Shearing apparatus
OwnerMichael John Glennaninventor
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Abstract
An improved cutting unit for incorporation in a sheep-shearing apparatus having a flexibly curvable comb which conforms to the curved contours of an animal's body, thereby enabling a larger area to be fleeced at any one stroke, whether the apparatus is manually operated, power driven, or is an automatic or high speed fleecing machine.
Claims22
A cutting unit for a shearing apparatus comprising a flexibly curvable comb having teeth on the intended concave surface thereof, the comb cooperating with a cutting means located behind and adjacent to the upper part of the teeth of the comb, and when the toothed surface of the comb is applied in a flexed condition to the body of an animal to be shorn, the comb and the co-operating cutting means conform as required to the contours of the animal's body and when forward propulsion force is applied to the shearing apparatus to propel same over the body of the said animal, this propulsion force simultaneously assists the cutting means to break or sever the fleece from the animal's hide.
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