Inventors:
John Madeira - Assonet MA, US
Arutiun Papken Ehiasarian - Sheffield, GB
Papken Ehiasar Hovsepian - Sheffield, GB
Krassimir Grigorov Marchev - Sudbury MA, US
Neville Sonnenberg - Newton MA, US
Assignee:
The Gillette Company - Boston MA
International Classification:
B21K 11/00, B26B 21/54
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for forming a razor blade. The process includes the steps of: a) providing a substrate, b) forming a wedge-shaped sharpened edge on the substrate that has an included angle of less than thirty degrees and a tip radius of less than 1,000 angstroms, c) placing the substrate in a vacuum chamber, d) placing a first solid target in the vacuum chamber, e) providing a gas to be ionized in the vacuum chamber, and f) generating ions from the first solid target by applying a negative voltage to the first solid target in pulses, the ions forming a thin film coating on the wedge-shaped sharpened edge on the substrate.