Improvements in or appertaining to Horse-shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th .Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1893-Accepted, 15th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Horse-shoes.
I, JOSEPH PIMBLEY of Lydiate, in the County of Lancaster, Farmer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a simple method of sharpening horses shoes so
that they shall not slip in frost. The 2 plans hitherto chiefly adopted are taking
off the shoes and sharpening the toe and heel pieces or spurs and drilling the shoes
and screwing studs into them. Now these studs are very apt to get broken off and
the holes likewise to get out of shape and battered in so that it is sometimes
difficult to adjust the screws in place especially in frosty weather, the holes being
filled with material pressed intensely hard. Now my invention differs from this
in that I form lugs or projections on the shoes beyond the hoof or else extend the
spur pieces beyond the hoof and drill a hole through these extensions. Into these
extensions is fitted a peg with an enlarged chisel pointed head forming a stud.
The upper projection of this peg or stud has a hole in it through which a cotter or
split pin is driven. By this means the studs can be easily taken out and reinserted
and thus the moment the frost is over the shoes can be made to revert to their
normal shape instead of the horse having to gradually wear down the sharpening
or the screw pieces to be withdrawn, with the probability that they cannot be
re-applied. My holes cannot fill up hard and solid as they have no top and even if
they did fill up hard and solid the filling could be instantly punched out from above
or below.
Dated the 14th 1
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Horse-shoes.
I, JOSEPH PIMBLEY of Lydiate in the County of Lancaster, Farmer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention has for its object a simple method of sharpening horses' shoes s0
that they shall not slip in frost.
The two plans hitherto chiefly adopted are taking off the shoes and sharpening
the toe and heel pieces or spurs, and drilling the shoes and screwing studs into
them. Now these studs are very apt to get broken off and the holes likewise to
get out of shape and batter in, so that it is sometimes difficult to adjust the screw
in place, especially in frosty weather, the holes being filled with material pressed
intensely hard.
Now my invention differs from this, and is best described by aid of the accom-
panying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan view:
Figure 2, a side or edge view of a horse shoe made in accordance with my
invention and
:
Figure 3, a perspective view of the spike or peg.
I form lugs or projections, A A, on the shoes beyond the hoof in front for cart
horses, as set forth in dotted lines; these are not necessary in the case of carriage
horses. I also, in all instances, extend the spur pieces at B beyond the hoof and

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drill or cut a hole through each of these projections A or extensions B. This hole
is preferably triangular as shown, in any case it is angular, to prevent the spike,
which is made of similar section, from turning in the hole. In these holes are fitted
spikes or pegs C. These pegs have enlarged chisel pointed heads, forming studs
or spikes their upper projections have each a hole through which a pin or cotter D
is passed or driven as shown. By this means, the studs can be easily taken out
and re-inserted, and thus, the moment the frost is over, the shoes can be made to
revert to their normal shape instead of the horse having to gradually wear down
the sharpening, or the screw pieces having to be withdrawn, with the probability
that they cannot be re-applied. My holes cannot fill up hard and solid, as they
have no top, and, even if they did fill up hard and solid, the filling could be
instantly punched out from above or below.
In thus describing my invention, I wish it to be understood that the shape of the
lugs, pegs and the pins or other locking device can be altered considerably without
departing from the principle of my invention, and I do not confine myself to the
exact shapes shown; also that, in place of a pin or cotter D, a nut locked in place,
an arrangement of split head clenched, or other device for locking the peg C in
place, can be adopted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvement in horse shoes which consists in forming projecting lugs or
extensions beyond the hoof having holes to fit the studs, substantially as described.
2. The studs made with a shank so formed that it will not turn in its socket, and
having a pin hole and pin or its equivalent lock, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
Dated this 9th day of June 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.