US2179725A - Scissors holding device - Google Patents

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Nov. 14, 1939. J. F. LE SKO 2,179,725

SCISSORS HOLDING DEVICE Filed Nov. 19, 1937 Patented Nov. 14, 1939 PATENT oFFicr 2,179,725 scrssons HOLDING DEVICE James F. Lesko, Chicago, Ill., assignor of fortyfive one-hundredths to George J. Wolf, Cicero,

Ill.

Application November 19, 1937, Serial No. 175,457

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a device more especially intended for properly holding scissors while they are being sharpened or honed; the device being adapted to rigidly hold a blade of the scissors in such manner that its cutting edge will be properly positioned and entirely exposed for continued movement of the sharpening tool or hone thereover.

The invention also has for its object the provision of a device which adapts it to scissors whose blades are of varying lengths; the device involving elements whereby numerous adjustments may be readily made without the need of the special tools.

The invention contemplates the provision of a device which may be easily attached to a table or other supporting or rigid article and which may be inexpensive in manufacture.

The objects and advantages of my invention will be readily comprehended from the detailed description of the accompanying drawing where- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device shown secured to a supporting structure and a pair of scissors mounted thereon; a part of one blade of the scissors being broken away.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device as viewed from the side opposite to that shown in Figure 1; a portion of one blade of the scissors being broken away.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a similar View taken on the line i-Ji of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the device without a scissors mounted thereon.

My improved device is especially intended for securely holding a pair of scissors while being sharpened or honed and in the specific embodiment shown in the drawing comprises a main body portion in the nature of a metallic plate l5 of comparative width and tapered at one end as shown at E6, and this tapered end provided at one longitudinal side with a downwardly extending flange or side H. The flange or side ll at its bottom is provided with a threaded sleeve portion l8 disposed vertically and rearwardly of the rear or inner edge of the flange H, see Figures 1 and 2. This threaded sleeve portion i8 is intended to receive the thumb or clamp screw 19 whereby the device may be clamped on the edge of a supporting structure or table indicated at 20.

The tapered longitudinal edge of the extension or end I6 is serrated or provided with a plurality of notches as at 2| adapted to effect a nonslipping holding relation with the shank or hand grasping end of one of the blades of the scissors 22, as shown in Figure l; the taper of extension it being toward the outer end thereof.

The main portion I5 in proximity to the extension it has a partially severed portion which is bent upwardly to provide the upstanding post or lug 23 of predetermined heighth; the upper end being preferably rounded as shown and centrally provided with a groove or notch 24, somewhat undercut at opposite sides as shown in Figures 1 and 3, to receive the rear longitudinal edge of the blade to be honed or sharpened.

The main portion E5 of the device, between the upstanding lug 23 and the opposite end of said portion i5 is provided with a number of trans versely disposed slots 25 and with tapped holes 26 arranged intermediate of the slots and intermediate of the first slot and the opening caused by the upstanding lug 23.

The slots 25 are of predetermined length and shown substantially equal, but in order to avoid the plate being weakened, the slots are shown successively arranged closer toward one side of the plate portion l5, see Figure 5.

The purpose of these slots 25 and tapped holes 25 is to permit the desired positioning of the upstanding lug 21. The upstanding portion of lug 2'1 is substantially similar to lug 23, with its upper end made arcuate and provided with a notch 28 adapted to receive the back edge of the blade of the scissors.

The bottom or base of lug 21 extends laterally toward one side and is enlarged as shown at 29 and provided with a transversely disposed slot 30, which extends parallel with slots 25 in the plate I5. The slot 30 is intended to receive the thumb-screw 3! (provided with a shoulder or washer 32) which screws into the selected hole 25 and clamps the lug 21 in its adjusted positions. The base 29 of lug 21, intermediate of the slot 30 and the upstanding portion of the lug is provided with a pair of depressed pin forming portions as at 33, see Figure 4, which are adapted to enter one of the slots 25 in the body portion or plate Hi; the pin like portions 33 being in alignment and slightly spaced apart transversely of the base 29 of lug 21 for the purpose of guiding the lug 2'1 in its adjustments transversely of the body or plate l5 and to hold the lug 21 against any tendency to rotate about the thumb-screw 3 l.

The purpose of my device is to rigidly hold the scissors in position with the bevel of the cutting edge arranged substantially in a horizontal plane in order that proper honing of the cutting edge may be accomplished; and lug 21 is made adjustable to accommodate the .device to scissors of difierent lengths; it being desirable to adjust lug 21 so that it will engage the blade adjacent the outer end thereof.

When it is desired to sharpen or hone a scissors, the device is first clamped onto a table with the main body portion I flush on the table top as shown in Figure 1, thus leaving the tapered and notched end I6 to extend beyond the table top. The lug 27 is then positioned in keeping with the length of the blade which is to be honed; that is to say, the lug 2'! (thumb-screw 3| having been removed) is moved either to the left or to the right as the case may be so that the lug 21 will receive the outer end of the blade in the manner shown in Figure 1; the pin portions 33 of the lug-base being inserted in the adjacent slot. The blade of the scissors is then placed, rear edge downwardly, in the notches 26 and 28 of the lugs 23 and 2?, while the other blade is disposed upwardly with its finger grasping end against the notched tapered side of extension or end it, namely at a notch somewhat removed from the inner end of the extension l6. Lug 21, with the outer end of the scissors-blade inserted in its notch, is then adjusted lengthwise of the preselected slot 25, namely toward the side of the device on which the notches 2| are located so as to have the slot 28 of lug 21 out of alignment with slot 2-2 in lug 23, thereby moving the horizontally disposed blade to be operated on at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the device. The thumb-screw 3! is then screwed down tightly in the hole 26 which registers with the slot 30 in the base of lug 21. The perpendicular or loose blade of the scissors is then pulled along the tapered side of extension l6 toward the main plate portion l5, thereby causing the rear edge of the horizontally disposed blade to slightly tilt into the undercut portion of slot 24 which induces the blade to be firmly held in place against movement.

The device is shown provided with a plurality of slot and holes in order to permit different positionings of the blade-holding lug 21 commensurate with the length of the scissors blade. For example, if the blade is but slightly longer than the one illustrated in the drawing, thumb-screw '3! could be released and lug 2? swung about the thumb-screw and its depending portions or pins 33 inserted in the next slot 25 while the thumbscrew would remain in the same hole 26. Should, however, the blade of the scissors be considerably longer than the one shown, the thumb-screw 3! must be removed and lug 21 shifted toward the left hand end of the device as viewed in Figure 1 where it would be positioned adjacent the end of the scissors blade with its depending pin portions 33 entering the slot adjacent its new position and thumb-screw 3i screwed into a hole 26 farther to the left as viewed in Figure 1. As is apparent from the construction shown, the device lends itself to at least seven difierent adjustments in so far as lug 21 is concerned, thus providing a device adapted to scissors of varying lengths.

Thile the specific exemplification of my invention is believed to be its best embodiment, certain modifications are possible and may be made without, however, departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a metallic plate tapered at one end and the tapered side provided with serrations, the plate intermediate of its ends having a depending clamp-screw holding portion whereby the device may be clamped onto a table-top; an upstanding lug integral with the plate adjacent the tapered end, said lug at top having a scissorsblade receiving recess; the body portion of the plate being provided with laterally disposed slots spaced apart lengthwise of the plate with tapped holes therebetween; a second upstanding lug adapted to be adjustably secured to said slotted portion of the plate, said lug at top having a scissors-blade receiving recess and on its bottom provided with a depending portion adapted to fit into said slots; and means associated with said second lug and adapted to screw into one of the tapped holes whereby said lug may be adjusted lengthwise and laterally of the plate for scissors of different dimensions and its blade receiving recess moved out of alignment with the recess in said first mentioned stationary lug to effect gripping relation with the back of a scissors blade.

2. A device of the character described comprising a flat plate tapered at one end and at one side, the tapered side being provided with serrations lengthwise thereof while the untapered side of said end is bent downwardly with the lower end formed to provide a vertically disposed threaded socket; a clamp-screw disposed through said threaded socket for clamping the device in place; the plate intermediate of its ends having a partly severed portion bent upwardly to provide an upstanding immovable lug provided in its top with an undercut scissorsblade receiving recess; the other end of said plate being provided with a plurality of transversely disposed slots and tapped openings spaced apart lengthwise of the plate; a second lug member provided with a laterally disposed slotted base and with depending portions adapted to extend into the slots in the plate to prevent rotative movement of said lug member; a thumb-screw disposed through the slotted base of the lug member and adapted to screw into the selected tapped opening for adjustably securing said second lug member in place relative to the immovable lug,

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