The Gillette Company

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John Thompson Limited

Richard J. Petrillo

Nan Jae Lin

Richard J Petrillo

John Glenn Thompson

William Thomas O'Connor

Nan J Lin

Neville Andrews

Warren I Nissen

Joseph R DiMatteo

Thomas A Anderberg

John Thompson

Writing instrument

A writing instrument is provided with a manual gripping device adjacent the writing point which comprises a resilient finger gripping portion of the assembly having a tubular sleeve enveloping the resilient portion. The resilient portion comprises an elongated tube, and a plurality of elongated slots formed therein extending axially with respect to the writing instrument barrel assembly over substantially the length of the resilient portion. The resilient portion may be a portion of the writing instrument barrel assembly, or the resilient portion and sleeve may be in the form of a separate unit which is installed over the barrel assembly.

A writing instrument cap which can provide a substantially air-tight seal about a point or nib carried by the barrel of a writing instrument and which also includes passageways which permit air to flow through internal regions of the cap.

Writing instrument cap

A correction fluid dispenser comprising a body member adapted to retain a correction fluid and a barrel disposed at one end thereof for delivery of the fluid to a surface. The barrel terminates in an orifice formed by a circular rim with a spherical ball of greater diameter disposed at the orifice. The ball is supported by a socket member, the ball and socket means being spring biased toward the orifice. A stop means is provided to prevent the ball from extending entirely within the rim of the orifice.

Correction fluid dispenser with ball valve

A compressible finger gripping device for assembly with the surface portion of an article such as a writing instrument or a shaving instrument or the like. The device includes a substantially cylindrical body formed of a compressible, elastomeric material and defined by a substantially uniform OD and ID along the axial length of the body. A plurality of ribs arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body and substantially equidistantly spaced apart from each other are carried about the I.D. The combination of the selected compressible material, the selected I.D. and OD dimensions of the body and the selected number, depth and thickness of the ribs cooperate and converge to provide a compressibility index (CI) valve for the device between about 1000 to about 18,000 gms/cm.

Finger gripping device

A shaving implement comprising a platform member having a slot therein and a support surface adjacent the slot, a blade member having first and second portions generally normal to each other, the first portion having a cutting edge thereon, and a cap member having a support surface thereon, the blade member second portion being disposed in the slot and the blade member first portion being clamped between the platform and cap member support surfaces, the cap member being permanently joined to the platform member.

Shaving implement

A water sweeper for coupling to a hose connected to a water supply under pressure has a handle member including a manually operated valve. The handle member has a handle passage therethrough and the valve selectively blocks and passes water from the supply to the handle passage. The handle is held by an operator at the valve end and is connected to a cross member at the other end. The cross member extends to either side of the handle member having a cross passage therein which is sealed at each end of the cross member by end caps. Support means, such as casters, are mounted on the cross member toward each end thereof for supporting the cross member for substantially friction-free movement in any direction on an underlying surface. A plurality of spray nozzles communicating with the cross passage are mounted in the wall of the cross member with each emitting a flat spray pattern toward the underlying surface. The flat spray patterns overlap at the underlying surface for a predetermined elevation of the handle. Ones of the spray nozzle are located sufficiently close to each end of the cross member to reach a point on the underlying surface laterally beneath the extreme ends of the end caps so that the underlying surface may be entirely swept even when there are obstructions at the edges thereof. Another spray nozzle is located at the junction of the handle and cross passage which extends into the cross passage and serves to deflect flow from the handle passage laterally toward each end of the cross passage to thereby reduce head loss at the junction.

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Norwell, MA, United States of America

Richard J Petrillo