Improved Horse Clipper.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Horse Clipper.
CHARLES WILLIAM PETTIT Photographer Higham Nr. Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improved Horse clipper 3 in. in width with exchangeable bottom teeth (which
are subject to breaking) this plate with teeth can be taken off from the back by
three screws without undoing the other parts of this said machine. It has also a
box made pressure plate with two springs inside for pressing top and bottom teeth
together fastened with two thumbnuts no spanner being required.
The handles of this said machine are also adjustable and can be lengthened or
shortened as required by two millheaded thumbnuts.
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L 1007
I, CHARLES WILLIAM PETTIT of Higham Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Photo-
grapher, 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:-
This invention relates to a new or improved horse clipping machine and has for
its object to provide a construction which will allow the machine to be operated
with greater ease, and which can also be easily repaired.
According to my invention I propose to make the lower or fixed plate in two
perts, one of which carries the teeth. This part can be fixed to the other by means
of screws which pass through both plates, and the plates are rebated so that they
fit accurately together, to complete the plate. On top of the upper toothed plate
a recessed plate is placed, this plate carrying flat springs which are adapted to bear
upon the upper or movable toothed plate. The latter is slotted to allow the bolts
from the fixed plate to pass through, securing the recessed or cover plate. These
bolts are provided with nuts having an arm so that they may be easily turned
when required, without using a spanner. A similar nut is also employed on the
pivot connecting the two arms together. The arms or handles are adjustable in
length the handle portion being screwed on the ends of the metal arms, and a
lock nut is employed to secure the parts together and prevent accidental shifting.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved
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page_text: horse clipping machine showing part in section, Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same
and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.
The bottom toothed plate is formed in two parts A and B which are rebated so
that they can fit together and overlap each other, the surface of the complete plate
being level.
The screws are employed to fit the two parts together, these
screws being flush with the plates. On top of the oscillating toothed plate C the
raised cover plate D is placed, and within this plate the springs & are fitted bearing
upon the upper toothed plate. Through these springs and through the slits in the
upper toothed plate the small bolts E pass, these bolts being provided with the
nuts having small arms f which allow them to be turned easily for adjusting
purposes, thus regulating the pressure on the toothed plate by means of the springs.
The plate B forming part of the lower toothed plate is notched to give room for
the bolts to be fitted to the fixed part A of the toothed plate. The pivot G con-
necting the two arms or handles is also provided with the nut G having a similar
am. The cover plate is provided with a small curved, slot through which a
pin on the end of one of the arms H passes, this pin projecting into a hole in the
oscillating toothed plate and causing it to reciprocate when the handles are
operated in the usual manner. The arms H are screw threaded at h¹ and the
handles I are screwed on their ends, the locking nuts being provided to fix the
handles in place. These nuts are furnished with milled edges allowing them to be
turned easily.
This arrangement permits of the handles or arms being lengthened to any
required extent, so as to give the necessary power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
(1) In an improved horse clipping machine, a fixed toothed plate formed in two
parts allowing the teeth to be renewed when required, these parts being screwed or
otherwise fixed together, substantially as described and for the purposes specif .d.
(2) In an improved horse clipping machine, the fixed toothed plate made is two
parts which are rebated so as to fit against each other, and secured together by
screws, substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
(3) In an improved horse clipping machine, the combination with a recessed
cover plate placed over the upper toothed plate, of flat springs secured under the
said cover plate and bearing on the toothed plate substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
(4) In an improved horse clipping machine, the combination with a recessed
cover plate, bolts passing through slots in the upper toothed plate and nuts formed
with arms fitted to these bolts, of springs placed on the bolts and fitted within the
cover plate, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(5) In an improved horse clipping machine, adjustable handles screwed to the
ends of metal arms and provided with lock nuts, substantially as described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
(6) The improved horse clipping machine provided with adjustable springs and
handles, and a double toothed plate, substantially as described and shown and for
the purposes specified.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.