GB1473646A - Gardening tools - Google Patents

Abstract

1473646 Secateurs ROLCUT Ltd 25 July 1974 [6 July 1973] 32236/73 Headings B4B and B4W A hand held gardening tool, e.g. secateurs, having two handle members 1, 2, the tool incorporating a thorn stripper including a pair of projections 32, 33 on each of the handles and arranged to co-operate in such a manner that they form an opening of varying size as the handle members are pivoted to move the pairs of projections towards or away from each other, the pairs of projections being adapted to engage around a stem or a stalk of a flower and to permit such stem or stalk to be pulled through the opening while the projections retain, e.g. thorns on the stem or stalk and cause them to be stripped off the latter during the relative movement between the thorn stripper and the stem or stalk. The projections are formed with inwardly sloping surfaces 29, 30, 31, Fig. 3, to define a recess 27 or 28. As described, the tool is a secateurs-like cutter having a blade 13 detachably connected to the handle 1 via a knurled nut 5 adapted to co-operate with a groove 11 formed in an anvil member 9. A retainer member 21 having a resilient arm 22 is mounted adjacent the blade in order to hold the stem or stalk against the anvil during and after cutting a guard lip 26 being provided on the arm; serrations 10 are formed on the anvil to facilitate gripping. Serrations 18 are also formed on the handle 12 for co-operation with a smooth surface on the handle 1, such arrangement acting as a stem crushing device. In a modification, the serrations 18 may be provided on both handles, the serrations being staggered so as not to interengage; alternatively, one set of serrations may be transversely inclined relative to the other set. The handles may be formed from metal or plastics material.