A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GROOMING HORSES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Norris, junior, of Winchester, in the County of
Hants, Hairdresser, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR GROOMING HORSES."
Sealed the 19th September 1865, and dated the 28th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Norris at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th March
1865.
I, JOHN NORRIS, junior, of Winchester, in the County of Hants, Hair-
dresser, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GROOMING HORSES," to be as follows:-
In carrying out this Invention I employ as the motive power an iron wheel
with a deep groove to receive an endless elastic band; this wheel and elastic
band are for the purpose of driving a circular brush for brushing or grooming
horses. The wheel is supported in a frame capable of swivelling either to the
right hand or to the left, so as to prevent the elastic band from slipping out
of the groove, and the foot which supports the said frame may be either fixed
or moveable, the said foot in the latter case being sufficiently large for the
person turning the wheel to stand on it and keep it steady. The brush is
made circular, with two handles (one at each side) at right angles to it; the
handles are made of wood with iron ends bored to admit a spindle to run

page_text: through them, with a small grooved wheel at one end outside the handle for
the elastic band to drive the brush. The grooved wheel is fixed to the spindle,
which is to have a square shoulder to fit into the brush so as to carry it round.
The handle on the opposite end of the spindle is secured by means of a nut,
by unscrewing which the handle and the brush can be removed from the
spindle and a fresh brush substituted.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Norris in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
NORRIS, junior, of Winchester, in the County of Hants, Hairdresser, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Norris, Her special licence that I, the said John Norris, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said John
Norris, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR GROOMING HORSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Norris, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Norris, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
that is to say:-
In carrying out this Invention I employ as the motive power an iron wheel

page_text: with a deep groove to receive an endless elastic band. The wheel is supported
in a frame capable of swivelling either to the right hand or to the left, so as
to prevent the elastic band from slipping out of the groove, and the foot which
supports the said frame may be either fixed or moveable, the said foot in the
latter case being sufficiently large for the person turning the wheel to stand on
it and keep it steady; this wheel and elastic band are for the purpose of
driving a circular brush for brushing or grooming horses. The brush is made
circular, with two handles (one at each side) at right angles to it, or in a line
therewith; the handles are made of wood with iron ends bored to admit a
spindle to run through them, with a small grooved wheel at one end outside
the handle for the elastic band to drive the brush. The grooved wheel is fixed
to the spindle, which is to have a square shoulder to fit into the brush so as to
carry it round. The handle on the opposite end of the spindle is secured by
means of a nut, by unscrewing which the handle and the brush can be removed
from the spindle and a fresh brush substituted.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "A New or
Improved Apparatus for Grooming Horses," I will now proceed to describe
more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect. And in order that the same may be distinctly
understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof,
and have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding
with those in the following explanation thereof, that is to say:-
In the annexed Drawing Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 an end view,
and Figure 3 a plan view of my improved apparatus; Figure 4 is an enlarged
section of the brush.
a, a, is the foot or pedestal, on which the standard b, b, is mounted in such
a manner as to be capable of swivelling in any direction, turning in the collar
c, c. The standard 6, b, carries a grooved wheel d, d, mounted upon a short
axle e, e, at one end of which is fixed the winch handle f, f, by means of
which it is turned. In the groove of the wheel d, d, runs an endless elastic
driving band 9, 9, which also passes round the small grooved wheel h, h,
(Figure 4) fixed on the squared end of the spindle i, i; this spindle is also
formed square at the part *, *, which carries the cylindrical brush k, k, but
is rounded where it passes through the handles 1, 1, and turns loosely therein;
m, m, is a guide pulley to prevent the elastic driving band g, g, from slipping
out of the groove of the wheel h, h, as the brush is turned in various
directions.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for "A
New or Improved Apparatus for Grooming Horses." together with the manner

page_text: in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention the new
or improved apparatus shown in the annexed Drawings and above described,
or any mere imitation or modification thereof constructed and operating in.
substantially the same or a similar manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Norris, junior, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
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JOHN NORRIS, JUN. (L.B.)