Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1889--Accepted, 31st Aug., 1889
COMPLETE DI DUITIVATION
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I, WILLIAM Ross of 4, East Terrace, Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, draper,
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 :-
According to this invention, which relates to a shoe for horses, mules and asses, the
shoe, instead of being attached directly to the hoof, is secured by screws to a founda-
tion plate made separate therefrom and attached by screws or nails to the hoof.
Consequently, when a new shoe is required the worn shoe is readily detached from
the foundation or bed plate without disturbing the latter which requires to be removed
only at such times as the hoof demands trimming or paring.
The screws by which the shoe is secured to the bed plate are countersunk and
when the shoe is worn down to the level of the outer faces of the screw heads a new
shoe should be substituted.
A washer or pad of india-rubber or other suitable material may be interposed
between the bed plate and the shoe.
This invention further consists in improved means for " roughing" horses to
prevent slipping in frosty weather.
For this purpose the shoe is detached from the bed plate, and pointed conical
or tapered spikes are inserted-point downwards-in holes provided therefor in the
shoe.
The latter is then re-secured to the bed plate and the upper or butt ends of the
spikes take a bearing against the lower face of the bed plate. The spikes are readily
removed when the shoe is taken off.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 thereon represents a side elevation
of a horse shoe constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 represents a
plan of the shoe inverted, one half of the view showing the under face of the shoe a,
and the other half showing the under face of the foundation or bed plate b.
The bed plate b is attached to the hoof c by screws or nails d countersunk in the
plate which requires to be removed only at such times as it is necessary or desirable
to trim or pare the hoof. The shoe a is attached to the bed plate b by screws e and
is readily attached or detached. The screws e are countersunk in the shoe.
The shoe a represented in the drawing has a groove i, but such groove is not
absolutely necessary, the invention being equally applicable to a grooveless shoe.
The tapered "roughing" spikes 1 for preventing slipping in frosty weather are,
when wanted, applied in the manner following. The shoe a having been detached
from the bed plate b, the spikes, which are preferably rectangular in section, are
dropped-point downwards-into correspondingly shaped holes provided for them in
the shoe.
The shoe is then re-attached to the bed plate against which the upper or butt ends
of the spikes bear. It will be understood that no skilled labor is necessary, either
to fix a shoe to the bed plate or to remove it therefrom, or for inserting or removing
the roughing spikes
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. A compound shoe for horses, mules and asses, consisting of a foundation or
bed plate secured by countersunk screws or nails to the hoof and a shoe placed below
the said bed plate and secured thereto by countersunk screws, or their equivalents,

page_text: with or without a pad or washer intervening between the shoe and bed plate, substan-
tially as herein before described.
2. In combination with the compound horse shoe, consisting of the shoe a and bed
plate b, the roughing spikes or pegs 7 inserted from above the shoe into holes provided
therein and bearing at their upper or butt ends against the under face of the bed
plate as a resistance, substantially as herein before described with reference to the
accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 26th day of February 1889.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.