A New or Improved Guide or Regulator for use with Scissors, Shears, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Guide or Regulator for use with Scissors, Shears,
and the like.
I, LOUIS ALEXANDER NOBLE, 337, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, Hants, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a new or improved guide or regulator for use with
scissors, shears and the like, the object being to enable a predetermined width or
amount of material to be cut.
In carrying out my invention I provide a guard which may be adjustably
attached or connected to the scissors, shears or the like by any suitable or well-
known means. The guard carries an adjustable regulating piece, the position of
which relatively to the cutting blades regulates the width or amount of material
cut.
The regulating piece is operated by any convenient arrangement such as a thumb
screw or nut which engages upon a screw rod or spindle carrying the regulating
piece, and in order to ensure the parallel movement of the regulating piece.
With regard to the blades of the scissors, shears or the like, the same are pro-
vided with guide pieces which slide in suitable sockets. The guard in which
the adjustable sliding piece moves is provided with grooves or marks so arranged
that the required width of material to be cut off may be indicated and the ad-
justable sliding piece set so as to cut off this width or amount of material.
It will be seen that the way in which my invention may be carried out may be
modified without departing from the principle of my invention.
Dated this 16th day of March 1898.

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention consists of a new or improved guide or regulator for use with
scissors, shears, and the like, the object being to enable a predetermined width or
amount of material to be cut.
In carrying out my invention I provide a guard which may be adjustably
attached or connected to the scissors, shears, or the like by any suitable or well-
The guard carries an adjustable regulating piece, the position of
which relatively to the cutting blades regulates the width or amount of material
known means.
cut.
The regulating piece is operated by any convenient convenient arrangement
such as a thumb screw or nut which engages upon a screw rod or spindle carrying
the regulating piece, and in order to ensure the parallel movement of the regulating
piece.
With regard to the blades of the scissors, shears or the like, the same are pro-
vided with guide pieces which slide in suitable sockets. The guard in which
the adjustable sliding piece moves is provided with grooves or marks so arranged
that the required width of material to be cut off may be indicated and the ad-
justable sliding piece set so as to cut off this width or amount of material.
It will be seen that the way in which my invention may be carried out may be
modified without departing from the principle of my invention.
Referring to the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation shewing my invention applied to a pair of scissors
or shears.
Figure 2, plan view of sanic.
Figure 3, section through line -y in Figure 2.
a and a¹ are the blades of the scissors or shears. 6 is a clipping piece which
engages upon the blade a and carries the regulating apparatus through the
medium of a set pin 7 (Fig. 3) and thumb piece, the pin 7 passing through the
slot m, this being for the purpose of regulating the distance of the plate " from
the edge of the blade a. kis a set screw or thumb piece engaging upon a pin
which passes through a slot m³ (Fig. 1) in the projection m³ upon the plate c. p is
a set screw which secures the clipping picce e to the shank of the scissors or shears
through the medium of the clip or collar o, the position of which may be varied
as required. d is a bar or guide connected to the screw rods e. These rods e
pass through the bosses g. Upon these screwed rods the screw collars f engage,
being provided with a flange h for the purpose of enabling the position or distance
of the bar or guide from the blade to be regulated according to the direction
in which the sleeves or collars f are turned. i are graduations or marks for the
purpose of enabling the distance of the bar or guided from the blade a to be
regulated as required. The operation is as follows. When it is required to cut
a with of material the bar or guide is set the required distance from the blade a
and by operating the scissors the width of substance from the blade a to the
bar or guide may be cut from the bulk, the material to be cut passing between
the plate and the blade a and bearing against the bar or guide d.
Although I have shewn one form of carrying out my invention it will be
readily seen that there are various details of construction that may be varied
without departing from the principle of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and the manner in which the same is to be described, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combined guide and regulator for use with scissors, shears and the like,
substantially as described and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
2. The guide or regulator of the class herein described for use with shears,
scissors, and the like substantially as described and illustrated herein and for
the purpose set forth.

page_text: 3. A device for enabling a required width of material to be cut from the bulk
consisting of a casing or holder carried upon one of the blades of a pair of scissors
or shears; an adjustable bar or guide carried inside casing for the purpose of
regulating the width of material to be cut; gradations or marks upon said casing
for the purpose of enabling the distance of the bar or guide from the blade to
which the device is attached to be regulated.