IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND MACHINERY FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1866

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME; I, PATRICK
ADIE, late of the Strand, and now of Pall Mall, both in the County of
Middlesex, Mathematical Instrument Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain and Ireland,
bearing date at Westminster, the Thirtieth day. of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Patrick Adie, Her special license, that I, the
said Patrick Adie, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Patrick Adie, my executors, administrators, or
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 of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND MACHINERY
FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS;" And whereas in pursuance and

page_text: performance of a proviso in the said Letters Patent contained, 1, the
said Patrick Adie, did, within six calendar months next after the date of
the said Letters Patent cause a Specification in writing, under my hand
and seal, particularly describing the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, to be duly filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office: And whereas since the filing of the said
Specification doubts have arisen whether the arrangement shewn at
Figure 4 of the Drawings and described in the said Specification in
connection with the said Figure is new, and as such arrangement has
not come into commercial use, I am, for the purpose of obviating all
doubts respecting the same, desirous of disclaiming such arrangement,
and as the modification of my Invention shewn at Figure 3 of my
Drawings has also not come into commercial-use, I am also desirous of
disclaiming that modification, and of limiting and altering my Speci-
fication in the manner herein-after shewn.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Patrick Adie, by and with the
leave of Her Majesty's Solicitor-General, do hereby for the reasons
aforesaid, and for effecting the objects aforesaid, strike out the words
"for this purpose," which occur in line 3 of the fourth page of the
print of the said Specification printed by the Queen's Printers, and
published at the Great Seal Patent Office, and the words "the following
arrangements, the first of which refers more particularly to the " and
the words "and is done by means of," which occur in lines 3, 4, and 5
of the same page of the said Specification, and insert after the words
"I employ," at line 3 of the same page of the said Specification the
and I also insert after the word "animals," at page 4 of the print of the maid Specification, the words "the following
arrangement, that is to my
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words "for the purpose of," and I also strike out the whole of the
words forming lines 8, 9, and 10 of the same page, and I also strike out
the words "of the first portion," occurring in linc 15 of the same page,
and the whole of the passage commencing at the words and Figure
"Figure III." at line 31 of the same page, and concluding with the
word "wool "at line 2, page 5 of the said Specification, and I strike out
the words "the protection afforded-by-means-of" which occur in line-7-of the
fifth-page-of-the-said Specification, and-1-insert-the-word-"-and-"-immediately-after
the word-length in line 7 of the said fifth page of the-said-Specification,-and-I
strike-out the words "the guidance given to the hair by means of said comb
peints," and the application of the brush in front to raise the hair for
cutting. I also claim the application of a protecting and guiding tooth
applied to sheep shears," in lines 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the said fifth page of

page_text: the said Specification, and in Heu thereof insert the woras--as nerem-before
described.' I also insert the word "and" between the words "front" and "the" at line 8 of page 5 of the mid
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printed Specification.
. And in order that it may be clearly understood what is the Invention
which I now consider to be secured by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent, I shall proceed to repeat (omitting preamble and testing
clause) my said Specification as proposed to be amended by this present
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration, as follows:-
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Patrick Adie, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
the following arrangement, that is to my, a
A
I employ for the purpose of clipping of horses and such animals
number of cutting shears so arranged on a comb that the length of the
hair left can be regulated and the cutters guarded by means of said
comb, so that the skin of the animal cannot be injured.
But that the nature of my Invention and the means I adopt in
carrying the same into effect may be better understood I will proceed
to describe the Drawings annexed, in the various Figures of which the
same letters are used to indicate like parts wherein they occur.
Figure 1 represents a side view of my improvements, Figure 2 the
same in plan.
A, A, represents the body of the machine, made generally of steel;
F, one side of A, made either straight or curved, being cut into teeth
pointed like a comb in the parallel portions, and being worked into
tapered cutting teeth behind these points, the cutting edges being
next B, which is a plate of steel with tapered teeth at G, similar to the
cutting parts of those of A at F, with the teeth facing against those
at F. This plate is pressed against A. by means of two screws I, I,
passing through slotted holes in B and screwed into A. The comb part of
the teeth at F project all their length beyond the cutter points G, so as
to prevent these cutting the skin; D is a bent lever fixed also to A, with
centre of motion at K, L; the short end of the lever works in a slot
in B, and by moving the handles H, H, to and from each other lateral
motion is given to the plates A and B, and to the cutters which cut both
ways, clip all that comes between them, the thickness being regulated
by the thickness of A, or increased when desired by an extra comb E
fixed on underneath, shown only in Figure 1.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the precise details shewn and
described, as these may be varied; but what I do claim is, the application
the protection afforded by means of
of a number of small shears clipping hair to any required length and,
the comb points in front, as-herein-before-described, and the guidance given to the hair by
means of mid comb points.
In witness whereof, I, the said Patrick Adie, hath hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of August One thousand eight 1
hundred and sixty-nine.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Patrick Adie, of the Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Mathematical Instrument Maker, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND MACHINERY FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER
ANIMALS."
Sealed the 24th April 1867, and dated the 30th October 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Patrick Adie at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th October 1866.
I, PATRICK ADIE, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Mathematical
Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN. MEANS AND MACHINERY FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND
ANIMALS," to be as follows:-
For this purpose I employ the three following arrangements, and as one
portion which I shall describe first applies to all it may be for convenience
called A, and the other three portions, which are in the different arrangements
made to work on A, are called B, C, D. Part A is made in two ways,
essentially the same in principle, that is, either of one or of two plates; when
of two plates the lower one is a comb of any required coarseness and thickness,
and the other or upper plate to which the comb is fixed is made of steel, having
a-scries of cutting teeth the same in number as the teeth of the comb; thess.

page_text: teeth or blades are sharpened on the side away from the comb, and are of
variable length and coarseness like the comb, their points being from to
of an inch or such distance behind the points of the comb, or this part A may
be made of one plate of steel with teeth as before, these teeth being made
sharp up to within a short distance from their points, these points being then
left blunt and formed like the points of a comb; thus these lower cutters are
either on the top of a comb or have a small portion of their points formed as
a comb. This part is somewhat of a. triangular form, & has a handle
attached to the apex opposite the teethed side or base.
In the first arrangement pȧrt B is a strip of steel with serrated edge
corresponding exactly to part A on one edge except that the teeth or cutters
are in this case sharp up to the point and placed face to face with the cutting
face of A, the points of both sets of cutters being together and in the rear of
the comb points from 1 to about as aforesaid; B is attached to A
by two or more screws working in slots, and when in operation is made to
slide laterally, motion-being given either by a crank or lever or by the hand.
Generally these cutters are sharpened on both edges, cutting both ways, but
when the two cutters are attached by a spring top after the manner of some
systems of shears and work by the hand, then the cutters are made to cut one
way only, the spring taking them back into position for the next cut. When
cutting both ways the lateral motion is given to the top cutters, or part B, by the
hand working a lever, the short end of which works in a slot in B, the fulcrum
being in A, or by a crank attached to A and B, and worked either by the
hand with teethed gear or by friction wheels rolling on the surface being cut
turning the said gear, or independent power may be used when a spindle with
bevel gear. & pulley is used to turn the crank or eccentric.
In the second form A remains as before. The portion C, a series of spiral
cutters forming a cylinder of the length of the row of teeth in A, and fixed so
ás to revolve over the cutting teeth in A, these having a cylindrical grove in
them to fit the curve of the cylinder, this cylinder revolving either with the
hand or other power will shear the hair against the teeth in A.
In the third form I employ A as before to raise and comb the hair or wool
and prepare it for being cut, but part D (or the upper cutters) in this case is
composed of one or more flat circular cutters formed like a wheel. In this
case the cutting edges may be represented either by the spokes, these being
made to cut against the teeth in A, or by the inside of the periphery in sections,
also cutting against the sides or bottoms of the teeth in A.
I also reserve the right of using similar cutters to those termed D in the
place of cutters A, revolving over the comb face to face with those termed D.

page_text: Though generally the triangular form spoken of it used in some cases that is-
varied, as for sheep shears, the form will be rather resemble the letter L, the.
teeth being on the outside of the horizontal limb, the vertical limb being a
double spring. I also propose in the first form for some purposes to use a
revolving comb or brush fixed in front of the cutters to throw the hair in
between the cutters, and this revolving simultaneously with the movement of
the plate B. I further propose to apply the blunt guide or comb tooth as:
described above, which acts in every case as a guard against cutting the skin
to one point of ordinary sheep shears.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Patrick Adie in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 30th
April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PATRICK
ADIE, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Mathematical Instrument
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Patrick Adie, Her special licence that I, the said Patrick Adie,
my. executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Patrick Adie, my 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 AND MACHINERY FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Patrick Adic, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Patrick Adic, do hereby doelare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

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performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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For this purpose I employ the following arrangements, the first of which.
refers more particularly to the clipping. of horses and such animals, and is
done by means of a number of cutting shears so arranged on a comb that the
length of the hair left can be regulated and the cutters guarded by means of
said comb, so that the skin of the animal cannot be injured.
The second arrangement applies to a guard or tooth of a comb applied in
similar manner to the ordinary sheep shears, to protect against cutting the
skin and accelerate the operation of shearing.
•
But that the nature of my Invention and the means I adopt in carrying
the same into effect may be better understood I will proceed to describe the
Drawings annexed, in the various Figures of which the same letters are used
to indicate like parts wherein they occur.
Fig. I. represents a side view of the first portion of my improvements;
Fig. II. the same in plan. A, A, represents the body of the machine made
generally of steel, F one side of A, made either straight or curved, being cut
into teeth pointed like a comb in the parallel portions and being worked into
tapered cutting teeth behind these points, the cutting edges being next B,
which is a plate of steel with tapered teeth at G, similar to the cutting parts
of those of A at F, with the teeth facing against those at F. This plate is
pressed against A by means of two screws I, I, passing through slotted holes
in B and screwed into A. The comb part of the teeth at F project all their
length beyond the cutter points G, so as to prevent these cutting the skin; D
is a bent lever, fixed also to A, with centre of motion at K; L, the short end
of the lever, works in a slot in B, and by moving the handles H, H, to and
from each other lateral motion is given to the plates A and B, and to the
cutters, which cut both ways, clip all that comes between them, the thickness
being regulated by the thickness of A, or increased when desired by an extra
comb E fixed on underneath, shewn only in Fig. 1.
Fig. III. represents a modification of the machine already described, this
having the lateral motion given to it by turning the handle N, which turns P,
an axle with an excentric on it, moving B by means of a connecting rod Q
attached to B at R, B being slotted at P to allow the lateral motion. Bevel
gear S, S, are added in this arrangement to turn a pulley at T, which turns U,
a pulley on V, V being a circular brush used to brush up the hair so as to
make it enter the cutters more easily.
Fig. 4 shews the arrangement applied to sheep shears; F represents a tooth
of a comb fixed underneath, or made in a piece with one of the shear points,

page_text: and projecting a short distance in front of the cutting point, so as to hinder
the cutting of the skin and give greater freedom in dividing the wool.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details shewn and described, as these may be
varied; but what I do claim is, the application of a number of small shears
clipping hair to any required length, the protection afforded by means of the
comb points in front, the guidance given to the hair by means of said comb
points, and the application of the brush in front to raise the hair for cutting.
"I also claim the application of a protecting and guiding tooth applied to
sheep shears.
In witness whereof, I, the said Patrick Adie, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.