An Improved Cutter for Twine, Thread, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct.. 1391-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cutter for Twine, Thread, and the like.
We, EDWARD HUMPHREY LEWIS, Grocer, and JOSEPH CROFT LEWIS Grocer
of 47 Broad Street Newtown, in the County of Montgomery, Principality of
Wales do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in attaching to, or forming upon, a ring which may be
adapted to the finger, a cutter with angular cutting edges, so disposed or arranged
as to incline toward the knuckle of the user when in place upon the finger.
The ring and cutter, according to our invention, is especially useful to packers,
since the action of closing a knot, and cutting the twine, thread or string from
the ball, reel or bulk may be practically simultaneous, and much time is thereby
saved in the operation of packing, relatively to the employment of scissors, a knife,
cutter or other device entailing a separate operation. Said ring may be made of
any metal or substance and the cutting edges may be attached thereto by any
suitable means, or be formed thereupon of the same metal, alloy or other substance
forming said ring, and the device may also be ornamented or otherwise, in any
suitable style.
Dated this 27th day of January 1801
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cutter for Twine, Thread, and the like.
We, EDWARD HUMPHREY LEWIS, Grocer, and JOSEPH CROFT LEWIS,
Grocer, both of No. 47 Broad Street Newtown, in the County of Montgomery,
Principality of Wales 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improved cutter for twine and the like, and has for
its object the production of a convenient device for the purpose, which may be
adapted to the finger of the user as a finger ring.
In order that our invention may be the better understood we have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, to which reference is had in the accompanying
description.
In carrying our invention into effect we cause a taper dovetail grooves to be cut
or formed in the face of a finger ring Figure 1, to which is adapted a cutter,
Figure 2, a and b being side and front elevations respectively. A projection upon
the base of the cutter enables it to be fitted firmly to the grooves within the ring,
and when not in use said cutter may be removed, and replaced by a shield, set
stone, or other ornament, so that the ring may alternatively used as a twine or
thread cutter, and as an article of jewellry. Figures 3 and 4 shew the ring fitted
with a shield and set stone, respectively. We do not confine ourselves to the
manner of attaching the cutter or the ornaments to the ring, as herein before
described, but may use a screw thread, as shewn by the elevations of a cutter
Figure 5 shield Figure 4, and set stone Figure 6, or we may employ a bayonet or
an equivalent joint for this purpose.
The ring and cutter according to our invention is especially useful to packers,
in the manner shewn by Figure 8, the action of closing the knot, and cutting the
twine thread or string, from the ball, reel or bulk is practically simultaneous, and

page_text: much time is thereby saved in the operation of packing relatively to the employ-
ment of scissors, knife, cutter or other device entailing a separate operation.
The ring may be made of any metal or substance, and the cutting edges may be
attached thereto by any suitable means, or be formed thereupon of the same metal,
alloy or other substance forming said ring, and the device may also be ornamented
or otherwise in any suitable style.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;
First. A cutter for twine thread or the like, adapted to a finger ring, so as to be
removeable, substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings.
Second. A finger ring in combination with a cutting device and ornaments so
that these may be interchangeable substantially as herein described and shewn.
Dated this 24th day of October 1891
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.