Improvements in the Construction of Clipping Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Clipping Machines.
I, CHARLES WILLIAM PETTIT, Photographer, Higham, Nr. Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of clipping machines
for horses and other animals, and its object is to provide a simple means by which
an injured tooth plate can be replaced in a simple and secure manner without
requiring skilled labour.
propose to form the lower or fixed plate in two mainparts, one part of which is
toothed in the ordinary manner. This portion is stepped or rebated, and the other
part or base fixed exactly in the rebated part. The base may also be rebated at the
opposite side so that the toothed part will fit closely into the rebated part of the base,
and will lie flush with it. The detached portion is fixed to the base by means of
the bolts which secure the top plate in position. These bolts are rebated to the base
and pass through holes in the detachable part. When the parts are fixed together fly
nuts are screwed down on the bolts, and causes the detachable plate to be held firmly
in place on the base. Two bolts are commonly employed one on each side.
As all that is required to replace a broken or injured plate is to remove the nuts
and the top or sliding plate, and then raise the detachable part off the bolts, fitting a
fresh one in its place, this operation can be done by any person, thus allowing the
clipping machine to be repaired without difficulty.
Dated this 26th day of October 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
I, CHARLES WILLIAM PETTIT, Photographer, Higham, Nr. Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of clipping machines
for horses and other animals, and its object is to provide a simple means
by which an injured tooth plate can be replaced in a simple and secure manner
without. requiring skilled labour.
This invention is an improvement on a previous Patent granted to me and
numbered 7736 of March 25th 1897 in which a somewhat similarly formed base or

page_text: fixed plate is employed, but the method of fixing the parts is different to the present
arrangement.
I propose to form the lower or fixed plate in two main parts, one part of which is
toothed in the ordinary manner and rebated at its lower, side. The other part or
base is rebated at the opposite side so that the toothed part will fit closely into the
rebated part of the base, and will lie flush with it. The detached portion is fixed to
the base by means of the bolts which secure the top plate in position. These
bolts are riveted to the base and pass through holes in the detachable part. When
the parts are fixed together fly nuts are screwed down on the bolts, and cause
the detachable plate to be held firmly in place on the base. Two bolts are commonly
employed one on each side.
As all that is required to replace a broken or injured plate is to remove the nuts
and the top or sliding plate, and then raise the detachable part off the bolts, fitting
a fresh one in its place, this operation can be done by any person thus allowing the
clipping machine to be repaired without difficulty.
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 section of a clipping machine
and Fig. 2 is plan of the same.
The lower or fixed plate as shown clearly in Fig. 1 is formed in two parts, A and A¹.
A is the main part carrying the mechanism of the clipper, and is rebated at its
upper side at a.
This rebated part extends through a considerable portion of its
depth. The part A' which is formed with teeth is rebated at the opposite side so
that the two parts fit closely together as shown in the drawing. These parts are
fixed together by the bolts B which as shown are riveted into the base plate A
aud pass through holes in the plate A¹. These bolts also pass through the upper
moveable toothed plate C which as shown is slightly curved or dished so as to
bear upon the fixed plate only at its edges. This plate is slotted to allow bolts to
pass, and also to allow the plate to be reciprocated in the usual manner. Washers c
are placed on this plate and the nuts D bear upon these washers. The nuts are
screwed down tightly on the bolts, so as to fix all the parts firmly together, special
fixing screws or bolts for the lower plate being thus dispensed with. As the upper
or reciprocating toothed plate bears upon the lower both at back and front, it will
hold it rigidly to the base A so that there is no danger of shifting or shaking.
A number of additional plates may be supplied with the clipping machine so that
when one of the toothed plates has been broken, another plate may be supplied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1). In a clipping machine the combination with a base plate formed in two parts
each part rebated and fitting closely into the rebated part of the other, of bolts
riveted to the base plate and passing through both parts serving also to secure the
upper or moveable toothed plate by means of nuts, substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
(2). The improved clipping machine having a base or fixed toothed plate formed
in the two parts A and A' rebated and fitting each other at the rebated parts,-bolts B
passing through both the rebated parts, and riveted to the lower, and nuts D on the
said bolt securing the detachable parts together with the reciprocating plate C,
constructed and operating substantially as described and shown and for the purposes
-specified.
Dated this 15th day of December 1907
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.