Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 11th Aug., 1888
I, REBEOOA LAMB of Dewsbury Road, in the Parish of Ossett in the County of
York Machine Maker, & JAMES SWITHENBANK of Bank Low Mills in Leeds in the
said county woollen manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
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A shoe to be made of steel, or iron, or brass, or any other metal which may be
may be
most suitable, to be fixed under, or upon, or within, the shoe which
upon
the horse's foot or hoof and to be fastened to the horse's hoof and the shoe which
may be upon the horse's hoof, by means of plates, screws, straps, and bolts, or cottars
My
and keys, according to the size and shape of the horse's foot, or hoof, and shoe.
patent shoe to have in it a number of steel spikes, or knives, projecting through
underneath it, and so as to cut into the ice, or frozen snow, the steel spikes, or knives
to be fitted into holes in my patent shoe, and to be fastened in, with heads upon them,
or to be screwed fast with nuts or cottared fast, according to the size and shape
required by the different kinds of horses. A frost shoe that can be fixed on, or taken
off in a few minutes without disturbing the ordinary shoe, or can be used in addition
to the ordinary shoe at any time, with, or without the spikes or knives.

page_text: REBECCA LAMB Dewsbury Road Ossett R.S.O. Yorkshire Machine Maker & JAMES
SWITHENBANK of Bank Low Mills in Leeds in the said county woollen manufacturer
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:-
Improvements in Horse Shoes. A Horse shoe to be made of steel Iron or Brass, or
any other metal which may be most suitable to be fixed under, or upon, the shoe,
which may be upon the Horses foot or hoof or fixed upon the horses foot or hoof with-
out any other shoe being upon it, by means of plates screws, straps and Bolts, or
Cottars and keys, according to the size and shape of the horses foot or hoof or shoe,
which may be upon it.
The improved shoe for frost or Ice, as marked in sheets No. 1-2-and 3 in the
Drawings which accompany this Specification Sheet No. 1 being a view of the under-
side of the shoe, Sheet No. 2 being a view of the top side shewing the recesses for
the spruns and caukins, and the holes for the spikes or knives, Sheets No. 3 is a side
section shewing the top part of the shoe, by which it is fastened on to the Horses
hoof, also the spikes or knives in position, the spikes or knives which project through
underneath the shoe are to cut into the Ice or frozen snow to prevent slipping, the
spikes or knives to be fitted into holes in the patent shoe, and to be fastened in with
heads upon them, or without heads, or to be screwed fast, or cottared fast, according
to the size or shape required by the different kinds of horses, a frost shoe that can be
fixed on or taken off in a few minuits, without disturbing the ordinary shoe at any
time and used with or without the spikes or knives, or can be used without any other
shoe being upon the horses foot or hoof, with distance pieces in, which also form the
spruns and caukins, as shewn in sheets No. 4.
A representing the bottom of the shoe.
B representing the caukin.
C representing the sprun.
D representing the caukin and Sprun sharpened for frost and Ice or with distance
pieces which form a roughed face only, as shewn in sheet No. 5 E representing back
distance piece, F representing front distance piece, G on sheets Nos. 1 and 3 shewing
rib on underside of shoe, Sheet No. 6 showing the shoe fastened on by means of a
cottar and a Dove tailed beveled plate, and Bolt, H representing cottar under center
of shoe, I representing Dove tailed beveled plate in front of shoe, Sheet No. 7 shewing
the shoe fastened on by means of cottars and keys J representing cottars and key at a
front of shoe, K representing cottar under center of shoe.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the particular
shape in the Drawings which accompany this specification (which are the ful size for

page_text: one class of horse's) but secure the principle of putting a loose shoe upon a horse's
foot or hoof in two or more parts, fastened on by means of plates, screws, straps &
Bolts, or cottars & keys, to be worn either with, or without, any other shoe, and not
to be nailed to the horses foot in the ordinary way.
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
A frost shoe to be fixed upon the horses foot or hoof by means of plates, screws, straps
& Bolts or cottars & keys, without being nailed to the horse's foot or hoof in the
ordinary way.
Dated this 18th day of April 1888.
REBECCA LAMB,
Applicant.
Crossley & Lamb,
Agents for Applicant.