Razor blade and the use thereof

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EP 1 724 074 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/04

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/47

(21)	Application number: 06013580.3

(22)	Date of filing: 30.06.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B26B 21/56^(2006.01)

B26B 21/40^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

(71)	Applicant: Wella Aktiengesellschaft
	64274 Darmstadt (DE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lenk, Stefan 96515 Sonneberg (DE)

(54)	Razor blade and the use thereof

(57) A razor blade (1.1) with a cutting edge (2.1) on a longitudinal side (3) of the razor blade (1.1). The cutting edge (2.1) has a cutting length (L1) that is less than one half the length (L) of the longitudinal side (3). The cutting edge (2.1) is located on one side of the longitudinal side (3), wherein an area (5.1) of the cutting edge (2.1), which is cut out from the longitudinal side (3), is designed to be recessed relative and parallel to the cutting edge (2.1). This razor blade (1.1,1.2,1.3) can be used to target narrow shaving areas or shaving lines (for tattoos and the like) of human hair with a strong contour.

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