Abstract: A razor blade construction is manufactured of a thin element of blade stock forming the cutting edge portion which is welded or otherwise attached to a more rigid support member. A plurality of support members are produced from a coil of flat sheet material by a cutting and forming process, each of the supports being retained at its edge to an adjacent support to provide a coil of blade supports. The coil of supports is then fed into a device for severing each support from the coil and registering it with a blade element for attachment thereto.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 25, 1997
Date of Patent:
October 20, 1998
Assignee:
The Gillette Comany
Inventors:
Robert Wilson, Laurence Robert Beesley, Robert H. Flanagan