Electric dry shaver (Schick)
Maquinilla de afeitar eléctrica (Schick)
- Date
- 1928-1931 · confidence medium
- Place
- Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- Credited to
- Jacob Schick
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A shaver with an electric motor moving blades beneath a foil guard that allows dry shaving, without water or soap. Jacob Schick, a retired army officer, patented it in 1928 and began selling it in 1931.
Wikipedia dates the patent to 1928 and the first models sold to 1931; production sites changed in the early years (New York, Stamford).
What it led to
- dry shaving, without water or lather
- electric foil and rotary shavers from Remington and Philips
- personal care with electric appliances