Stem cutting and retaining tool

Abstract

Abstract 1282243 Flower cutting scissors STANLEY WORKS (GREAT BRITAIN) Ltd 28 June 1971 [29 June 1970] 31368/70 Heading B4B A flower stem cutting and retaining tool comprises a cutting blade 21 secured to a handle 10 and adapted to co-operate with an anvil surface 24 provided on a handle 11, the cutting blade having associated therewith a spring element 28, 29 adapted to move with the blade towards the anvil surface and retentively trap the stem between the element and surface after severance of the stem. The blade 21 is mounted in a holder 19 which, together with the blade, are located in a recess (18), Fig. 4 (not shown), and clamped therein by a nut 16 screwed on to a stud 14. The spring element is also retained by the nut 16 and arranged so that when cutting a stem 25, the latter is held as the blade continues to cut through the stem, the element being able to flex during this movement by means of a spring 29. The element is formed with a lip 33 which forms a guard for the tip of the blade. The handles are moulded from a plastics material.

Inventors

• 👤 David R Carter

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