DE20014352U1 - Scissors with soft-material coated grip eyes - Google Patents

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Applicant: Kleiber + Co. GmbH Wigglis 4 D-88167 Röthenbach

Scissors with soft material-covered handles

The innovation relates to a pair of scissors with soft material-coated handle eyes according to the preamble of independent claim 1.

Numerous scissors with plastic handles are already known from the state of the art, with the plastic handles being attached to the free end of the metal scissor handle stubs using a receiving opening or being molded on. The plastic handles have a first part that holds the scissor handle stubs and a second part with grip eyes for holding the user's fingers. Such scissors with plastic handles are more cost-effective than scissors made of metal alone and are used in simple household scissors.

From EP 0 607 223 B1 such scissors with plastic handles have become known, whereby in order to improve the user-friendliness in the area of

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The plastic handles have additional covers made of a softer plastic that cover the area around the handles. This is intended to give the user a pleasant grip when picking up and using the scissors, which gives a less cold and hard feeling than contact with pure metal scissors and a less hard feeling than contact with conventional scissors with plastic handles. These are then referred to as scissors with a "soft touch", i.e. a relatively soft handle that should not make the scissors unstable. In the following, such a cover made of a relatively soft plastic is referred to as a "soft touch cover".

In order to cover the grip eyes of the plastic handle of the scissors with the soft-touch covering, the soft-touch covering is designed to be ring-shaped and approximately semi-circular in cross-section and to be inserted into the corresponding grip eye with its peripheral surface. The curved surface of the soft-touch covering is in the direction of the center of the grip eye and the approximately flat part of the surface is in the direction of the plastic handle.
To improve the attachment of the soft-touch covering to the handle eye, a circumferential T-shaped rib is provided on the inner surface of the handle eye, which engages in a corresponding T-shaped groove in the soft-touch covering, which is incorporated in the area of the flat part of the casing surface of the soft-touch covering.

The disadvantage here is that these types of fastening between the soft-touch casing and the handle eye of the plastic handle of the scissors are relatively expensive, since the all-round T-shaped tongue and groove connection must be provided. This means additional effort for the injection molds, into which the T-rib or T-groove, which is complicated with regard to the production of the injection molds, must be inserted.
An additional disadvantage of this state-of-the-art design is that the installation of the soft-touch cladding in the

The grip eye of the plastic handle of the scissors is not entirely unproblematic, which increases the assembly time, increases the reject rate of defective soft-touch coverings or plastic handles or entire scissors and practically does not allow for automatic assembly or only allows this at great expense.

The aim of this innovation is to provide a generic pair of scissors with plastic handles and soft-touch casings, which makes production and assembly more cost-effective while maintaining at least the same stability and user-friendliness of the scissors.

The technical teaching of the independent claim serves to solve the problem, with further advantageous embodiments being set out in the dependent subclaims.

The key feature of the innovation is that the handle parts are overmolded with the soft-touch coverings and each have at least one bar in the area of the handle eyes, which is partially not overmolded with the soft-touch covering.

The advantage of this is that the complicated tongue and groove connections can be omitted according to the state of the art and yet good stability and ergonomics of the scissors are guaranteed.

The soft-touch coverings can be molded around the handle eyes in a relatively simple and cost-effective manner, whereby the bars provided in the area of the handle eyes prevent the soft-touch coverings from moving or slipping and stabilize them on the handle parts. Furthermore, the bars together with the soft-touch coverings give the scissors a visually appealing appearance, as the bars remain partially visible.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the handle parts have a reduced thickness in the area of the handle eyes and thus

the soft-touch covers are molded so that the surfaces of the soft-touch covers are flush with the surfaces of the non-covered areas of the handle parts.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the webs are formed by elevations or bulges in the handle parts. The webs are preferably connected to the associated handle part in one piece.

However, it can also be provided that the webs are designed as separate parts that are placed on the &iacgr;&ogr; handle parts or inserted into them.

The bars can be made of plastic or metal. Depending on the material and color design, the scissors have a visually appealing appearance.

In a preferred design of the scissors, the surfaces of the webs are flush with the surface of the soft-touch cladding.

The soft-touch covers themselves preferably have a pre-formed, ergonomic shape for left- and/or right-handed users, but can also be designed to be so flexible and elastic that they automatically adapt to the anatomy of the user's fingers.

For cost reasons, the soft-touch coverings can only be provided in the area of the handle eyes or, in another embodiment, e.g. for aesthetic reasons, they can cover additional parts of the handle parts or the entire handle parts.

The subject matter of the present innovation arises not only from the subject matter of the individual claims, but also from the combination of the individual claims with one another.

A preferred embodiment of the innovation is explained in more detail below using the drawings. The drawings and their descriptions reveal further features and advantages of the innovation.

Show it:

Figure 1: the scissors according to the innovation in plan view;
&iacgr;&ogr; Figure 2: the scissors according to the innovation in a side view;

Figure 3: a section through a handle part in the region of a web along the section line A - A in Figure 1;

Figure 4: a section through a handle part along the section line B - B in Figure 1;

Figures 1 and 2 show the innovative scissors in plan view and a side view.

The scissors 1 consist of a first scissor arm 2 and a second scissor arm 3, which are connected to one another via a connecting part 4, so that the scissor arms 2, 3 are designed to be pivotable relative to one another like scissors.

There is a first handle part 5 on the first scissor arm 2 and a second handle part 6 on the second scissor arm 3, wherein the scissor arms 2, 3 are designed in the region of the handle parts 5, 6, for example, in a stub-like manner and the handle parts 5, 6 made of plastic are applied to these stumps, which can be glued on, for example, or sprayed on using a corresponding injection molding process.

The two handle parts 5 and 6 each have a grip eye 7 and 8 at their free ends, in which the user's fingers can be accommodated.

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According to the invention, soft-touch coverings 9 and 10 are respectively attached around the handle eyes 7 and 8, wherein these soft-touch coverings are applied using the injection molding process in such a way that they fit harmoniously into the handle parts 5, 6 and are embedded there, which is achieved by reducing the thickness of the handle parts 5, 6 in the area of the handle eyes 7, 8. This can be seen from Figure 4 in conjunction with Figure 2.

The soft-touch coverings 9 and 10 are sprayed onto the handle parts 5 and 6 in the area of the handle eyes 7, 8 in such a way that the surface of the soft-touch coverings 9, 10 is flush with the surface of the non-covered areas of the handle parts 5; 6.

It can be seen in particular in Figure 1 in conjunction with Figure 3 that the handle parts 5, 6 have one or more webs 11-13 in the area of the handle eyes 7, 8, which are preferably formed as a single piece with the handle parts 5, 6. As can be seen in Figure 3, these webs 11-13 are not completely covered with the soft-touch material but remain partially visible, with the surfaces of the webs 11-13 flush with the surface of the soft-touch coverings 9, 10.

These webs 11-13 form additional anchors and holding points for the soft-touch coverings 9 and 10, which prevents the relatively soft coverings 9, 10 from moving and slipping on the handle parts 5, 6. In addition, the webs 11-13 form a visual contrast to the soft-touch coverings 9, 10 and thus contribute to an attractive appearance of the scissors 1.

7 Scissors Drawing guide first Scherenbeck second Scherenbeck 1 Connecting part 2 first handle part 3 second handle part 4 first grip eye 5 second grip eye 6 first soft-touch covering 7 second soft-touch cover 8th web 9 web 10 web 11 12 13

Claims (10)

1. Scissors with eyes covered with soft material, which comprises a first and a second scissor arm ( 2 , 3 ) which are connected to one another in a scissor-like manner via a connecting part ( 4 ), wherein the scissor arms ( 2 ; 3 ) each have a handle part ( 5 ; 6 ) made of plastic, which each form a handle eye ( 7 , 8 ), wherein the handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ) are covered at least in the area of the handle eyes ( 7 , 8 ) with a soft-touch covering ( 9 ; 10 ) made of soft plastic or rubber material, characterized in that the handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ) are molded with the soft-touch coverings ( 9 ; 10 ) and in the area of the handle eyes ( 7 ; 8 ) each have at least one web
( 11-13 ), which is partially not covered with the soft-touch coating. 2. Scissors according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ) have a reduced thickness in the region of the handle eyes ( 7 ; 8 ). 3. Scissors according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the surfaces of the soft-touch coverings ( 9 ; 10 ) are flush with the surfaces of the non-covered areas of the handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ). 4. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the webs ( 11-13 ) are formed by elevations or bulges of the handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ). 5. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the webs ( 11-13 ) are connected in one piece with the associated handle part ( 5 ; 6 ). 6. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the webs ( 11-13 ) are designed as separate parts. 7. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the webs ( 11-13 ) are made of plastic or metal. 8. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the surface of the webs ( 11-13 ) terminates with the surface of the soft-touch coverings ( 9 ; 10 ). 9. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the soft-touch casing ( 9 ; 10 ) has a preformed, ergonomic shape for left- and/or right-handed people. 10. Scissors according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the entire handle parts ( 5 ; 6 ) are covered with the soft-touch coverings ( 9 ; 10 ).