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Sheep-shear′ing ma-chine′.

（Husbandry.) A machine for giving motion to the shears wherewith sheep are shorn. The shears are usually angular cutters reciprocated over guards, which act as the other halves of the shears, much as in the manner of mowing-machine cutters, but on a very small scale.

In Fig. 4942, which may stand as an example of a score of different machines of this class, the shears are at the end of a flexible shaft, which is rotated by band connection from the fly-wheel on the crank-shaft. The vibrating shears have a shield to prevent the wool being cut more than once, and are attached by a flexible connection and tumbling-rod to a counterbalance arm, which is pivoted upon a standard, in which is placed the driving-wheel which gives motion to the knife.

Sheep-shearing machine.

In another machine, a vibrating motion is communicated to the cutter while being moved in any direction or passed over the body of the sheep, so that two different persons may work with one machine at the same time and operate upon two different animals, while either cutter may be stopped independently of the other by simply releasing the lever which holds up its driving-shaft. The machine may be driven by horse, dog, steam, or water power.

See the following list of United States patents, which includes horse-clipping machines:—

No.	Name.	Date.	No.	Name.	Date.
12,760.	Lancaster	1855	82,673.	Alwood	1868
14,354.	Fisher	1856	84,905.	Reid	1868
14,840.	Wilder	1856	84,926.	Wilson et al	1868
15,948.	Jenkins	1856	88,317.	McCarty et al	1869
16,461.	Bradley	1857	88,340.	Smith et al	1869
16,720.	Chambers	1857	90,877.	Salom et al	1869
¹18,151.	Jenkins	1857	94,803.	Walker et al	1869
23,187.	Morgan	1859	96,742.	Tidmarsh	1869
32,184.	Cutler	1861	104,222.	Smith et al	1870
42,572.	Fullum	1864	107,128.	Twigg	1870
44,171.	Evans	1864	108,489.	Knight	1870
44,618.	Eccles	1864	114,477.	Richardson et al	1871
²45,703.	Davis	1865	116,216.	Pratt	1871
45,821.	Emery	1865	116,885.	Tally et al	1871
46,226	Emery	1865	117,774.	Harlow	1871
³52,293	Kennedy	1866	118,417.	Wyatt	1871
53,777.	Davis	1866	119,019	Evans	1871
⁴59,089.	Smith	1866	122,852.	Priest et al	1872
59,103.	Washburn et al	1866	123,508.	Pratt	1872
65,077.	Harlow et al	1867	125,809.	Grout	1872
65,130.	Spelman	1867	125,911.	Smith et al	1872
66,966.	Jenkins	1867	135,293.	Smith	1873
69,541.	Clark et al	1867	136,903.	Harrison	1873
70,861.	Kingsley	1867	137,220.	Lengelee	1873
⁵72,103.	Smith et al	1867	144,136.	Priest	1873
72,214	Maynard et al	1867	153,846.	Reynolds et al	1874
77,093.	Renshaw	1868	154,603.	Hamilton et al	1874
79,179.	Alwood	1868	156,409.	Clark	1874
⁶79,293.	Adie	1868	157,156.	Chaquette	1874
81,210.	Reid	1868	157,157.	Chaquette	1874
82,404.	Harsin et al	1868

1 Reissued.

2 Reissued.

3 Reissued.

4 Reissued.

5 Reissued.

6 Reissued.

1877.

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