A Toilet Article for Cutting and Trimming and Cleaning Finger and Toe Nails with more Facility than has been hitherto Attained.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 27th July, 1887
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
A Toilet Article for Cutting and Trimming and Cleaning Finger
and Toe Nails with more Facility than has been hitherto
Attained.
I, CHARLES MCDERMOTT Maker of Sporting Knives, and General Cutler of No. 56
Lambert Street Sheffield do hereby declare the nature of this invention to bo as
follows:-
It consists of a curved steel cutter to fit the finger or toe nail, with a curved steel
Lever, fixed at one end of the article which upon being pressed, the-2 edges meeting
cuts the nail, this Lever worked with a spring shown in the accompanying Drawing
is closed and held by a catch at the other end of the article, when closed.
On the under side of the article is a groove file cut, to trim the the edge of the nail
and on the end of the steel cutter a tool to push back flesh which has grown down on
the nail.
Figure 1 shows the article when closed, the letter a. denoting the curve in the
steel cutter. Figure 2 shews the article when open the letter b. showing the curve in
the steel Lever, the dotted line c showing the spring on which it is pressed. Figure 3.
shows two views of Steel Cutter Figure 4 shows two views of steel Lever Figure 5
shows two views of the part which contains the spring which is shown by a dotted
line and the letter c. and which also contains a file-cut groove for trimming the nail
edge.
The letter E. shows the tool for pushing back the growing flesh from the nail the
letter f. shows the cleaner, at the end of the lever, and the letter d. the catch at the end
of the article.

page_text: A Toilet Article for Cutting, Trimming, and Cleaning Finger and
Toe Nails with more Facility than has hitherto been Attained.
I, CHARLES MCDERMOTT 56 Lambert Street, Sheffield in the County of York
maker of Sporting Knives and general cutler 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:-
This article consists of a Lever with projecting curved or straight cutter for cutting
the finger or toe nails working against another cutter inserted at the side scale of the
article the lever being opened by a spring acting from the front of the article the
loose end of the lever is formed into a point called the Cleaner for the cleaning and
scraping of the nails the end of one of the sides are scales is shaped or formed in a
curve called the Dresser for pushing the skin or flesh from the root of the nail, the
front of the article which supports the spring being called thio Trimmer is grooved
and cut witli file teeth to file down the roughness left on the nail after being cut, by
the cutter the lever is fastened down when not in use by a small catch at the end of
the article in accordance with the drawings left with the Provisional specification..
The drawings filed and dated March 30th 1887 for my Provisional specification are.
applicable to the complete specification namely
Figure 1 shews the article when closed, the letter a denoting the steel cutter.
Figure 2 shows the article when open the letter shewing the cutter on the steel
lover the dotted line c shewing the spring on which the lever is pressed the letter f
shews the cleaner at the end of the lever and the letter d the catch at one end of the
article to hold down the Lever when closed.
Figures 3 shews two views of the Steel Cutter the letter c shows the tool for
pushing the growing flesh.
Figures 4 shew two views of the Steel Lever.
Figures 5 shews two views of the part which contains the spring which is shown
by a, dotted line and the letter e which also contains a file for trimming the nail
edges.
i Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what 1
claim is --
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1.
The application of the Lever with projecting curved or straight cutter worked with
a spring for the cutting trimming, and cleaning, the finger and toe nails combined
with the cleaner and dresser and trimmer in one article and is adaptable to knives.
Toilet cases trinkets or ladies Chatelains and lends itself to any shape or design.
Dated this 26th day of Iul. 1987