The Gillette Company

John D Galligan

John Glenn Thompson

Robert L Brown

A hand-held razor of the wet-shave type includes a thin flexible foil member with a plurality of apertures, each of which has opposed sharpened shaving edge portions. A displacing mechanism cyclically displaces the foil along a predetermined path such that the velocity of the opposed edge portions caused by the mechanism is substantially greater than the speed of motion caused by normal shaving stroke manipulation. The amplitude of each displacement cycle is greater than the width of a beard hair and less than the distance between the oppoosed edge portions.

Safety razor

A safety razor head comprising a guard surface and a cap surface is provided with a plurality of parallel riblets disposed on the head for contact with the surface being shaved, during use of the razor. The riblets may be disposed on the cap surface or on a substantially thin film material extending from the guard surface to the cap surface and are effective to improve shaving comfort.

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Weston, MA, United States of America

John D Galligan