An Instrument or Apparatus for Cutting String, Cord, Laces, and the like, and Simultaneously Binding the Ends of the same and Clips for Use in Connection therewith.
Year: 1888

page_text: An Instrument or Apparatus for Cutting String, Cord, Laces, and
the like, and Simultaneously Binding the Ends of the same, and
Clips for Use in Connection therewith.
I, GUSTAV HILLER, of 21, Amalia Street, Zittau, in the Kingdom of-Saxony,
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 chiefly to an instrument or apparatus for cutting or severing
string, cord, laces, and the like and simultaneously binding the ends formed by
such severance to prevent the unravelling of the same.
Cord and especially that used by fringe-makers, upholsterers, tailors and others
has, as is known, to be tied or bound at the ends to prevent it from becoming
unravelled or untwisted, which causes great loss of time; and, if the ends of the cord
aro tied in knots, a loss of material is caused which, especially in expensive cord, is
very considerable.
The object of my invention is to prevent these inconveniences by providing an
instrument or apparatus which cuts the cord or string and simultaneously binds
the ends.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 shows in sectional elevation the apparatus open, and
Figure 2 is an elevation showing the apparatus half closed.
Figures 3 to 8 are views of details.
a,
b are two legs connected together in the same manner as pincers so as to move
on a pin, and provided at their front ends with the devices for cutting and binding.
The leg a is provided with a jaw or bearing piece d having a longitudinal slot, in
which slot is adjusted a knife-blade or cutter e fixed by means of a screw e¹. The
jaw d on its outerside has an extension d¹ which projects beyond the cutting edge
of the knife-blade e, the latter itself projecting from the jaw d.
The leg 6 on its front end is also provided with a jaw g similar to the jaw d except
that the prolongation g' is on its under-side and the longitudinal slot is completely
free. The jawg is moreover provided on both sides with guiding ribs g³ (figure 3)
between which the jaw d enters when, by pressure on the legs a, b, the jaws d, g are

page_text: moved towards one another. During this movement the knife e enters the slot in the
jawg so that it will be obvious that cord, string, braid; &c., placed on the jaw g in the
angle formed by the prolongation.g! must be severed.
To effect the binding of the ends caused by the cutting, I employ short metal
plates or clips, such as shown in figure 7. Each clip is provided with two narrow
slots i, i opposite to and approaching within a short distance of each other so as
to leave only a small bridge h' between the slots.
The width of the slot i is equal to the thickness of the knife e. The strip h is bent up
at one of its ends to a small curve and at the other or upper end to a larger
curve.
If now such a strip his put into the jaw g as represented in figure 1 in such a
manner that the larger curved end is towards the piece d, and if the cord, braid,
or the like to be cut is laid on the plate h the action of pressing the two legs a, b
together, causes the knife e to enter the slot i of the plate has far as the bridge ';
then, as the prolongation of the jaw d has meanwhile come into contact with
the jaw so as to render the escape of the cord or the like and of the plate h
impossible, the blade e cuts the bridge of the said plate and the cord or string, the
plate at the same time being coiled around the cord or string and binding the same in
such a manner that each end is provided with the half strip of the plate. Figure 8
shows the two ends of a cord bound.
The movement of the plate h during the closing of the jaws is provented by
the ribs g.
When the knife-blade e has become blunt it can be removed from the jaw d
by unscrewing the screw e and then ground and replaced.
The legs a and b are normally kept open by means of a spring m.
As the jaws d, g come very nearly together, the instrument can be used for cutting
and binding the ends of thick or thin cord, string, or the like.
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. An instrument or apparatus for simultaneously cutting and binding the ends of
cord, spring, braid or the like, the said instrument or apparatus comprising two legs
connected together in the same manner as pliers, one of which legs is provided with a
jaw having a prolongation such as d and a removable knife-blade e, the other leg
being provided with a jaw having a prolongation such as g', side guide ribs 2 and
a central longitudinal slot, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use in connection with apparatus of the kind referred to in
the preceding claiming clause, of the metal plates or clips having bent edges and
two opposite slots i, i, the said plates or clips being adapted to be coiled around the
ends of the cord, string or tho like by pressing together the two legs a and b,
substantially as described.
Dated the 8th day of March 1888