Shaving cartridge with enhanced rinsing
View Patent ↗A razor cartridge having a body with an elongate opening, a plurality of blades arranged longitudinally within the elongate opening, and first and second trapezoidal side chutes each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, where a total area of the inlets exceeds a total area of the elongate opening of the cartridge body.
1. A razor cartridge, comprising:
a cartridge body including an elongate opening having a total area, and further comprising;
first and second trapezoidal chutes formed by a surface of the cartridge body, first and second side walls, a respective outer wall and a vertical wall separating first and second volumes defined by the first and second trapezoidal chutes, each trapezoidal chute having a fluid inlet and an fluid outlet, the fluid outlets coinciding with a portion of the elongate opening, and a an area of the fluid inlet of the first and second trapezoidal chutes exceeds an area of a corresponding one of the fluid outlets;
a plurality of blades arranged longitudinally within the elongate opening; and
wherein the first and second trapezoidal chutes are on opposite ends of the cartridge body.
2. The razor cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the first and second trapezoids are fluidly connected via the elongate opening.
3. The razor cartridge of claim 1 , wherein a ration of a total area of the inlets to a total area of the elongate opening is 1.42.
4. A razor cartridge, comprising:
a cartridge body including an elongate opening having a total area, and further comprising;
first and second trapezoidal chutes formed by a surface of the cartridge body, first and second side walls, a respective rectangular wall, and a central partition, each trapezoidal chute having a fluid inlet and an fluid outlet, the fluid outlets coinciding with the elongate opening, and an area of the fluid inlet of the first and second trapezoidal chutes exceeds an area of a corresponding one of the fluid outlets;
a plurality of blades arranged longitudinally within the elongate opening; and
wherein the fluid inlet of the first and second trapezoidal chutes are on opposite ends of the cartridge body.