Abstract: A razor apparatus including a head having at least one blade member on each of a first and a second opposed side of the head. Each blade member has a straight front cutting edge. The head includes a frame defining an opening through which the cutting edges are accessible. The frame also includes a rotatable mounting element for attachment of the head to a handle. The head is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the handle at least 180° when the rotatable mounting element is activated.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for hair or fiber protruding from a surface includes a roller, a number of cutting features disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the roller, wherein the number of cutting features is adapted for cutting the hair or fiber when the roller rotates in contact with the filamentous surface or is moved while in contact with the filamentous surface.

Abstract: A device is disclosed including a reloadable utility knife having a blade magazine with one or more compartments for storing multiple cutting blades. The blade magazine has a reloading compartment for new blades, and a storage compartment to keep additional blades. The blade magazine is loaded from the rear of the knife body and is locked inside. A working blade may be released before reloaded a fresh blade. The working blade can be extended or retracted multiple times via a blade transport mechanism. The blade magazine may be extracted via the lock mechanism and pushed out by a spring designed for this purpose. The blade transport mechanism, the blade release mechanism, and a blade lock mechanism work in cooperation to allow extension and retraction of a blade, disposing of a blade, and reloading of a blade.

Abstract: A device is disclosed including a reloadable utility knife having a blade magazine with one or more compartments for storing multiple cutting blades. The blade magazine has a reloading compartment for new blades, and a storage compartment to keep additional blades. The blade magazine is loaded from the rear of the knife body and is locked inside. A working blade may be released before reloaded a fresh blade. The working blade can be extended or retracted multiple times via a blade transport mechanism. The blade magazine may be extracted via the lock mechanism and pushed out by a spring designed for this purpose. The blade transport mechanism, the blade release mechanism, and a blade lock mechanism work in cooperation to allow extension and retraction of a blade, disposing of a blade, and reloading of a blade.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a holder including a first surface, a second surface, a body portion in between the first surface and the second surface, and a protrusion. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. A magnet is disposed within the body such that a portion of the second surface is magnetically attractable to a first portion of an article. The protrusion is configured to engage a second portion of the article. The article being removably coupled to the holder when the first portion of the article is magnetically coupled against the portion of the second surface and the second portion of the article is engaged with the protrusion.

Abstract: A razor apparatus including a head having at least one blade member on each of a first and a second opposed side of the head. Each blade member has a straight front cutting edge. The head includes a frame defining an opening through which the cutting edges are accessible. The frame also includes a rotatable mounting element for attachment of the head to a handle. The head is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the handle at least 180° when the rotatable mounting element is activated.

Abstract: A razor has a rotary reel containing a plurality of razor blades. The reel is capable of being manipulated by an advancement knob disposed on a first side of the rotary reel housing. Upon sufficient use, a user may actuate the advancement knob to rotate out of position the used blade while simultaneously rotating into position a new blade.

Abstract: A razor apparatus including a head having at least one blade member on each of a first and a second opposed side of the head. Each blade member has a straight front cutting edge. The head includes a frame defining an opening through which the cutting edges are accessible. The frame also includes a rotatable mounting element for attachment of the head to a handle. The head is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the handle at least 180° when the rotatable mounting element is activated.

Abstract: A shaving blade cartridge includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis. The housing has a top side, a bottom side opposite to the top side, and two longitudinal sides extending along the longitudinal axis between the top and bottom sides. The shaving blade cartridge also includes a cutting blade mounted in the housing between the longitudinal sides and having a cutting edge extending along the longitudinal axis, and a retainer retaining the cutting blade in the housing. The retainer is retained on the housing by a rivet. A method for the manufacture of shaving blade cartridges and a razor having such shaving blade cartridge are also provided.

Abstract: A tray is disclosed for securely holding a shaving razor and a shaving cartridge magazine when not in use.

Abstract: A sanitary straight razor is provided having a universal handle unit and a disposable head unit. The entirety of the head unit is disposable so that for each shave, a new and sanitary blade is provided. The head unit can be attached and detached without the need for the head unit itself to be handled by a user. Health and sanitation risks are advantageously alleviated, offering benefits to service providers, such as professional barbers and cosmetologists, who deal with hundreds of individuals, where sanitation and safety is of paramount importance. Additionally, the sanitary straight razor can be provided along with a razor blade assembly rack as part of a sanitary straight razor system, which razor blade assembly rack holds multiple disposable razor blade assemblies and facilitates easy, sanitary replacement of the disposable razor blade assembly.

Abstract: A razor cartridge dispenser including a unitarily molded member having compartments in horizontal sequence and a reopenable package member covering the molded member. The individual compartments include a blade portion cavity, a connection portion cavity and a cammed latch on a flexible arm. The blade portion cavity has an upper opening, bottom, top and front walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall. The top and bottom walls are substantially parallel, with the front wall at a right angle thereto, and extend in the direction of the upper opening at an angle to the horizontal disposition of the compartments. The connection portion cavity has top and bottom openings, forward and rearward walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall, where the bottom opening cooperates with the upper opening of the blade portion cavity. The package member includes a reclosable flap to access the compartments.

Abstract: The vegetable peeler for separating the peel from fruits and vegetables includes a handle, a tool head or blade mount, and a blade. The handle is configured to be able to receive and store at least one spare cutting blade such that the blade can be removed from the tool head and replaced with a different blade stored in the handle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving head (5) comprising at least two bladeshaped cutting members (7, 7?, 7?) each having a straight cutting edge (9, 9?, 9?) extending parallel to a longitudinal direction (Y) of the shaving head. Each cutting member is supported in a cartridge (11) of the shaving head by means of a supporting member (17) which supports the respective cutting member in a supported area (23) on the respective cutting member. Said supported area extends over a predetermined distance (D) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each supporting member has a first portion (25) in contact with the supported area at a location remote from the cutting edge of the respective cutting member and a second portion (27) in contact with the supported area at a location near the cutting edge of the respective cutting member. The first portion has a basic cross-sectional area, seen perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, and the second portion has a reduced cross-sectional area.

Abstract: Shaving razors and cartridges intended for mounting on such shaving razors wherein the cartridges include one or mounted solid shaving aid portions that are wing shaped and that exhibit an improved conformation to a shaving consumer's skin surface.

Abstract: A real time financial instrument image exchange system and method deliver a digital image of a financial instrument (for example, a bank check) very quickly through an image exchange network to a payor institution by promptly forwarding the digital image when it is created at a depositing institution. This may expedite pay or return decisions to be made by payor institutions, which may enable banks to truncate checks, to reduce fraud and its costs, and to facilitate compliance with banking regulations. Such image capture, as well as related data capture, and real-time transfer enable emulation to an item processing system of the payor institution whereby the payor's item processing system processes the image and data as if it did the original capture actually performed at the depositing institution.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of saving audio source identifiers for soundtracks in a gaming system, an audio track is obtained from an audio source and the audio track is saved so that a copy of the audio track is available when the audio source is no longer accessible to a game console. The audio track is at least part of a user-created soundtrack and/or a user-selected soundtrack. The identifier of the audio source is also saved, and when a database containing meta data associated with the audio track is available, the meta data associated with the audio track is obtained from the database, based at least in part on the identifier saved on the storage device, and the obtained meta data is stored.

Abstract: A holder for holding a plurality of blades, where one embodiment of the holder includes a base portion, a main body and an openable cover portion. The main body is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the base portion. There are a plurality of cells defined within the main body, with each cell configured and arranged to hold at least one blade on a seating portion, wherein the seating portion defines a blade seating plane. Additionally, the openable cover portion is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the main body. Preferably, the base portion is separate from the main body, and these components are preferably configured to enable the holder to either be attached to a wall or seated on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: A razor including a replaceable shaving cartridge. The replaceable shaving cartridge includes a pivotal frame, a blade unit moveably secured to the pivotal frame and an interconnect member. The blade unit includes one or more blades and has a camming surface. The interconnect member has a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the pivotal frame for pivoting about a pivot axis. A biasing member that has a cam follower surface extends from the interconnect member to act on the camming surface to bias the blade unit. A handle is releasably secured to the interconnect member.

Abstract: A cartridge dispenser for razor blade cartridges including latches that retain cartridges in predetermined positions permitting connection to a handle connecting structure on a handle as the handle is moved toward the cartridge, each latch having a latch camming structure that is shaped and positioned to interact with corresponding handle camming structure so as to cause the latch to be deflected and to unlatch a cartridge as the handle is moved toward and connected to cartridge connecting structure of a cartridge. The dispenser also has blade unit dividers that extend from the base, are substantially perpendicular to the base, and define blade unit regions in which the blade units are received, and angled dividers that extend from the ends of respective blade unit dividers at acute angles with the base and define angled regions through which the blade units pass in delivery to and removal from the blade unit regions and in which the cartridge connecting structure is received.

Abstract: A one piece receptacle for retaining and dispensing a plurality of razor blade cartridges has a plurality of cavities formed therein. Each of the cavities has structural elements disposed within the cavity for retaining a blade cartridge therein in spaced relation with the wall structure forming the respective cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus including elongate handle formed with a hollow cavity directed interiorly of the lower end of the handle wherein the hollow cavity includes an internally threaded lower end cooperative with a threaded shaft of a plug member to selectively contain replacement blades within the cavity. The cutting head includes a reciprocatable cleaning plate mounted orthogonally relative to the elongate cutting edges of the spaced cutting blades slidably mounted within the head. Each of the blades includes an elongate cutting edge defined by alternating edge thicknesses to maintain structural integrity of the cutting edge while permitting an efficient and effective shaving operation.

Abstract: A dispenser system for razor blade units, including a dispenser housing in which the razor blade units are successively and displaceably disposed. Via a handle that is provided with a latching mechanism that cooperates with the razor blade units, the razor blade units can be removed from the dispenser housing one at a time. To simplify securement of the handle to a razor blade unit that is to be removed, the dispenser housing has a guide mechanism along which the end of the handle is guided and which brings the latching mechanism of the handle into a disengagement position. After reaching the removal position, the handle automatically engages the razor blade unit, so that this unit can be removed from the dispenser housing.

Abstract: A safety razor incorporating blade magazines and magazines therefore, the blades being incorporated in individual units, each comprising at least one blade, carried by a support plate. A plurality of units are housed as a stack within a magazine, open at one end and providing a guard and a cap. The units are stacked in the magazine extending transversely thereof, the outermost unit being positioned at the mouth of the magazine with its blade positioned between the guard and the cap and its support plate and the magazine wall providing seal against the ingress of debris and moisture. Means are incorporated in the magazine or razor handle to eject the outermost unit from the magazine and replace it with the next unit in the stack.

Abstract: A fountain shaving device includes an aerosol container of shaving cream, a brush mounted on a first end portion of the aerosol container, a razor having a blade cartridge having blades therein mounted on a second end portion of the container opposite to the brush, and a dispenser controller formed on a brush base having a longitudinal tube linearly connected with a stem of the aerosol valve and transversely formed with a lateral wedge portion tapered downwardly outwardly in slidable engagement with another wedge portion tapered upwardly inwardly formed on a lateral push button so that upon a depression of the push button, the two wedge portions may be effected to lower the controller tube and valve stem to open the aerosol valve for conveniently dispensing cream directly into the brush bristles.

Abstract: An open razor comprises a blade holder 2 pivoted to a protective cover 3 into and out of which it can be folded. The blade holder 2 supports a blade unit 8 formed by a blade 9 sandwiched between two side members 8',8" of plastics material. Guide grooves 15',15" in the side members are engaged by the inwardly-directed flanges 16',16" of a clamping rail 7 forming part of the blade holder.The blade units are stored in a dispenser from which they can be withdrawn by sliding the rail 7 fully on to a blade unit and then lifting one end of the rail to lift the blade unit against the force of resilient retaining projections which engage opposite ends of each blade unit to hold it in the dispenser.

Abstract: A razor system comprises a handle 10 to which a blade unit 15 can be connected by a releasable coupling, the razor handle being hollow and containing a dispenser in which a plurality of blade units are stored for attachment in turn to the handle when the blade unit, previously fitted in an operative position on the end of the handle, has been discarded. The releasable coupling 13 is a pair of resilient claws 13a engageable by snap action in a pair of recesses in the blade unit for pivotally mounting the blade unit on the handle, the blade units being slidable longitudinally out of the dispenser.

Abstract: The knife with an extensible and retractable blade has a hollow knife grip and a blade magazine with a plurality of superposed blades therein. With the aid of two entraining members in the form of a pusher bar and two gripper arms of a blade-changing device which slides with the entraining members along two sides of the blade magazine, on pulling the blade-changing device out of the knife grip a used blade is guided by gripper arms back into the blade magazine and on pushing the blade-changing device back into the knife grip, the new blade is pushed out from the blade magazine by means of the pusher bar in the direction towards the front end of the knife and into engagement with a blade-pusher. The blade pusher has a pin arranged at the end of an arm which engages in a hole in the blade. Then with the aid of the blade pusher the blade may be extended to a greater or lesser extent from the knife grip or may be fully retracted into it and arrested in various stop or detent positions.

Abstract: An improved rotary power shear that includes an electric motor which drives, through a reduction gear assembly, a rotary shear assembly comprised of a driving shear wheel which rotates against a cooperating driven shear wheel. The design of the tool is characterized by a handle that extends above the motor housing and gear casing, and which supports the tool at one end from the gear casing and at the other end from the rear of the motor housing. In this manner the tool is balanced when held by the handle as the weight of the gear casing and cutting assembly at the forward end of the tool offsets the weight of the motor at the rearward end of the tool. In addition, the design of the tool is facilitated by the provision of a single bracket member that serves the multiple functions of supporting and biasing together the rotary shear wheels, providing a cover for the gear casing, and also providing a support for the stub shafts on which the gears are journalled.

Abstract: A safety razor incorporates an apparatus for substantially vertical displacement of a blade carrier and the shaving edge carried thereby with respect to a skin guard. The blade carrier includes a circular hub retained by a circular receiving portion of a cover member used in the razor. A circular interfacing device, between the hub and the receiving portion, incorporates two eccentric segments. A first segment receives the hub, and the second segment is engaged by the receiving portion of the cover. Rotation of the interfacing device in the cover provides displacement of the blade in accordance with movement of the centers of the two segments of the device. Such displacement specifically causes movement of the razor blade with respect to the skin guard formed in the cover, and is used to provide a height adjustment for the blade.

Abstract: A manually-operated shaving device, for shaving skin areas during or incidental to surgical or cosmetic treatment. The device comprises a generally wheel-shaped shaving body, the rim of which carries a plurality of shaving edges. A handle means is rigidly secured to the wheel and extends outwardly in alignment with the wheel axis, to thereby enable oscillating clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the wheel by operator manipulation of the handle means. A support member is secured to the side of the wheel opposite the handle means, and extends a short distance from the wheel in alignment with the said wheel axis. The member includes a smooth concavity at its distal end for receiving the finger tip of the hand of the operator which is opposed to that manipulating the handle means. The contacting finger serves as a pivotal support during rotation and orientation of the shaving body with respect to the skin area being treated.

Abstract: A shaving unit dispenser including means for locating a razor handle in a loading position in which a shaving unit can be transferred from a storage position in the dispenser to a position of operative engagement with the handle, and latch means which prevents movement of the shaving unit from its storage position, the latch means being operated to release the shaving unit by location of the razor handle in the loading position.

Abstract: This invention comprises a foldable knife, having replacement blades contained pivotably within a case in one position and extending outwardly therefrom in a second position. Thus the invention is comprised of a case, a rotable blade holder pivotably attached to said case, the blade holder adapted to receive a sharpened blade, a slideable ejector rod positioned in said case, and upon a blade track, adapted to eject the blade from said blade holder when the blade holder is in the outward extended position. This ejection is done by pressing an ejector button attached to said ejector forward with the fingers. A blade lock member is spring biased against the cammed end portion of said blade holder whereby the blade holder is held securely by a cam in its outward extended position.