IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPA- RATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS.
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Walter More, of Market Street, Finsbury,
and John Norman, of Hoxton Square, both in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPA-
RATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS.
Sealed the 18th January 1870, and dated the 28th October 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Walter More
and John Norman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 28th October 1869.
We, JOHN WALTER MORE, of Market Street, Finsbury, and JOHN
NORMAN, of Hoxton Square, both in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," to be as
follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus
for clipping horses and other animals. For this purpose we employ a
comb which is formed on or fixed to a plate having a suitable handle
fixed thereto as heretofore. In connection with this comb we employ a

page_text: cutter composed of a single cutting tooth mounted in an arm which works
upon a pin fixed close to the handle, by this means we are enabled to
employ a comb in the form of a segment of a large circle. Or if desired
the cutter arm may be provided with a slot to work on the axis, and a
straight guide or guides may be employed to act upon a suitable projection
from such arm and cause it to work in a straight path, whereby we are
enabled to employ a straight comb if desired. The cutter is mounted
loosely in the arm, and one end of a spring is fixed to such arm, the outer
end of which spring bears upon the centre of the cutter tooth so as to hold
it firmly upon the comb, and thereby continually keep it up to its work
this spring is acted upon by a screw for facility of regulation. The arm
carrying the cutter tooth is acted upon by a handle fixed thereto, or by a
handle mounted upon an axis of motion, and having a projection thereon
working in an opening in the cutter arm. A guide is employed to keep
the cutter arm down on to the comb.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Walter More and John Norman in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th April 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
WALTER MORE, of Market Street, Finsbury, and JOHN NORMAN, of
Hoxton Square, both in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto us, the said John Walter More and
John Norman, Her special licence that we, the said John Walter More
and John Norman, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said John Walter More and John Norman, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed; should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER

page_text: ANIMALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John
Walter More and John Norman, our exccutors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals, or under
the hand and seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Norman, on behalf of myself
and the said John Walter More, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus
for clipping horses and other animals. For this purpose we employ a
comb which is formed on or fixed to a plate having a suitable handle
fixed thereto as heretofore. In connection with this comb we employ a
cutter composed of a single cutting tooth mounted in an arm which
works upon a pin fixed closed to the handle; by this means we are enabled
to employ a comb in the form of a segment of a large circle. The cutter
is mounted loosely in the arm, and one end of a spring is fixed to such
arm, the outer end of which spring bears.upon the centre of the cutter
tooth so as to hold it firmly upon the comb, and thereby continually
keep it up to its work. This spring is acted upon by a screw for
facility of regulation. The arm carrying the cutter tooth is acted
upon by a handle fixed thereto, or by a handle mounted upon an axis
of motion and having a projection thereon working in an opening in the
cutter arm. A guide is employed to keep the cutter arm down on to the
comb.
And in order that our Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect we will proceed, aided by the accompanying
Drawings, more fully to describe the same..
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS..
Figure 1 is a plan, and Figure 2 is a sectional edge view of a clipper
constructed according to our Invention.
a is a comb, which is as heretofore formed on or fixed to a plate a, to
which is connected a handle a², as shown. In connection with this comb

page_text: we employ a cutter composed of a single tooth 6 mounted in an arm c
which works upon a pin a³ fixed in the plate a, as shewn, so as to enable
us to employ a comb in the form of a segment of a large circle. The
cutter tooth b we prefer to form, as shewn at Figures 3, with its cutting
edges in a plane set off from that of the stem 6, whilst it is hollowed
or channelled out at 6 between the cutting edges b¹ so as to facilitato
sharpening and to enable the cutting edges to be kept in close contact
over their entire surface with the face of the comb a¹. This cutter is
mounted loosely in a recess formed in the outer end of the arm c, and
this arm c carries a spring d, one end d³ of which is held in position by
the pin whilst the other end d bears upon the centre of the cutter
tooth so as to hold it firmly down upon the comb a' and thereby keep
it up to its work. And in order to provide facility of adjustment as
wear takes place a screw c* is caused by turning it to act when required
upon the spring d so as to cause it to press to the required degree
upon the cutter b. This arrangement of cutter and spring also
affords facility for speedy removal and insertion of the cutter when
desired. The arm c carrying the cutter tooth b is prevented rising
more than the proper distance away from the plate a by means of
a bridle or guide e, as shewn, whilst it is operated by a handle f con-
nected to a lever f¹ mounted on an axis of motion f², the outer end f³
of which lever has a slot or opening f* through which the boss c³
passes; there is also an opening f in the lever f¹ through which
the pin c¹ passes, which opening f* is large enough to permit of the
free action of the parts. A slot or opening c is formed in the arm c
to allow the axis of the lever f¹ to pass therethrough and to permit
of free action of the arm c.
Instead of giving motion to the cutter as shewn and described with
respect to Figures 1 and 2 we sometimes dispense with the lever f¹,
and fix the handle f direct to the lever c, as shewn at Figures 4
and 5.
In our Provisional Specification we described an arrangement of
clipper having a straight comb and a straight motion to the cutter blade,
but since filing such Provisional Specification we have found that this
arrangement is more costly and not so efficient as the arrangements
herein-before shewn and described, and for these reasons we are de-
sirous of disclaiming, and we do hereby disclaim such arrangement of
clipper.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the mode
we have found to answer in carrying the same into effect, we would have
it understood that what we claim is,-
First. The mode substantially as herein shewn and described of
causing the cutter to traverse in the path of a comparatively large circle,
whereby the use of a comb of a similar form is facilitated.
And secondly. We claim the manner of mounting the cutter tooth in
its arm and the mode of keeping it up to its work, substantially as herein
shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Norman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
FRED. HARRIS,
Patent Agent,
JOHN NORMAN. (L.S.)
35, Southampton Buildings,
London.