An Improved Scissors Sharpener.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Scissors Sharpener.
I WILLIAM YOXALL of 80 Manchester Old Road, Middleton in the County of
Lancaster, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a small block of wood or other suitable material of
convenient shape and size to be held in the hand or placed upon a flat surface and in
one face of this block is a groove one side thereof being vertical and the other inclined.
Into this groove is let an inclined file or steel sharpener and the vertical side of the
groove is protected or covered by a piece of sheet brass or suitable metal which I
prefer to make so that it also covers part of grooved face and one side of the wooden
block, so as to render the instrument more ornamental, a similar piece of metal
covering the other part of the grooved face and the opposite side.
When using the sharpener, each blade of a pair of scissors is drawn several times
along the groove in the aforesaid block, the flat side of the blade being towards the
vertical side of the groove and the curved or inclined side passing over the inclined
file or steel sharpener which thus renews the edge of the scissors.
Dated this 4th day of February 1890.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Scissors Sharpener.
I, WILLIAM YOXALL, formerly of 80 Manchester Old Road, Middleton, now of
160 Oldham Road, Tonge, in the County of Lancaster, Draper, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to bo
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This scissors sharpener consists of a small block of wood or other suitable material,
having a flat part at one end large enough to have a groove cut in to receive a file or
steel sharpener the bottom of the said groove being cut at an angle the deep side
forming a fence to place the flat or plain side of scissors against giving the cutting
edge of file or sharpener the requisite angle for the edge of scissors. The other end
of block is formed into a handle to enable the user to hold firmly in the hand, or place
upon a flat surface while the scissors are drawn across the file or steel sharpener,
which process renews the cutting edge of same.
The file or steel sharpener is merely driven into the groove, no screws or other
fasteners being required so that when the cutting edge of sharpener becomes worn it
may be knocked out and placed in the groove the other end about bringing the unused
side of the sharpener to the deep or fence side of the groove.
The flat surfaces and the fence side of the groove may be protected with brass or
metal plates, and make the instrument more ornamental.
In order that the said invention may be better understood I shall refer to the several
figures on the annexed sheet of drawings. The same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in each figure.
Figure 1 represents a front view.
Figure II represents a side view.
The letter A is the file or steel sharpener, B is the handle, C is the flat part of block,
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
The sinking of a groove in a block of any suitable material to hold a file or steel
sharpener at an angle so as to give the right bevel to the cutting edge of scissors, and
at the same time to form a fence for the flat or plain side of scissors to be held against
while the edge is being sharpened.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1890.
WILLIAM YOXALL.