Apparatus or Appliance to be Used in Squaring or Cutting the Hair of Horses' Tails.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1887
Complete Left, 31st Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus or Appliance to be Used in Squaring or Cutting the
Hair of Horses' Tails.
I, THOMAS EVERITT, of North Creake, Fakenham, in the county of Norfolk, Farmer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an apparatus or appliance for holding a horse's tail (the
hair of which requires cutting) in any desired position, so that the operator shall have
both hands at liberty for the free use of the scissors or otherwise.
My apparatus or appliance consists of a T-shaped support for the horse's dock the
back part of the support being arranged to lie under the horse's tail and fitted with
attachments placed at a suitable distance apart and provided with straps attached by
a buckle to another strap fixed to the horse's surcingle or collar; when this strap is
drawn tight it elevates the support and the horse's dock lying on it to any desired
height, the operator is thus enabled to fix it at what he may consider its natural
position, where it remains without any assistance from his hands, both of which are
thereby free.
1
1009
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus or Appliance to be Used in Squaring or Cutting the
Hair of Horses' Tails.
I, THOMAS EVERITT, of North Creake, Fakenham, in the county of Norfolk, Farmer,
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 an apparatus or appliance for holding a horses' tail (the
hair of which requires cutting) in any desired position, so that the operator shall have
both hands at liberty for the free use of the scissors or for other purposes.
My apparatus or appliance consists of a T-shaped support for the horses' dock, the
said support being arranged to lie under the horse's tail. The support is fitted with
attachments placed at a suitable distance apart and provided with straps attached by a
buckle to another strap fixed to the horse's surcingle or collar.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
how it can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in
which
Figure 1 is a side elevation and
Figure a plan of my apparatus or appliance to be used in squaring or cutting the
hair of horses' tails.
Figure is a view shewing the manner in which the apparatus is applied to a
horse.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a b indicate the T-shaped support arranged to lie under the horse's dock; the back
part serves to receive and support the dock whilst the front part a is placed under
the dock and presses or rests against the horse's buttocks; the attachments of the
support advantageously consist of hooks c, c which are passed into eyes d, d at the
ends of projecting arms e, e on the front a of the support.
fare the straps with which the hooks c, c are provided and g is the strap to
which the straps, are attached by a buckle h, the strap g being attached to the
horse's surcingle i, as shewn in Figure 3, or it may be attached to the collar.
My apparatus or appliance having been placed on the horse in the manner herein-
before explained and illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing, if the strap g by means of
its buckle be drawn tight it will by pulling on the arms e, é elevate the back part b
of the support and with it the dock lying therein, to any desired height. The operator
is thus enabled to fix the tail at what he may consider its natural position, where it
will remain without necessitating the use of the hands both of which are therefore
free.

page_text: 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. An apparatus or appliance for use in squaring or cutting the hair of horses' tails
arranged substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved apparatus or appliance hereinbefore.
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 31st day of December 1887
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.