String Cutting Appliance.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept.. 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
String Cutting Appliance.
I, HENRI BOISSELIER of "The Shrubbery "Enfield in the County of Middles
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to an appliance or tool for cutting string cord or similar
article at exactly the desired place off a ball or length of such string or cord,
thereby saving the waste incurred by the present system of roughly measuring and
cutting off in advance the quantity required for a parcel or package before tying
up. I make this tool or appliance in such manner as to be easily attached to and
slide up and down the string and so that when a package has been tied the tool
can be slid to any desired distance of the knot or other required quantity and used
to cut off the material at the exact place wanted.
The tool can then be slid back
on the ball for next time of use.
Dand his 10th 1. of Dormber 1905
HENRI BOISSELIER of "The Shrubbery" Enfield Middlesex Merchant 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 appliance or tool for cutting string, twine, cord, and
similar materials at exactly the desired place of a ball or length of such string or
cord, thereby saving the waste incurred by the present system of roughly measuring
and cutting off in advance the quantity required for a parcel or package before
tying up, and also providing a tool for cutting, which by being attached to the
material is always ready at hand when wanted."
I make this tool or appliance in such a manner as to be easily attached to and
slide up and down the string or cord and so that when a package has been tied the
tool can be slid to any desired distance of the knot or other required quantity and
used to cut off the material at the exact place wanted. The tool can then be slid
back on the ball, or if readily detachable placed back on the ball, for next time
of use.
My invention therefore relates to an appliance or tool for cutting string, twine,
cord and similar materials, and consists essentially of a small blade or cutter so
constructed that it can be easily attached to the aforesaid string or other similar
materials, and can be freely movable backwards and forwards as desired along
such material.
The object of my invention is to produce a cutting appliance which
1st. May be easily and permanently attached to a length or ball of string twine
cord or other similar material, so that it may be always at hand for cutting
purposes whenever such string is in use, and
2ly. May be easily movable up and down such string without becoming detached

page_text: from it unless desired thus enabling the user to cut the material at any required
place after a package has been tied, thereby saving waste of string, and obviating
the necessity of using a separate instrument such as a knife or scissors.
To accomplish my object I employ a small blade or cutter of any pattern suitable
to cutting string, twine cord or other similar material, and I employ as the
attachment aforesaid preferably either of the following devices:
(a) An aperture or a series of two or more apertures holes or perforations in the
plate carrying the said blade or cutter, through which perforations the end of the
:string or other material can be threaded. The cutter thus threaded onto the string
becomes affixed thereto in such a manner that it will not fall off although it can be
easily slid along the string or other similar material.
(b) A clip constructed in such a manner that it can be easily slid onto the string
and thus attached thereto. The cutter so affixed can be more easily removed than
when threaded, but can be equally freely moved backwards and forwards along
such string.
By leaving sufficient distance between the cutting edge and the aforesaid
attachments, the action of cutting leaves a protruding end of string on the tool of
sufficient length to enable the user to easily pull, more string through and thus
slide the appliance along for next time of use.
To prevent the baud being cut when using the tool, the cutting edge can be
made of any shape and to act in any direction. In the accompanying drawings a
top piece is shown at " D" in Fig. 1, which protects the hand and can also assist in
cutting the string by carrying a sharp edge on the inner side.
Fig. 1. also shows a threading attachment.
Figs. 2 and 3, illustrate a spring clip attachment with an open end to receive the
string.
Fig. 4 shows a cutting edge (AA) turned over at EE to prevent the instrument
cutting the hand.
Fig. 5, also shows a method of threading thin twine to prevent too free slipping.
In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
AA is a cutting edge or blade.
BB two holes apertures slots or fixed rings for threading string.
CC a clip with one end open for the insertion of string.
D protector for the hand when sliding tool back on string.
E E bend in cutter also for protection.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A combination of a cutter of any pattern suitable for severing string and similar
materials, with an attachment whereby it can be easily affixed to any ball or length
of such string substantially in the manner herein before set forth and for the purpose