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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JNO. C. LOVELAND, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT,

SCISSOBS-SHARPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 19,784, dated March 30, 1858.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, John C. Loveland, of Springfield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new 5 and useful Instrument for Sharpening Scissors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which— .Figure 1 is a view of the instrument. Fig. 2 is a view of the case with the file removed. Figs. 3 and 4 details to be referred to hereafter.

As. seamstresses and others who have oc15 casion to frequently use scissors are often inconvenienced by .finding them dull, and lose much valuable time in sending them to be sharpened, the object of my present invention is to furnish them with a simple durable 20 and efficient, instrument with which they can themselves in a few moments sharpen up their scissors.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention I will pro25' ceed to describe the manner in which I have carried out the same.

In the drawings A is a metal case of the form shown in Fig. 2. It consists of a handle a and a circular box δ, the rim c, 30 of which is of a sufficient height to inclose the file B, Fig. 3 and the cap C Fig. 4, without their projecting above the top of the rim as shown in Fig. 1. From the top part of the rim c, projects a lip or guide d, 35 the side 5 of which is straight or radial to the box δ. This forms one side of a notch 6 cut through the rim &lt;?, and a short distance into the box b. The plate or cap C, has a corresponding notch 7 cut in its eds*e 40 (see Fig. 4.)

The file B, Fig. 3, is a stout circular piece of steel having its edge cut like a file as at &lt;?, Fig. 3. It is-perforated with a hole f which fits over a stud g (Fig. 2.) The cap 45 C is perforated with a hole h (Fig. 4) through which a screw « (Fig. 1) passes and is screwed into the stud g when the parts are in place. As the notches 6 and 7 are cut down a little below the edge of 50 the box δ, the edge of the file B, will be exposed at that part which is opposite to the notches, and when this part of the file has become worn by use the screw / may be loosened and the file B, be revolved a part 55 of a turn thus bringing a fresh portion of its edge into use.

Instead of the circular box δ and file B a polygonal file may be employed the box being made of the proper form to receive it, but the form above described is the one 60 which I prefer.

If the. rim c is made of sufficient width to form in it a deep notch 6—the lip d may be dispensed with—but this would make the instrument cumbersome or reduce the dia- 65 meter of the file B.

The manner of arranging and operating this instrument is as follows: The file B is placed in the box δ the stud g projecting up into the hole f. The cap C, is placed 70 on top of the file with its notch 7 corresponding to the notch 6 of the rim c. The screw i is then entered and is screwed down tight onto the cap C. This holds the parts in place. When used the instrument is 75 grasped by the handle a and one of the blades of a pair of scissors is pressed with its flat side against the edge 5 of the guide d. It is then drawn a few times over the edge of the file, the cutting edge of the blade 80 resting in the proper position on the file.. The other blade is then sharpened in the same manner, without the necessity of separating the blades. As the file takes off a portion of the edge of the blade in sharp- 85. ening it will leave what is termed a feather edge on each blade, but this will be at once removed. by shutting the two blades together with their edges in contact, when a smooth cutting edge will be left on the 90 scissors.

Heretofore I have spoken of the use of a file only, for the purpose of sharpening the scissors, it is however obvious that other sharpeners may be used in place of the file, 95 as for instance, Arkansas or other suitably grain stone, or emery wheel.