Improvements in Shoes for Horses, Mules; and other Hoofed Animals, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890°
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in Shoes for Horses, Mules; and other Hoofed
Animals, and in the Manufacture of the same.
We, JOSEPH BENFIELD, of 108, Bridgeman Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, Shoeing.
Smith, GEORGE KETTLEWELL, of The Elms, Pleck, Walsall, aforesaid; Gentleman,
EDWIN ERNEST SHELDON, and ALFRED MILLS, trading together as Sheldon &. Mills,"
of Walsall, aforesaid, Curriers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in shoes for horses, mules, and other.
hoofed animals which wear shoes, and in the manufacture of the same which are fixed.
to the hoof by preference without the use of nails the said shoes being made.from..
sheet or plate steel or other sheet or plate metal or alloy as follows:-
We will describe our invention in connection with a horse shoe. We cut from.
sheet or plate steel or other sheet or plate metal or alloy, by means of; suitable tools
worked in a press or, otherwise, a blank having somewhat the form of. the required
horse shoe but somewhat wider and having projecting tongues at intervals round, the
outer edge. The said tongues are turned upwardly to somewhere about right; angles
with the blank which latter forms the body of the shoe, and the metal. between, the.
tongues and beyond the same is turned downwardly as is also the inner edge of the
blank round the frog thus forming a shoe of trough section with tongues projecting
upwardly along the outer edge of the upper side. The said, tongues form clips for
securing the shoe to the horse's hoof which is done, by hammering the clips against
the same. Either before or after being turned upwardly those sides of the said..
tongues or clips which come next to the horse's hoof are jagged or roughened or
formed with projecting pins so that when the said clips are hammered against the
horse's hoof they will engage therewith and secure the shoe.thereon... The said clips
may if preferred be thinned down by hammering or other means so as to, bend more..!
readily. The said groove on the under or wearing side of the shoe is convenient for
holding metal wood indiarubber or other substance to prevent slipping and the
prevention of slipping is also effected by the parts which are turned down between the..
said tongues or clips and at the inside of the shoe.
In some cases. the said blank which forms the horse shoe is left solid right across. the
hoof so as the better to prevent picking up snow and in these cases tongues, or pro-
jecting parts are or may be pierced out of the body of the blank round the frog at
intervals and bent downwardly to prevent slipping or to hold the metal, wood.
indiarubber, or other substance above referred to, or they may be bent flat against.the.
underside of the shoe.
The said parts between and beyond the clips or tongues are sometimes.bent back:
underneath flat against the underside of the shoe thereby lessening the waste of metal...
in the manufacture and enabling the shoe to last longer in.wear.
Dated this 6th day of, February, 1890
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants..

page_text: ⚫COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses, Mules, and other Hoofed
Animals, and in the Manufacture of the same.
We, JOSEPH BENFIELD, of 108, Bridgeman Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, Shoeing
Smith, GEORGE KETTLEWELL, of The Elms, Pleck, Walsall, aforesaid, Gentleman,
EDWIN ERNEST SHELDON, and ALFRED MILLS, trading together as Sheldon & Mills,
of Walsall, aforesaid, Curriers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to those horse and other like shoes which are furnished
with jagged fixing clips formed integral with the shoe the said clips being adapted for
hammering against the hoof so as to engage therewith and secure the shoe thereon,
and this invention consists in making the said shoes from thin plates of steel or other
ductile metal or alloy in the manner which we will describe by referring to the
accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 represents a sheet metal blank for forming a horse shoe according to this
invention;
Figs. 2 and 3 represent successive stages through which the said blank passes in
being formed into the horse shoe represented in cross section by Fig. 4 ;
Fig. 5 shews the same horse shoe fixed to a horse's hoof;
Fig. 6 represents in side elevation and Fig. 7 in cross section a modified form of
this invention;
Figs. 8 and 9, 10 and 11, 12 and 13 shew further modifications;
Fig. 14 shews one of the jagged clips on an enlarged scale and
Figs. 15 and 16 shew another method of jagging the clips.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
In carrying out this invention as applied for instance to the manufacture of a horse
shoe we cut from sheet or plate steel or other sheet or plate metal or alloy, by means
of suitable tools worked in a press or otherwise, a blank 6 such as shown by Fig. 1
having somewhat the form of the required horse shoe but somewhat wider and
having projecting tongues a at intervals round the outer edge. These tongues a are
slit into the blank and are turned upwardly to somewhere about right angles with the
blank (see Fig. 2) which latter forms the body of the shoe, and the metal 6 between
the tongues and beyond the same is turned downwardly as is also the inner edge b¹ of
the blank round the frog (see Fig. 3) thus forming a shoe of trough section with
tongues a projecting upwardly along the outer edge of the upper side. The
tongues a have to be elongated and thinned down by hammering or other means and
jagged or roughened in any well known manner such as by having projecting spikes d
as shewn for instance on a larger scale by Figs. 14, and 15 so that when hammered
against the horse's hoof the jagged clips a will engage therewith and secure the
shoe thereon. The parts 616 give a firm foot hold even in frosty weather and
effectually prevent slipping; and the groove or space between these parts is con-
venient for holding metal wood indiarubber or other substance if desired as usually
employed in other horse shoes which are grooved underneath.
We sometimes bend back the parts 61 62 flat against the underside of the shoe as in
the example illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 thereby enabling the shoe to last longer in
wear; or, as in the example illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9, the inner part b¹ may be so
bent back and the parts 62 left to project to form the wearing surface of the shoe.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 10 and 11, 12 and 13 the blank bis left
solid right across the hoof so as the better to prevent picking up snow or nails and in
these cases tongues or projecting parts c are or may be pierced out of the body of the
blank round the frog at intervals (see Figs. 12 and 13) and bent downwardly to

page_text: prevent slipping or to hold the metal, wood, indiarubber or other substance above
referred to, or they may be bent flat against the underside of the shoc.
We prefer to form the spikes d from side projections e which are left on the clips a
(see Fig. 15) in the blank. After the clips a have been thinned and elongated by
hammering or other pressure these side projections e are clipped to the shape and
sharpened as shewn in Fig. 16 so as to readily drive into the animal's hoof. The
spikes d can in this way be made very strong and two on each clip are generally
sufficient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
ion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The manufacture use and sale of nailless horse and other like shoes made from plate
or sheet metal in the manner substantially as herein before described and shewn
respectively in Figures Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ; Nos. 6 and 7; Nos. 8 and 9; Nos. 10
and 11; and Nos. 12 and 13, apart from any particular method of jagging the fixing
clips a.
Dated this 6th day of November 1890..
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.