Improvements in Folding Scissors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Folding Scissors.
I, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 and 14 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention pertains to improvements in the manufacture of folding scissors
whereby I am enabled to produce scissors that are at once neat and compact in
design, and inexpensive of production.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the cutting blades from sheet metal
each with a tail piece extending beyond the pivot, upon which the blades swivel;
and upon the upper faces of these tail pieces, from within, I provide a clip which
I preferably turn up from the same piece of metal as the blade, sufficient being
provided for this purpose on the stamping of the sheet.
I provide suitable cutting edges on the blades and I mount each upon a pin or
pivot, upon which I further provide ou either side of the blades thus placed
together, the handle or finger loops, for manipulation.
To use the scissors each of the finger loops is brought into line with the tail
piece of the blade, and thereby engages with the clip formed thereupon so that on
the movement of the handle or finger loops the blades are operated. To fold the
scissors the handle or finger loops are disengaged from the clips and are swivelled
on the pivot to an opposite position wherein the blades are in line with the loops,
and the blades are thereby protected.
Upon the inner face of each of the tail pieces of the blades I provide a pin, or a
projection which I may turn up from the metal of the blade; this pin works in a
circumferential slot or recess formed upon the opposite blade around the pivot, and
these pins engage with the projections thus formed, and so limit the opening and
closing of the blades. I form a projection upon each of the finger loops which also
engage with these pins and so determine their closed or folded position.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular configuration of
blades, tail pieces or loops, but I modify the same to suit any particular require-
ment; the essential feature of my invention being the employment of a single pivot
for the folding of the finger loops and the swivelling of the blades.
Dated this 9th day of March 1895.
1, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 and 14 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention pertains to improvements in the manufacture of folding scissors
whereby I am enabled to produce scissors that are at once neat and compact in
design, and inexpensive of production.

page_text: Referring to the accompanying sheets or explanatory drawings ;-
Figure 1 is a plan of my improved scissors in its folded position; while
Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof; and
Figure 24 is a front elevation on a larger scale, while
Figure 3 is a plan in its unfolded position.
Figures 34, 3, and 30 are detail views.
Figures 4 and 5 are plans of a modified design in which my invention is carried
into effect, the former in its folded and the latter in its unfolded position; while
Figure 6 is a front elevation of Figure 5.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the cutting blades A, B, from sheet
metal each with a tail piece A 1, B 1, extending beyond the pivot C upon which
the blades swivel; and upon the upper faces of these tail pieces, from within,
I provide a clip a, b, which I preferably turn up from the same piece of metal as
the blade, sufficient being provided for this purpose on the stamping of the sheet.
I provide suitable cutting edges on the blades and I mount each upon a pin or
pivot C, upon which I further provide on either side of the blades thus placed
together, the bandle or finger loops E, E 1, for manipulation.
To use the scissors each of the finger loops E, E 1 is brought into line with the
tail piece A 1 B 1 of the blade, and thereby engages with the clip a or ¿ formed
thereupon as shewn in Figure 3 so that on the movement of the handle or finger
loops the blades are operated. To fold the scissors the handle or finger loops are
disengaged from the clips and are swivelled on the pivot C to an opposite position
as shewn in Figure 1 wherein the blades are in line with the loops, and the blades
are thereby protected.
Upon the inner surface of each of the tail pieces of the blades i provide a pin,
or a projection a¹ or which I may turn up from the metal of the blade; this pin
works in a circumferential slot or recess D formed upon the opposite blade around
the pivot, and this pin a' or b¹ engages with the projections thus formed, and so limits
the opening and closing of the blades. I form a projection D¹ upon each of the
finger loops which also engage with these pins and so determine their closed or
folded position.
For the purpose of securing the loops E El in their closed or folded position
I form at and from the upper ends of each, spring clips as e, both of which engage
with the opposite loop on a slight pressure of the one upon the other.
In Figures 4, 5, and 6 illustrate a modified design in which the blades A B
instead of being operated by reason of the engagement of the handle or finger
loops E El with the clips formed upon the tail extensions of the blades are
provided with holes or recesses upon their upper faces, into which enter corre-
sponding projections F formed upon spring extensions G of each loop stem, such
extensions being made integral with the stems or an independent but rigidly
connected spring pieces; so that in the unfolding of the loop stems the spring
extensions or the extremities of the stems pass on to the faces of the blades and the
projections F formed thereon, which are preferably of a semi-circular or somewhat
concave configuration, by reason of the spring pressure, readily enter the corre-
sponding holes or recesses formed in the blades; thereby enabling the same to be
operated. I form stops upon the upper faces of the blade extensions A1 B1, as
pins, or as lips H punched out from the material of the blades, which limit the
movement of the loop stems and permit of pressure being communicated to the
blades to counteract the resistance to cutting; and upon the under faces of these
blade extensions I likewise form stops I to limit the closure; the closed position
of the blades and loop stems as indicated in Figure 5 being by these means
determined.
The projections F formed upon the loop stem extensions G are easily and readily
disengaged upon the folding of the stems; and embracing clips K K prevent
the loop stems upon which they are provided from further movement in the same
direction and by embracing the closed blades and each other secure the closed
position.

page_text: I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular configuration of
blades, tail pieces, or loops but I may modify the same to suit any requirement the
essential feature of my invention being the employment of a single pivot for the
folding of the finger loops and the swivelling of the blades.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
1. A folding or pocket scissors characterized by the provision and employment
of a single pivot or pin to carry the blades and the folding operating handle or
finger-loop stems.
2. A folding or pocket scissors in which the blades are operated from the
swivelling loop stems by the engagement of the loop stems with tail extensions of
the blades substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
3. A folding or pocket scissors in which the blades are operated from the
swivelling loop stems by the engagement of extensions of the loop stems with the
swivelling-blades substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
4. A folding or pocket scissors, substantially as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
5. A folding or pocket scissors substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of December 1895.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.