Combined magazine receptacle for used blades and protective cover for safety razor heads having blades therein

Claim 2

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism including: a housing having elongate side walls and end walls joining said side walls, a top cover and a bottom cover extending parallel to and spaced from each other forming a receptacle, one of said side and end walls having an opening therethrough into said receptacle adapted to pass into said receptacle the head of a safety razor to receive and hold in a protected position in said receptacle the head of a safety razor with a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed; and a dispenser mechanism in said housing on the top cover of said receptacle containing and dispensing new, unused razor blades for use in the razor, said dispenser mechanism having means providing an opening therein opposite the top cover of said receptacle providing access therethrough to the one of the new blades contained therein disposed in a position adjacent the opening, said razor head being removable from said receptacle to receive a new blade from said dispenser.

Claim 3

A combination razor guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 1, including: means on said receptacle for receiving the handle of the razor; and retaining means for holding the handle to retain the head against unintentional displacement from the receptacle.

Claim 4

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism of the character set forth in claim 1, wherein the dispenser mechanism comprises: an elongate casing, and resilient blade support means in said casing biasing new blades in said dispenser mechanism toward the top cover thereof; and a blade exit opening in one end wall of the casing through which the blades may be ejected therefrom.

Claim 5

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism of the character set forth in claim 1, wherein the dispenser mechanism comprises: a generally rectangular casing having side walls, end walls, a cover and a bottom, said casing having at one end wa l a blade exit opening; blade supporting means supporting new razor blades in stacked rotation within the casing; said casing having an opening in its cover exposing the adjacent blade in the casing in position to be moved from said casing outwardly through the exit opening from the casing.

Claim 6

A combination razor guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 4, wherein said casing has an imperforate bottom carrying a resilient arm and forming a dividing wall between said dispenser mechanism and the razor head receptacle therebelow.

Claim 7

A combination razor guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 4, wherein a used blade inlet opening is formed in an end wall of the casing of the dispenser opening in the casing below the blade support and above the bottom of the dispenser mechanism to provide a receptacle for used blades.

Claim 8

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism of the character set forth in claim 4, wherein the receptacle for receiving the razor head has a longitudinally extending opening from one end thereof to the middle and retaining means is provided at the inner end of the longitudinal opening for engaging the handle of a razor disposed in said guard receptacle.

Claim 9

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 4, wherein said dispenser mechanism is adapted to receive a plurality of stacked double edge razor blades having longitudinal slots in their mid portion; said means supporting said blades in stacked relation and including upright guide means extending longitudinally along the mid-portion of the supporting means toward the exit opening, a resiliently supported blade support biasing the stack of blades toward the opening in the cover of the casing into position adapted to be engaged by the thumb or finger of the user for movement of the blade nearest said opening from the support through the exit opening in the end wall of the casing.

Claim 10

A combination receiver and guard for a safety razor head having a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed in operative position and a dispenser for new blades including: a body having side walls, end walls, a top, and a bottom; a receiver and guard chamber in said body, having an entrance opening formed in a sidewall of said body being adapted to receive through said entrance opening and hold in said chamber in a protected enclosed position the head of a safety razor having a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed in operative position, said razor head being supported in said chamber with the cutting edge of the razor blade in said head being inserted first through said opening transversely of the chamber; detent means on the body adjacent the entrance opening engaging and holding said razor head in place in said chamber; magazine dispenser means in the top of said body parallel to and substantially coextensive with and spaced from the receiver and guard chamber holding and dispensing unused razor blades for use in the safety razor; and a receptacle in said body, parallel to and spaced from said dispenser means and from said receiver and guard chamber, having an opening thereinto through one of said end walls, said receptacle being adapted to receive through said opening the used or dull blades from the safety razor and to hold said blade therein against displacement from said receptacle.

Claim 11

A combination receiver and guard for a safety razor head having a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed in operative position and a dispenser for new blades including: a body having side walls, end walls, a top, and a bottom; a receiver and guard chamber in said body, having an entrance opening formed in a sidewall of said body being adapted to receive through said entrance opening and hold in said chamber in a protected enclosed position the head of a safety razor having a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed in operative position, said razor head being supported in said chamber with the cutting edge of the razor blade in said head being inserted first through said opening transversely of the chamber; detent means on the body adjacent the entrance opening engaging and holding said razor head in place in said chamber; magazine dispenser means in the top of said body parallel to and substantially coextensive with and spaced from the receiver and guard chamber holding and dispensing unused razor blades for use in the safety razor; and a receptacle in said body, parallel to and spaced from said dispenser means and from said receiver and guard chamber, having an opening thereinto through one of said end walls, said receptacle being adapted to receive through said opening the used or dull blades from the safety razor and to hold said blade therein against displacement from said receptacle.

Claim 12

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism including: a housing having a razor head guard receptacle therein adapted to receive and hold in a protected position the head of a safety razor with a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed; a used blade receptacle adapted to receive and contain used or dull blades; trough means on said housing, spaced from and disposed substantially parallel to the razor head guard receptacle, having an opening thereinto facing to the exterior of the housing on the side thereof opposite said razor head guard receptacle, said trough means receiving and supporting a blade dispensing mechanism therein spaced from and adjacent the head guard receptacle and retaining means on said housing releasably engaging and holding said blade dispensing mechanism in position in said trough means.

Claim 13

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser mechanism including: a housing having a razor head guard receptacle therein adapted to receive and hold in a protected position the head of a safety razor with a blade clamped therein with its cutting edge exposed; a used blade receptacle adapted to receive and contain used or dull blades; trough means on said housing, spaced from and disposed substantially parallel to the razor head guard receptacle, having an opening thereinto facing to the exterior of the housing on the side thereof opposite said razor head guard receptacle, said trough means receiving and supporting a blade dispensing mechanism therein spaced from and adjacent the head guard receptacle and retaining means on said housing releasably engaging and holding said blade dispensing mechanism in position in said trough means.

Claim 14

A safety razor head guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 10, wherein the head guard receptacle, the used blade receptacle and the dispenser supporting trough means and retaining means are formed as a unit.

Claim 15

A razor guard and blade dispenser of the character set forth in claim 10, wherein detent retaining means and a resilient supporting means are provided in the razor head gUard receptacle engaging and resiliently retaining the razor head in place in the guard receptacle with the blade covered.