An improvement in Hand Sheep Shears.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1899
An improvement in Hand Sheep Shears.
I, ROBERT WESSLEY MANNING, of Awatuna, near Eltham, Taranaki, New
Zealand, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In using hand sheep shears as at present constructed it frequently happens
that the wrist of the operator becomes so painful from the repeated jar arising
from the striking together of the stops of the shears after each closing of the
same that work has to be discontinued.
In attempting to overcome this drawback it has been customary to bind or
secure a piece of hide upon the stops and thus deaden or reduce the shock, but
it is found that the hide soon wears away and must be frequently renewed,
moreover the jar is not satisfactorily avoided.
The object of my invention is to provide simple inexpensive and efficient
means for preventing the jar upon the wrist of the operator.
To this end I make the shears without the ordinary stops and in their place
I provide a stop or stops within the handles of the shears. The stops comprise
sockets of metal tubing of their equivalent secured to the handles of the shears,
or the sockets may be made integral with the said handles.
Blocks of india-rubber or other suitable resilient material are secured within
the sockets preferably by making the interior larger at the base than at the
top, or the interior may be screw threaded, or the blocks may be fastened with
cement, or they may be fixed in any other suitable manner.
Upon closing the shears to cut the wool from the sheep, the stops meet together
and arrest the action of the blades without jar to the wrist of the operator.
It is obvious that instead of using two stops, a stop may be placed upon one
of the handles, and allowed to strike the other handle or a striking plate fixed
to the other said handle.
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An Improvement in Hand Sheep Shears.
I, ROBERT WESSLY MANNING, of Paeroa, Ohinimuri, Auckland, formerly of
Awatuna, near Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer, 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:—
In using hand sheep shears as at present usually constructed with hard solid
stops, it frequently happens that the wrist of the operator becomes so painful
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page_text: from the repeated jar arising from the striking together of the stops of the shears
after each closing of the same that work has to be discontinued.
In attending to overcome this drawback it has been customary to bind or
secure a piece of hide upon the stops and thus deaden or reduce the shock, but
it is found that the hide soon wears away and must be frequently renewed, whilst,
moreover, the jar is not satisfactorily avoided.
The object of my invention is to provide simple, inexpensive and efficient
means or devices to act as stops and at the same time to prevent jar upon the
wrist of the operator.
To this end I dispense with the ordinary stops and in their place I provide a
stop or stops within the handles of the shears. The improved stops consist of
sockets of metal tubing or cups or equivalents secured to the handles of the
shears, or the sockets may be inade integral with the said handles.
Blocks of india-rubber or other suitable soft and resilient material are secured
within the sockets, as for example, by making the interior of a socket larger
at the bases than at the top. Or, the interior may be screw threaded, or the
blocks may be fastened with cement, or they may be fixed in any other suitable
manner.
Upon closing the shears to cut the wool from the sheep, the stops meet together
and arrest the action of the blades without jar to the wrist of the operator.
It is obvious that instead of using two stops constructed as described, one
such stop may be placed upon one only of the handles, and allowed to strike
the other handle or a striking plate or projection fixed to the other handle.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings to which reference will be made hereinafter.
Figure 1 is an illustration partly in side view and partly in section of a pair
of shears furnished with the improved stops.
Figure 2 illustrates one of the stops in cross section on line A-A Figure 1.
Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts wherever they occur through-
out the drawings.
In the example shewn, each of the handles 3 of the shears has attached to it
a metallic socket 1 which may be secured in place by any suitable means such
as brazing, or by means of lugs 2 which may be rivetted to the handles. Soft
resilient blocks or studs 4 of suitable material such as indiarubber are fitted into
the sockets and project therefrom to such an extent or distance that they will
meet when the shears are closed.
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. In hand sheep shears, the combination with the handles of soft resilient
stops, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In hand sheep shears, the combination with one of the handles of a soft
resilient stop, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. A resilient stop for use with hand sheep shears, constructed and arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
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