Improvements in Scissors for Cutting Off the Loose Threads of Lace Embroidery and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 31st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Scissors for Cutting Off the Loose Threads of Lace
Embroidery and the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH GOARD, of 27, Rue du Vingtneuf Juillet, Calais, in
the Republic of France, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: -
This invention relates to scissors intended for cutting the loose threads which
lay over the net or ground of lace or other fabric after having been employed
at certain places to form the pattern.
These scissors differ from others by their mechanical arrangement and mode of
action as may be seen from the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Represents front and side views of the scissors when closed.
Fig. 2. Same scissors opened.
Fig. 3. Intermediate blade with different slots.
Fig. 4. Represents the scissors when in use.
Fig. 5. Modification with slots of the intermediate blade of a different shape.
These scissors have two blades A and B with cutting edges a abb similar to
those found in ordinary scissors fastened together by a screw a provided with
loops A¹ B¹ for the fingers of the user.
Between these two blades I place a third blade C of a triangular shape and
sharpened on both edges CC¹.
In the triangular or intermediate blade there are three slots f¹ f³ f³.
Two
pins d' d² rivetted to the blades A and B work respectively in two of these slots f¹
and while the screw X constituting the axle of the two blades A and B engages
with the third slot f³.
The slots f and f may be of any suitable form or direction as represented in
Fig. 3.
By reason of the combined action of the slots flf f³ of the pins d¹ and d² and
the screw X the longitudinal axis of the triangular intermediate blade is always
kept in the centre of the angle formed by the opening of the blades A and B.
The angle of the slots f¹f causes the blade C to move inward toward the
screw X as the scissors are closing, but in the opposite direction when the angle
of the slots is such as in Fig. 5. The drawings 1-2 and 5 leave no doubt in
this respect.

page_text: These scissors are designed for cutting a thread or threads simultaneously at
both ends, the scissors being open as in Fig. 2, the point of the triangular blade C
is passed under the threads and caused to slide up it being only stopped by the
extremities of the threads which are in a favourable position for cutting (Fig. 4),
this operation being also facilitated by the movement given to the intermediate
blade C.
I wish it to be understood that I neither limit the invention to the shape or
size of the present diagram but rather reserve to myself the right of making
these scissors of any size and the invented parts in any convenient shape for the
different length of clips.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. Scissors for cutting or paring the loose threads of lace or other fabrics con-
structed with a triangular two edged blade placed between the two blades of an
ordinary pair of scissors, the said edges acting respectively with those of the
ordinary blades to cut simultaneously both edges of the threads engaged with
the said triangular blade substantially as described.
2. In scissors such as described the method of joining the ordinary blades with
the intermediate blade by means of the slots fiff the pins
and the
screw X to maintain the said intermediate blade always in the centre of the
angle formed by the opening of the ordinary blades A and B and at the same
time to cause the said blade to move toward the screw X or in the opposite
direction substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
3. Scissors for cutting embroideries constructed and arranged substantially as
described and shown with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.