Improvements in Folding Scissors.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
TRUVIDIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Scissors.
JOHN HEWITT of 58, Graham Street in the City of Birm ingham, Manufacturer,
and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Harborne in the County of Stafford, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in folding scissors..
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct folding scissors for
pocket use, the object of the invention being to produce a simple and cheap
arrangement of scissors which may be employed also as a means for advertising.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our scissors with two blades
formed of steel or other suitable metal one blade being arranged with a tail-piece
or projecting scrip which when bent over in position serves as a spring for the
other blade to thrust against, thus dispensing with a separate spring plate.
.
We mount our blades upon pivots or pins attached to any ordinary form of
handle made of metal, bone, wood, composition, or other suitable material, but
when employing our scissors as an advertising medium we prefer to make the
handles of metal in the form of a channel piece or bent-over strip the channel or
recessed plate serving as a shield or protector for each of the blades to lie in, that
is the blade is covered or protected when it is folded over upon its hinge for storage
or for carrying in the pocket. We secure the ends of our handles together
preferably by means of a ring or loop attached to one handle which works over
and engages in a catch recess in the other, or we have a sliding catch-piece or ring
which we place over the end for securing it in position.
We impress, emboss, stamp, or otherwise display upon the handles the name of
any firm or other matter which it is desired to advertise.
We do not limit the application of our improved folding scissors with their self-
contained spring-piece, formed out of one of the blades, to any particular shape of
blade or to any particular shape or configuration of handle but we modify the
shape and arrangement of the blades and the handles with a fastening device to suit
any particular requirement.
Dated thin 6th daz of N
1001
15, Temple Street, Dirmingnam, Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
improvements in Folding scissors.
We, JOHN HEWITT, of 58 Graham Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Harborne, in the County of
Stafford, Engineer, 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 invention relates to the manner in which we construct folding scissors for
improvements in Folding Scissors.
We, JOHN HEWITT, of 58 Graham Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Harborne, in the County of
Stafford, Engineer, 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 invention relates to the manner in which we construct folding scissors for

page_text: pocket use,
the object of the invention being to produce a simple and cheap
arrangement of scissors which may be employed also as a means for advertising.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of our scissors when folded, and Figure 2 is an end
elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a detail elevation of the blades detached from the handle and
Figures 4 and 4* are elevations of alternative methods of mounting the spring G
upon the blades.
Figure 5 is an elevation of our scissors when opened and the blades formed for
button hole cutting, and Figure 6 is a similar elevation with the blades altered in
shape.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our scissors with two blades A B
formed of steel or other suitable metal, one blade B being arranged with a
tail-piece G or with a projecting strip B¹ formed upon the back end which when
bent over in position serves as a spring for the other blade A to thrust against,
this latter arrangement enabling us to dispense with a separate spring plate..
We mount our blades A B upon pivots or pins attached to any ordinary form of
handle made of metal, bone, wood, composition, or other suitable material, but
when employing our scissors as an advertising medium we prefer to make the handles D
of metal in the form of a channel piece or bent-over strip, the channel or recessed
plate D serving as a shield or protector for each of the blades to lie in that is the
blade is covered or protected when it is folded over upon its hinge as shown in
Figure 1 for storage or for carrying in the pocket. We secure the ends of our
handles together preferably by means of a ring or loop E attached to one handle D'
which works over and engages in a catch recess in the other D, or we have a sliding
or pivoted catch-piece For a ring which we place over the end for securing the
two in position
We make the tail-piece G to clip the end of the blade B employing the pin H
which attaches the blade to the handle to secure it in position as shown in Figures 5
and 6.
We impress, emboss, stamp or otherwise display upon the handles D D' the naine
of any firm or other matier which it is desired to advertise.
We sometimes make the blades with the edges roughened for nail filing
purposes.
We do not limit the application of our improved folding scissors with their
self-contained tail-piece G or spring strip B', formned upon or out of one of the
blades to any particular shape of blade or to any particular shape or configuration
of handle, but we modify the shape and arrangement of the blades and the handles
with its ordinary fastening device to suit any particular requirement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The construction and arrangement of a pair of scissor blades having a spring
upon the end of one blade for the other blade to thrust against, and mounted within
a pair of folding handles or covers substantially as and for the
hereinbefore
purposes
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of folding pocket scissors with the handles or blade covers
arranged for displaying advertisements.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.