Hand held cutters for plant stems - has stem retaining scissors with L-shaped articulating arms

摘要

The hand tool is designed to cut and harvest hard stemmed produce such as raisin. It takes the form of scissors of which the two arms have an approximate L shape and can grip the stem once cut. Two branches (11,12) form the handle whilst two other branches (14,15) are used to mount complementary cutting faces. The two arms subtend an angle of between 60 and 150 degrees. A demountable interchangeable blade (16) may be mounted on one cutting branch whilst its counterpart carries a support (18) with a face parallel to the blade. The bottom (19) and top (18) faces of the respective cutting branches form jaws which grip the stem. The top face of the support may be fluted and the opening movement may be aided by a spring (22).