摘要 |
A blade cartridge (10) including one or more blades (60, 90, 120) fixed between a platform member and a cap member. The blades have apertures (70, 100, 128) that define flow paths that allow lubricants removed from a surface of a shaver by the cutting edge of each blade to be transported through the blade and supplied to the cutting edge of the adjacent blade or to a skin engaging surfac of the cap member, thereby reducing irritation to the shaver. The blades are spaced apart by spacers (80, 110) that are constructed with passages (89, 119) that allow the free flow of lubricant through adjacent flow paths. The cap member includes passages (145) that allow the free flow of lubricating agents through the flow paths to the skin engaging surface of the cap member. This arrangement is especially significant for blade cartridges having three blades, where, conventionally, the third blade and cap member are likely to encounter dry skin.
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