IMPROVEMENTS IN POCKET KNIVES AND SCISSORS AND OTHER FOLDING POCKET ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: I FERDINAND NEUHAUS of 24 Cölnerstrasse Solingen Germany, Manufacturer of
Cutlery do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
POCKET KNIVES AND SCISSORS AND OTHER FOLDING POCKET ARTICLES " to be as
follows:-
Pocket knives and scissors and other articles to be folded up for the pocket, such
for instance as combs, nail files, tooth picks and corkscrews constructed according
to my invention are light and convenient for use, are easily opened and closed and
keep safely closed. As applied to a knife I joint the blade at the end of and
between the two side parts of a haft or handle having a section of an elongated U
the set off of the blade when open resting against the end of the handle. To the
opposite end of the handle I joint a sheath also of an elongated U section, and
when this sheath is folded down over the handle proper its end comes against a set
off on the front or edge side of the blade and thus holds the blade firmily in position.
To fold up the knife I open the sheath let the blade drop into the handle proper
and then close the sheath over it. It will be observed that the usual spring is done
away with. As applied to scissors I joint one leg of the scissors to the handle in
the same manner as the knife blade and form it with a set off for the sheath to
come against when the sheath is folded down and the scissors are in the open
position A spring is, as now frequently the case in pocket scissors, applied to
bring the two legs of the scissors apart when the pressure applied in the use of them
is released. To fold up the scissors the sheath is opened and the legs are brought
together and then folded down into the handle, whereupon the sheath is folded
down over the handle.

page_text: I, FERDINAND NEUHAUS of 24 Cölnerstrasse Solingen, Germany, Manufacturer
of Cutlery 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:-
Pocket knives and scissors and other articles to be folded up for the pocket, such
for instance as combs, nail files, tooth picks, and corkscrews, constructed according
to my invention are light and convenient for use, are easily opened and closed, and
keep safely in the open or closed position.
In Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention
as applied to a pocket knife, Figure 1 showing the knife folded, Figure 2 showing
it in the act of being opened and Figure 3 when open and ready for use. Figure 4
is a similar view to Figure 2 but showing the sheath fitted with a slight spring for
assisting in opening. Figure 5 is a cross section on line X X Figure 1.
I joint the blade A at the end of and between the two side parts of a haft or
handle B having a section of an elongated U, as best seen at Figure 5, the set off
at a of the blade A when open resting against the end of the handle as seen at
Figure 3. To the opposite end of the handle B I joint a sheath C, also of an
elongated U section as shown in Figure 5. The sheath C fits with a slightly
springy or easy fit on the haft B. When the sheath C is folded down over the
handle proper B as shown in Figure 3 its end c comes against a set off a¹ on the
front or edge side of the blade A and thus holds the blade firmly in the opened
position.
To fold up the knife I open the sheath C, let the blade drop into the handle
proper B and then close the sheath C over it, as shown in Figure 1.
It will be observed that the usual spring is done away with in this examplo but
I may if desired and as shown in Figure 4 use a light spring D for assisting the
blade to open thus enabling me to open the blade without using both hands.
Combs, tooth picks, nail files, corkscrews and other folding pocket articles may
obviously at the joint end be formed with shoulders a and a similarly to the knife
blade A shown in the above examples and be fitted with a haft B and sheath C in
a similar manner.
Figure 6 shows the invention applied to a pair of scissors. I joint one leg A of
the scissors to the handle B in the same manner as the knife blade and form it
with a similar set off a' for the sheath C to come against when the sheath is folded
down and the scissors are in the open position shown. A spring E is as now
frequently the case in pocket scissors applied to bring the two legs of the scissors
apart when the pressure applied in the use of them is released. To fold up the
scissors the legs are brought together while the sheath C is opened and the legs are
then folded down into the handle B whereupon the sheath Ċ is folded down over
the handle in exactly the same manner as described with reference to the knife.
The parts B and C are conveniently made of sheet brass or other suitable metal
and formed into shape in a die. Such U shaped handle parts forming together

page_text: a closed casing for the knife blade or other pocket article is also applicable to other
constructions of folding pocket articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
I am aware that it is not new to make a handle in two halves lengthways, each
half being pivoted on a separate rivet to the blade, and both being held together
when in the open or in the closed position by a special clasp or. link, the blade
having also a stud which when the knife is open is held between the two halves of
the handle for the purpose of keeping the blade in position, as described in Kesseler's
Patent Specification N° 1500 of 1880, but it will be noticed that in my invention
only the one part B is at one end jointed to the blade while the other part C is
jointed to the opposite end of the part B, and no stud is needed for holding the
blade in the opened position nor any clasp or clamp for holding the two parts of
the handle together; and it will be noticed that my construction is also much
cheaper simpler and more durable. But I declare that what I claim is
First. A handle for knives and other folding pocket articles consisting of two
U shaped parts which enclose the blade and are each made in one piece substantially
as set forth.
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Second. The folding knife (comb, toothpick, nail file, scissors, cork screw or other
folding pocket article,) consisting of the blade or part A with shoulders a and u¹,
and the handle made in two parts which are jointed together at one end, one of
them being at the other end jointed to the blade, substantially as set forth.
Third. The folding knife (comb, toothpick, nail file, scissors, corkscrew or other
folding pocket article) consisting of the blade or part A with shoulders a and a¹
and the handle made in two parts B and C, the U shaped handle proper B being
jointed at one end thereto, and the enclosing U shaped sheath C jointed to the
other end of the handle B, substantially as shown on the drawings.
Dated this 90th day of
taban 100K
BREWER & JENSEN,
For the Applicant.