US564102A - William eichaed - Google Patents

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W. RICHARD.

4 SHEARS.

No. 564,102. Patented July 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAIVI RICHARD, OF BLOOMVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-TI-IIRDS TO ADAM HOLLENBAOK AND DAVID ALLEN PARKS, OF SAME PLACE.

SHE'ARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,102, dated July 14, 1896. Application filed March 2, 1896. Serial No. 581,507. N model.)

To all whom it may concern: is ascrew-bolt 14, to which is connected a Be it known that I, WVILLIAM RICHARD, a link 15. Through the other end of said link citizen of the United States, and a resident of passes a screw bolt which also passes Bloomville, in the county of Seneca and State through the other hole 6, on which is jour- 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and usenaled a roller 16. A spring 17 is provided bet'ul Improvements in Shears; and I do hereby tween the two handles for spreadin g apart declarethat the following is a full, clear, and the jaw and blade. exact description of the invention, which will In using the device the handles are pressed enable others skilled in the art to which it aptoward each other, when the cam 13, acting 6o 10 pertains to make and use the same, reference against the roller 16, will serve as a fulcrum being had to the accompanying drawings, for the handles, and the blades will approach which form a part of this specification. the cutting edge of the jaw to make a shear My invention relates to improvements in cut.

shears,principally designed for pruningtrees, It will be seen that no strain comes upon I 15 plants, shrubs, and other similar objects, althe bolt 14, which works in the oblong slot, though it may be used for cutting purposes and simply forms a support for the link, the generally. strain or pressure all coming upon the cam The object of the invention is to provide an and roller, and as the latter rotates during improved construction of the same, which the operation, the friction is considerably re- 20 shall possess superior advantages with respect duced. While the bolt 14 simply acts as a to efficiency in use. support for the link, it securely holds the The invention consists in the novel conblade to the link and helps support the latter struction and combination of parts hereinafand keep it in position. The blade is also ter fully described and claimed. held in a true plane by means of the bolt and 2 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is link, and prevented from twisting.

a side elevation of apair of shears constructed There are other advantages possessed by in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is my invention which are obvious and need not a view of one of the blades and handles debe enumerated here.

tached, looking from the inner side. Fig. 3 The cutting-blade and jaw may be con- 0 is a similar view of the other blade and hanstructed as shown, with two short handles dle. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 5cm, operated by hand, or the jaw may be secured Fig. 1. to a long handle and the blade, provided with In the said drawings, the reference-nu1neral an operating wire or rod, when high objects, 1 designates a handle, preferably of steel, such as trees, are to be trimmed, as in the 8 5 3 5 formed at its outer end with a curved jaw 2, ordinary tree-trimmers.

provided with a cutting edge 3. It is also Having thus fully described my invention, provided upon one side with a curved metal what I claim isstrip 4, riveted or screwed thereto, and con- 1. As an improved article, a pair of shears fined between this strip and the jaw is a strip comprising a handle provided with two boltb 40 5, of leather or other similar material, to preholes and formed with a curved jaw having vent dulling the blade of the other section of a cutting edge, and another handle having a the shears, hereinafter described. The hancurved cutting-blade, a cam and an oblong dle near its juncture with the jaw is formed hole, the link, the screw-bolt passing through with two holes 6, and in rear thereof with a said oblong hole, the link and the other han- 9 5 5 stud or stop 7. The blade is also provided dle, the screw-bolt passing through the other with a hand or finger stay 8. end of the link into the other handle, and the The numeral 9 designates the other handle roller j ournaled thereon with which said cam or section formed with a curved cutting-blade engages, substantially as described. 10, and formed with an oblong hole 12 and- 2. The combination withthehandleformed 50 with a cam 13. Passing through the holes 6 with two bolt-holes, a jaw witha cutting edge, in handle 1, and through the oblong hole 12, and the curved leather strips secured to said 3' aw, of the handle formed with a curved blade, a cam, and an oblong hole, the link, the bolt passing through said link, oblong hole and the other handle, the bolt passing through the other end of the link into the other handle, and the roller journaled thereon with which said ean1 engages, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

XVILLIAM RICHARD. lVitnesses:

SAMUEL S. LEHMAN, JAMES R. WVEBSTER.

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