Scissors Sharpener.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 3rd Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Scissors Sharpener.
I, GEORGE SIBLEY COLLUM, of Hartford, Connecticut, United States of
America, Confectioner, 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 :-
The invention relates to the class of articles upon which both blades of a pair
of scissors are sharpened at the same time. The object of the invention being to.
provide a small, simple, cheap, durable and efficient article of this class which is
handy and convenient and can be used by any one for sharpening quickly both
blades of a pair of scissors or shears.
To this end the invention resides in an article consisting of a cylindrical body of
hard steel having at its ends flanges forming finger pieces for holding the article,
which flanges project at such an angle that when the outside faces of the scissor
blades lie against them in use the cutting edges will be sharpened upon the proper
bevel, as more particularly hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side view of the article illustrating the manner of its use.
Fig. 2 is an edge view.
Fig. 3 is a section, and
Fig. 4 is a section of a modified form of construction of the same.
In the views 1 indicates the body which is formed cylindrical usually of a piece
of very hard round steel rod. The surface of this body is knurled or provided
with fine roughening cuts or scratches to make an abrading surface for sharpening..
At the ends of this body fre flanges 2 that may either be formed integral (as
shown in Fig. 4) with the body, by casting, stamping or swageing, or which may be.
shaped from sheet metal and secured upon studs which project from the ends of the
body, by riveting or by screws 3, (as shown in Fig. 3).
These flanges which projecting outwardly from the body at the ends forming
pockets to protect the thumb and finger which hold the device while in use
sharpening scissors, are inclined at such an angle that when the blades 4 of the
scissors lie against them and are opened and closed the body of the sharpener
abrades the edges of the blades on the proper bevel to make a good cut. In use
the article is held between the thumb and finger of one hand while the scissors in.
the other hand are opened and closed upon the body as if attempting to cut the rod
in two, with their outer faces lying against the inner faces of the opposite flanges..
A few cuts of the scissors after this manner so abrades and grinds the edges that a
fine even cutting edge is formed upon both of the blades on the correct bevel to
insure good wear.
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 :-
1. As a new article of manufacture. a scissors sharpener consisting of a

page_text: cylindrical body with outwardly projecting integral flanges at each end, substantially
as specified.
2. As a
new article of manufacture a scissors sharpener, consisting of a
cylindrical body with outwardly projecting flanges secured to each end, substantially
as specified.
3. As a
new article of manufacture, a scissors sharpener consisting of a
cylindrical body having a knurled or roughened surface, with outwardly projecting
flanges at each end, substantially as specified.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.