JPH09252650A - Cutting tool for prickle, twig and lower leaf or the like of stem - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting tool with improved handleability useful in a gardening place and a flower shop, etc., capable of easily cutting off prickles, twigs and lower leaves, etc., grown on the stem of a small plant or the like for which a belt-like blade body is provided with a recessed curve part for holding the stem so as to be housed on a side face. SOLUTION: In this cutting tool 10, a pair of belt-like blade bodies 3 are extended at the upper and lower tips of a holding part 1 energized in an opening direction or a closing direction, the stem is held by the side faces of the belt-like blade bodies 3 and the prickles and the twigs, etc., grown on the stem are stripped and cut by the blade tips 6a of a belt-like side edge. The belt-like blade body 3 is provided with the recessed curve part 6 for holding the stem so as to be housed on the side face. Also, it is preferable that the pair of the belt-like blade bodies 3 are arranged in positional relation to pass each other without being abutted to each other at the time of closing the holding part 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention cuts thorns, twigs, lower leaves, etc. grown on the stems of small plants and leaves only the stems near the roots of cut flowers, for example, for handling at gardens and flower shops. Also, the present invention relates to a cutting tool whose typical application is to facilitate the handling of ikebana.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When cut flowers or the like are obtained from various plants, it is preferable to remove the thorns, twigs, lower leaves and the like growing on the stems to expose the stems. One reason is that it is convenient for holding and bundling in the garden when mowing in gardens or handling various items at florist shops. Alternatively, it is also for eliminating the problem that a twig or the like gets caught in the mouth of the vase when it is put into the vase. Further, when the flowers are arranged, if the lower leaves are soaked in water, they will rot, and the stem or even the water in the vase may be rotted. This is to prevent such a situation.

For example, rose thorns are an obstacle for holding and bundling in hands. In addition, lower leaves and twigs such as chrysanthemums are an obstacle when they are placed in a vase. Therefore, the lower leaves and twigs may be peeled off by hand, or if they are hard, they may be cut off with scissors. Further, rose thorns and the like use an instrument as shown in FIG. 10. This scissor-like instrument is bent so that its tips face each other, and a V-shaped notch is provided at each abutting portion,
By opening and closing this device, the stems of roses, etc. were pinched, and the thorns were dropped by pulling this.

[0004]

However, the use of such an instrument inevitably damages the stem, and in particular causes bacteria to enter from the wound and weaken the cut flowers. In addition, when removing thorns with this device, it will not cut cleanly after removing the thorns because it is removed like a chip, and if twigs are growing, open and close this device to use in the branch direction. It was difficult to handle, such as disturbing me.

Needless to say, it takes a lot of time to pick up small leaves or twigs by hand, especially if these are hard twigs.
There was a problem that it would not break or break, or it would tear the stem if it was forcibly pulled out.

In such a situation, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cutting tool capable of easily and cleanly removing thorns, twigs, lower leaves, etc. grown on the stems of small plants. Especially.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present application, strip-shaped blades are provided at the upper and lower ends of a sandwiching portion that is biased to open or close, and strips are sandwiched by the side surfaces of these strip-shaped blades. A cutting tool for squeezing a splinter or the like grown on a stalk with a cutting edge on the side edge, wherein the band-shaped blade body has a cutting tool provided on a side surface for holding a stalk so as to hold the stalk. I decided to provide it. The structure of the holding portion may be a scissors-shaped or a gripping scissors-shaped structure, and has a structure in which two members are urged toward the opening direction or the closing direction by a spring or the like with a rotating shaft. Or any other type. The point is that it can hold a pair of strip-shaped blades extending from the upper and lower ends of the holding portion. Then, the stalk is clamped between the side surfaces of the strip-shaped blade body, and the cutting tool is operated so as to squeeze the stalk, whereby the thorn or the like can be cut off. At this time, a concave curved portion is provided on the side surface of the blade body so that the blade can be sandwiched so as to accommodate the stem, so that the entire circumference of the cross section of the stem can be squeezed and excision omission can be reduced. In addition, if the cutting edge is directed toward the outside of the stem, the stem will not be scraped.

Further, if the strip-shaped blades are arranged in such a positional relationship that they pass by rubbing each other without abutting each other when closing the sandwiching part, they will stop closing when the stalk is clamped, and the blades will abut each other. Since it is not a translation, it can accommodate stems of any thickness. Further, by providing a plurality of strip-shaped blades on at least one side of the pair, it is possible to play a role of guiding the stalk when performing a squeezing operation, and thus it is possible to maintain the positional relationship between the stalk and the cutting edge in a desired state. It will be possible. Further, the band-shaped blade body can be cut off not only by one-way but also by reciprocating ironing operation by providing both edges of the concave curved portion with double-edged blades. Moreover, the operability of the cutting tool is increased by the substantially R-shaped grip portion, and by making this substantially R-shaped portion reversible by 180 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, a worker can be right-handed or left-handed. In any case, it is possible to adapt the grip shape suitable for each.

Further, it was decided to provide a stationary type cutting tool so that cut flowers can be handled with both hands without having a cutting tool. This is to use a substantially V-shaped receiving portion fixed to a work table or the like, and a mounting portion for that purpose is also provided.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the present invention will be sequentially described with reference to examples of a cutting tool.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cutting tool 10 has a body 2 for holding with one hand, which has a holding portion 1 at one end.
And a strip-shaped blade body 3 extended on the holding portion 2. The main body 2 is composed of a long grip portion 4 and a lever portion 5 which is axially attached to one end of the grip portion 4 and is urged to open by a spring 1a. When the main body 2 is gripped, a thumb is positioned above the lever portion 5. It is supposed to do. Therefore, the operator can hold the lever portion 5 with his / her thumb while holding it with one hand. Also, this cutting tool 10
May be used in any orientation, but it is preferable that the lever portion 5 is located above and one end of the grip portion 4 is located below, so that the "lever portion" and "one end of the grip portion" are separated from each other. The upper and lower parts (members) of the holding part are formed.

The strip-shaped blade 3 is extended to the tips 5a and 4a of the "lever portion" and the "one end of the grip portion", and two strip-shaped blade bodies serve as the receiving blades 3a on the grip portion side. Further, one strip-shaped blade body is extended as the pressing blade 3b on the lever side. The extended tip end extends to the hinge to facilitate insertion of the stem, and the tip is rewound and rounded for safety. Further, on the side surface of the band-shaped blade body, in order to hold the stem so as to be housed, the receiving blade is provided with a downwardly curved concave portion 6 and the pressing blade is provided with a upwardly concave concave portion 6. . Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the receiving blade 3a has two strip-shaped blade bodies spaced apart from each other, and the holding blade 3b is inserted between the receiving blades 3a when the holding portion is closed, thereby closing the holding portion 1. In this case, they are arranged in a positional relationship where they pass each other without rubbing against each other. Further, the strip-shaped blade body is a double-edged blade having blade edges 6a on both sides. The band-shaped blade may have a certain degree of thickness and a rounded cross section, and the point is that it can hold the stem between the side surfaces of the blade.

How to use this cutting tool will be described. First, hold the excision tool with the right hand, insert a stem such as a rose toward the sandwiched portion that is biased by the opening, and insert the stem into the concave curved portions of the two receiving blades. When the stem is placed on the receiving blade in this way, the lever portion is pressed with the thumb, and the holding blade is closed together with the holding portion. As shown in FIG. With the recessed curved portion of the presser blade, the stem can be wrapped and held. After that, as shown in FIG. 5, by using the cutting tool in the right hand and squeezing the rose stalk in the left hand, the thorn can be neatly cut by one-way operation in the outward path. If there are twigs and lower leaves, they are removed at the same time. If there is a remaining thorn due to omission of excision or the like, it is possible to reliably remove the thorn left by the one-way operation of the return path by utilizing the fact that the strip-shaped blade body is double-edged.

Since the pair of strip-shaped blades are double-edged as described above,
It is convenient because it is used for both right-handed and left-handed people. Moreover, the cutting edge of the band-shaped blade is slightly cut outward so that the stem is not cut off. Further, if the recessed curved portion is formed so as to match the shape of the cross section of the stem, the concave curved portion can be sandwiched so as to wrap the stem, so that the uncut portion such as barbs is reduced. In addition, the concave curved part of the receiving blade and the presser blade are formed by facing the concave downward and the concave upward, and since the receiving blade and the presser blade are closed so that they do not rub against each other, it corresponds to various stem thicknesses. You can

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment. In this cutting tool, the grip portion has a substantially rounded shape, and the grip portion is provided so as to be reversible by 180 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion. This is because some force is needed to cut things such as thorns and twigs, that is, it is preferable that the shape is easy to put force in the squeezing direction, especially when handling a large amount, there is a big difference in operability. Because it comes out. In order to solve such a problem, the present invention adopts the rounded grip portion, so that the snap is easily applied and the force is easily applied, so that the operability is enhanced. Further, since the rounded grip portion is provided so as to be able to be inverted by 180 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, it is more convenient because it is used for both right-handed and left-handed persons.

FIG. 7 shows a cutting tool 20 composed of a mounting portion 8 and a receiving portion 9 which is erected on the upper surface of the mounting portion 8 via a supporting portion. The receiving part is formed by folding back a strip-shaped blade material into a substantially V shape.
As shown in FIG. 8, an outward blade edge 9a is provided on one side of the blade material. When this cutting tool 20 is used, the tip side of the stalk is directed toward you, the root side is projected so that it is inserted into the receiving part, and the thorn, twig, lower lobe, etc. are cut off by pulling this towards you. . FIG. 9 shows another cutting tool 20,
It is composed of a mounting portion 8 and two receiving portions 9 formed by V-cutting an upright plate-shaped blade material. The inner edge of the cut receiving portion is a blade so that thorns and the like can be easily cut off.

Since these receiving portions are substantially V-shaped, they can be used regardless of the thickness of the stem. Also,
There may be any number of receiving parts in one cutting tool, that is, it may be single or double. Further, when the receiving parts are multiple, the V-shape does not have to have the same shape, and if a small receiving part and a relatively large receiving part are provided, it becomes easier to adapt to the size of the stem.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a pair of strip-shaped blades are provided at the upper and lower ends of the sandwiching portion urged in the opening direction or the closing direction, and the side surfaces of the strip-shaped blades are extended. A severing tool for pinching stems between each other and squeezing the thorns, twigs, etc. grown on the stalks with the blade edge of the strip-shaped side, and the strip-shaped blades sandwich the stalks so as to store the stems on the sides Since the concave curve is provided, it is possible to easily and cleanly remove the thorns, twigs, lower leaves, etc. grown on the stems of plantlets.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pair of strip-shaped blades are arranged in such a positional relationship that they pass each other without rubbing each other when the sandwiching portion is closed, without abutting each other. Since the blade body will be closed by pinching the stalk, it is possible to pinch any stalk of any thickness, so the cutting work such as thorns can be performed with uniform quality. You can do it.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the pair of strip-shaped blades are provided on at least one side of the sandwiching portion, so that the plurality of blades guide the direction of the stalk, and thus the blade tips. It is easy to maintain a constant angular relationship with respect to the stalk and the orientation of the cutting tool is easily determined when the cutting tool is squeezed so that the operability is improved.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the pair of strip-shaped blades are double-edged blades having the cutting edges on both sides of the concave curved portion, when the cutting tool is operated in the stalk direction, the forward and backward paths are used. Regardless of which case the barbs are removed, operability is improved. It can also be used for right-handed people and left-handed people.

According to the invention described in claim 5, the cutting tool has a grip having a substantially rounded shape, and the grip is provided so as to be reversible by 180 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip. Therefore, it becomes easy to remove hard thorns and the like, and it can be used for both right-handed people and left-handed people even though the shape is not axisymmetric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion.

According to the invention of claim 6, a barb of a stem,
It is a cutting tool for squeezing twigs and the like, and it consists of a mounting part for mounting on a work table and the like, and a receiving part of a substantially V-shaped receiving shape provided on this mounting part, so it is possible to handle the stem with both hands. This makes it possible to improve work efficiency even when handling large quantities. Also, since the stem can be pulled with both hands, there are many relatively large thorns and twigs that are relatively large, but even such a hard stem can be relatively easily excised.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a cutting tool.

2 is a side view of the cutting tool of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a plan view of the cutting tool of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the cutting tool of FIG. 1 is closed and a stem is clamped.

FIG. 5 is a view showing how a rose thorn is cut off by the cutting tool of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of another embodiment of the cutting tool.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a cutting tool.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a cutting tool.

FIG. 10 is a view of a conventional thorn removing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 20 Cutting tool 1 Clamping portion 2 Main body 3 Band-shaped blade body 3a Receiving blade 3b Holding blade 4 Gripping portion 5 Lever portion 6 Recessed curved portion 7 Longitudinal axis 8 Mounting portion 9 Receiving portion

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pair of strip-shaped blades are provided at upper and lower ends of a sandwiching portion urged in an opening direction or a closing direction, and a stalk is sandwiched between side surfaces of the strip-shaped blades to form a blade edge on the strip-shaped side. A cutting tool for squeezing thorns, twigs, etc. grown on a stalk by cutting, wherein the band-shaped blade body is provided with a concave curved portion for holding the stalk so as to accommodate the stalk. Ingredient 2. The cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein the pair of strip-shaped blades are arranged in a positional relationship in which they pass each other without rubbing each other when closing the holding portion without abutting each other. 3. A plurality of the pair of strip-shaped blades is provided on at least one side of the sandwiching portion.
Or the excision tool according to 2. 4. The pair of strip-shaped blades is a double-edged blade having cutting edges on both sides of the concavely curved portion.
The excision tool according to any one of 1. 5. The cutting tool according to claim 4, wherein the cutting tool has a substantially R-shaped grip portion, and the grip portion is provided so as to be capable of being inverted by 180 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the grip portion. Ingredient 6. A cutting tool for squeezing off thorns, twigs, etc. of a stem, which comprises a mounting portion for mounting on a workbench and the like, and a receiving portion provided on this mounting portion and having a substantially V-shaped receiving shape. A cutting tool characterized by that.