Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1888
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
I, CHARLES PECK HAWLEY of 510 West 153rd Street, New York City, in the
County and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to an improved combination toilet implement; and has for its
object to provide a combination of devices, such as a pair of scissors and a file, wherein
each will be perfect in itself and as strong and useful as they would be if made sepa-
rately, and wherein when the articles are hinged together they may be conveniently
carried in the vest pocket.
The Invention consists in the combination of the scissors and file and in the mode
of attachment, and also in the construction of the file, wherein the spring forms an
integral portion thereof.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specifi-
cation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the
figures.
Figure 1 illustrates the file opened out from the scissors, in positive lines, and closed
parallel with the said scissors, in dotted lines; and
Figure 2 is an edge view of the device, illustrating in positive lines the file as
partly opened, and in dotted lines the said file as fully opened.
In carrying out the invention, the principal object of which is to produce a conve-
nient toilet article, any form of the ordinary nail scissors A, is employed, and to the
rear portion of the bow b, to receive the thumb, a nail file B, is attached, to project
preferably at a slight inclination outward.
pro-
The file B, may be made an integral and rigid portion of the scissors, or hinged
thereto as illustrated in Figure 1. In the latter event, a right angular lug a,
vided on the aforesaid rear portion of the bow b, as shown in Figure 2, whereby a
shoulder d, is formed.
The file B is split horizontally from one end to about its centre, so as to form two
portions e and e'. The portion e is bent upon itself to form an eye by which said file
is hinged to the shoulder d, and the other portion e' acts as a spring against said
shoulder to hold the file closed or partially or wholly opened. When the file is closed,
as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, the portion e¹ bears against one side of the

page_text: shoulder d; when it is partially open said portion e¹ bears against the end of said
shoulder, as shown in positive lines in Figure 2; and when said file is fully open, the
portion e¹ bears against the side of said shoulder and upon the lug a, as shown in
positive lines in Figure 1, and in dotted lines in Figure 2. In the construction shown,
the portion e has a slot or recess at f, as shown in Figure 1, permit the passage of
the lug a, when the file is adjusted from its closed to its open position.
When the scissors are in use, the file will extend along the thumb toward the wrist
and be entirely out of the way. If desirable, the file may be attached to the other
bow 6', to accommodate left-handed persons.
It will be observed that both implements, the scissors and file, are invariably used
in dressing the nails of the hand or foot, therefore when combined as above, they are
at immediate hand for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination, with a pair of scissors, of a file attached to the thumb ring
thereof, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination, with a pair of scissors, of a file hinged thereto, adapted to fold
out therefrom and parallel therewith, substantially as shown and described.
3. The combination, with a pair of scissors, of a spring-actuated file hinged to the
thumb ring thereof, substantially as shown and described.
4. The combination, with a pair of scissors, of a file hinged thereto, provided with
an integral spring, whereby, said file is retained in given positions, substantially as
shown and described.
5. A nail-file B, split at one end to form the hinge portion e, and spring e¹, substan-
tantially as shown and described, and for the purpose herein set forth.
vis 17th day of January 1888.
C. P. HAWLEY.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.
C. P. HAWLEY.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.