IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR SHEARING. SHEEP
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Captain William Michael Glynn Turquand, of
18, Denbigh Place, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR SHEARING.
SHEEP."
Sealed the 31st August 1875, and dated the 17th June 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Michael
Glynn Turquand at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 17th June 1875.
I, Captain WILLIAM MICHAEL GLYNN TURQUAND, of 18, Denbigh
Place, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE
USED FOR SHEARING SHEEP," to be as follows:
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus to be
used in shearing sheep.
The apparatus consists of a frame or cradle for confining the animal
during the operation of shearing, so that it may be held quite in the
position most convenient to the workman.
The apparatus consists of a bed frame to stand on the ground and
provided at either end with standards which carry the pivots or stud

page_text: axes, on which two other frames are hung with their axes horizontal
and parallel the one to the other. They are open frames similar the one
to the other, of oblong form and covered with wire netting; they are
intended to support the sheep. The sheep is first fixed upon one of the
frames in the following manner:-The frame having been turned on its
pivots into an upright position the sheep is made to stand close along
side of it. The feet of the sheep are then secured in hinged clamps
which are fastened to the lower edge of the frame, and another clamping
piece is passed over the neck and holds it against the netting. This
having been done the frame is turned into an horizontal position or :
nearly so, the sheep then lying flat on its side; whilst in this position
one side of the sheep is shorn.
The next operation is to transfer the sheep to the other pivoted
frame; for this purpose the frame with the sheep upon it is turned over,
so that the sheep faces the second frame. The two frames are then
brought towards each other and the sheep is between them, the frames
resting against its two sides. The foot clamps are now released from the
first frame and secured to the second by convenient fastenings provided
for the purpose; the frames are then separated and that with the sheep
upon it is brought into a nearly horizontal position, and so the sheep is
held for the second side to be shorn.
To allow of the motion of the frames to and from each other the
bearings in which their pivots or axes are carried are arranged in slots
on the standards along which they are able to traverse.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said William Michael Glynn Turquand in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 17th December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Captain
WILLIAM MICHAEL GLYNN TURQUAND, of 18, Denbigh Place, Pimlico,
in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
3
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand oight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Michael Glynn Turquand, å

page_text: Her special license that I, the said William Michael Glynn Turquand,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Michael Glynn Turquand, 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 Apparates to
BE USED FOR SHEARING SHEEP," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Michael Glyn Turquand, my executors
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 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 William Michael Glynn Turquand,
.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 :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus to be
used for shearing sheep.
The apparatus which I employ consists of a bed frame and two
moveable or side frames carried by it. The sheep is first secured to one
of the side frames, and this frame is then turned into a position to
present the sheep conveniently for shearing. When one side of the
animal has been shorn the other side frame is brought against the shorn
side, and the animal is secured to the second frame and released from
the first. The second frame is then turned into a convenient position
for the completion of the shearing operation and the animal is released.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings here-
-unto annexed.

page_text: a is the bed frame, and b, b, the two moveable side frames. The base
of of the frame a which rests upon the ground is square and a standard c
springs from each of its corners. These standards are arched over so
that the two standards at either end meet in the centre; c¹, c¹, are
curved slots formed in the standards which receive the pivots b¹, b', of
the side frames b.
The frames are rectangular; they are shewn to be made of wood
and are covered with netting. At the commencement of the operation
one of the frames (say that on the right hand) is turned upon its pivots
into a vertical position as indicated by the dotted line & in Figure 1.
The animal to be shorn having been captured is brought along side
the frame, and its legs and neck are secured to the frame by clips.
Figure 4 is a plan, and Figure 5 is an end clevation of one of the clips
used for the legs. Two legs (either the fore legs or the hind legs) are
shut in the same clip.
The clip which somewhat resembles a bracelet is an iron band padded
on the inner side and provided with a hinge joint and spring catch.
The clip opens to receive the legs and having been clasped around them
is secured by the catch. On either side of the clip a plate having two
holes in it is rivetted. The holes are to receive the ends of the hooks or
latches by which the clips are held. One pair of the latches which are
fixed to the frame is shown separately at Figure 6; they form as will
be seen a ready means for attaching the clips to and detaching them
from the side frame.
Figure 7 shows the collar in which the neck of the animal is held; it
is similar in construction to the leg clips and is lined internally with
leather. Two pins having conical heads project from the collar one on
either side, and each frame has a slotted iron bar & fixed upon it.
The pin on the collar will pass through the slot in the bar 6º, and when
it has been passed through it is held beyond by a gripper shown
separately at Figure 8. The gripper consists of two jaws e, e, which
are able to turn upon studs fixed to the bar *, and springs e¹, e¹, tend to
hold the jaws together. The jaws are supported by metal straps e³ also
fixed upon the bar 6. One of the jaws is prolonged to form a handle
by pressure on which the jaws can be separated at pleasure. When the
conical headed pin on the collar is thrust through the slot in the bar 6ª,
and between the jaws e of the gripper the jaws yield to allow the hoad

page_text: to pass, but close in again around the stem of the pin, and so hold the
collar to the frame b, but allowing some amount of freedom, the pin
being able to turn and to traverse along the space between the jaws.
Whilst the shearing is being performed the frame is placed in the
position shown by the Drawing resting on a support a'at the centre of
the bed frame. The recesses in the sides of the frames are to permit the
shearer to approach more closely to his work than he otherwise could.
After one side of the animal has been shorn, the frame to which it is
secured is turned into the position indicated by the dotted line f, its
lower side resting on the support a'; then the other side frame ₺ is
brought up into a corresponding position on the other side of the
animal which for the moment will be held head downwards. The neck
and feet clips become attached (nearly if not quite automatically) to the
second frame and they are released from the first. The second frame 6
with the animal is now lowered to the position in which it is shown in
the Drawing, and the shearing of the second or left side is proceeded
with. Hand shears may be used or mechanical shears driven by an
elastic band or otherwise.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the exact details described, but I claim the con-
struction of apparatus to be used for shearing sheep with side frames so
arranged that the animal can be readily secured to the side frames
moved into convenient positions, and transferred from frame to frame,
substantially as described.
In witness wheroof, I, the said William Michael Glynn Turquand,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five.
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