or pulled forward in the direction of arrow 62 forcing the roller 36 to squeeze the scissors handles 56 apart as shown in fig3 this intermediate position 62 also referred to as the spreading ode causes the blades 54 of the scissors 52 to spread thereby exposing them to full sterilization one of the major advantages of roller 36 is that is can rotate and cam or squeeze open scissors handles 56 of a very wide variety of sizes ranging from relatively small to relatively large in contrast many prior art in count stands only operate well with scissors in a narrow range of sizes continued movement of the wire handle 40 brings it to the second or fully locked position 64 as illustrated in fig3 c the handle 40 is positioned so that it limits the vertical movement of scissors 39 blades 54 in the second locked position the wire handle 40 is rotated fully forward so that the spring locks 28 on opposite sidewalls 16 and 18 engage the wire handle 40 and lock it into position simultaneously the stop bar 42 engages slots 48 in the top of sidwalls 16 and 18 in the second or fully locked position 64 the instruments 52 are securely held in position and can be transported to a sterilization device such as an autoclave conversely the instruments 52 can be removed safely from an autoclave and transported to a location where they can be removed another advantage as is apparent from reviewing positions 60 and 64 of fig3 a and 3c is that the operation can be performed in a single motion with one hand it will be clear from the.