Improvements in and relating to Horse Clippers and Hairdrossers' or Toilet Clippers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1897-Accepted. 31st July, 1897
PARALDIVIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Horse Clippers and Hairdrossers'
or Toilet Clippers.
.
GEORGE COX 27 Orlando Street Walsall Staffs Curb Chain and Spring Hook
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A Horse clipping and hair cutting machine, the working of which is arranged for
by a roller of metal, India rubber, or other suitable material, the said roller being
placed in. rear of the cutters and comb plate.
The roller revolves on a steel pin, which is fixed to frame, and is actuated by a
slight pressure on the body of the Horse, or other surface being clipped.
There is a covering fixed over the roller, inade of metal, or other suitable material,.
to prevent the Hair from clogging, and interfering, with the action of the roller.
There is a Comb plate fixed to frame with two screw pins attached, and a Cutter
plate with two slots in, is fitted on to the comb plate, and two small nuts keep it in
position, part of the plates at back are cut away, equal to width of roller, to enable
the cogs on each end of roller, to catch the top (or cutter) plate and so reciprocate it
over the comb plate, which action cuts the hair as it is moved along.
The advantages of this clipper are:-
That it is more expeditious in its action, and can be used with greater ease, as
there is only one Handle, thus doing away with the labourious working of the arms
and hands.
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Improvements in and relating to Horse Clippers and Hairdressers'
or Toilet Clippers.
I, GEORGE Cox, Curb Chain and Spring Hook Manufacturer, of 27 Orlando Street,
Walsall, Staffs, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention for improvements in and relating to horse clippers and hairdressers
or toilet clippers has for its object to provide a clipper that shall act when pushed
with slight pressure over the body to be clipped, and consists of a frame with the
comb, a cutter comb or bar adapted to be reciprocated over the comb in the well
known manner to cut or shear hair projecting upwards between the teeth of the comb
and a roller mounted in the frame and connected to the cutter bar so that as the
roller is moved over the body to be clipped the cutter bar is reciprocated over the
comb.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings: Fig. 1 is a plan of a pair of
horse clippers constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of
the same.
The frame a provided with the handle b terminates in the fixed comb c. Mounted

page_text: over the fixed comb c is a corresponding cutter comb or bar d that is guided by pins e
on the fixed comb taking into slots the extent of motion of the cutter bar or comb
being at least the distance between the centre lines of two adjacent teeth of the
combs so that at the ends of the reciprocating motions of the cutter bar its teeth are
exactly over the teeth of the fixed comb. The cutter bar or comb. is provided with
Mounted in the frame a
two rearwardly projecting extensions f one at either end.
behind the combs c and d is a metal roller covered with ribbed rubber 9 and provided
at either end with teeth or cogs with inclined faces. The teeth i of one end of
roller are midway between the teeth of the other end. The inclined faces of the
teeth on the end of roller h, when the roller is rotated, act alternatively on the
extensions of the cutter bar and comb and reciprocate it so that it acts to cut or
shear any hair between the teeth of the combs.
In use the clipper is passed over the body to be clipped in the usual manner, a
slight pressure being however exerted on the roller to ensure that it shall rotate
notwithstanding the resistance of the cutter comb to motion as it is cutting the hair.
The clipper can be used with one hand without the usual laborious working of the
arms or hand or the use of external power.
The clipper is provided with a cover m to keep the cut hair from getting into and
clogging the apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is -
1. A clipper consisting of a frame with forward fixed comb and rearward handle, a
cutter comb or bar adapted to be reciprocated in guides over the fixed comb and a
roller mounted in the frame behind the combs and connected to the cutter comb or
bar, so that as the roller rotates, it is reciprocated over the fixed comb.
2. In a clipper operating the moveable cutter comb or bar by means of teeth on the
ends of a roller mounted in the clipper frame behind the combs, the said teeth acting
alternately on rearward extensions at the ends of the cutter bar.
3. The improvements in and relating to horse clippers and hair dressers or toilet
clippers substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of June 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.