EP0403839A1 - Safety rasor, particularly of the pocket or portable type - Google Patents
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- EP0403839A1 EP0403839A1 EP19900110178 EP90110178A EP0403839A1 EP 0403839 A1 EP0403839 A1 EP 0403839A1 EP 19900110178 EP19900110178 EP 19900110178 EP 90110178 A EP90110178 A EP 90110178A EP 0403839 A1 EP0403839 A1 EP 0403839A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B21/00—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
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- B26B21/44—Means integral with, or attached to, the razor for storing shaving-cream, styptic, or the like
- B26B21/446—Shaving aid stored in the razor handle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B21/00—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
- B26B21/40—Details or accessories
- B26B21/52—Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible
- B26B21/521—Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B21/00—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
- B26B21/40—Details or accessories
- B26B21/52—Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible
- B26B21/523—Extendible or foldable handles; Extensions
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- the invention relates to a pocket or portable safety razor, or the like, constructed substahtially in the form of a pen and comprising a handle constructed as a shave cream container and provided at the lower end thereof with a dispensing valve, while a head-carrying assembly is arranged at the upper end thereof for supporting a shaving head either of the single-blade or the double-blade type, said assembly being rotatable by at least 90° about an axis which is transverse to both the shaving head and the handle, from a shaving position extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the handle to a rest position extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle, and when in said rest position the shaving head may be covered with a cap.
- the invention aims to provide a razor of the type described in the preamble, such as to avoid using shave creams containing pressurized gases, which are harmful to ao the environment. Moreover, the invention aims to provide an embodiment of the safety razor described above, which is very easy and inexpensive from the standpoint of manufacture, thus reducing considerably the costs of manufacture and obtaining an extremely low-cost razor which may also be used as a disposable razor.
- the invention achieves this object by providing a razor of the type described in the preamble, the handle of which is constructed as a shave cream container and is resiliently compressible by the force of only one hand.
- the razor is of such a construction whereby the individual parts of the razor are constructed separately and are then assembled together, preferably, in a fit-in manner.
- an advatangeous and preferred embodiment of the razor according to the invention is made of plastics material.
- it may also be made of any other suitable materials, or the individual parts thereof may be made of different materials, with reference to their aesthetical and functional characteristics.
- the handle of the razor according to the invention may contain plain shave cream of any type which does not require pressurized gases for being dispensed.
- the dispensing of shave cream is effected by compressing the handle, by the force of only one hand, as with usual shave cream tubes. Due to the inherent resiliency of the material constituting the handle, upon release of the compressing force, the handle automatically returns to its original shape.
- the fact of not requiring the use of shave soaps containing a pressurized gas, the so-called shave lathers, permits the razor according to the invention to be simplified considerably in that it needs no structural parts containing a pressurized gas.
- the separate manufacture of the individual parts constituting the razor according to the invention is simpler and more economical than a simultaneous unitary construction of said parts, and specifically the fact of constructing said parts so as to be snappingly engageable with each other simplifies the assembling thereof, thus minimizing the manufacture costs.
- a separate construction is effected of the handle and the head-carrying assembly which, in turn, is compiised of two discrete parts which can be snappingly assembled with each other with a fit-in engagement.
- the dispensing nozzle is also made separately from an associated lower cap which is designed to be mounted with a fit-in engagement at the lower end of the handle, while said covering cap for the shaving head is also constructed separately from a clip to be mounted snappingly thereon with a fit-in engagement.
- the razor according to the invention specifically, has an outer appearance which is substantially similar to that of a big pen and is of parallelepipedal shape.
- the body of the razor is formed of a handle 1 which, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, is of hollow, reservoir-like construction and is used as a container for any shave cream with no pressurized gas.
- the handle 1 is made resiliently compressible by the force of only one hand.
- the upper end of the handle 1, which mounts the head-carrying assembly 4, may be covered together with said head-carrying assembly 4 by a covering cap 2, while at the lower end of the handle 1 there is provided a dispensing nozzle 3 which, as described below, is also used as a valve shutter.
- the head 5 may be rotated by at least 90° from a shaving position wherein the head is disposed transversely of the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 ( Figures 2 and 10) to a rest position wherein the head 5 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 ( Figures 5 and 11), thus permitting the covering cap 2 to be impaled thereon.
- said razor is of such a construction whereby the individual parts thereof are manufactured separately and are assembled together successively, preferably, with a fit-in engagement.
- the covering cap 2 is provided with a clip 6 which is manufactured separately therefrom, means being provided to fit-in said clip 6 into the cap 2.
- said fit-in means comprises an undercut groove 102 at the upper end of the cap 2, wherein a T-shaped projection 106 of the clip 6 is fitted-in, said projection being suitably provided with a ratchet formation at the side edges thereof.
- Said groove 102 terminates slightly below the upper closed end of the cap 2 whereby, in the assembled condition, the upper end of the clip 6 is substantially flush with the upper end of the cap 2.
- the upper end of the cap 2 is provided with suitable aeration slits 202.
- the cap 2 is snappingly engageable on the upper end of the handle 1 in that it is provided, in proximity of its open end, with fit-in projections 302, which are preferably beveled at their side edges, and which co-operate with corresponding grooves 7 of the handle 1.
- the head-carrying member 4 is also snappingly assembled with the handle 1 in a removable manner.
- the handle 1 comprises a pin 101 provided with a peripheral groove 8 of V-shaped section, and a hollow supporting stem 9 of the head carrying assembly 4 is impaled on 'said pin 101.
- the supporting stem 9 is provided with fit-in projections 109 designed to co-operate with said peripheral groove 8 of the pin 101.
- the pin 101 is in the shape of a parallelepiped of comparatively little thickness and is offset laterally with respect to the longitudinal central plane of the handle 1, which is parallel to the plane whereon the shaving head 5 is rotated, thus permitting it to be covered by the cap 2 in the rest condition thereof.
- the dispensing nozzle 3 provided at the lower end of the hollow handle 1 is angularly movable about an axis which is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, within an accommodation recess 10 in the closed end side of a cap 11.
- the lower cap 11 can be snap-fitted on the lower end of the handle 1.
- the angular displacement of the dispensing nozzle 3 is effected over an angular extent of about 90°, alternately to a retracted position wherein the nozzle 3 is disposed parallelly and substantially flush with the end side of the cap 11, and to a dispensing position wherein the dispensing nozzle 3 is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 and protrudes beyond the end surface of the cap 11.
- the dispensing nozzle 3 is provided with a central through-hole 103 in the longitudinal extent thereof, and it also serves as a valve member. In the retracted position, the central hole 103 of the dispensing nozzle 3 is disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, while the pivoted end portion of the nozzle 3 sealingly closes a hole 110 in the bottom of the accommodation recess 10 in register with a tubular union 201 of the handle 1.
- the pivoted end portion of the nozzle 3 is of substantially cylindrical shape and of such a diameter as to sealingly engage at all times against the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, along at least the portion of its surface co-operating with the hole 110 provided in the bottom of said accommodation recess 10 during its angular displacement either to the dispensing position or retracted position.
- the central hole 103 in the nozzle is in register with the hole 110 in the bottom of the cap 11 and permits the shave cream in the handle 1 to be dispensed.
- the dispensing nozzle 3 is also constructed separately from the remaining parts of the razor and is mounted snappingly into the cap 11.
- pins 203 which, more particularly, are co-axial with the cylindrical part of its pivoted portion.
- the pins 203 become engaged with corresponding cylindrical seats 12 in the associated sidewalls of the accommodation recess 10.
- Said seats 12 are opened in the direction of the outer end of the cap 11 through a groove 112 which is slightly constricted with respect to the diameter of the pins 203, whereby thanks to the inherent resiliency of the material said nozzle may be mounted from the exterior into the accommodation recess 10 by snap-fitting the pins 203 into the associated seats 12.
- the dispensing nozzle 3 is provided, on its outwardly-directed side when in the retracted position, with a lug 303 which is designed to co-operate as a stop with the outer end of the cap 11 and which, by protruding beyond said outer end of the cap 11 transversely to the handle 1, constitutes a suitable grip for angularly displacing the dispensing nozzle 3 to its dispensing position.
- the cap 11 is also constructed as a separate part which may be snap-fitted on the handle 1 and comprises for this purpose at least two wings 111 arranged diametrically opposite to each other around the hole 10 in the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, and directed in the longitudinal direction of the handle 1.
- the wings 111 are designed to become engaged, by means of their detent-shaped free ends, with an annular shoulder 13 of the tubular union 201 of the handle 1, thus establishing such a locking position whereby the edge of the free end of the tubular union 201 engages sealingly against the bottom of the accommodation recess 10.
- annular extension 211 the diameter of which matches with the inner diameter of the tubular union 201 is provided on the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, so that it may penetrate the tubular union 201 upon mounting the cap 11.
- Figures 7 to 11 show the particular construction of the head-carrying assembly 4 which, as stated above, is also adapted to be snap-fitted onto the upper end of the handle 1. Moreover, it is formed advantageously of two discrete parts which are suitably snap-engaged with each other, i.e.
- the head-carrying bar 14 is constructed so that an usual shaving blade may be mounted thereon and dismounted therefrom, and on the opposite side it comprises a hub 15 which is accommodated in a recess 16 formed in the side of the head-carrying stem 9 that is directed towards the shaving head 5 (not shown in the Figures 7 to 11).
- the hub 15 has a groove 115 to engageably receive an annular edge 17 of a hole in the recess 16.
- the free end of the hub 15 has a conical bevel to permit the head-carrying bar 14 to be snap-fitted into the supporting stem 9. Moreover, in order to rotate the head-carrying bar without touching the shaving head, the free end of the hub is provided with a grip wing 315 which, when said two parts are assembled, protrudes out of the supporting stem 9 remote from the shaving head 5.
- the head-carrying bar 14 may be rotated from a shaving position wherein it is disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the supporting stem 9 and, therefore, as from Figures 2 and 5, transversely to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, to a rest position wherein it is disposed parallelly to the longitudinal direction of the supporting stem 9 and handle 1.
- the hub15 is provided with an integral tooth 215 co-operating with a resilient locking lug 116 integral with the supporting stem 9 on the inner side of the recess 16.
- the lug 116 abuts behind the tooth 215 of the hub 15, yielding resiliently upon rotation of the hub from said shaving position to said rest position.
- the free end of the lug 116 is fo rounded outline.
- the advantages of the safety razor according to the invention appear from the Figures and from the preceding description, and they reside first of all in the fact that the handle, constructed in the form of a container, can be compressed by the force of only one hand, thus permitting the use of shave creams containing no pressurized gas. Secondly, the construction of the razor with separately-manufactured discrete parts which may then be snap-fitted together is extremely advantageous. Thanks to the above, the razor according to the invention has an extremely low manufacturing cost and, therefore, it may even be used as a disposable article, while being of handy and reliable operation.
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Description
- The invention relates to a pocket or portable safety razor, or the like, constructed substahtially in the form of a pen and comprising a handle constructed as a shave cream container and provided at the lower end thereof with a dispensing valve, while a head-carrying assembly is arranged at the upper end thereof for supporting a shaving head either of the single-blade or the double-blade type, said assembly being rotatable by at least 90° about an axis which is transverse to both the shaving head and the handle, from a shaving position extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the handle to a rest position extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle, and when in said rest position the shaving head may be covered with a cap.
- The invention aims to provide a razor of the type described in the preamble, such as to avoid using shave creams containing pressurized gases, which are harmful to ao the environment. Moreover, the invention aims to provide an embodiment of the safety razor described above, which is very easy and inexpensive from the standpoint of manufacture, thus reducing considerably the costs of manufacture and obtaining an extremely low-cost razor which may also be used as a disposable razor.
- The invention achieves this object by providing a razor of the type described in the preamble, the handle of which is constructed as a shave cream container and is resiliently compressible by the force of only one hand.
- According to a further characteristic of the invention, the razor is of such a construction whereby the individual parts of the razor are constructed separately and are then assembled together, preferably, in a fit-in manner. More particularly, an advatangeous and preferred embodiment of the razor according to the invention is made of plastics material. However, it may also be made of any other suitable materials, or the individual parts thereof may be made of different materials, with reference to their aesthetical and functional characteristics.
- Thanks to these provisions, the handle of the razor according to the invention may contain plain shave cream of any type which does not require pressurized gases for being dispensed. The dispensing of shave cream is effected by compressing the handle, by the force of only one hand, as with usual shave cream tubes. Due to the inherent resiliency of the material constituting the handle, upon release of the compressing force, the handle automatically returns to its original shape.
- Moreover, the fact of not requiring the use of shave soaps containing a pressurized gas, the so-called shave lathers, permits the razor according to the invention to be simplified considerably in that it needs no structural parts containing a pressurized gas.
- The separate manufacture of the individual parts constituting the razor according to the invention is simpler and more economical than a simultaneous unitary construction of said parts, and specifically the fact of constructing said parts so as to be snappingly engageable with each other simplifies the assembling thereof, thus minimizing the manufacture costs.
- Specifically, a separate construction is effected of the handle and the head-carrying assembly which, in turn, is compiised of two discrete parts which can be snappingly assembled with each other with a fit-in engagement. Moreover, the dispensing nozzle is also made separately from an associated lower cap which is designed to be mounted with a fit-in engagement at the lower end of the handle, while said covering cap for the shaving head is also constructed separately from a clip to be mounted snappingly thereon with a fit-in engagement.
- The other characteristics which further improve the razor according to this invention and which are the subject of the sub-claims, and the advantages resulting therefrom will appear with more details in the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, shown as a non-limiting example in the accompaying drawings, wherein:
- Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the razor according to the invention, respectively, with the covering cap and without the covering cap and with the head-carrying assembly in the shaving position;
- Figures 3 and 4 show constructional details of the covering cap and associated clip;
- Figures 5 and 6 each show a longitudinal sectional view of the razor of Figures 1 and 2, at the region of the upper end and at the region of the lower end thereof, respectively;
- Figures 7 to 11 show constructional details of the head-carrying assembly.
- With reference to the Figures, the razor according to the invention, specifically, has an outer appearance which is substantially similar to that of a big pen and is of parallelepipedal shape. The body of the razor is formed of a handle 1 which, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, is of hollow, reservoir-like construction and is used as a container for any shave cream with no pressurized gas. In order to permit the dispensing of the shave cream, the handle 1 is made resiliently compressible by the force of only one hand. The upper end of the handle 1, which mounts the head-carrying assembly 4, may be covered together with said head-carrying assembly 4 by a covering cap 2, while at the lower end of the handle 1 there is provided a dispensing
nozzle 3 which, as described below, is also used as a valve shutter. - As appearing from the following detailed description of the head-carrying assembly 4 and as appearing from Figures 10 and 11, the
head 5 may be rotated by at least 90° from a shaving position wherein the head is disposed transversely of the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 (Figures 2 and 10) to a rest position wherein thehead 5 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 (Figures 5 and 11), thus permitting the covering cap 2 to be impaled thereon. - To enable the razor according to the invention to be manufactured easily and inexpensively, said razor is of such a construction whereby the individual parts thereof are manufactured separately and are assembled together successively, preferably, with a fit-in engagement.
- The covering cap 2 is provided with a
clip 6 which is manufactured separately therefrom, means being provided to fit-in saidclip 6 into the cap 2. Specifically, said fit-in means comprises an undercut groove 102 at the upper end of the cap 2, wherein a T-shaped projection 106 of theclip 6 is fitted-in, said projection being suitably provided with a ratchet formation at the side edges thereof. Said groove 102 terminates slightly below the upper closed end of the cap 2 whereby, in the assembled condition, the upper end of theclip 6 is substantially flush with the upper end of the cap 2. To enable air to circulate somehow within the cap 2, the upper end of the cap 2 is provided withsuitable aeration slits 202. - As shown in Figure 5, the cap 2 is snappingly engageable on the upper end of the handle 1 in that it is provided, in proximity of its open end, with fit-in
projections 302, which are preferably beveled at their side edges, and which co-operate withcorresponding grooves 7 of the handle 1. The head-carrying member 4 is also snappingly assembled with the handle 1 in a removable manner. For this purpose, the handle 1 comprises apin 101 provided with aperipheral groove 8 of V-shaped section, and a hollow supportingstem 9 of the head carrying assembly 4 is impaled on 'saidpin 101. The supportingstem 9 is provided with fit-in projections 109 designed to co-operate with saidperipheral groove 8 of thepin 101. - Specifically, the
pin 101 is in the shape of a parallelepiped of comparatively little thickness and is offset laterally with respect to the longitudinal central plane of the handle 1, which is parallel to the plane whereon the shavinghead 5 is rotated, thus permitting it to be covered by the cap 2 in the rest condition thereof. - The dispensing
nozzle 3 provided at the lower end of the hollow handle 1 is angularly movable about an axis which is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, within an accommodation recess 10 in the closed end side of a cap 11. The lower cap 11 can be snap-fitted on the lower end of the handle 1. The angular displacement of the dispensingnozzle 3 is effected over an angular extent of about 90°, alternately to a retracted position wherein thenozzle 3 is disposed parallelly and substantially flush with the end side of the cap 11, and to a dispensing position wherein the dispensingnozzle 3 is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1 and protrudes beyond the end surface of the cap 11. The dispensingnozzle 3 is provided with a central through-hole 103 in the longitudinal extent thereof, and it also serves as a valve member. In the retracted position, thecentral hole 103 of the dispensingnozzle 3 is disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, while the pivoted end portion of thenozzle 3 sealingly closes ahole 110 in the bottom of the accommodation recess 10 in register with atubular union 201 of the handle 1. In fact, the pivoted end portion of thenozzle 3 is of substantially cylindrical shape and of such a diameter as to sealingly engage at all times against the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, along at least the portion of its surface co-operating with thehole 110 provided in the bottom of said accommodation recess 10 during its angular displacement either to the dispensing position or retracted position. In the dispensing position, thecentral hole 103 in the nozzle is in register with thehole 110 in the bottom of the cap 11 and permits the shave cream in the handle 1 to be dispensed. The dispensingnozzle 3 is also constructed separately from the remaining parts of the razor and is mounted snappingly into the cap 11. It is provided at two opposite sides thereof with twopins 203 which, more particularly, are co-axial with the cylindrical part of its pivoted portion. Thepins 203 become engaged with correspondingcylindrical seats 12 in the associated sidewalls of the accommodation recess 10. Saidseats 12 are opened in the direction of the outer end of the cap 11 through agroove 112 which is slightly constricted with respect to the diameter of thepins 203, whereby thanks to the inherent resiliency of the material said nozzle may be mounted from the exterior into the accommodation recess 10 by snap-fitting thepins 203 into the associatedseats 12. Moreover, as from Figure 6, the dispensingnozzle 3 is provided, on its outwardly-directed side when in the retracted position, with alug 303 which is designed to co-operate as a stop with the outer end of the cap 11 and which, by protruding beyond said outer end of the cap 11 transversely to the handle 1, constitutes a suitable grip for angularly displacing the dispensingnozzle 3 to its dispensing position. - The cap 11 is also constructed as a separate part which may be snap-fitted on the handle 1 and comprises for this purpose at least two
wings 111 arranged diametrically opposite to each other around thehole 10 in the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, and directed in the longitudinal direction of the handle 1. Thewings 111 are designed to become engaged, by means of their detent-shaped free ends, with anannular shoulder 13 of thetubular union 201 of the handle 1, thus establishing such a locking position whereby the edge of the free end of thetubular union 201 engages sealingly against the bottom of the accommodation recess 10. In order to facilitate the centering of the cap 11 upon fitting it onto the handle 1 and to give a higher strength to the coupling of these two ao portions, as well as to improve the seal between said two portions, anannular extension 211 the diameter of which matches with the inner diameter of thetubular union 201 is provided on the bottom of the accommodation recess 10, so that it may penetrate thetubular union 201 upon mounting the cap 11. Figures 7 to 11 show the particular construction of the head-carrying assembly 4 which, as stated above, is also adapted to be snap-fitted onto the upper end of the handle 1. Moreover, it is formed advantageously of two discrete parts which are suitably snap-engaged with each other, i.e. a supportingstem 9 and a head-carryingbar 14 which are angularly displaceable with respect to each other about an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the supportingstem 9 and head-carryingbar 14. As it can be viewed in the Figures, the head-carryingbar 14 is constructed so that an usual shaving blade may be mounted thereon and dismounted therefrom, and on the opposite side it comprises ahub 15 which is accommodated in arecess 16 formed in the side of the head-carryingstem 9 that is directed towards the shaving head 5 (not shown in the Figures 7 to 11). Thehub 15 has agroove 115 to engageably receive anannular edge 17 of a hole in therecess 16. The free end of thehub 15 has a conical bevel to permit the head-carryingbar 14 to be snap-fitted into the supportingstem 9. Moreover, in order to rotate the head-carrying bar without touching the shaving head, the free end of the hub is provided with agrip wing 315 which, when said two parts are assembled, protrudes out of the supportingstem 9 remote from the shavinghead 5. - As it can be viewed in Figures 10 and 11, the head-carrying
bar 14 may be rotated from a shaving position wherein it is disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the supportingstem 9 and, therefore, as from Figures 2 and 5, transversely to the longitudinal direction of the handle 1, to a rest position wherein it is disposed parallelly to the longitudinal direction of the supportingstem 9 and handle 1. To enable the head-carryingbar 14 to be locked sufficiently in the shaving position, the hub15 is provided with anintegral tooth 215 co-operating with aresilient locking lug 116 integral with the supportingstem 9 on the inner side of therecess 16. In the shaving position of the head-carrying bar 14 (Figure 10) thelug 116 abuts behind thetooth 215 of thehub 15, yielding resiliently upon rotation of the hub from said shaving position to said rest position. Advantageously, the free end of thelug 116 is fo rounded outline. - The advantages of the safety razor according to the invention appear from the Figures and from the preceding description, and they reside first of all in the fact that the handle, constructed in the form of a container, can be compressed by the force of only one hand, thus permitting the use of shave creams containing no pressurized gas. Secondly, the construction of the razor with separately-manufactured discrete parts which may then be snap-fitted together is extremely advantageous. Thanks to the above, the razor according to the invention has an extremely low manufacturing cost and, therefore, it may even be used as a disposable article, while being of handy and reliable operation.
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