Patents by Inventor Laurence Robert Beesley

Laurence Robert Beesley 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).

  • Apparatus for manufacturing support members for razor blades
    Patent number: 5823082
    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
  • Razor blade manufacture
    Patent number: 5701788
    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: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Robert Wilson, Laurence Robert Beesley, Robert H. Flanagan