TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to scissors, more particularly to scissors combined with a cutter knife.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, scissors and a cutter knife have been separately used when cutting papers or sewing at home.

Users usually change cutting instruments from scissors to a cutter knife or vice versa, depending on their need.

Therefore, there exist problems in that it is inconvenient for a user to change cutting instruments and separately purchase both scissors and a cutter knife.

It is an object of the present invention to provide scissors combined with a cutter knife, changing cutting instruments from scissors to a cutter knife or vice versa, depending on his need.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to scissors, more particularly to scissors combined with a cutter knife. The scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention are constructed by combining a cutter knife having a replaceable blade on one side of scissors' blades.

Accordingly, users can easily and conveniently change cutting instruments from scissors to a cutter knife or vice versa depending on their work.

Therefore, it is easy to keep both scissors and a cutter knife for a later use and to save the trouble of changing the cutting instruments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the first embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a cutter knife shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line X-X in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the second embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of scissors and a cutter knife shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line Y-Y in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the third embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line Z-Z in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 C are views for explaining replacement of the blade of a cutter knife in the third embodiment in Fig. 7.

Fig. 10A and Fig. 10B are exploded perspective views showing a fourth embodiment of the scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 are views for the first embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, the first embodiment according to the present invention is constructed with scissors 1 and a cutter knife 4 combined with one of the blades 2 of the scissors 1.

A seat portion 2a is formed on one of the scissors' blades 2 in order to provide room for the cutter knife 4 to be fixed on, and two connection holes 3 are also provided in the seat portion 2a in place for connection with the cutter knife 4. And also, the cutter knife 4 is constituted with an upper plate 80 having a longitudinal slot 90 whose one end is formed in a somewhat enlarged hole 90a; a blade 5 having a hole 5a nearly at the end;

a knife case 10 having two insertion protrusions 6 protruded from the back of the case 10, a pair of longitudinal upper plate fixing portions 20 formed in parallel to each other, a pair of longitudinally protruded inside walls 30 formed in parallel to each other, and a longitudinal teeth-like convex-o-concave portion 40 formed on one of the inside walls 30; and a slider 75 constructed by an elastic portion 60 having a clicker 70, a guidance portion 60a having an insertion protrusion 60b, and a slider knob 50.

The blade 5 is put on the walls 30 formed inside the knife case 10 following a connection of the hole 5a of the blade 5 with the insertion protrusion 60b of the slider 75. And also, the upper plate 80 is placed on the upper plate fixing portions 20 of the knife case 10.

At this time, the slider knob 50 of the slider 75 is protruded out through the enlarged hole 90a formed at the end of the longitudinal slot 90. The width of the upper plate 80 is somewhat longer than that of a pair of the upper plate fixing portions 20 and the upper plate 80 is manufactured by a thin plate which is elastically flexible, so that the upper plate 80 can be easily inserted and fixed on the upper plate fixing portions 20 by exerting pressure on the upper plate 80.

The cutter knife 4 having an aforementioned construction is combined with scissors 1 through a connection of the insertion protrusions 6 protruded from the back of the knife case 10 with the connection holes 3 formed in the seat portion 2a of the scissors' blade 2.

At this time, an adhesive agent is applied on the seat portion 2a and the back of the knife case 10 for a firm fixture.

Usage of the scissors combined with a cutter knife will be described below. That is, the blade 5 of the cutter knife 4 comes into or out of the knife case 10 when pushing the slide knob 50 of the cutter knife 4 forwards or backwards.

At this time, the clicker 70 of the elastic portion 60 moves when pushing the slide knob 50 of the slider 75 forwards or backwards, the clicker 70 of the elastic portion 60 moves forwards or backwards along the longitudinal teeth-like convex-o-concave portion formed on one of the walls 30, so that the blade 5 connected with the slider 75 comes out of or into the knife case 10. With removal of the pushing when the blade 5 has come out of the knife case 10 in a suitable length for use,

the clicker 70 is captured in the convex-o-concave portion 40 by a restoring force of the elastic portion 60, thereby preventing the blade 5 from moving during its use.

The convex-o-concave portion 40 is formed on one of the walls 30 in order to prevent the upper plate 80 from being detached from the upper plate fixing portions 20 by a force exerted on the upper plate 80 during the use of the cutter knife 4.

And also, the upper plate 80, which is a thin plate, can be detached from the upper plate fixing portions 20 when a force is applied on one side of the upper plate 80 to such an extent that the upper plate 80 is bent. And then, the blade 5 and the slider 75 can be taken out of the knife case 10 for being substituted for the blade 5.

Assembling the cutter knife 4 can be done in an aforementioned manner.

Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 are views showing the second embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

As shown in the figures, the second embodiment according to the present invention is constituted with scissors 1 whose one blade 2 has two connection holes 3 and a cutter knife 4 whose back has two insertion protrusions 6.

The cutter knife 4 is a common one which allows a replacement of a blade 5 at the end of the cutter knife 4. In this case, there is no need to form a seat portion for the cutter knife on one blade of the scissors as in the first embodiment, so that easy manufacture of scissors combined with a cutter knife can be accomplished.

Fig. 7 to Fig. 9 A,B,C are views showing the third embodiment of scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

As shown in the figures and as in the first embodiment, the third embodiment is constructed by scissors 1 whose one blade 2 has a seat portion 2a and a cutter knife 4 whose blade 5 can be taken, for its replacement, out of the upper side at the end of the cutter knife 4. The knife case 12 of the cutter knife 4 has a concave portion 21 whose bottom has two connection holes 31 and a blocking member 41 which is detachable has two insertion protrusions 51 corresponding to the connection holes 31.

As described in the first embodiment, the blade 5 and the slider 40a are housed in the knife case 12 after their connection through a hole 5a of the blade 5 and a protrusion (not shown) of the slider 40a.

And also, the blade 5 comes out of or into the knife case 12 when the slider knob 40 is pushed forwards or backwards.

As shown in Fig. 9 A and B, in case of replacing the blade 5 of the cutter knife 4, the blocking member 41 is removed from the knife case

12, the slider knob 40 is pushed to the end of the knife case 12 and then the slider 40a is taken out of the knife case 12. At this time, if the length of the blade 5 connected with the slider 40a is short, both the blade 5 and the slider 40a can be taken out of the knife case 12. However, if the length of the blade 5 is long, the slider 40a is firstly taken out of the knife case 12 through the concave portion 21 after the slider 40a and the blade 5 have been disassembled, so that the blade 5 can be slid out of the knife case 12 slanted.

Fig. 10A and Fig. 10B are exploded perspective views showing a fourth embodiment of the scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention.

As shown in the Figures, the fourth embodiment of the scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention is constituted with scissors 1 having a seating portion 2a on one side of its

blades and a cutter knife 4 as in the first embodiment mentioned above.

The cutter knife 4 is fixed to the scissors by inserting two connecting protrusions not shown formed from the back side of the knife case 12 into corresponding two fixing holes not shown formed on the seating portion 2a, in the same manner as mentioned in the first embodiment.

The knife case 12 has a knob-separating portion 93 formed in a groove for enabling a slider knob 50 to be separated from a knife blade 5 on the rear end part of the knife case 12, as shown in Fig. 10B, wherein the knob-separating portion 93 has upper and lower supporting portions 92, 91 longitudinally protruding along the blade 2 of the scissors 1 each of which has two insertion holes 94, and a cover member 96 mountable and dismountable to cover up the knob-separating portion 93, on upper and lower parts of which two insertion protrusions 95 are formed respectively corresponding to the insertion holes 94.

The scissors combined with a cutter knife having the construction mentioned above are generally used in a state that the cover member 96 is covered on the knob-separating portion 93 through a connection of the insertion protrusions 95 and the insertion holes 94.

When removing the knife blade 5 for its replacement, initially a force is applied to the cover member 96 connected with the knob- separating portion 93 in order to detach the cover member 96 from the knob-separating portion 93 by disconnecting the insertion protrusions 95 from the insertion holes 94.

And then, as shown in Fig. 10B, the slider knob 50 connected with the knife blade 5 is pushed backwards to be placed on the knob-separating portion 93, so that the slider knob 50 can be easily separated from the knife blade 5 . And also the blade 5 can be smoothly slid out of the knife case 12 when the knife case 12 is slanted. After replacing the old

blade of the cutter knife 4 with a brand new one, the slider knob 50 is connected with the brand new blade and pushed forwards enough to cover the knob-separating portion 93 with the cover member 96, thereby fitting into a complete cutter knife 4 having a brand new blade.

In the first, second, third and fourth embodiments according to the present invention, a blade insertion slit 100 for cutting a part of the blade 5 of the cutter knife 4 is formed on one of the holders 105 of the scissor 1, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 10A, so that a user can use a new part of the blade 5 by eliminating an old part of the blade 5.

As described aforementioned, scissors combined with a cutter knife according to the present invention can be conveniently used anywhere both scissors and a cutter knife are required, and easy keeping is obtained for both of them since they are combined in one.