摘要:
A razor blade (10) including a substrate (12) with a cutting edge defined by a sharpened tip and adjacent facets (22), a layer (16) of hard coating on the cutting edge, an overcoat layer (18) of chromium nitride on the layer of hard carbon coating, and an outer layer (20) of polytetrafluoroethylene coating over the overcoat layer.
摘要:
A cutting blade (1) having improved sharpness and durability, comprising a base plate (3) having a blade tip (2), a coating (6) covering the blade tip, the coating being formed of a material containing metal, the tip (2a) of the coating being sharpened, wherein the angle (ssa) between two inclined surfaces (7a, 8a) with the tip lying therebetween is preferably 15 - 45 degrees.
摘要:
A razor blade comprising a substrate (50) with a wedge-shaped edge defined by facets that have a width of at least about 0.1 millimeter and an included angle of less than 20 degrees and characterized by a layer of amorphous diamond (60) on said wedge-shaped edge, said layer of amorphous diamond having at least 40 percent sp3 carbon bonding.
摘要:
The invention relates to a cutting member (7) comprising a plate-shaped substrate (19) on which a tip (27) is provided which is bounded by a cutting edge (9). According to the invention, the tip comprises an ultimate tip (31) and a basic tip (33), the ultimate tip extending from the cutting edge over a distance d1 and having a profile which at least approximates the equation w = a1.dn1, and the basic tip connecting to the ultimate tip and having a profile which at least approximates the equation w = a.(d+R)n, where w is a profile thickness (in µm) and d is a distance (in µm) from the cutting edge (9), and n1 is smaller than n, and a1 = a.(d1+R)n/d1n1. In this manner, the profile of the ultimate tip is relatively robust and the profile of the basic tip is relatively slender, as a result of which the cutting member has a comparatively high resistance to wear, and the cutting forces of the cutting member are comparatively small. In a preferred embodiment, n1 = n.d1/(R+d1), resulting in the basic tip (33) connecting to the ultimate tip (31) without a kink, so that the cutting forces are further reduced. In another preferred embodiment, the ultimate tip and the basic tip comprise a coating (35) made from a material, for example diamond-like carbon, having a higher modulus of elasticity than the material from which the substrate (19) is made. The cutting member (7) is used as a shaving blade in a shaver (1) according to the invention.
摘要:
Improved razors and razor blades and processes for producing razor blades (16, 20, 44) or similar cutting tools with sharp and durable cutting edges, by hard-carbon coating of blades with amorphous diamond, preferably using a filtered cathodic arc plasma source. A coating of amorphous diamond (60) having at least 40 percent sp3 carbon bonding, a hardness of at least 45 gigapascals and a modulus of at least 400 gigapascals is applied to the sharpened edge of a substrate (50). The substrate may be mechanically honed, and there is no interlayer between the substrate and the amorphous diamond coating. The coating imparts stiffness and rigidity to a thin blade while maintaining a high aspect ratio.
摘要:
A method for providing a hard carbon film on a substrate is disclosed, which comprises the steps of forming an interlayer on said substrate by plating; and forming said hard carbon film on said interlayer.
摘要:
Cutting edges, particularly of razor blades, are coated with PTFE by spraying the edge with an aqueous dispersion of PTFE of molecular weight at least 500,000; subjecting the coated edge to an ionising radiation dose of up to 50 Mrads in the presence of oxygen; and then sintering the coating.
摘要:
Cutting edges, particularly of razor blades, are coated with PTFE by spraying the edge with an aqueous dispersion of PTFE of molecular weight at least 500,000; subjecting the coated edge to an ionising radiation dose of up to 50 Mrads in the presence of oxygen; and then sintering the coating.
摘要:
A razor blade includes a substrate (50) with a wedge-shaped edge at a distance of forty micrometers from the sharpened tip (52), and a layer of diamond or diamond-like material (60) defined by facets (66, 68) that have an included angle of less than seventeen degrees that has a thickness of at least twelve hundred angstroms from the sharpened tip (52) of said substrate (50) to a distance of forty micrometer from the sharpened tip (52), and an ultimate tip defined by facets (62, 64) that have lengths of at least about 0.1 micrometer and define an included angle of at least sixty degrees, and that defines a tip radius of less than about 400 angstroms, an aspect ratio in the range of 1:1-3:1, a hardness of at least thirteen gigapascals and an L5 wet wool felt cutter force of less than 0.8 kilogram.