-Improvements in Scissors, Shears, and other similar articles.
Year: 1893

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Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1893.
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
-Improvements in Scissors, Shears, and other similar articles.
I, JOHN JAMES WHITTAKER of 33 Avenue Parade Accrington in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to scissors shears and other cutting articles of a like nature
which are worked on a pin or pivot.
The improvement is designed with the object of providing a better cutting motion
and keeping the blades in a better position for cutting. In carrying out the
invention I have two slots made at an angle to each other in one of the blades
between the handle and the cutting portion of the blade. In the other blade I have
two studs placed at suitable distances from each other, so as to come in proper
position for the blade with the slots to work on. These studs may be made of
any shape suitable for the purpose, and either screwed, riveted, or fastened in
any other manner, or the two studs may be formed with one head connecting the
two projections. The slots may also be made one in each of the pair of blades so
as to form an angle with the other and also the studs to correspond. The slots may
be either straight or curved.
A bracket part either fast to one of the blades or made loose and fastened in any
other manner may be used to form one of the slots.
The two slots are provided to give a sliding motion to. the cutting edges of a pair
of scissors, shears or other like articles in combination with the ordinary motion
and preferable to working on a single pivot or centre pin.
Dated this 18th day of February 1893
JOHN JAMES WHITTAKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Scissors, Shears, and other similar articles.
I JOHN JAMES WHITTAKER of 33 Avenue Parade Accrington in the County
of Lancaster, 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 scissors shears and other cutting articles of a like nature
which are worked on a pin or pivot.
The improvement is designed with the object of providing a better cutting motion.
and keeping the blades in a better position for cutting.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 and 2 are side elevations of my improved scissors.
In carrying out the invention I have two slots (Fig. 1) A A' made at an angle
to each other in one of the blades between the handle and the cutting portion of the
blade B. In the other blade B' I have two studs C C placed at suitable distances
from each other so as to come in proper position for the blade B to work on.
These studs may be made of any shape with suitable heads and either screwed,
riveted, or fastened in any other manner, or the two studs may be formed with one
head connecting the two projections or studs.
The slots may also be made one in each of the blades B. B₁ so as to form an
angle with each other and also the studs to correspond. The slots may be either
straight or curved.
In Fig. 2 a bracket part D fast to one of the shanks of the blade E or E' or

page_text: made loose and fastened in any other manner may be used to form the slot G.
The stud H being fastened in the shank of the blade E or E'.
The slot G¹ may be made in the blade E or E' with the stud H in the opposite
blade.
The slots G. G' may be either straight or curved.
The two slots A A¹ Fig. 1 and the two slots G. G Fig. 2 working on the
studs C. C' and H. H₁ respectively give a sliding motion in combination with the
nipping or closing motion to the blades B. B¹ Fig. 1. E. E¹ Fig. 2 when the handles
are moved.
The studs C C and H H¹ may have a loose bush or casing on the parts where
the slots work on for the purpose of reducing the friction when the blades are being
moved.
The same mode of obtaining the motion being applicable to shears and other
similar articles.
The scissors, shears, and other similar articles may be of varied designs.
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.) Two slots made at an angle to each other both in one blade, or one in each
of a pair of blades, between the handle and the cutting portion, and two studs both
in one blade or one in each for the slots to slide on in combination with a pair of
scissors, shears, and other similar articles substantially as described and shewn in
drawings.
(2.) A bracket part either made fast or fastened in any manner to form one of
a pair of slots (and at an angle to a slot in the same or opposite blade) between the
handle and the cutting portion, and two studs both in one blade or one in each for
the slots to slide on in combination with a pair of scissors, shears and other similar
articles, substantially as described and shewn in drawings.
Dated this 4th day of April 1893.
JOHN JAMES WHITTAKER.