Abstract: A razor blade assembly, in the form of a razor or shaving unit, comprises a top cap 114, a razor blade 113 fixed relative to the top cap, and a guardbar 115 which is pivotally movable relative to the blade from a shaving position, in which the blade is exposed for shaving, to a protecting position in which the guardbar prevents contact between the cutting edge of blade 113 and a user of the razor. The guardbar can be formed integrally with a platform 112 on which a second blade 123 is secured, or the second blade 123 could be secured to the top cap. In either case the guardbar and platform will pivot between the shaving position and the protecting position, and in latter position both blades will be protected.

Abstract: The pack consists of a single card having an aperture therein shaped and dimensioned to receive and support the heads of a stack of disposable razors. The handle of each razor contains a slot and the assembled handles are secured to the card by a tongue which extends through the slots in the razor handles and is secured at its opposite ends to the card. In a modification, the slots are formed in the ends of the razor handles and a part of the card extends into each of the slots.

Abstract: This invention relates to knife sharpeners, and particularly to knife sharpeners of a kind which are incorporated in a holder for the knife in which the knife is placed when not in use.In such holders the blade sharpener is located so that the action of positioning the knife in the holder, and/or the action of withdrawing the knife from the holder, moves the cutting edge relative to the sharpening device to effect a sharpening action.The knife sharpener of the present invention is provided with means which are incorporated in the holder for varying the effectiveness of the sharpening device even to the extent of rendering it inoperative.

Abstract: A double edged strip of blade metal is parted along a center line and cropped to form two strips each containing a series of spaced apart blades connected by webs to an elongate backing strip of blade metal. Each strip is fed into a moulding machine in which a razor, or a shaving unit, or a blade-containing component of a shaving unit is moulded directly on to each individual blade. Each web is then parted to release the moulded razor, shaving unit, or shaving unit component, from the backing strip.

Abstract: A flip-top box is folded from a one-piece skillet by bringing a contents retainer panel (R) into overlapping relationship with a front panel (C.sub.1); thereafter pressing the skillet into a rectangular opening of a die (70), to cause certain panels of the skillet to stand perpendicular to rear panels of the container and lid, folding portions of the skillet projecting from the die into a plane parallel spaced from the rear panel and causing other portions to enter the die; and pressing the partially folded skillet into a rectangular opening of a second die opposite the first die to fold down the outside panels of the box to complete the box formation.

Abstract: The invention provides the combination of a razor blade 10 and holder 12 for the razor blade, wherein the cutting edges of the blade are constituted by the periphery of a number of holes 10b in the blade, and the holder is provided with means 13 by which the blade can be picked up from a razor blade dispenser 16, the holder maintaining the picked-up blade in an arched condition for shaving. The dispenser may have at least one compartment in which an unused blade 10 can be retained in an arched condition whereby parallel sides of the blade can be engaged by the holder 12 which increases the flexure of the blade to release it from the compartment.

Abstract: The pack is folded from a card having a generally rectangular panel forming the front of the pack joined to a generally rectangular panel forming the back of the pack via a spine. The edges of the panel, remote from the spine are adhered together, if necessary with the assistance of a flap, to lock the staggered stack of razors within a slot in the edge of the panel, the back panel of the pack having one or more cut-outs or flaps with which portions of the razor handles engage thereby holding the handles in position.

Abstract: A seed planting device is disclosed comprising a generally flat strip 1 pointed at one end for insertion into the ground with a seed 3 mounted on the underside of a tongue 7 bent outwardly from the plane of the strip.

Abstract: The hand tool comprises two members, for example male and female blade members in the case of a garden pruner, each formed with a tang portion which extends within a handle. For locking the members in a closed position a catch pin unit is fitted to one of the handles; the unit comprises a catch button secured slidably to a mounting plate by engagement with a spring plate on the opposite side of the mounting plate. The spring plate has resilient fingers which hold the spring plate releasably in selected positions. A catch pin which engages in the catch button is movable thereby along a slot in the associated member into and out of a recess in the other member to lock or release the members.The members are releasably secured to the handles by a pivot bolt which passes through registering apertures in each member and associated handle. A recess in a said tang portion forms a seating for a stop cushion which extends to the surface of the handle through an opening in the handle above the recess.