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US 5,761,815 AGranted
Gardening shears
OwnerYu-Tang Lininventor
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Abstract
A gardening shears is composed of a fixed jaw, a movable jaw fastened pivotally with the fixed jaw, a rocking arm fastened with the fixed jaw and provided with a locating slot, an actuating device linking the movable jaw with the rocking arm, and two handles fastened respectively with the movable jaw and the rocking arm.
Claims3
A gardening shears comprising:
- a fixed jaw;
- a movable jaw fastened pivotally with said fixed jaw and provided with a cutting blade fastened therewith such that said cutting blade is opposite in location to said fixed jaw;
- a rocking arm fastened pivotally at a first end thereof with said fixed jaw and provided with a locating slot;
- an actuating device fastened pivotally at a first end thereof with said movable jaw such that a second end of said actuating device is capable of being located in said locating slot of said rocking arm for linking said rocking arm with said movable jaw;
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- two handles fastened respectively with said movable jaw and a free end of said rocking arm;
- wherein said locating slot of said rocking arm is provided in one side of an inner wall thereof with a plurality of arcuate recesses for locating said second end of said actuating device;
- wherein said fixed jaw is provided with an anvil block fastened therewith such that said anvil block is opposite in location to and capable of cooperating with said cutting blade of said movable jaw;
- wherein said actuating device comprises two pulling pieces fastened pivotally and respectively at a first end thereof with said movable jaw such that a second end of each of said two pulling pieces is located in said locating slot of said rocking arm, said actuating device further comprising a resilient element located between said two pulling pieces such that a first end of said resilient element is fastened with said movable jaw, and that a second end of said resilient element is fastened with a short rod fastened between said two pulling pieces, and further that said resilient element enables said two pulling pieces to deflect.
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