Sharpening apparatus for scissors

A scissors sharpener for sharpening the pivotable blades of a pair of scissors used to shear a cut substrate, said scissors having a first blade having a first inside surface and a first cutting edge, and a second blade having a second inside surface and a second cutting edge, said scissors sharpener comprising:

• (a) a main body having a top surface;
• (b) a stationary sharpening steel having opposed surfaces that is securely attached to the main body and extends vertically above the top surface of the main body;
• (c) a bracket secured to the main body having a pivotable mounting assembly;
• (d) a pivotable sharpening steel having a first end with a mounting plate and a second end, the mounting plate of the pivotable sharpening steel operably connected to the mounting assembly of the bracket so that the pivotable sharpening steel rotates with respect to the main body from a standby position;
• (e) a U-shaped return spring having a first end and a second end, said return spring being positioned between the bracket and the mounting plate of the pivotable sharpening steel with its first end attached to the bracket and its second end attached to the mounting plate of the pivotable sharpening steel;
• (f) wherein when the scissors blades engage the scissors sharpener with the first inside blade surface and second inside blade surface abutting the opposed surfaces of the stationery sharpening steel, and the first blade positioned above the pivotable sharpening steel is closed with respect to the second blade positioned below the pivotable sharpening steel, the pivotable sharpening steel pivots with respect to the main body to travel from its standby position along the first blade cutting edge and the second blade cutting edge to sharpen the cutting edges of the scissors;
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• (g) wherein when the scissors blades are disengaged from the stationery sharpening steel and the pivotable sharpening steel, the return spring biases the pivotable sharpening steel back to its standby position.