US682261A - Shears. - Google Patents

Description

No. 682,26l. Patented Sept. l0, l90l.

C. J. LOICHDT.

SHEARS.

(Application med Jan. 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

zo blades and handles.

UNITED STATES PATENT EErcEw CHARLES J. LOIOI-IOT, OF CANTON, OHIO.

SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,261, dated September 10, 1901. Application led January 18,1901f Serial No. 43,710. (No model.)

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shears; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of ro this specification, and to the figures ot' reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a viewshowing the shear-blades and handles placed in proper relative position and partially opened, also showing the retaining and friction cap removed. Fig. 2

is a View showing the friction-cap placed in proper position, and illustrates portions of the shear-blades and handles., Fig. 3 is an edge view showing portions of the shear- Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line .fr fr, Fig. 2.

The presentinvention has relation to shears; and it consi sts in the different parts and com- Nbination of parts hereinafter described, and

z5 particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the :figures ofthe drawings.

The object of the present invention is to so 3o construct shears at the joint or pivotal portion that they shall have large wearing-surfaces, and at the same time have no tendency or opportunity for the blades to become loose and unfit for use. The blades l and 2 are each provided. with the enlarged portions 3 and 4,said portionslocated between the blades l and 2 and their handles 5 and 6. To the enlarged portion 3 is securely attached the central pivot 7, about which the enlarged portion 4, together with its blade and handle,

move. This pivot 7 is not screwed or riveted to the enlarged portion 4 and is not for the purpose of holding the blades together, but is simply to form a center or bearing. The

the portion having the slots and connected to the portion 3, and by providing the cap 10 and locating the same on the outer face of the enlarged portion 4 and over the slots S the shear-blades can be held in proper relative position, and at the same time all wear can be taken up from time to time Without in any way interfering with the bearing provided for the movement of the blades.

By my peculiar arrangement the shears will wear and remain in good order much longer and work with more ease, because they will not bind or stick when open, as is common with the ordinary shears.

In use Iprefer to employ two slots, such as 8; but the number of slots is immaterial, as the only object is to provide a means for connecting the cap l0 in such a manner that one of the blades is free to move independent of the cap.

For the purpose of providing a means for allowing the cap to fit snugly upon the outer face of the enlarged portion 4 and at the same time taking up the wear from time to time withoutinterfering with the tting of the cap, the rivet-stud 7 should be formed somewhat shorter than the thickness of the portion through which it is passed; but thisl difterence between the length and the thickness need be but slight.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In shears as described, blades and handles pivotally connected together, a cap rigidly attached to one of the blades, enlarged portions located between the blades and handles, one of the enlarged portions provided with a fixed pivot and the other enlarged portion provided with segmental slots, and the cap-screws extended through said segmental slots, substantially as and for the purpose specified. v

2. In shears made as herein described one of the blades having` two or more segmental slots, cap-screws passing therethrough and secured in the other blade, and a pivot secured in the other blade and operating in the central pivotal hole of the first-named blade.

3. The combination of shear-blades pro- IOO vided with handle portions, enlarged portions located between the shear and handle portions and itted face to face one of the enlarged portions provided With a fixed pivot or bearing-point, and the other enlarged portion provided with segmental slots, a cap located upon the outer face of one of the enlarged portions, and cap-screws passed through the cap, and the segmental slots and connected to the enlarged portion provided With the fixed pivot, Io substantially as and for the purpose specified. In testilnonythat I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES J. LOICHOT. Witnesses:

J. A. JEFFERs, F. W. BOND.

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