Apparatus for Sharpening, Removing Notches, and Renovating the Cutting Edges of Scissors, Shears, Horse Clippers, Lawn Mowers, Skate Blades, and like Cutting Surfaces.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1887
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
Apparatus for Sharpening, Removing Notches, and Renovating the
Cutting Edges of Scissors, Shears, Horse Clippers, Lawn Mowers,
Skate Blades, and like Cutting Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON of 49 Battersea Park Road, Surrey, Civil Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange apparatus or appliances
preferably in combination as an article suitable for sharpening, removing notches and
renovating the cutting edges of scissors, shears, horse clippers, lawn mowers, and liko
cutting surfaces, also for dressing up the running edges of skate blades, and similarly
shaped bodies.
For the purpose of my invention, I affix to or form as part of a handle, a back
plate, or the like, a roughened or file like surface, which may be of metal, einery stick,
or its equivalent, said handle or back plate having a projecting or overhanging lip to
serve as a guard to the hand of the person using the same, also as a guide for the
movement of the article, the rough surface may be flat or curved in its length or in
cross section according to the shape or angle of the edge or edges of the article,
which has to be dressed or set up, the appliance is of a portable character and has
simply to be moved to and fro over or along the surface to be dressed.
Dated this 18th day of June 1887.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Speirs Simpson.

page_text: Apparatus for Sharpening, Removing Notches, and Renovating the
Cutting Edges of Scissors, Shears, Horse Clippers, Lawn Mowers,
Skate Blades, and like Cutting Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON of 49 Battersea Park Road Surrey Civil 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:
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange apparatus or appliances,
preferably in combination as an article suitable for sharpening removing notches and
renovating the cutting edges of scissors, shears, horse clippers, lawn mowers and like
cutting surfaces, also for dressing up the running edges of skate blades, and similarly
shaped bodies.
For the purpose of my invention I affix to or form as part of a handle, a back plate,
or the like, a roughened or file like surface which may be of metal, emery stick or
its equivalent, said handle or back plate having a projecting or overhanging lip to
serve as a guard to the hand of the person using the same also as a guide for the
movement of the article. The rough surface may be flat or curved, in its length or in
cross section according to the shape or angle of the edge or edges of the article
which has to be dressed or set up. The appliance is of a portable character and has
simply to be moved to and fro over or along the surface to be dressed to bring the
edge or surface to a proper condition.
My invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings in which at
Figures 1 and 2 I show side and end elevation respectively A is a handle of wood
or other material shaped to be suitably gripped by the fingers. The lower face of
the said handle is flat and has a fine file or other appliance B capable of producing or
replenishing the cutting edge of scissors or the like by a to and fro motion as indicated
by Figure 3.
The handle A has a guard piece C fastened to it the lower part D being kinked
and arranged to serve as a guide to bear against the flat part of the scissor blade E
also as a protection to prevent the appliance slipping off the scissors blade while being
moved and also as a guard to determine the angle at which the file or replenishing
surface can be caused to bear on the scissor blade.
Figure 4 shows the appliance as used for sharpening or dressing up the cutting
edge of a Lawn Mower blade F.
Figure 5 is perspective view of an appliance capable of dressing up the running
edge of a skate blade the file or its equivalent surface B being of half round form and
partly imbedded in the handle A.
Figure 6 shows another appliance for the same purpose in which a piece of a round a
file or it may be emery stick B is imbedded in a wooden handle A the two lips G G
serving as guards for the proper to and fro travel.

page_text: The round cutting surface of both the appliances shown in Figures 5 and 6 would
redress the hollow of the runner of a skate without taking the runner from the skate
as is usual.
Figure 7 shows the file or other surfacing agent B with nicked ends for the
overlaps H. H. of a bent piece of metal which serves as the handle A and also nips
the file B in position.
According to Figure 8 the appliance is made from one piece of steel, one portion
being bent and set with a guard piece D another part as the cutter B and handle A.
The appliance shown in Figure 8 is particularly suitable for removing notches and
also for sharpening shears horse clippers and other cutting edges of apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
The apparatus shown at Figures 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the annexed drawings as an
appliance for removing notches and sharpening the cutting edges of scissors, shears,
horse clippers, lawn mowers, skate blades, and other cutting appliances as described.
кого dаy от маги 1000.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Speirs Simpson.