IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR HORSE SHOES
Year: 1885

page_text: I MARK VINT of 6 Newgate Street Newcastle on Tyne, Saddler do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR HORSE
SHOES to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object Firstly to dispense with all necessity for driving
nails into the hoof for the purpose of securing the shoe thereto as now generally
practised Secondly-To obviate injury to the hoof and discomfort to the horse
Thirdly To greatly facilitate fitting and renewing the shoe whenever requisite and
Fourthly To increase the wear of the shoe by imparting additional security to the
fastenings thereof.
My invention is at once novel, simple and highly effective and is as follows:
I take an ordinary or other horse-shoe and make two or more tapered holes
therein on each side-These holes are tapped and threaded to receive short screws
of any suitable pitch-When fitted the heads of these screws are sunk below the
outer surface of the shoe so as to prevent the slots therein being worn out by the
tread of the hoof-I then fit the hoof with two clench plates placed one on each
side These clench plates are made of thin sheet metal and terminate at the top in
teeth or fangs which are secured to the outer wall of the boof by being turned in
and clenched down obliquely therein thus effectually fastening the top of each plate
thereto-The bottom of each clench plate is turned under the hoof so as to form a
rim or flange which is perforated with holes corresponding in number and position
to the holes formed in the horseshoe as first above mentioned.
To ensure such rim or flange laying perfectly flush with the under surface of the
hoof and so preventing grit dirt or any other foreign substance working in between
the shoe and the hoof thus obviating sand cracks or other injurys thereto I pare off
the under surface of the hoof sufficiently to allow of such flange fitting accurately
therein-Only a very slight paring is required the thickness of the sheet metal
being but trifling say about th of an inch.
Or in lieu of so paring off the hoof a rebate or recess corresponding in shape and
depth to the shape and thickness of the flange can be formed in the upper surface
of the shoe so that, when the shoe is fastened to the hoof the rim or flange fits into
such recess or rebate and thus allows the shoe to fit close to the hoof.

page_text: When the shoe is fitted to the hoof it is secured thereto by means of screws
which when screwed up are only of sufficient length to pass through the shoe and
clench plate and fix themselves in the outer substance of the under surface of the
hoof.
It will be obvious that by this improved method of fastening the shoe to the
hoof all injury to the latter is totally avoided as the live substance of the hoof is
not penetrated, at any part By this means much greater comfort is secured to the
animal-The clench plates also serve as shield plates to obviate injury to the hoof
from stones or other hard substance with which it may come in contact.
In order to remove the shoe it is only necessary to turn out the scrows when the
shoe is at once freed without injuring the substance of the hoof as is frequently
and unavoidably done by the present injurious method of shoeing.

page_text: I, MARK VINT of 6 Newgate Street, Newcastle on Tyne Saddler 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 Firstly-To dispense with all necessity for
driving nails into the hoof for the purpose of securing the shoe thereto as now
generally practised-Secondly-To obviate injury to the hoof and discomfort to
the horse Thirdly-To greatly facilitate fitting and renewing the shoe-whenever
requisite and Fourthly To increase the wear of the shoe by imparting additional
security to the fastenings thereof. My invention is at once novel, simple and
highly effective.
And in order that my said invention may be better understood and readily
carried into effect I will now with the aid of the accompanying drawings wherein
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts proceed to particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said invention.
I take an ordinary or other horse shoe and make two or more tapered holes (a)
Fig. 5 therein on each side-These holes are tapped and threaded to receive short
screws (b Fig. 6) of any suitable pitch-When fitted the heads of these screws are
sunk below the outer surface of the shoe, so as to prevent the slots therein being
worn out by the tread of the hoof-I then fit the hoof with two clench plates
(c Figs. 2, 3, 7) placed one on each side-These clench plates are made of thin sheet
metal, and terminate at the top in serrated teeth (d Figs. 2, 3, 7) which are secured
to the outer wall of the hoof by being turned in and clenched down obliquely
therein thus effectually fastening the top of each plate thereto-The bottom of each
clench plate is turned under the hoof so as to form a rim or flange (e Fig. 4) which
is perforated with holes (f Fig. 4) corresponding in number and position to the
holes formed in the horse shoe as first above mentioned.
To ensure such rim or flange (e) laying perfectly flush with the under surface of
the hoof and so preventing grit dirt or any other foreign substance working in
between the shoe and the hoof thus obviating sand cracks or other injury thereto
I pare off the under surface of the hoof sufficiently to form a recess (g Fig. 1) so as
to allow of such flange fitting accurately therein Only a very slight paring is
required to be taken off as the thickness of the sheet metal is but trifling say
about th of an inch.
Or in lieu of so paring off the hoof I form a recess in the upper surface of the
shoe corresponding in shape and depth to the shape and thickness of the flange of
the clench plate so that when the shoe is fastened to the hoof the flange of the
clench plate fits into such recess in the shoe and thus allows the shoe to fit close to
the hoof.
The small perforations in the outer wall of the hoof shewn at h Fig. 1 indicate
the holes made therein by clenching the teeth d therein in the manner above

page_text: When the shoe is fitted to the hoof it is secured thereto by means of screws
which when screwed up are only of sufficient length to pass through the shoe and
clench plate and fix themselves in the outer substance of the under surface of
the hoof.
It will be obvious that by this improved method of fastening the shoe to the
hoof all injury to the latter is totally avoided as the live substance of the hoof is
not penetrated at any part-By this means much greater comfort is secured to the
animal-The clench plates also serve as shield plates to obviate injury to the hoof
from stones or other hard substances with which it may come in contact.
In order to remove the shoe it is only necessary to turn out the screws when the
shoe is at once freed without injuring the substance of the hoof as is frequently
and unavoidably done by the present injurious method of shoeing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
Fitting the hoof of a horse with two clench plates, and securing the shoe thereto
all substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
shewn.