A Tool to be used in connection with Toilet Clippers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1900-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1800
A Tool to be used in connection with Toilet Clippers.
I, CHARLES BROWN, of the Firm of C Brown and Sons, of Chard Works,
Summer Row, in the City of Birmingham, Horse-Clipper Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows. —
Toilet clippers usually consist of a fixed comb plate and a cutier plate which
is reciprocated over the teeth of the said comb plate in one direction by the
aotuation of a level and in the other duection by means of a spring, threaded
around a central axis and rendered fully active by the lever movement. The
spring is generally coiled and the ends are extended into tails or levering arms
with their tips bent slightly hook wise so as to engage with a gapped seating or
shoulder of the fixed part of the clipper and a stud or equivalent on the movable
part
The difficulty heretofore experienced by unskilled persons, in connection with
clippers having such springs is the re-fitting of new ones in the event of the old
one becoming broken and the object of my invention is to provide a tool which
facilitates the fitting or introduction of new springs by unskilled persons, which
springs require to be compressed or tonsioned at the same time of being set in
position
This tool consists of a key device provided with a socketted end of an internal
diameter about equal to the outside diameter of the spring and with one side
upwardly gapped from the bottom edge with a right-angled or bayonet slot
through which the top levering arm or tail of the spring passes and is there
held during the operation of setting
Thus, to introduce and set a new spring, first slip the same onto the cential
axis and over the surrounding sleeve of the plate, with the tip of the levering
arm or tail bearing against the assigned side of the post on the cutter plate
Then pass the key over the body of the spring and engage the horizontal part
of the bayonet slot over the top levering arm, and by partially rotating the key,
the coils of the spring are slightly closed and when the said top-levering arm 18
brought in front of its shoulder the sping is bodily pushed home by inwaid
pressure put upon the tool, and the arm is made to engage with its gapped
seating in the said shoulder
The spring having thus being fitted in position in a tensioned condition, the
key is slightly rotated to disengage its slot from the arm and then removed.
Dated this 4th day of November 1899

page_text: 2010 IN CONNECTION WITH Ippers.
I, CHARLES BROWN, of the Firm of C Brown and Sons, of Chard Works,
Summer Row, in the City of Birmingham, Horse-Clipper Manufacturers, 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
Toilet clippers usually consist of a fixed comb plate and a cutter plate which
18 1eciprocated over the teeth of the said comb plate in one direction by the
actuation of a lever and in the other direction by means of a spring, threaded
around a central axis and rendered fully active by the lever movement The
spring is generally coiled and the ends are extended into tails or levering arms
with then tips bent slightly so as to engage respectively with a gapped seating
01 shoulder of the fixed part of the clipper and a stud or equivalent on the
movable part.
The difficulty heretofore experienced by unskilled persons, in connection with
clippers having such springs is the re-fitting of a new one in the event of the old
one becoming broken and the object of my invention is to provide a tool which
facilitates the fitting or introduction of new springs by unskilled persons, which
springs require to be compressed or tensioned at the same time that they are
being set in position
This tool is represented in elevation in Figure 1, in complete vertical section
in Figure 2, and in underside plan in Figure 3, and it consists of a key device a
having a handle or turn as, and provided with a chambered or socketted end a' of
an internal diameter about equal to the outside diameter of the spring b, which is
represented separately in Figure 4, and with one side upwardly gapped from the
bottom edge with a night-angled or bayonet slot a³, through which the top
levering aim or tail 61 of the spring passes and is there held during the operation
of setting The chamber a', 18 extended into an axial clearance a', which takes
over the fulcrum pin of the clipper, when the tool is applied, as hereinafter
described
Figure 5 represents an elevation and Figure 6 an underside plan showing how
the spring is held by the key to effect the fitting
Figure 7 is a view of a toilet clipper (with the cover-plate removed) to which
a spring is to be applied or fitted by means of the improved tool or key
Figure 8 is another view of the said clipper, but showing the spring in the act
of being applied thereto by means of the tool, whose chambered or socketted
end a is represented in horizontal section, whilst the handle part 18 indicated
in dotted lines.
Figure 9 is a back view of the head of the lever, showing the gap with which
the top arm of the clipper engages
Thus, to set a new spring to a toilet clipper, the same is placed into the
chambered or socket end a, of the key as represented in Figures 5 and 6, with
the horizontal part a³, of the bayonet slot a, engaging the arm 61. Then by
means of the key, the body of the said spring is passed over the sleeve c, surround-
ing the central fulcrum pin d, on which the lever e of the clipper works, and
into the chamber e¹, with the tip of the second arm 63, of the spring bearing
against the one side of the post el on the aim e, which engages with the gap f¹,
in the cutter platef By now partially rotating the key in the direction indicated
by the arrow in Figure 8, the coils of the spring are slightly closed and the arm
is brought forward and clear of the shoulder 9', on the fixed handle g The
spring is then bodily pushed home by pressure put upon the tool, until the arm

page_text: is brought opposite to the gapped seating 9, in the said shoulder, with which
it is then engaged by the re-action of the spring when the pressure exerted by the
tool is relieved
The spring having thus being fitted in position in a tensioned condition, the
key is slightly rotated to disengage its slot from the arm and then removed
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same 18 to be performed I declare that what
I claim 18
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Fırat A tool to be used in fitting springs to toilet clippers, consisting of a
turn or handle having a socketted or chambered stem to receive or take over the
spring, with a bayonet or equivalent slot or gap formed in one side to engage
with one of the arms of the said spring substantially as herein described, and
also as set forth in the drawing.
Secondly: A tool to be used in fitting springs to toilet clippers, consisting
of a turn or handle having a socketted or chambered stem to receive or take over
the sping, with a bayonet or equivalent slot or gap in one side to engage an arm
of the said spring, and an axial clearance which takes over the fulcrum pin of
the clipper when the tool is applied thereto, substantially as herein described,
and also as set forth in the accompanying diawing
Dated this 24th day of July 1900