Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1897
¡Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1898
SAMUEL MOORHOUSE, Dacre Banks, viâ Leeds, Blacksmith, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Frost Slipper to enable waggons and wherries to run on ice and keep a straight
course in frosty weather.
It is sharpened at both edges and fastened together by bolts screwed at both
ends thus allowing of easy taking to pieces for sharpening purposes, whilst the
slipper is fastened to the waggon or wherry in the ordinary way.
The slipper has also a trail to enable the waggon wheel to rise into the frost
slipper and this can easily be unloosed and reversed when one edge of the frost
slipper becomes blunt.
The frost slipper is constructed as follows:-Two pieces of flat wrought iron
of oblong shape about sixteen inches by five inches and of about 5 of an inch in
thickness with the corners slightly rounded and the sides sharpened; and four
holes in each plate exactly opposite each other in each plate and about the same
distances apart from each other the first and last holes being about an inch from
the ends of the plates; the two middle holes being smaller than the outer ones
and all the holes up the centre line of the plates. These two plates are fastened
together by four bolts the length of the bolts being five inches within-the two end
ones being round with heads and screwed at one end and the two middle bolts
square with shoulders to go against the plates inside and screwed at each end and
with nuts to fasten them.
The leading bolt has the shackle and chain attached to it and the end bolt the
trail. The trail being used to allow the wheel to rise into the slipper and being
a piece of wrought iron about twelve inches long, % of an inch in thickness and
about 5 inches wide slightly sharpened at the end and turned down about an inch
to strike the ice and thus hold the slipper firm until the wheel rises into the
slipper, the front part of the trail having a loop end for the bolt to go through.
The slipper may be made of different sizes according to the width of the wheel for
which it is to be used.
EL 1 1907
SAMUEL MOORHOUSE,
Dacre Banks, Leeds.
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SAMUEL MOORHOUSE, Dacre Banks, viâ Leeds, Blacksmith, I 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:-
Frost slipper to enable waggons and wherries to run on ice and keep a straight
course in frosty weather.

page_text: It is sharpened at both edges and fastened together by bolts screwed at both
ends thus allowing of easy taking to pieces for sharpening purposes; whilst the
slipper is fastened to the waggon or wherry in the ordinary way. The slipper
has also a trail to enable the waggon wheel to rise into the frost slipper and this
can easily be unloosed and reversed when one edge of the frost slipper becomes
blunt.
The Frost slipper is constructed as follows: -Two pieces A of flat wrought
iron of oblong shape about 16 inches by 5 inches and of about 5 of an inch in
thickness with the corners slightly rounded and the sides sharpened; with four
holes in each plate exactly opposite each other in each plate and about the same
distances apart from each other, the first and last holes E being about an inch from
the ends of the plates; the two middle holes D being smaller than the outer ones
and all the holes up the centre line of the plate; these two plates are fastened
together by four bolts, the length of the bolts being 5 inch within. The two end
ones E being round with heads and screwed at one end and the two middle bolts D
square with shoulders to go against the plates inside and screwed at each end and
with nuts to fasten them. The leading bolt has the shackle and chain attachea
to it and the last bolt the trail C.
The trail C being used to allow the wheel of the vehicle to rise into the slipper
and being a piece of wrought iron about 12 inches long and of an inch i
thickness and about 5 inches wide slightly sharpened at the end and turned down.
about an inch to strike the ice and thus hold the slipper firm until the wheel rises
into the slipper; the front part of the trail having a loop end for the bolt to go
through. The slipper may be made of different sizes according to the width of
wheel.
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