Improvements in or relating to Devices for Severing String and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1892-Accented. 19th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Devices for Severing String and
the like.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT REEYES of 42 and 43 Wood Street, in the City of
London, Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is intended as a handy means for severing string, cord and the.
like for use in shops and other places, and where employed in shops for cutting.
string for tying up parcels it may with advantage be secured to the roll paper
holder manufactured by me and which carries a roll of paper to be torn. off in,
suitable lengths.
In carrying out my present invention I employ a suitable. plate or frame upon.
which I may secure a fixed knife blade or cutting or tearing edge; this plate may
be secured to any suitable support say the roll paper holder above referred to,
any suitable wall, door or the like. To the plate I connect another knife or blade.
preferably secured to the plate by means of an adjustable screw and the exact
position of which may be fixed by means of a circular slot with another screw device
for fastening both these screws may have winged nuts or heads by which they
may be readily turned by hand. By this arrangement the relative positions of the.
two blades may be varied at pleasure. To use this invention the string is placed
between the two blades and drawn against them when it will be promptly and
easily severed.
;
Dated this 13th day of January 1892.
W. P..THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Devices for Severing String and
the like.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT REEVES, of 42 and 43 Wood Street, in the City of
London, Stationer, 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 is intended as a handy means for severing string, cord, and
the like, for use in shops and other places, and where employed in shops for
cutting string for tying up parcels, it may with advantage be secured to the
roll paper holder manufactured by me and which carries a roll of paper to be
torn off in suitable lengths.
In carrying out my present invention I employ a suitable plate or frame upon
which I may secure a fixed knife blade or cutting or tearing edge, this plate may
be secured to any suitable support, say the roll-paper holder above referred to, any
suitable wall, door, or the like. To the plate I connect another knife or blade
preferably secured to the plate by means of an adjustable screw and the exact.
position of which may be fixed by means of a circular slot with another screw.
device for fastening it; both these screws may have winged nuts or heads by
which they may be readily turned by hand. By this arrangement the relative
positions of the two blades may be varied at pleasure. To use this invention the
string is placed between the two blades and drawn against them when it will be
promptly and easily severed.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the string cutting device attached to a
roll-paper holder.
Figure 2 is a plan of the string cutting device.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the plate to which the knife is attached.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of cutter.
Figure 5 is a plan, and
Figure 6 a side elevation, of another modification.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Figure 1, A is the base on which are mounted the standards B
provided with bearings B' in which to receive the journals c of the roller C
carrying the roll of paper C¹. D is a piece of wood connecting the standards B
and supporting on its underside spring-controlled arms E carrying a flat strip of
metal E, which bears against the face of the roll, and acts as a cutter for severing
the paper when pulled up against it. All these parts are common to the roll paper
holder manufactured by me. F is a flat plate of metal preferably secured to the
edge of the top D by screws passing through holes for by any other suitable
means. The upper part of this plate is bevelled as shown at F', so as to form a
kuife or cutting edge. F is a circular slot adapted to receive a pin G formed on
the underside of the knife and which travels in the slot F2. The knife G is
pivotted to the plate Fat the point g' by a screw or equivalent passing through
corresponding holes in the knife and plate respectively.
K is a screw
screwing through the hole of the knife and pressing against the face of the
plate its opposite end may be provided with a winged head K'. The
cutting face of the knife G is preferably curved and its underside G¹may be
bevelled to form a cutting edge; the plate F may also be curved if desired. The
screw eyes d screwed into the cross-piece D act as guides for the string or other
material H on its passage from the ball to the cutter.
In use the knife G is adjusted in relation to the plate F so that a small
space is left between the two for the insertion of the string to be cut, and when
the knife has been set to the desired position, it may be retained there by
pressing home the screw K against the plate F. When the two cutting edges
become blunt through use the knife may be raised so that different portions of
the edges of the cutter are presented to the string, and so on till both edges are
blunt when they may be re-ground or set. The slot F2 and pin G2 act as a stop to
limit the movement of the knife.
Figure 4 is an alternative arrangement showing the knife pivotted to the
plate Fat J, the winged screw K¹ working in the circular slot F.
Figures 5 and 6 show another arrangement the knife G being pivotted to the
plate F by a single screw K passing through corresponding holes in both plates
provided with the winged head K'.
It will be understood that the cutter may be fixed to another part of the frame
to that shown in the drawings.
It will also be understood that modifications may be made without departing
from the spirit of the invention.
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. In a string cutter the combination with a fixed blade such as F of a movable
blade such as G pivotted upon F and adapted to be so adjusted in relation thereto
that fresh portions of the two blades may be successively used substantially as and
for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a roll-paper holder of a string cutter.
3. The combination with the slotted plate F of the knife pivotted at Jand
adjustment screw K substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 4 of the
accompanying drawings.

page_text: 4. The combination with the plate F of the knife G and adjustment screw K
substantially as described & illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
1011
han 1002
WILLIAM R. REEVES.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.