IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING OR SHEARING HORSES, SHEEP, AND OTHER ANIMALS."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Paul Ferdinand Mantelet, of the City of Paris, Department
of the Seine, and Republic of France, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING OR SHEARING HORSES, SHEEP, AND OTHER
ANIMALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Paul Ferdinand Mantelet at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1880.
PAUL FERDINAND MANTELET, of the City of Paris, Department of the Seine,
and Republic of France. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING OR
SHEARING HORSES, SHEEP, AND OTHER ANIMALS."
My Invention relates to apparatus for clipping or shearing the hair or wool of
horses, sheep, and other animals.
The object of my Invention is to provide a system of construction which will
produce a strong apparatus with a regular or even pressure over the entire cutting
surface, and which will easily take to picces for cleaning or repair.
The Invention consists,-
Firstly. In an arrangement whereby I obtain strength, inasmuch that the two
plates or combs are not perforated with any hole, the axle forming pivot, having one
of its bearings on the lower comb and the other on the fixed lever. By this system
of pivot I dispense with the use of washers and nuts, which in practice are found to
quickly loosen and wear out.
Secondly. In obtaining a regular or even pressure on the entire cutting surface,
resulting from the central pressure, obtained by means of an adjusting screw,
and which is transmitted evenly to the comb by the upper edge of the cover-
plate.
Thirdly. In facilitating the taking to pieces, it being only necessary to unscrew
the adjusting screw in order to dismount the whole apparatus, so that the comb
plates may be removed at pleasure for sharpening or substituting others, this also
facilitating the cleaning and preventing all clogging with dirt, so that persons
the most ignorant of mechanism may remove, oil, and clean the combs with the
greatest facility.
In the accompanying Drawing, in which similar letters of reference indicate like
parts,
Figures 1 and 2 are elevation and side views of acomplete horse clipper
embodying my Invention,

page_text: 5°. A cover-plate c holding the working or moveable comb.
6°. A pressure lever X.
The stationary or fixed comb a is attached to the end of the fixed lever e by
four screws v; v, v, v.
It is further pierced in the middle and towards the bottom (at the height of or
in line with the screws) with a circular hole. A mortice formed in the fixed
lever e serves together with this circular hole as seat for the pin or axle i of the
working or moveable lever d.
The lever d has at its end, beyond the pin i, a part j, which permits placing the.
comb b and giving it the necessary to and fro or reciprocating motion.
This comb b has a groove k and two projecting parts, l, which butting or
striking against the stop pieces n, n, of the fixed lever e regulato the journey
or cut.
The piece 6 has a sloping recess o, which lodges in the part j at d, and it
is from thence that the lever d gives movement to b.
The cover-plate c fits on to the projecting part p of the lever e by its slot 9, and
on the groovek of the comb b by a projection or rib on the edge, which also serves
to give a regular or even pressure on the teeth:
The projecting part 2 of the lever e has a slot 8 perpendicular to the surface of
the combs, the bottom of which is an inclined plane, and a notch parallel with the
combs. This notch is slightly curved, so that the parts u, u, form two small hooks
or catches.
The pressure lever X is composed of two parts:-
A milled screw V, and a piece x having at its end a circular screw tapped hole y,
through which passes the screw, and at the other end a pin z. When the shearer
or clipper is put together, the pin z entering the notch on the projecting part p
keeps the two combs in their respective position. The inclined part Z comes
on to the inclined plane of 8, and the screw V tightens up against the projecting
1
part p.
Thus, the moveable lever d has its centre of rotation at i, and by the intermediary
of j gives motion to the moveable or working comb.
"
It will be seen that it is only necessary to unscrew the screw V to remove the
screw X, and therefore to take the whole apparatus to pieces.
The curve of the cover-plate permits the regular or even distribution of the
pressure.
For the lower limbs of horses, as also for the head, manoeuvring or working the
clipper with both hands presents difficulties. I have therefore made for these parts
a toilet or "
dressing-clipper," worked by one hand, but which is in every. way
identical with that above described, with the exception of a spring R which permits
working it with one hand.
The substitution in this shearer or clipper worked by hand of the. pieces Figs. 10
and 11, in lieu of the pieces a and b, gives a sheep-shearer.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Paul Ferdinand Mantelet in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th December 1880.
PAUL FERDINAND MANTELET, of the City of Paris, Department of the Seine,
and Republic of France. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING OR
SHEARING HORSES, SHEEP, AND OTHER ANIMALS.".
My Invention relates to apparatus for clipping or shearing the hair or wool of
horses, sheep, and other animals. :
The object of my Invention is to provide a system of construction which
will produce a strong apparatus with a regular or even pressure over the entire
cutting surface, and which will easily take to pieces for cleaning and repair..
The Invention consists,―
Firstly. In an arrangement whereby I obtain strength, inasmuch that the two
plates or combs are not perforated with any hole, the axle forming pivot, having
one of its bearings on the lower comb and the other on the fixed lever. By this
system of pivot I dispense with the use of washers and nuts, which in practice are
found to quickly loosen and wear out.
Secondly. In obtaining a regular or even pressure on the entire cutting surface,
resulting from the central pressure obtained by means of an adjusting screw,
and which is transmitted evenly to the comb by the upper edge of the cover
plate.
Thirdly. In facilitating the taking to pieces, it being only necessary to unscrew
the adjusting screw in order to dismount the whole apparatus, so that the comb-
plates may be removed at pleasure for sharpening or substituting others, this
also facilitating the cleaning and preventing all clogging with dirt, so that persons
the most ignorant of mechanism may remove, oil, and clean the combs with the
greatest facility.
In the accompanying Drawing, in which similar letters of reference indicate like
parts,
Figures 1 and 2 are elevation and side views of a complete horse clipper
embodying my Invention,
Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, showing parts of same détached.
Figure 7 shows a toilet or dressing clipper complete.
Figures 8, 9, and 10 show parts of same, and
Figures 11 and 12, combs or cutting plates for sheep shearing.
This clipping or shearing apparatus is composed of six parts:-
1. A fixed or stationary plate or comb a.
2. A moveable or working plate or comb b.
3. A fixed lever e.
4. A moveable or working lever d.
5. A cover-plate c, holding the working or moveable comb.
6. A pressure lever X, to which I may give any suitable shape, whether curved
or with several branches.
The stationary or fixed comb a is attached to the end of the fixed lever e by four
screws v, v, v, v.
It is further pierced in the middle and
line with the screws) with a circular hole.
serves together with this circular hole as
moveable lever d.
towards the bottom (at the height or in
A mortice formed in the fixed lever e,
seat for the pin i of the working or
The lever d has at its end, beyond the pin i, a part j, which permits placing
the comb band giving it the necessary to and fro or reciprocating motion.

page_text: This comb has a groove k, and two projecting parts ; l, which butting or
striking against the stop-pieces n, n, of the fixed lever o regulate the journey
or cut.
The piece b has a sloping recess o, which lodges in the part j of d, and it is from
thence that the lever d gives movement to b.
The cover-plate c fits on to the projecting part 2 of the lever e by its slot 9, and
on the groove k of the comb b by a projection or rib on the edge, which also serves
to give a regular or even pressure on the teeth.
The projecting part p of the lever e has a slot s (perpendicular to the surface of
the combs), the bottom of which is an inclined plane, and a notch parallel with the
combs. This notch is slightly curved, so that the parts u, u, form two small hooks
or catches.
The pressure lever X is composed of two parts:-
A milled screw V, and a piece having at its end a circular screw-tapped hole y,
through which passes the screw, and at the other end a pin z. When the shearer
or clipper is put together, the pin z entering the notch on the projecting part p
keeps the two combs in their respective position. The inclined part Z comes
on to the inclined plane of 8, and the screw V tightens up against the projecting.
part p.
Thus, the moveable lever d has its centre of rotation at i, and by the intermediary
of gives motion to the moveable or working comb.
It will be seen that it is only necessary to unscrew the screw V to remove the
screw X, and therefore to take the whole apparatus to pieces.
The curve of the cover plate permits the regular or even distribution of tho
pressure.
:
In lieu of the horizontal pin z, I may use a pivot or vertical pin, this pivot taking
its bearing in any suitable way upon one of the levers on the cover plate or on the
comb.
"
For the lower limbs of horses, as also for the head, manoeuvring or working the
clipper with both hands presents difficulties. I have therefore made for these parts
a " toilet or dressing-clipper,"
," worked by one hand, but which is in every way
identical with that above described, with the exception of a spring R which permits
working it with one hand.
The substitution in this shearer or clipper worked by hand of the pieces a¹¹ and b¹¹¸.
in lieu of the pieces a¹ and b', gives a sheep shearer.
In witness whereof, I, the said Paul Ferdinand Mantelet, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty third day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
PAUL FERDINAND MANTELET. (L.S.)