A String Cutter.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1898-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1898
A String Cutter.
I, JAMES BERRY, Sulgrave, Banbury, Grocer's Assistant, 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 a string cutter for use on a persons finger or fingers,
the object being to provide a readily available appliance for cutting off lengths
of string as and when required and without the necessity for using scissors of
a knife.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner
making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a side
view, Fig. 2 a section through A B Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a mode of wearing the
appliance and Fig. 4 a side view of a modified form. Referring to Fig. 1a is
a ring of any suitable material for putting over one of the user's fingers (pre-
ferably the third finger) and to this ring is attached a blade 6 having a cutting
edge c. The blade is preferably of the shape shown and is protected by the
shield d, which is of greater width than the blade b is thick so as to overhang
on each side of b. The blade is in the centre of the width of a and not across
it. Connected with a by a bridge piece e is a second ring f split at g to give
greater spring to it. The appliance is used by putting the fingers through the
rings as shown at Fig. 3, the ring being on any finger but preferably the third
finger of the right hand, and so put on that the cutting edge c of 6 shall point
towards the thumb of the hand on which the appliance is worn. After putting
on the appliance the hand is closed and the string severed by putting the cutting
edge below it and giving the hand an upward movement.
a
I sometimes omit the ring f and bridge e and to prevent a turning round on
the finger I substitute the bar h as shown in Fig. 4. When the ring is on as
shown at Fig. 3 the bar will be held in the palm of the user's hand when the
latter is closed preliminary to using the appliance to cut the string.
As the invention is capable of some variation without departure from its essential
features I do not confine myself to the precise shapes shown in the drawings.
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. A string cutter consisting essentially of two adjacent rings in or more or
less so the same plane and connected by an intervening bridge, one of the said
rings being preferably incomplete and the other of them having attached thereto
in the centre of its breadth and on the outside thereof a cutting blade protected
by an overhanging shield, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified by Figs. 1, 2 & 3 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. A string cutter consisting essentially of a ring having attached thereto a
bar and a cutting blade protected by an overhanging shield, the whole sub-
stantially as described in the above specification with reference to Fig. 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. String cutters constructed substantially as described in the above specifica-
tion and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.