extending over at least the length of said catch
teeth. Said bar at the rear portion thereof is branched into a pair
of spaced legs, one of the legs being shorter than the other one
and resiliently movable laterally and vertically relative to said
longer leg. Said shorter leg is provided with an acute-angled
projection the size of which is slightly smaller than said
acute-angled notch. Due to the lateral resilicency of said shorter
leg said projection engages said catch teeth to stop the movement
from said initial position of said bar and said cover plate in a
plurality of operating positions at various distances from the
toothed front edge of the base plate and may be disengaged from
said catch teeth upon vertical depression of said shorter leg into
said second recess, said projection being positioned so as to be
aligned with said notch when said second lips are aligned with the
gaps between said first lips in said initial position.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
FIG. 1 is a top plane view of the hair-trimming device.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the base plate of the
hair-trimming device.
FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the removable cover plate
member.
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the line IV -- IV in
FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line V -- V in
FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The hair-trimming device is provided with an elongated base plate
which is formed like a handle 1 by means of which the device is
held during the operating. One end 2 of the base plate is enlarged
and in the top surface provided with a shallow recess 3. At the
front edge of the device the bottom of the recess 3 is provided
with teeth 4 which are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the
device. A channel 5 in the handle 1 extends into the rear part of
the recess 3. In the recess 3 is mounted a cover plate 6 having a
bar 7 integral therewith of resilient material such as plastic
which is axially slidable in the channel 5. On the underside the
cover plate 6 is provided with two polygonal bosses 8 which engage
short tracks 10 in the bottom of the recess 3. In the drawing, 9
represents the one cutting edge of a razor blade 11 which is
mounted between the cover plate 6 and the bottom of the recess 3 so
that the bosses 8 engage the tracks 10 through the elongated side
holes 12 of the razor blade 11. Thus, the razor blade participates
in the axial movement within the recess 3 of the bar 7 and the
cover plate 6.
On each side the bar 7 is provided with two spaced lips 16 which at
the sliding movement of the bar 7 in the channel 5 with slight
friction can be passed under corresponding spaced lips 17 at the
top edge of the side walls of the channel 5.
The rear portion of the bar 7 in the longitudinal direction is
divided into a long and wide leg 18 and a short and narrow leg 19,
said legs being spaced by a longitudinal slot 20 of uniform width.
At the rear end the long wide leg 18 on the top side is provided
with a chamfered press plate 21 which extends over the width of the
channel 5. The top surface of the press plate 21 is slightly
inclined towards the rear end thereof (FIG. 3).
At the rear end the short narrow leg 19 on the top side is provided
with a chamfered press plate 22. The short narrow leg 19 at its
rear portion also is provided with a laterally projecting
acute-angled tooth 23. The adjacent side wall of the channel 5 is
provided with a longitudinally extending recess 29. A series of
catch teeth and intermediate gaps 25, 26, 27 and 28 extends in
parallel with the channel 5 along the interior wall of the recess
29 at a level above the level of the bottom of the channel. The
bottom of the channel 5 adjacent said recess 29 is provided with a
trough-shaped recess 30 extending over at least the length of said
series of catch teeth and gaps. The top surface of the handle 1 is
provided with an acute-angled notch 24 communicating with the
recess 29 and aligned with the rearmost gap 25, said notch being of
slightly larger dimensions than the laterally projecting
acute-angled tooth 23.
The recess 3, the lips 16 and 17, the gaps between them, the tooth
23 and the notch 24 are so positioned and dimensioned relative to
each other that the cover plate 6 and the bar 7 can be received by
the recess 3 and the channel 5, respectively, only in the rearmost
position of the bar 7 in which the tooth 23 is aligned with the
notch 24 (FIG. 1). From this initial position the bar 7 in a manner
described below may be stepwise moved towards the toothed front
edge of the base plate at which the bevelled front edge of the lips
16 under slight friction is forced into the space between the
underside of the lips 17 and the bottom of the channel 5.
Spaced from the rear end of the channel 5 the handle portion 1 of
the base plate on the top side is provided with a boss 31 having an
inclined front surface 32 which at the backwards movement of the
bar 7 engages the rear end of the plate 21 in order to raise the
bar 7 out of the channel 5 when the tooth 23 and the lips 16 of the
bar 7 are aligned with the notch 24 and the gaps between the lips
17, respectively.
The centrum hole 13 of the razor blade 11 is circular and the cover
plate 6 on the underside is provided with a hook member 14 (FIG. 5)
which engages the rear edge of the centrum hole 13 and a short
track 15 disposed between and parallel with the tracks 10 in the
bottom of the recess 3.
As previously mentioned, the bar 7 can be lodged into the channel 5
only in the initial position shown in FIG. 1 in which the tooth 23
can engage the rearmost gap 25 through the notch 24. When the bar 7
by means of finger pressure on the plate 21 from the initial
position is pushed forwards and the lips 16 are forced under the
lips 17, the tooth 23 due to the resiliency of the short leg 19 is
moved slightly inwards and slides over the point of the rearmost
catch tooth to engage the adjacent gap 26 which corresponds to a
first operating position of the razor blade 11. Neither in this
position nor in the other operating positions the cover plate 6 can
be disengaged from the base plate or get loose therefrom. The cover
plate 6 together with the razor blade 11 is firmly urged against
the bottom of the recess 3 with the cutting edge 9 of the razor
blade 11 adjusted at its greatest distance from the points of the
teeth 4. In this operational position of the cover plate 6 the
device may be used for course-trimming of the hair. When the cover
plate 6 and the bar 7 is moved into a position in which the tooth
23 engages the next gap 27 the cover plate 6 and the razor blade 11
are adjusted in a second operating position in which the cutting
edge 9 of the razor blade 11 is adjusted at a somewhat shorter
distance from the points of the teeth 4 so that the device can be
used for medium fine trimming of the hair. For fine-trimming of the
hair the cover plate 6 then may be moved into a third operating
position in which the tooth 23 engages the gap 28.
When it is desired to adjust the cutting edge 9 away from the front
teeth 4 or to remove the cover plate 6 and the razor blade 11 from
the base plate for cleaning purposes or to replace the razor blade,
the resilient short leg 19 is depressed into the bottom recess 30
to disengage the tooth 23 from the catch teeth on the side wall of
the channel 5 to permit the bar 7 together with the cover plate 6
and the razor blade 11 to be pushed back in the channel.
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