US841458A - Sheep-shears. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

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sra'rns PATENT OFFIQEQ \VILLIAM A. SCOTT, OF LARAMIE, WYOMING, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JENNIE L. GRIFFIN AND ONE-THIRD TO CARL MILES, BOTH OF LARAMIE, WYOMING.

SHEEP-SHEARS- Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Annlication filed June 27, 1906. Serial No. 323,708.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laramie, in the county of Albany and State of WVyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheep-Shears and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked tliereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sheep-shears; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device of this nature in which the blades are removably held to suitable handles and in the provision of buffer means carried by each handle, whereby the movements of the blades in opposite directions in shearing may be limited.

The invention consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shears. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one of the shearblades, a detail of the invention being shown in elevation; and 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 8 of 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A A designate two handles, the ends of which are curved, as at A, and fastened together by means of rivets B. Each of said handles is made, preferably, of semicylindrical shape, and D and D designate two blades, which have shank portions E, which are semicylindrical in shape and adapted to seat in the concaved portions of the handles. Bolts F are provided for holding said blades to the handles, and secured to each shank portion and handle is a curved arm K, held by one of said bolts in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Each of said arms has a ring N fiXed thereto and adapted to hold a buffer O, which on its inner end is recessed away, as at O, to receive a nut Q. Each of said handles is provided with a buffer, as shown, the inner end of which is contracted and held in the concaved portion of the shankof the blade, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of the buffers positioned as illustrated the movements of the blades in shearing will be limited and gradually stopped when they reach their limits in opposite directions. The resiliency of the curved portions A will cause the blades to normally assume the positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

What I claim is A sheep-shears comprising two handles which are concaved and provided with resilient portions which are fastened together, blades, each having a concaved shank portion, means for fastening the shank portions of the handles, a curved arm fixed to each handle, a ring fixed to each arm, a buffer mounted in each ring, the inner end of each buffer being recessed away, a bolt securing the blade to said handle, and a nut over said bolt seated in said recess, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in-the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SCOTT.

WVitnesses:

GRANT KISOR, FRANK HEWITT.

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