US961235A - Dressmaker's scissors. - Google Patents

Description

A. HOPKINS.

DRESSMAKERS SGISSORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1909 961 235. Patented June 14, 1910.

ANDREW a GRANAM cm PNOTO-UTNOGRAPNERS. WASHINGTON, n. c.

ANNIE HOPKINS, OF LEWISTOWN, MONTANA.

DRESSMAKERS SCISSORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed April 1'7, 1909. Serial No. 490,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Dressmakers Scissors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in scissors designed more especially for dressmakers use and its object is to provide a pair of scissors in which several instruments especially adapted for dressmakers use are combined in compact and useful form.

In accordance with the present invention the blades of the scissors need not differ from those in ordinary use while the several attachments are applied to the handles of the scissors and comprise essentially a buttonhole scissors and a ripping knife, the several elements being compactly and conveniently arranged for ready use with a minimum of manipulation to bring the parts into operative position.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan View of a pair of scissors or shears on an enlarged scale with some of the parts in operative position and with parts in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handle end of the scissors with other parts in operative relation. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line AB of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line CD of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a scissors composed of two blades 1 and 2 as is usual and these blades are provided with respective handles 3 and at. The handle 8 is recessed as indicated at 5 between the pivot point of the blade and the finger ring (3 at the end of the handle, this finger ring being circular in the structure shown in the drawings. The other handle 4 is likewise recessed as indicated at 7 and is also provided with a finger ring 8 which is also circular in outline.

Seated in the recess 7 on the handle 4 is a blade 9 having one edge 10 projecting beyond the inner edge of the handle 4% between the pivot point of the blade 2 and the finger ring 8. Vithin the finger ring 8 there is housed an annulus 11 having its outer periphery formed into a continuous series of spurs or teeth 12 while the outer edge of the finger ring 8 is cut away for a portion of its length as indicated at 18 so that a few of the teeth 12 are exposed. The recess 5 in the handle 3 is continued for a portion of the distance around the finger-hole 6 as indicated at 5 and this continuation 5 is designed to receive the shank 14 of a blade 15, the said blade being normally housed in the recess 5 but has the end of its shank 14. hinged in the recess 5 as indicated at 16, so that the blade may be entirely removed from the recess 5 to a position of substantial alinement with the handle 3 in a direction away therefrom when so desired. This last named position is shown in Fig. 2.

Entering the recess 5 from the side remote to that entered by the blade 15 is a screw 17 designed to engage the rear edge of the blade 15 and move the same to a greater or less distance from the recess 5. The outer edge 18 of the blade 15 is formed to co-act with the outer edge 10 of the blade 9 to cut material introduced between the blades. The free end of the blade 15 is formed with a spur or projection 19 which may be used for ripping purposes. On the side of the finger ring 6 remote from the continuation 5 of the recess 5 there is another recess 20 shaped to receive a piece 21 of chalk, the said chalk being formed at one end to seat in a pocket 22 at one end of the recess 20 and at the other end to be held by a spring clip 23 from accidental dislodgment from the recess 20.

Vith a pair of scissors or shears such as described the blades 1 and 2 may be used in the usual manner for cutting and need not differ in any respect from shears ordinarily in use. The blades 9 and 15 constitute the two blades of a buttonhole scissors and for this purpose the extent of movement of the handles 3 and 4 toward each other may be limited at will by the adjustment of a set screw 21 carried by the handle 4 and engaging a matching portion of the handle 3 as is customary in buttonhole scissors. The spur annulus 11 is always ready for use as a tracing wheel or for such other purposes for which these devices may be used and the chalk 21 on the other finger ring is also at all times ready for use but since the chalk is subject to wear in use it may be readily removed when worn down to the finger ring and a new piece of chalk put in by a proper manipulation of the spring 23. hen it is desired to use the blade 15 for ripping then the scissors blades may be opened and the blade 15 removed from the recess 5 by turning it on its pivot 16. Under these conditions the blade 15 projects away from the finger ring 6 in a manner that the spur 19 or the cutting edge 18 of the blade 15 may be used as desired for ripping or cutting. There is thus provided in one compact tool all the cutting and marking imple ments used in the art of dressmaking.

What is claimed is 1. A dressmakers scissors comprising shear blades connected together and each provided with a handle terminating in a finger ring, each handle being recessed on the edge facing the other handle, a blade fixed in the recess in one handle, and a blade pivoted to the other handle and movable into and out of the recess therein and coacting with the first blade to constitute a buttonhole scissors.

2. A dressmakers scissors or shears comprising pivoted blades each provided with a handle, and each handle being recessed on the edge facing the other handle, a blade seated in the recess in one handle, and a blade pivoted to the other handle and capable of moving into and out of the recess therein and provided with means for adjusting the last named blade toward the blade in the recess of the other handle.

3. A scissors having two co-acting blades in the handles thereof, one of the blades being adjustable relative to the handle and to the other blade, and provided with a ripping spur.

4. A scissors having a recessed handle, a blade hinged to said handle and adapted to move into and out of the recess and provided with a cutting edge, an adjusting screw coacting with the blade when in the recess, and a co-a-cting blade carried by the other handle member.

5. A scissors having two co-acting blades in the handles thereof, one of the blades being pivoted to the handle, and provided with a cutting edge and a ripping spur, and an adjusting screw for the last named blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE HOPKINS. lVitnesses:

EDGAR G. JVoRDEN, ADoLr BECKSTROM.

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