IMPROVED METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING' HORSES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Thompson, of the Essex Road, Islington,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVED METHODS
OF AND APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING' HORSES."
Sealed the 3rd November 1868, and dated the 22nd August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 22nd August 1868.
I, HENRY THOMPSON, of the Essex Road, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVED METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING' HORSES," to be as
follows:-
"
This Invention consists in improvements whereby the shoes of horses
can be "roughed" with great facility by means of the attachment of
certain apparatus to the shoes ordinarily in use, and without the necessity
of removing the same. These advantages are attained by the use of

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roughing" pieces formed of steel which can be fixed upon the under
side of the shoe and afford greater foot-hold and security in frosty
weather and upon ice than is gained by the ordinary system of
roughing."
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The nature of this Invention will be more clearly understood by
reference to the annexed Drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent
different modifications of the apparatus and of the method of attaching
the same. Figures 1 and 2 represent the upper side of the horse-shoe
with the "roughing" pieces attached, those parts of the latter which
project beyond the face of the shoe being shewn in dotted lines.
In Figure 1 a, a, a, are the "roughing" pieces, which are formed of
steel, and two of which are provided with a screw at one end thereof
fitting into sockets in the connecting piece 6 which may be formed of
malleable iron. The "roughing" pieces are constructed with chisel-
shaped projections c, c, c, which are placed so as to bear against the inside
edge of the shoe, the edges of such projections being slightly bevilled
in order to enable them to hold more firmly upon the shoe. The
"roughing" apparatus is attached by making a slight notch or inden-
tation with a chisel at those parts of the inside edge of the shoe which
are to receive the chisel-shaped projections, which are then placed so as
to coincide with such notches or indentations, and are pressed firmly into
the same by means of the nuts d, d, which actuate the screws, the screws
and nuts being held in position by the vertical screws e, e, which pass
through the connecting piece.
"
Figure 2 is another modification of this Invention, each of the
"roughing" pieces being furnished with a screw and adjusted by means
of one nut and vertical screw. Figure 4 is a section through the line
A, B, in Figure 2.
Figure 3 shews the under side of another modification. In Figures 2
and 3 the same letters indicate parts similar to those to which they
are attached in Figure 1. Figures 5 and 6 shew "roughing" pieces
detached; and Figure 7 shews the vertical screw and head by which the
nuts and the screws of the "roughing" pieces are held in position.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 22nd February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
THOMPSON, of the Essex Road, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her-
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Thompson, Her special licence
that I, the said Henry Thompson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Thompson, 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 METHODS OF
AND APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING HORSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Henry Thompson, 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 Henry Thompson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
say:-
My said Invention consists in improvements whereby the shoes of
horses can be "roughed" with great facility by means of the attachment
of certain apparatus to the shoes ordinarily in use and without the
necessity of removing the same. These advantages are attained by the
use of "roughing" pieces formed of steel or other suitable metal which

page_text: can be fixed upon the under side of the shoe and afford greater foot-hold
and security in frosty weather and upon ice than is gained by the
ordinary system of roughing.
The nature of my said Invention will be more clearly understood by
reference to the annexed Drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent
different modifications of the apparatus and of the method of attaching
the same. Figures 1 and 2 represent the upper side of the horse-shoo
with the roughing pieces attached, those parts of the latter which
project beyond the face of the shoe being shewn in dotted lines.
In Figure 1 a, a, a, are the "roughing" pieces, which are formed of
steel or other suitable metal, and two of which are provided with a screw
at one end thereof fitting into sockets in the connecting picce 6 which is
formed of iron. The " roughing" pieces are constructed with chisel-
shaped projections c, c, c, which are placed so as to bear against the
inside of the shoe when the apparatus is attached, the edges of such
projections being slightly bevilled, and if desired toothed or serrated in
order to enable them to hold more firmly against the shoe. The shoe
may if desired be prepared for the attachment of the "roughing"
apparatus by making a slight notch or indentation with a chisel at those
parts of the inside edge of the shoe which are to receive the chisel-shaped
projections, which are then placed so as to coincide with such notches
or indentations, and are pressed firmly into the same by means of the
nuts d, d, which actuate the screws, the sorews and nuts being held in
position by the vertical screws e, e, which pass through the connecting
piece or by means of any suitable contrivance which will prevent the
nuts from working loose and becoming displaced. Instead of making a
notch or indentation in the shoe the chisel-shaped projections may be
made to cut their own way therein.
Figure 2 is another modification of my, said Invention, each of the
"roughing" pieces being furnished with a screw and adjusted by means
of one nut and vertical screw. Figure 4 is a section through the line
A, B, in Figure 2.
Figure 3 shews the under side of another modification. In Figures 2
and 3 the same letters of reference indicate parts similar to those to
which they are attached in Figure 1. Figures 5 and 6 shew "roughing"
pieces detached; aud Figure 7 shews the vertical screw and head by
which the nuts and the screws of the "roughing" pieces are held in
position.

page_text: It will be seen from the foregoing description that the "roughing"
apparatus can be attached and removed with great facility whenever
desired, thus saving the expence of "roughing" in the usual manner,
whilst the horses' feet are preserved from the injury which results from
the frequent removal of the shoes.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which it is to be performed, I would observe in con-
clusion that what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as
constituting the Invention secured to me by the said herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent are, the methods of and combination of appa-
ratus for roughing horses, substantially as herein-before described and set
forth or any mere modifications thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Thompson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
HENRY THOMPSON. (L.S.)