Magazine holding razor blade cartridges in floating manner

Claim 2

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges arranged flatwise one against an adjacent one therein, said stack being suspended in a floating manner between an elastic support means engaging against the opposite ends of the stack, said housing having a wall at an edge thereof toward which ends of the cartridges extend normally preventing movement of a cartridge therethrough, and said wall having an opening for the endwise passage of a cartridge therethrough when the said stack is shifted to a predetermined position as permitted by said elastic support means.

Claim 3

A magazine in accordance with claim 1 in which said opening is located in said end wall adjacent one end of the stack.

Claim 4

A magazine in accordance with claim 1 in which said end wall has one opening adjacent one end of the stack and another opening adjacent the other end of the stack each permitting the endwise passage of a cartridge therethrough when the stack is shifted in its elastic support means to an appropriate predetermined position respectively.

Claim 5

A magazine in accordance with claim 3 in which one of said openings is arranged to permit the insertion of a cartridge and the other opening is arranged to permit the extraction of a cartridge.

Claim 6

A magazine in accordance with claiM 1 in which said elastic support means comprises a compression spring at each of the stack ends opposed to each other.

Claim 7

A magazine in accordance with claim 1 in which the said elastic support means comprises a generally U-shaped elastic member engaged around the stack having opposed legs biased against the respective ends of the stack.

Claim 8

A magazine in accordance with claim 6 in which said elastic member is a single integral piece of spring sheet metal.

Claim 9

A magazine in accordance with claim 7 in which each said leg of said elastic member includes a portion bent back in the form of a leaf elastically engaged against the corresponding end of the stack.

Claim 10

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges arranged flatwise one against an adjacent one therein, said stack being suspended in a floating manner between an elastic support means engaging against the opposite ends of the stack, said housing having a wall at an edge thereof, said wall having a first opening for the endwise insertion of cartridges, and a second opening for the endwise extraction of cartridges, said elastic support means comprising at each of the opposite stack ends, a pair of laterally spaced spring elements with a slot between the elements arranged to permit the passage therethrough of a razor handle stem.

Claim 11

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges arranged flatwise one against an adjacent one therein, said stack being suspended in a floating manner between an elastic support means engaging against the opposite ends of the stack, said housing having a wall at an edge thereof, said wall having a first opening for the endwise insertion of cartridges, and a second opening for the endwise extraction of cartridges, said elastic support means comprising at each of the opposite stack ends, a pair of laterally spaced spring elements with a slot between the elements arranged to permit the passage therethrough of a razor handle stem.

Claim 12

A magazine in accordance with claim 9 in which said spring elements comprise leaf springs.

Claim 13

A magazine in accordance with claim 10 in which said spring elements comprise fingers integral with a generally U-shaped member engaged around the stack of cartridges.

Claim 14

A magazine in accordance with claim 11 in which each of said spring fingers has a bent return end engaging flatwise against the adjacent cartridge.

Claim 15

A magazine in accordance with claim 9 in which said housing has a slot registering with the corresponding slot between said spring elements.

Claim 16

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges arranged flatwise one against an adjacent one therein, said stack being suspended in a floating manner between an elastic support means engaging against the opposite ends of the stack, said housing having top and bottom end walls and a wall at an edge thereof toward which ends of the cartridges extend normally preventing movement of a cartridge therethrough, and said edge wall having an opening adjacent one of said end walls for the endwise insertion of a used cartridge therethrough when the said stack is shifted to a predetermined position as permitted by said elastic support means, said housing having interiorly thereof adjacent said opening cartridge ramps whereby insertion of a used cartridge elevates the stack within its elastic support means permitting full entrance of the used cartridge.

Claim 17

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges arranged flatwise one against an adjacent one therein, said stack being suspended in a floating manner between an elastic support means engaging against the opposite ends of the stack, said housing having top and bottom end walls and a wall at an edge thereof toward which ends of the cartridges extend normally preventing movement of a cartridge therethrough, and said edge wall having an opening adjacent one of said end walls for the endwise insertion of a used cartridge therethrough when the said stack is shifted to a predetermined position as permitted by said elastic support means, said housing having interiorly thereof adjacent said opening cartridge ramps whereby insertion of a used cartridge elevates the stack within its elastic support means permitting full entrance of the used cartridge.

Claim 18

A magazine in accordance with claim 14 in which said edge wall has another opening adjacent the other end wall arranged to expose the corresponding cartridge at that end of the stack permitting the cartridge removal.

Claim 19

A magazine for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing with an open rear edge, a generally U-shaped spring clip arranged to be pre-loaded with a stack of cartridges, said clip being insertable through said open rear edge of the housing and said clip having an intermediate section forming a closure for said housing open rear edge and preventing movement of cartridges therethrough, and an interengaging means effective to lock the clip automatically in the housing upon insertion of the clip.

Claim 20

A magazine for razor blade cartridges of a generally oblong shape comprising a housing with an open rear edge, a generally U-shaped spring clip arranged to be pre-loaded with a stack of cartridges, said clip being insertable through said open rear edge of the housing and said clip having an intermediate section forming a closure for said housing open rear edge and preventing movement of cartridges therethrough, and an interengaging means effective to lock the clip automatically in the housing upon insertion of the clip.

Claim 21

A magazine in accordance with claim 16 in which said spring clip includes opposed elastic legs engaging the stack at opposite ends of the stack with the stack maintained in a floating condition between the opposed elastic legs.

Claim 22

A magazine for razor blade cartridges comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges of generally oblong shape arranged flatwise each aGainst an adjacent one therein, each said cartridge having a slot at one side for slidably receiving endwise a supporting handle part, said housing having opposed end walls and a front wall, said front wall having a first opening adjacent one end for the insertion of used cartridges, and a second opening adjacent the other end for the extraction of new cartridges, said housing having a slot on the corresponding first end wall communicating with said first opening whereby a cartridge attached to a handle part may be inserted through said first opening and the handle part continued on through said housing, said housing having an obstruction to cause the used cartridge to remain in the housing, and said corresponding second end wall having a slot permitting the advance therein of the handle to engage in the cartridge slot of a new cartridge for removal thereof.

Claim 23

A magazine for razor blade cartridges comprising a housing, a stack of cartridges of generally oblong shape arranged flatwise each aGainst an adjacent one therein, each said cartridge having a slot at one side for slidably receiving endwise a supporting handle part, said housing having opposed end walls and a front wall, said front wall having a first opening adjacent one end for the insertion of used cartridges, and a second opening adjacent the other end for the extraction of new cartridges, said housing having a slot on the corresponding first end wall communicating with said first opening whereby a cartridge attached to a handle part may be inserted through said first opening and the handle part continued on through said housing, said housing having an obstruction to cause the used cartridge to remain in the housing, and said corresponding second end wall having a slot permitting the advance therein of the handle to engage in the cartridge slot of a new cartridge for removal thereof.

Claim 24

A magazine combination for razor blade cartridges in accordance with claim 18 in which the cartridges have detent means releasably engageable with the razor handle part.

Claim 25

A magazine combination in accordance with claim 18 in which the slot in said second end wall is restricted in length to limit the advance of the razor part into the cartridge slot to an appropriate position for shaving use.

Claim 26

A magazine combination in accordance with claim 20 in which said second opening in the front wall is shaped to permit the endwise withdrawal of a cartridge therethrough.