IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE ADAPTED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHAT IS TERMED ROUGHING
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Coppard, of Stanley Road, Balls Pond, in
the Parish of Islington, and County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE ADAPTED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR WHAT IS TERMED ROUGHING.'
"
Sealed the 5th July 1864, and dated the 9th January 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Coppard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th January 1864.
I, JOHN COPPARD, of Stanley Road, Balls Pond, in the Parish of Islington,
and County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE ADAPTED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
WHAT IS TERMED 'ROUGHING,'" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in adapting to the fore shoes of horses pieces of
metal of the following construction, one of said pieces being a loose "roughing"
piece to dispense with the necessity of roughing horse-shoes as commonly
practised, and the other piece of metal being intended to prevent clogging of

page_text: the horses feet in snowy weather more particularly. The following is an example
of the means by which this Invention may be carried into practical effect :-
First, as regards the loose roughing piece above referred to, it consists of a
piece of metal so formed as to clip the toe part of an ordinary horse-shoe, and
carries a projecting piece of metal roughed in any suitable manner; to this
piece I hinge or otherwise connect other pieces of metal which are intended
to fit against the foot of the horse, and are connected thereto by a strap or
other fastening passed around the horse's foot, and as regards the anti-clogging
piece of metal, above referred to, it consists of a flat piece of sheet metal
turned up at the back edge, with a hole thereon, through which the strap before
mentioned passes, and thus holds the back part of said plate securely on the
horse's foot, the front part of said plate being securely held by forming a
long hole therein and passing the clipping part of the "roughing" piece
before mentioned through said hole before fixing same round the horse's foot
as above described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters. Patent, filed
by the said John Coppard in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOIN
COPPARD, of Stanley Road, Balls Pond, in the Parish of Islington, and
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Coppard, Her special licence that I, the said John Coppard, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Coppard, 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 "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO
BE ADAPTED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHAT IS TEKMED ROUGHING,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Coppard
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page_text: 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 John Coppard, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
.statement, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in adapting to the fore shoes of horses pieces of
metal of the following construction, one of said pieces being a loose roughing
piece to dispense with the necessity of roughing horse-shoes as commonly
practised, and the other piece of metal being intended to prevent clogging of the
horses feet in snowy weather more particularly. The following is an example
of the means by which this Invention may be carried into practical effect:-
First, as regards the loose roughing piece, above referred to, it consists of a
piece of metal so formed as to clip the toe part of an ordinary horse-shoe, and
carries a projecting piece of metal roughed in any suitable manner; to this
piece I hinge or otherwise connect other pieces of metal which are intended
to fit against the foot of the horse, and are connected thereto by a strap or
other fastening passed around the horse's foot. And as regards the anti-
clogging piece of metal, above referred to, it consists of a flat piece of sheet
metal turned up at the back edge, with a hole therein, through which the strap
before mentioned passes, and thus holds the back part of said plate securely
on the horse's foot, the front part of said plate being securely held by forming
a long hole therein and passing the clipping part of the roughing piece before
mentioned through said hole before fixing same round the horse's foot as
above described.
And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawings accompanying these Presents, and to the numeral figures and letters
of reference marked thereon respectively, as follows:-
:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a horse's foot shewing my Invention

page_text: Figure 3 a plan view of the under side of an ordmary horse-shoe; Figure 4
the anti-clogging plate above mentioned; Figure 5 improved roughing piece
with strap passed through same for connecting it to a horse's foot; Figure 6
is a side elevation, and Figure 7 a plan view of a modification of the foregoing
arrangements. At each of the foregoing Figures, I employ similar letters of
reference to denote corresponding parts in so far as such parts appear or can
be seen at each of such said Figures respectively.
A is an ordinary horse-shoe; B, a bent piece of steel, or it may be iron, with
the piece a made of steel in separate points passed through taper holes in the
piece B; C is a piece of leather, or other suitable flexible material, rivetted to
the piece B; D, are straps of metal, also rivetted to C; E, a leather strap fitted
with a buckle as at Figure 5. By placing the roughing piece B in the
position exhibited at Figure 1, and buckling the strap E tightly around a
horse's foot, the aforesaid roughing piece B may be readily and securely
attached to the shoe of a horse. The anti-clogging or snow plate G, shewn
detached at Figure 4, niay also be readily attached to the horse-shoe by
passing the hole b over the hooked part of the piece B before attaching said
piece to the horse-shoe and also by passing the strap E through the loop of
leather H rivetted to the plate G. I would also remark that in practice I
have found it desirable, when leather is used for connecting the roughing
piece B to the pieces of metal D, to rivet a thin piece of metal to said pieces
at the outside of the leather, and further I propose if necessary to make the
parts B and D of one entire piece of metal, and to form the upper part of the
pieces D, D, hooked downwards to receive and hold the leather strap E; or I
form said piece in two parts hinged together at X, Figure 1. I now proceed
to describe the modification exhibited at Figures 6 and 7, on referring to which
it will be seen that there are three roughing pieces placed at different parts of
the horse-shoe, said pieces being connected together by wires a or other
suitable means. In this arrangement the clip pieces B are connected to the
shoe and foot of the horse by screws i, i, instead of passing a leather strap
round the foot as in the former arrangement. The anti-clogging plate G in
this case may either be attached by a strap passed around the horse's foot or
by other suitable means.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "Improved Appliances to be adapted to Horse-shoes as a Sub-
stitute for what is termed 'Roughing,'" together with the best means I am
acquainted with for carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in
conclusion that I hereby declare my Invention to consist in and I claim the

page_text: mechanical appliances above described with reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings as a substitute for the ordinary method of roughing horse-
shoes.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Coppard, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
JNO. COPPARD. (L.S.)