Improved Shears.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 27th July, 1895
ROVISIONAI
Improved Shears.
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS, of 55 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication to me from abroad by Daniel Harrison Hollingsworth, of Brooklyn,
N.Y., U.S.A., Inventor,) to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide shears of better shape than heretofore
made, and to provide them with means for rendering the blades self-opening.
By this invention, the handles are hollow, and one of them contains a spiral
spring secured to the handle at one end, and its other end is connected by a wire
rod or the like to a pin in the opposite handle. By this arrangement, when the
handles are forcibly brought together the spring is elongated, and automatically
pushes apart the handles when returning to its normal position.
One blade has an ear which projects from one side out of line with the cutting
edge of the blade; and the other blade has an opening in line with the cutting
edge of said blade. A pivot-pin passing through the ear and opening serves to
pivot the blades together.
Deted this 18th day of Sentember 1894.
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, in the
County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by Daniel Harrison Hollingsworth of Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.,
Inventor) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to shears.
My object is to provide shears which will be cheap to manufacture, durable in
use, and so constructed as to be operated equally well by right or left handed persons,
and adapted not to injuriously affect the hand of the operator by prolonged use.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view showing the shears open,
and Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating them closed.
A, A' designate two ordinary cutting blades pivotally connected together at a
point B. Preferably this pivotal connection of the blades will be at or adjacent to a
line coinciding with the cutting edge of one of the blades. The blades may be
pivoted together in any suitable manner.
C, C', designate the respective handles of the blades A, A¹, and consist of
approximately semi-circular hollow shells open toward each other. A spring D is
contained in the hollow part of the handles and is connected to one of them as
shown at E.
Although I have shewn what I consider to be the best form of spring yet
I desire it to be understood that any form of spring may be employed without
departing from the nature of my invention.

page_text: The handles may be closed temporarily by means of a rubber band or suitable
catch device F, which consists of a flat piece of metal, as shewn, and pivoted at G.
When the shears are closed, this piece of metal is turned upon its pivot into the
position shewn, and which, by reason of its coming into contact with the shoulder H,
prevents the shears from opening.
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 pair of shears having each of its blades provided with a hollow handle and a
spring secured in the hollow of one of the handles, one of said blades having a
perforated ear projecting from one side out of line with the cutting edge, and the
other blade provided with an opening in line with the cutting edge and a pivot
passed through the said openings to hold the plates assembled.
Dated this 18th day of June 1895.
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PERCY R. J. WILLIS.