Improvements in Scissors.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Scissors.
I, ERNST RICHTER, of 41K, Meissener Street, Coswig, Saxony, in the Empire of
Germany, Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to scissors or cutters designed for making grafts on plants
for the purpose of improving the latter; the characteristic of said scissors consisting
in the special formation of the cutters or jaws.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide one pointed jaw hollowed out and
with two cutting edges on its sides past which the two cheeks or cutters of the
other jaw are adapted to move in close contact and thereby separate or divide a
wedge-shaped piece from the twig or branch that is situated in the hollow of
the jaw.
Now according as the slip has been inserted into the scissors from the side of the
pivot or joint or from the opposite side, there will be obtained a wedge-shaped taper
or point, or a wedge-shaped incision. The one cut is made in the wild or base
branches, whilst the other cut is made on the cultivated twig or slip, the arrange-
ment being such that both parts are cut so as to fit together so well that they will
very rapidly grow together.
These scissors are constructed in other respects in the same manner as ordinary
scissors. The legs or handles are connected together below the cutting jaws by
means of a pivot and are adapted to be pressed apart by means of a coiled or spiral
spring. A pivotted clasp or clip allows of keeping the scissors closed when not in
use for the purpose of protecting and preserving the cutting edges. A stop or
pin serves to limit the stroke of the instrument when the handles are pressed
together.
This improved scissors can be employed with complete success even by non-
experts.

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to scissors or cutters designed for making grafts on plants
for the purpose of improving the latter, the characteristic of said scissors consisting
in the special formation of the cutters' or jaws.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a scissors according to my invention, while
Figure 2 is a plan corresponding thereto, and
Figure 3 is an end elevation corresponding thereto, while
Figure 4 is diagrammatic section showing the cutting edges, and
Figures 5, 6 and 7 are views illustrating the form of cutting made by the
scissors.
In carrying my invention into effect as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
I provide one pointed jaw a hollowed out and formed with two lateral cutting edges
past which the two cheeks or cutters d d of the other jaw are adapted to move in
close contact, and thereby separate or divide a wedge-shaped piece from the twig or
branch that is situated in the hollow of the jaw, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of
the drawings.
According as the twig or branch has been inserted into the scissors from one side
of the pivot or joint c or from the opposite side, there will be obtained a wedge-
shaped taper or point as shown in Figure 6, or a wedge-shaped incision as shown in
Figure 5; the one cut being made in the wild or base branches, whilst the other is
made on the cultivated twig or slip, so that both parts are cut so as to fit together
in close contact as illustrated in Figure 7, so that they will very rapidly grow
together.
The scissors are constructed in other respects in the same manner as ordinary
scissors or shears, the legs or handles b b being connected together below the cutting
edges by means of a pivot c and are adapted to be maintained apart by means of a
coiled or spiral spring e. A pivotted clasp or clip f provided at the extremity of the
arms 6 permits of the scissors being kept close when not in use for the purpose of
protecting or preserving the cutting edges. A stop or pin g provided upon one of
the arms 6 serves to limit the stroke of the instrument when the handles are pressed
together.
The scissors made in accordance with my invention and for the purpose of forming
grafts on plants may be readily and easily employed for this purpose while effecting
the grafting uniformly, so that the grafted extremities of the wild and cultivated
parts respectively are permitted to grow together.
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 :-
1. Scissors for the purpose of making grafts on plants consisting of a jaw such as a
formed with double cutting edges, and a corresponding jaw such as d having
cutters d d which move past the lateral and tapering cutting edges of the
jaw a, whereby a wedge-shaped cut is made on the twig that is placed in the
Jaw a.
2. Scissors for the purpose of making grafts on plants as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.