Patent ID: 6735871
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
In scissors formed by a first scissor half having a first sharp edge and a second scissor half having a second sharp edge and joined together at a single point by a pivot means, wherein the improvement comprises:a heated cutting plate formed at a terminal end of said first scissor half and extending generally parallel with the pivot axis, said heated cutting plate in thermal communication with said first scissor half and defining said first sharp edge; thermal generating means for heating said heated cutting plate; a non-heated cutting plate formed at a terminal end of said second scissor half, said non-heated cutting plate overlapped by said heated cutting plate and defining said second sharp edge; wherein the pivoting of said heated cutting plate and said non-heated cutting plate in a horizontal direction generates a cutting action as defined by said first sharp edge and said second sharp edge facilitating crimping, cauterizing and cutting of hair or fabric.