Improvements in Horse Clipping Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Clipping Machines.
I, EDWIN HOOк, of Quarter, Morghew, Tenterden, in the County of Kent,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in horse clipping machines, which consists
of forked knives sliding on the top or face of a comb for the purpose of cutting the
hair from a horse or the like.
I construct my invention of any suitable metallic substance with a long plate, the
lower portion being formed into a comb. From the comb plate I fix a long centre
rod or frame, and on the top of the frame I hinge on each side a curved arm with
a knife edge forked plate at the bottom, this said plate is provided with a slot and
works on the face of the comb plate between a set pin, in order to permit the
curved arms to be pressed inwards or outwards. A spring is fixed to the centre
frame with the ends of the said spring working in grooves on the inner side of each
curved arm.
The object of my invention is to clip the hair from horses, which operation is
performed by placing the flat side of the comb between the hairs and pressing
inwards the curved arms with the cutting teeth; the ends of the spring pressing or
forcing the arms outwards when released by the operator to its normal position.
Dated this 7th day January 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Clipping Machines.
I, EDWIN HOOK, of Quarter, Morghew, Tenterden, in the County of Kent,
Mechanic, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in horse clipping machines, which consists
of forked knives sliding on the top or face of a comb for the purpose of cutting the
hair from a horse or the like.
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the entire machine ;
Fig. 2, is a side elevation.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
I construct my invention of any suitable metallic substance with a long arm c
and plate c, the lower portion being formed into a comb c¹. From the comb plate c²
I fix a centre rod or frame g, and on the top of the arm cat a I hinge a curved
arm b with a knife edge forked plate at the bottom, this said plate b¹ is provided
with slots and works on the face of the comb plate between set pins i, in order to
permit the curved arms to be pressed inwards or outwards. A spring e is fixed to
the screw head d on centre frame g with the ends of the said spring e working in
grooves ff, on the inner side of each curved arm band c. The grooves are
indicated by dotted lines in each of the Figs. 1, and 2.
The movement of the plate b¹ on the comb plate c is indicated by an arrow.
The object of my invention is to clip the hair from horses, which operation
is performed by placing the flat side of the comb e' between the hairs and pressing

page_text: inwards the curved arm to c with the cutting teeth 61; the ends of the spring e
pressing or forcing the arm outwards when released by the operator to its normal
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
In a horse clipping machine, the combination of the curved arms b and c hinged
at a with a knife edge forked plate band slots / working on set pins i, and the comb
plate with comb c and the frame g with the springe screw head d and grooves f,f,
substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 1, and 2, of the accompany-
ing drawing.
Dated this 9th day of September 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.