IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE CLIPPERS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hore, of the Ruo Mondovi, in the City
of Paris, Coachman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE
CLIPPERS."
Scaled the 26th August 1878, and dated the 11th March 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Hore at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th March 1873.
I, CHARLES HORE, of the Rue Mondovi, in the Oity of Paris, Coachman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HORSE CLIPPERS," to be as follows :—
The Invention comprises the constructing horse clippers with a comb
in addition to and in combination with a pair of cutters, the comb
admitting of the hair being presented by it in smaller tufts to the action
of the cutters than when as heretoforo one of the cutters itself divides
or parts the hair into tufts, and consequently the cutting or rake marks
which are ordinarily seen and are very objectionable are scarcely visible
when a horse is clipped with the improved clippers.

page_text: In performing the Invention it is intended that the front edge of the
comb shall project somewhat in advance of the cutters, and that with
regard to the comb the two cutters shall simultaneously move to and fro
in opposite directions, and also that the levers or handles of the instru-
ment shall admit of alteration or adjustment in length which I accom-
plish by making one part to slide within another part telescope fashion,
set screws or stops of any convenient description being provided for
fixing at any particular length desired.
The Invention is to be understood as including the application of the
adiustable levers or handles to any description of horse clippers.
Tiêu Due su su 1019
the 8th September 1878.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
HORE, of the Rue Mondovi, in the City of Paris, Coachman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Charles Hore, Her special licence that I,
the said Charles Hore, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Charles Hore, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
timo 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 HORSE CLIPPERS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Hore, my
exccutors or administrators, 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 bo performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great

page_text: Scal Patent Offico within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Hore, do hereby declare tho
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
3 performed, to bo particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The Invention comprises tho constructing horse clippors with a comb
in addition to and in combination with a pair of cutters, the comb
admitting of the hair being presented by it in smaller tufts to the action
) of the cutters than when as heretofore one of the cutters itself divides or
parts the hair into tufts, and consequently the cutting or rako marks,
which are ordinarily seen, and are very objectionable, are scarcely visiblo
when a horse is clipped with the improved clippers.
In performing the Invention it is intended that the front edgo of the
5 comb shall project somewhat in advance of the cutters, and that with
regard to the comb the two cutters shall simultaneously move to and fro
in opposite directions, and also that the levers or handles of tho instru-
ment shall admit of alteration or adjustment in length, which I
accomplish by making one part to slide within another part telescope
> fashion, set scrows or stops of any convenient description being provided
for fixing at any particular length desired.
The Invention is to be understood as including the application of the
adjustablo lovers or handles to any description of horso clippers.
Tho accompanying Drawing is a full-sized representation of clippers
5 which I have had constructed in accordance with the Invention, and
which answer their purpose extremely well.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the clippers, the handles being somewhat
distended, but not to the full extent of the action.
Fig. 2 is a sido or edgo view, the comb, the comb plate, and the cutters
) being shewn in section.
Figs. 3 and 4 are two views of the comb plato and guiding studs
herein-after described, detached from other parts.
Figs. 5 and 0 aro detached views of the bottom or back cutter, and of
the top or front cutter respectively.

page_text: Fig. 8 a section across one of the handles.
Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts.
a is the comb made of steel or other convenient metal, fitted on and
fixed by screws a*, a*, to the comb plate 6, which is rivetted or made up
in one with the lover rod or bar c; b*, 6*, and bª are studs or stud pins
fixed to the plate 6, projecting therefrom, and. serving to guide the
sliding motion of the plates or cutters & and.e, theso having correspond-.
ing guiding slots through which the studs pass; fis a brass capping
piece or washer, also placed on the pins 6*, the ends of which are screwed:
and receivo nuts to hold the washer, the cutters, and the comb plato
together, and yet allow the sliding motion referred to. This is effected.
by the lever rod or bar g, which is passed over and turns upon the.
fulcrum or pin b³, and is secured thereon by a brass washer and nut, as'
shewn. The shorter or top end of this lever is pocketed in a recess in
the capping piece f. On the under side of the lever, and at short
distances away from the fulcrum in opposite directions are two short
pins h and i, which take into corresponding slots or recesses h* and **
respectively in the cutters & and e respectively, and by these pins the
motion of the rod g is transferred to both cutters, the top cutter e having ?
an opening (or a piece cut away) to allow the pin to pass frecly
through it to the bottom cutter d. The sliding motion of the cutters is
consequently simultaneous and in opposite directions, steadiness of action
being obtained by careful fitting of the guides, and by the ends of the
pins h and i being made to pass completely through the cutters and to 2
bear against the comb plate. The comb, in addition to the cutters,
gathers up the hair in small tufts, and the simultaneous motion of the
cutters in opposito directions gives to them a very quick and satisfactory
action. It is well that the teeth of the comb should not correspond as
to gauge with the cutters, and the combs of varying gauge may be substi- 8
tuted one for the other. Also, the comb being removeable, allows a thin
packing to be introduced between the comb and the comb plate to vary,
as may be desired, the distance of the comb from the cutters for clipping.
very closely or otherwise. No special novelty presents itself in the form
of the teeth of the cutters. The pins 6* and baro preferably of rectan- 3
gular section in respect of so much of their length as is occupied in
guiding the cutters and the pin 6³, properly rounded in respect of so
much of its length as forms the fulcrum for the lever g to turn upon.