Improvements in Machines or Appliances for Clipping or Hair, Wool, or other like Substances.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 11th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 11th Nov., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines or Appliances for Clipping or
Hair, Wool, or other like Substances.
Cutting
We WILLIAM BOWN, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and HENRY MITCHELL, of 140, Gerrard Street, Birmingham, aforesaid
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to simplify the construction of means or appliances
for clipping or cutting hair or other like purposes.
:
In carrying our invention into effect, as applied to horse clipping machines, we
dispense entirely with the two ordinary pins or pegs secured to the bottom plate, and
also dispense with the two slots in the top plate placed each side of the centre pin,
usually adopted for guiding the top plate in its to and fro motion and our
improvements consist firstly, in making a rectangular T or other suitable shaped slot
in the middle of the top plate which fits over a suitable pin or peg fixed in the bottom
plate with a rectangular portion formed with or on it of the same shape, but not so
long as the slot, so as to guide and allow for the range of the top plate in its to and
fro motion.
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The plates are held together by means of a suitable T or other shaped bar, and
regulated to the required degree of tension for cutting heavy or light hair or other
substance by means of a nut screwing down the centre pin and pressing on the bar
in the ordinary manner.
..
Secondly, our improvements consists in providing circular wheels, discs, or rollers
or partly formed spheres and applying same at each end of the said bar, the bar being
recessed at each end on its underside, which recessed parts of the bar press on the
necks of the wheels, discs, rollers, or partly formed spheres by the screwing up of the
centre nut producing the necessary tension on the plates for cutting.
By this invention we simplify the construction and considerably reduce the friction
on the plates so that the clipper can be more easily worked.
*Dated the 17th day of December 1886.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Machines or Appliances for Clipping or Cutting
Hair, Wool, or other like Substances.
We, WILLIAM BOWN, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and HENRY MITCHELL, of 140 Gerrard Street, Birmingham, aforesaid,
Machinist, 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 :—
The object of our invention is to simplify the construction of means or appliances
for clipping or cutting hair or other like purposes..
In carrying our invention into effect, as applied to horse clipping machines, we.
dispense entirely with the two ordinary pins or pegs secured to the bottom plate, and-
also dispense with the two slots in the top plate which are usually employed at each
side of the centre pin for guiding the top plate in its to-and-fro motion: and our
improvements consist firstly in making a rectangular T or other suitable shaped slot
in the middle of the top plate which slot fits over a suitable pin or peg fixed in the
bottom plate and having a rectangular or other suitably-shaped portion formed with or
on it of the same shape but not so long as the slot, so as to guide and limit the range.
of the top plate in its to-and-fro motion.
The plates are held together by means of a T or other suitably-shaped bar and are
regulated to the required degree of tension for cutting heavy or light hair or other
substance by means of a screw-nut working upon the centre pin and pressing on the
bar in the ordinary manner.
Our improvements further consist in providing circular wheels discs or rollers or
partly-formed spheres and applying the same at each end of the said bar, the bar
being recessed at each end on its underside; the recessed parts of the bar are caused
to press on the necks or spindles of the wheels, discs, rollers, or partly-formed
spheres by screwing up the central nut thereby producing the necessary tension on
the plates for cutting.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to describe
how it can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing in
which
Figure 1 represents a plan and
Figure 2 an edge view of a machine or appliance for clipping or cutting hair, wool,
or other like substances constructed according to our invention, the handles being
shewn broken away.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the bottom plate and
Figure 4 a similar view of the top plate.
Figure 5 is a section taken through the centre of figure 1.
Figure 6 is a plan of the T-shaped bar.
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page_text: a represents the rectangular T-shaped slot in the top plate b as shewn clearly in
figure 4, and c is the pin or peg on the bottom plate b¹.
d is the rectangular portion of the pin or peg cover which the slot a fits, whereby
the top plate bis guided and its to-and-fro motion is limited.
e is the T-shaped bar (shown detached in figure 6) and f is the screw nut by which
the plates b and b¹ are held together and regulated to the required degree of tension,
the nut being screwed upon the pin c and thereby caused to press on the bar e for
this purpose; g is the hole in the bar e through which the pin is passed previously to
receiving the screw nut f; h is the hole for receiving the pin or projection i on the
handle 2 as usual; is the other handle the pin k of which works in the shorter part
of the T-shaped slot a in the top plate b in the ordinary manner.
1111 represent the circular wheels or discs which we provide at each end of the
bar e, the said wheels or discs being advantageously employed in pairs (as shown in
figure 6), each wheel or disc of a pair being connected by the spindle or neck m
which fits and works in a recess at each end of the bar e, so that when the nut fis screwed
up the recesses press on the spindles or necks m and in this way cause the wheels or
discs, when the apparatus is in use, to work with the necessary pressure on the top
plate a to produce the required tension for cutting.
By this invention we simplify the construction and considerably reduce the friction
on the plates so that the clipper can be more easily worked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1. A machine or appliance for clipping or cutting hair, wool, or other like
substances consisting essentially of a top plate having a suitably-shaped slot such as a,
a bottom plate provided with a screw-threaded pin or peg and with a suitably-shaped
projection fitting into the said slot, a suitably-shaped bar adapted to hold the two
plates together and produce the required tension thereon through the medium of a nut
on the said pin, and handles for producing the required motion of the plates upon one
another.
2. Providing the tension or pressure bars of machines or appliances for clipping
hair, wool, or other like substances with circular wheels, discs, or rollers, or partly-
formed spheres substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The improved machine or appliance for clipping or cutting hair, wool, or other
like substances, herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 10th day of October 1887.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.