Shaving system which actively flex a blade

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EP 1 236 547 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/36

(21)	Application number: 02003014.4

(22)	Date of filing: 12.02.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B26B 21/16, B26B 21/22

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.02.2001 US 796131

(71)	Applicant: WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY
	Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ortiz, Ernest Albert Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tesch, Rudolf, Dr. et al
	Warner-Lambert Company, Legal Division, Patent Department, c/o Gödecke GmbH, Mooswaldallee 1 79090 Freiburg 79090 Freiburg (DE)

(54)	Shaving system which actively flex a blade

(57) Wet shaving systems having a flexible blade housing which is linked to a support by a linkage (40) comprising a plurality of links which actively flex the blade (20), i.e., cause portions of the blade edge to move upwardly in response to shaving forces exerted downwardly on other portions of blade. This shaving system redistributes shaving forces along the cutting edge (22) of the blade. In illustrated embodiments, the blade housing is linked to a razor by two four-bar linkages which are either overlapping or separate.

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