(19)
(11) EP 0 073 852 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.07.1983 Bulletin 1983/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.03.1983 Bulletin 1983/11

(21) Application number: 81109395

(22) Date of filing: 30.10.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 03.09.1981 US 298728

(71) Applicant: The Gillette Company
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(72) Inventor:
  • Trotta, Robert Anthony
     ()

   


(54) Shaving implement


(57) A shaving implement includes a platform member (4), a cap member (8), and blade means disposed therebetween, the cap member (8) including a series of forwardly extending fingers (18) separated by recesses, the fingers (18) having a first skin-engaging point (o) thereon, and the recesses being defined in part by a cap member wall (70) comprising a second skin-engaging point (p), the blade means comprising first and second blades (40, 44) each having a blade tangent angle in the range of 20° to 32° and a span in the range of 0.762 - 2.032 mm (0.02 - 0.08 inc), the first blade (40) having an exposure (Exp') of 0.0381 ± 0.0381 mm (0.0015 ± 0.0015 inch), and the second blade (44) having alternating first and second exposures (Exp2a, Exp2b) along its length, the first exposure being determined by a first tangent line (a - o) extending from the first cutting edge (42) to the first skin-engaging point (o), and the second exposure being determined by a second tangent line (a - p) extending from the first cutting edge (42) to the second skin-engaging point (p).







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