Patents by Inventor Graham John Simms
Graham John Simms has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200406486Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material activated by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to activate the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Ayman El-Tamer, Graham John Simms
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Patent number: 10780599Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material activated by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to activate the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Ayman El-Tamer, Graham John Simms
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Publication number: 20200198163Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to cure the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Kestutis Kurselis, Graham John Simms
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Patent number: 10562200Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to cure the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Ayman El-Tamer, Graham John Simms
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Publication number: 20170368703Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to cure the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Ayman El-Tamer, Graham John Simms
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Publication number: 20170368704Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material activated by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to activate the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Ayman El-Tamer, Graham John Simms
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Patent number: 9808944Abstract: Methods are provided for the manufacture of razor blades from silicon material. In some implementations, the method includes aligning a mono-crystalline silicon wafer comprising a {100} surface at an angle where {111} planes intersect the {100} surface parallel and perpendicular to the wafer; etching the mono-crystalline silicon wafer to expose an {111} plane and a second plane to provide a blade edge having between about a 20 degree included blade angle and about a 35 degree included blade angle; applying a hard coating on the blade edge; providing a radius of curvature of the blade edge between about 20 nanometers and about 100 nanometers after deposition of the hard coating; applying a soft coating on the blade edge; and removing the razor blade from the mono-crystalline silicon wafer.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Graham John Simms, Peter Johannus Leussink, Neville Sonnenberg
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Publication number: 20150360376Abstract: Methods are provided for the manufacture of razor blades from silicon material. In some implementations, the method includes aligning a mono-crystalline silicon wafer comprising a {100} surface at an angle where {111} planes intersect the {100} surface parallel and perpendicular to the wafer; etching the mono-crystalline silicon wafer to expose an {111} plane and a second plane to provide a blade edge having between about a 20 degree included blade angle and about a 35 degree included blade angle; applying a hard coating on the blade edge; providing a radius of curvature of the blade edge between about 20 nanometers and about 100 nanometers after deposition of the hard coating; applying a soft coating on the blade edge; and removing the razor blade from the mono-crystalline silicon wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Graham John Simms, Peter Johannus Leussink, Neville Sonnenberg
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Patent number: 8826543Abstract: The invention features a razor for dispensing a fluid during shaving. The razor includes a razor cartridge that is engageable to a handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, a cartridge connecting structure attached to the housing; at least one blade positioned in the housing; and an aperture that extends from the rear surface to the front surface of the housing. The handle has a cavity for housing a fluid; a manually-actuated pump located along the length of the handle, and a fluid dispensing member having a channel in fluid communication with the pump and having an opening at a terminal end. The fluid dispensing member projects outwardly from the proximal end of the handle such that the terminal end extends to or adjacent to the aperture in the housing. Actuation of the pump displaces fluid from the cavity to or adjacent to the front surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski, James Leo Salemme, Graham John Simms, Christopher James Wattam, Russell Stuart Avens, Sean Peter Clarke, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
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Patent number: 8745877Abstract: The invention features a razor for dispensing a fluid during shaving. The razor includes a handle, a razor cartridge, and a fluid dispensing member joined to the cartridge. The handle includes a cavity for housing a fluid and a manually-actuated pump to displace the fluid from the cavity through a supply channel to an opening at the proximal end of the handle. The razor cartridge includes a cartridge connecting structure attached to the housing, at least one blade positioned in the housing, and an aperture that extends from the rear surface to the front surface of the housing. The fluid dispensing member has a dispensing channel with an opening at a supply end and an opening at a dispensing end. The supply end is configured to engage the opening in the supply channel. The dispensing end projects outwardly and extends to or adjacent to the aperture in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski, James Leo Salemme, Graham John Simms, Christopher James Wattam, Sean Peter Clarke
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Publication number: 20100236072Abstract: The invention features a razor for dispensing a fluid during shaving. The razor includes a razor cartridge that is engageable to a handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, a cartridge connecting structure attached to the housing; at least one blade positioned in the housing; and an aperture that extends from the rear surface to the front surface of the housing. The handle has a cavity for housing a fluid; a manually-actuated pump located along the length of the handle, and a fluid dispensing member having a channel in fluid communication with the pump and having an opening at a terminal end. The fluid dispensing member projects outwardly from the proximal end of the handle such that the terminal end extends to or adjacent to the aperture in the housing. Actuation of the pump displaces fluid from the cavity to or adjacent to the front surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski, James Leo Salemme, Graham John Simms, Christopher James Wattam, Russell Stuart Avens, Sean Peter Clarke, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
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Publication number: 20100236071Abstract: The invention features a razor for dispensing a fluid during shaving. The razor includes a handle, a razor cartridge, and a fluid dispensing member joined to the cartridge. The handle includes a cavity for housing a fluid and a manually-actuated pump to displace the fluid from the cavity through a supply channel to an opening at the proximal end of the handle. The razor cartridge includes a cartridge connecting structure attached to the housing, at least one blade positioned in the housing, and an aperture that extends from the rear surface to the front surface of the housing. The fluid dispensing member has a dispensing channel with an opening at a supply end and an opening at a dispensing end. The supply end is configured to engage the opening in the supply channel. The dispensing end projects outwardly and extends to or adjacent to the aperture in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski, James Leo Salemme, Graham John Simms, Christopher James Wattam, Sean Peter Clarke
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Patent number: 7654003Abstract: The invention relates to safety razors having blade units carried on a handle, an electrical arrangement including an electrically operated vibration device, and a control device for actuating the vibration device when the blade unit is moved into contact with or into close proximity to the skin of a person holding the razor, a battery accommodated in the handle, a switch for connecting the electrical arrangement to the battery, and optionally, a light emitting diode for illuminating a section of handle neck to indicate that the electrical arrangement is connected to the battery and ready to actuate the vibration device.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Graham John Simms, Robert Barrett Yates
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Publication number: 20090019701Abstract: The invention relates to safety razors that include a blade unit carried on a handle, a vibration device powered by a battery under control of a control device, and a switch, e.g., included in the handle, to switch on and off an electrical connection between the battery and the control device; a storage tray on which the razor is stored when not in use including a magnet so that the switch closes a connection between the battery and the control device when the razor is separated from the storage tray; and a timing device to interrupt the supply of power to the electrical arrangement if the razor is not returned to the razor holder within a predetermined time period after being removed from the razor holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Graham John Simms, Robert Barrett Yates
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Patent number: 6789321Abstract: In a safety razor a blade unit (1) is mounted on a carrying structure (2) for pivotal movement, and a delivery system (25,32,44) for conducting from a reservoir (21) a fluid, e.g. a lubricating fluid, which is to be applied to the skin during shaving, discharges the fluid at a port (45) which opens at or close to the pivot axis. The delivery system incorporates a valve (22,24) to control the supply of fluid to the blade unit (1) and the blade unit carrying structure (2) is coupled to the valve for the valve to eb actuated in response to the blade unit (1) being pressed against the skin during shaving. The blade unit carrying structured (2) is connected to a support structure (35) by a hinged coupling (36) and the valve is operated by a hinged movement of the blade unit carrying structure (2).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventor: Graham John Simms
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Publication number: 20040118250Abstract: The invention relates to shaving and is concerned with a blade formed from a single crystal ceramic material. The blade presents a sharp cutting edge and support elements are provided for mounting and positioning the blade (cutting element) in a blade unit. A guard element is disposed forwardly of the cutting edge and extends parallel thereto. A plurality of parallel cutting elements may be provided. The invention also concerns a method of making the cutting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: The Gillette Company, a Delaware corporationInventors: Robert White, Graham John Simms, Kevin L. Powell
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Publication number: 20020066186Abstract: The invention relates to shaving and is concerned with a blade formed from a single crystal ceramic material. The blade presents a sharp cutting edge and support elements are provided for mounting and positioning the blade (cutting element) in a blade unit. A guard element is disposed forwardly of the cutting edge and extends parallel thereto. A plurality of parallel cutting elements may be provided. The invention also concerns a method of making the cutting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANYInventors: Robert White, Graham John Simms, Kevin L. Powell
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Publication number: 20020023351Abstract: In a safety razor a blade unit (1) is mounted on a carrying structure (2) for pivotal movement, and a delivery system (25,32,44) for conducting from a reservoir (21) a fluid, e.g. a lubricating fluid, which is to be applied to the skin during shaving, discharges the fluid at a port (45) which opens at or close to the pivot axis. The delivery system incorporates a valve (22,24) to control the supply of fluid to the blade unit (1) and the blade unit carrying structure (2) is coupled to the valve for the valve to eb actuated in response to the blade unit (1) being pressed against the skin during shaving. The blade unit carrying structure (2) is connected to a support structure (35) by a hinged coupling (36) and the valve is operated by a hinged movement of the blade unit carrying structure (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventor: Graham John Simms
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Patent number: 6135660Abstract: A retractable marking instrument has a seal arrangement for sealing the marking tip (3) when it is retracted within the barrel. The seal arrangement comprises a sealing element (6) shaped as a torus which rolls between the barrel (1) of the instrument and a refill unit (2) carrying the marking tip (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Christopher John Stevens, Graham John Simms
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Patent number: 5953819Abstract: A skin contacting member for a razor or like shaving device. In use, the skin contacting member is located ahead of a blade or blades of the razor. The skin contacting member has channels formed by stiff wall segments that extend perpendicular to the blade cutting edge for the passage of hairs, and resilient lateral portions that extend into the channel forming narrow regions that engage and pull the hairs passing through the channels in advance of the blades.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Graham John Simms, Oliver David Oglesby