Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left 19th Apr. 1899-Accepted 20th May 1899
We, PERCY DOBSON and ALBERT WADDINGTON, both of 69, Bexley Avenue, Leeds,
in the County of York, Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shears for pruning
or cutting trees, bushes, and plants, or wire, the object being to so construct
such shears that the article being cut shall not slip out of the blades of the shears,
which is often the case when using the ordinary shears having blades with straight
edges, and the invention consists of a combination of a toothed or serrated blade
edge with a plain or straight edge cutling blade.
According to this invention the shears are made in the ordinary manner, but the
cutting edge of one of the blades is bevelled and serrated or the bevelled edge
corrugated so as to form a series of teeth the apexes of which are directed towards
the fulcrum of the blades of the shears. Each tooth or serration forms a holding as
well as a cutting device, and holds the branch, bough, wire, or other material to be
severed between the blades and prevents the material to be severed sliding along
and out of the cutting edges unsevered as commonly occurs in the use of straight
edge cutting jaws.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
Agents for the Applicants.
We, PERCY DOBSON, and ALBERT WADDINGTON, both of 69, Bexley Avenue, Leeds,
in the County of York, Machinists, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shears for pruning
or cutting trees, grass, bushes, and plants, or wire, the object being to so construct
such shears that the article being cut shall not slip out of the blades of the shears,
which is often the case when using the ordinary shears having blades with straight
edges, and the invention consists of a combination of a toothed or serrated blade
edge with a plain or straight edge cutting blade.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-

page_text: plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing
representing a pair of shears made in accordance with this invention.
According to this invention the shears are made in the ordinary manner, but the
cutting edge of one of the blades 1 is slightly bevelled and serrated as at 2, or the
bevelled edge 2 is slightly corrugated so as to form a series of teeth the apexes 3 of
which are directed towards the fulcrum 4 of the blades 1-1 of the shears. Each
tooth or serration 2 forms a holding as well as a cutting device and holds the
branch, bough, wire, grass, or other material to be severed between the blades 1-1
and prevents the material to be severed sliding along and out of the cutting edges
unsevered as commonly occurs in the use of straight edge cutting jaws.
In shears where one jaw remains stationary during the cutting operation, as for
instance, in grass or lawn border trimming shears it is the stationary jaw which is
serrated or corrugated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
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Shears having one blade with a straight cutting edge and the other blade with a
serrated or corrugated cutting edge, as and for the purpose herein described and
substantially as illustrated by the drawing annexed.
Dated this 18th day of April 1899.
PERCY DOBSON.
ALBERT WADDINGTON,
By their Agents
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.