Structure for scissors with pincer-clip

#Pruning scissors used to prune flowers and plants or to pick fruits are available in many designs today. One of the pruning scissors has multiple function of cutting and gripping the stem of a fruit or a flower at the same time. Because of such a function, this type of pruning scissors always have a pair of bulky and wide tongs to press and grip the stems, and the pair of scissors is heavy and bulky as a result.

#To overcome this defect, the inventor of this application developed a pair of scissors with very few parts and a thinnest pincer-clip structure for the user to cut and clip stems, fruits and flowers conveniently. To make the pair of scissors more perfect in its function, the inventor continues to develop an affiliated structure that limits the opening of the scissor blades and locks the scissor blades in fixed position, making this type of scissors more convenient in operation and occupy less space when it's folded for storage.

#The main characteristics of this invention is that a long groove is made on the inside edge of one handle, and an O-shape buckle is used to fasten with the long groove by one of its side, and to connect with the center of the spring coils by the other side. The change of the distance between the spring coils and the long groove when the pair of scissors is opened or closed will limit the opening angle of the pair of scissors, and the pair of scissors can be locked when it is closed.

#The following drawings are attached to present this invention clearly for a better understanding of this invention:

#FIG. 1 is the analytical drawing of the pair of scissors holding a stem.

#FIG. 2 is the analytical drawing for the back of the pair of scissors.

#______________________________________ (1) Handle A (11) Wedge (12) Groove (13) Axle Hole (14) Indentation (2) Handle B (21) Groove (22) Protruding Ear (23) Long Groove (231) Top of Groove (232) Hook (3) Blade A (31) Cutting Blade (32) Handle (33) Axle Hole (34) Pin Hole (35,36) Pegs (4) Blade B (41) Cutting Blade (42) Handle (43) Axle Hole (44) Tip Hole (5) Clip Board (51) Gripping Surface (52) Handle (53) Axle Hole (531,532) Edges of Hole (54) Pin Hole (55,56) Pegs (6) Pivot (61) Spring Washer (7) Spring (71) Spring Coils (7,73) Hooks (8) O-shape Buckle (9,10) Pin -(S) Object ______________________________________

#The structure of this invention is illustrated by FIGS. 1, 5 and 6. When the pair of scissors is looked from the front, its blade (3) and blade (4) are crossed on their necks and joined by a pivot (6), and the handles (32 and 42) of the two blades are inserted into the grooves (12) of handles (1 and 2), and affixed by pins (9 and 10). The end of handle (1) extends with a cutting blade (31) to form a wedge (11). Axle holes (13 and 33) are made on handle (1) and the cutting blade (31), and an indentation (14) is made between them to accommodate a clip board (5) that has its handle (52) stuck into a groove of handle (2) and its end has a pin hole (54) to connect with a pin (9). The axle hole (53) in the middle of the clip board (5) is a long ellipse hole mounted with the pivot (6). The handle (52) of the clip board (5) has a pair of protruding pegs (55,56), and the handle (32) of the opposite blade (3) also has a pair of pegs (35,36). These two pairs of pegs hold two hooks (72 and 73) of a spring (7) respectively.

#When the pair of scissors is cutting an object (S), the cutting blades (31 and 41) of blades (3 and 4) cut off the object (S) completely, but the gripping surface (51) of the clip board (5) opens and grips the object (S), as shown by FIG. 1. The main reason for this result is that the clipboard (5) is pivotable at the pin hole (54) about the pin (9), but the axle hole (53) connecting the clip board (5) to the pivot (6) is elliptical in shape, and the hooks (72 and 73) of the spring (7) are stuck on the pegs (35,36) of blade (3) and the pegs (55,56) of the clip board (5). When the pair of scissors is not cutting or holding the object (S), the elliptical axle hole (53) has one edge (532) in resilient contact with the pivot (6). The spring (7) urges the edge (532) into contact with the pivot (6). In this position, the clipboard (5) and the blade (4) will move in unison since there is no resistance acting against the gripping surface (51) of the clipboard (5).