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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Marco Fontecchio, Framingham, MA (US);
John Chadwick, Pelham, NH (US);
Andrew Charles Nicholas, Winchester, MA (US);
Jeffrey Richard Holley, Scituate, MA (US);
The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A razor blade having an improved lubricious material deposited thereon and a method of making a razor blade for a razor cartridge having such a material disposed thereon are described herein. A novel printing process and printing material are provided where at least one printing material is deposited on one or more razor blades via a printing process which includes one or more print heads for printing the at least one printing material and forming at least one printed object on a tip or one or more sides of the razor blade. The printing material may comprise about of about 0.25% solid to about 50% solids by weight of composition of telomer and further desirably comprises glycerol and/or an antifoam material. Optimizing coverage of the printing material may be achieved by changing materials, print heads, the firing frequency of the print head or angling or rotating the print heads.