Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
I, JAMES MCLAREN, of 156, Bedford Road, Bootle, in the County of Lancaster,
Chartered Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a handy form of scissors sharpener, for the use of
ladies and others.
A piece of file, which forms the grinding or sharpening medium, carries a
guide or bracket against which the Hat side of a scissors blade is laid. Such
guide is inclined towards the surface of the file, so that the plane of the cutting
edge or surface of the blade is ground at the requisite angle, that is to say, the
angle which the cutting surface of the blade makes with its flat surface is some-
thing less than a right angle. The blade is sharpened by rubbing its cutting edge
upon the file, the flat side of the blade being kept close against the guide.
I prefer the guide to be movable upon the file, so that a fresh surface of the
latter can always be obtained on each side thereof.
In its most convenient form the guide is made of a piece of sheet metal, the sides
of which are bent over and around the sides of the file. One end of this metal
is turned up at an incline with the file, and forms the guide before referred to,
and is then turned backwardly and downwards and rests against a projection
which is raised in the metal by a punch or otherwise. The rear portion of the
guide, by thus resting against the projection, serves to retain the guide at the
requisite inclination with the surface of the file.
Doted this 17th low of Ton 1800
I, JAMES MCLAREN, of 156, Bedford Road, Bootle, in the County of Lancaster,
Chartered Accountant, 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 a handy form of scissors sharpener, for the use of

page_text: guide or bracket against which the flat side of a scissors blade is laid. Such
guide is inclined towards the surface of the file, so that the plane of the cutting
edge or surface of the blade is ground at the requisite angle, that is to say, the
angle which the cutting surface of the blade makes with its flat surface is some-
thing less than a right angle. The blade is sharpened by rubbing its cutting edge
upon the file, the flat side of the blade being kept close against the guide.
I prefer the guide to be movable upon the file, so that a fresh surface of the
latter can always be obtained, on each side thereof.
In the drawing hereto annexed is illustrated a scissors sharpener according to
this invention, Figure 1 being a side view, Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 an
underside plan.
The guide a forms part of a piece of sheet metal 6 whose edges c are bent over
and around the sides of the file d, that is to say, the piece a is turned up at an
incline with the file d and forms the guide and is then turned backwards and
downwards and rests against a projection e which is raised in the metal b by a
punch or otherwise. The rear portion of the guide by thus resting against the
projection e serves to retain the guide at the requisite inclination with the surface
of the blade.
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 what
I claim is:-
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A scissors sharpener comprising a file and a movable sheet metal sleeve thereon,
a portion of said sleeve being turned up to form a guide for the scissors and then
turned down to form a stay to said guide, substantially as described.
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1701
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1000
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Chartered Patent Agent, 10, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool,
Agent for the Applicant.