USRE2762E - James meyer - Google Patents

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JAMES `MEYER, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Leih-rn PatentfNo. 64,687, dated .May 14, 1867; reissue No. 2,762. dated September 10,1867.

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Be it known thut I, JAMES MEYER, Jr., of the city, county, und Stato of New York, have invented o. new and improved Device for Sharpening Cutlery, and that the following description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a.v full and exact vspecification of the sume, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles ot' my said improvements, by which my invention may he distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with-such parts as I- claim, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent. 1 V

This invention relates to n new and improved device for sharpeningvcutlery of qall kinds, and has for its object portability, eiiiciency, and economy in construction.

-The invention is an improvement on that class of Sharpeners in which two hard-steel cutting-plates are connected by o pivot, and between which the blade to he sharpened is drawn. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is d side view of my invention.

Figure 2, an edge view ofthe same, partly in section. l

Figure 3, a detached view of one pair of cutting-plates pertaining to the sume. i

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A represents the handle of the" device, which may be constructed of wood or other-suitable material, and of quadrilatersl form. To ono end of the handle, at opposite sides thereof, there :tre permanently secured two `metallic plates B B, between which th re is tted n loose or sliding metallic plate, C, which is adjusted 'by a thumb-screw, D, as willbe fully understood by referring to lig..`2. E E( represent two hard-steel plates, which constitute a pair of outtersythe cuttingcdgosaa-of which are rounded longitudinallynd hevclled transversely. To oneof these platos, E, there is secured, by a screw, b, a metal plate, c, having a slotted arm, d, projecting from it, through which and the other plate E' a rivet, e, passes. By this means the two plates E E are connected, so as to admit of their cutting edges being adjusted in contactat different points', which is necessary in order to obtain a new cutting surface when one part is damaged or rendered ineliicient by weer. A rigidor xed pivot or joint would not'auswer the purpose in consequence of the cutting edges of the plates -being rounded longitudinally and being in thesamo plane. These cutters, when required for use, are clamped in. the end of the handle A, between one of `the metallic plates B and the sliding plate C, and are heid tirrnlj bythe lscrew D, and the knife or blade sharpened by being drawn between the plates. When not required ['o; c platos are inserted in Arecesses made in one side of the handle A. F F represent two hard-steel lhave straight cutting edges, and are connected by a pivot, f, which passes through Athe pluies at tno er their width. By this, arrangement the plates lap over each other, and :tra not in the sume plane, the en ongle yories at each adjustmentof theplate Fftho cutting ongle being less or more acute es i; tintes adjusted towards each other. This is not the casewith the plates E E', as, the cutting enig longtudinnlly,tho cutting angle willhe nearly the same at all points of adjustment. Tl u 'nos F, like the plltesfE, hre clamped at one end of the handle A, when required for use, and when not in use nserteii in a groove or recess in the handle A. One of the plates F may he o. little wider thun the other, or the pivot f muy I plas through one plate a little at one sido of thc centre of its width, so'that its cutting; edge 'Y' my' project beyond 'the other plate and form a scraper. Tho two pairs of cutters are a, great acquisition in `n cutlery-simmering `"device, al in some cases one pair may be more preferable than tho other. A thiol:v hind-e, for instance, when operated upon, requires the cuttiugfangle of the plates to ho lessl than when a 'thin blade is oporetodupon.. At one side of the handle A n strap, G, is attached for putting a smooth edge on the sharpened hlftde. The cutters may bo held in their recesses in the handle by an elastic bond, H.

Hovingy thus described-my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure byy Letters 'Pu-tent 1. Tho cutting plates E E', provided with longitudinal rounded edges, and connected togo-thor "ny :t sliding joint, substontlly in' the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

.2. The combination of tbo'handle A 'with Vthe two pairs of cutters E E F F, the clamp et one eno ci the handle, and the-recessel`inthe same to receive-the cutters witbier-without the strap G, suhstnntniiy ne and for the purpose spocied. y

- 8. Thoonttors'E E prhen placed in the samoplsno and connected together by means oi thesliding joint, or its equivalent, substantially u dcscribed for the purpose` specified. i

The above spocostou of ruyinvntionsignod hy me this 29th day of. June, 11567'.

i i JAMES MEYER, Jn.

Witnesses:

Wl. F. McNAluaA,

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