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Gardening shears

US5839195A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
5References
3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 22, 1997
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01G3/0251
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gardening shears consists of a fixed jaw, a movable jaw fastened pivotally with the fixed jaw and provided with a blade opposite to the fixed jaw, a braking member fastened pivotally with the fixed jaw and provided with a slide slot in which a pivoting member is capable of moving back and forth so as to actuate the movable jaw, and two handles fastened respectively with the fixed jaw and the braking member. As one of the two handles is moved in the direction away from another one of the two handles, the pivoting member is caused to relocated in the slide slot of the braking member so as to bring about a desired change in the length of the arm of application to make the pruning job easier.

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