Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I, THOMAS CAMPBELL, F.R.C.V.S. of Kircudbright in the County of Kircud-
bright, Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the provision of a horse shoe which will permit of
free expansion of the hoof when the shoe is secured thereto; and to that end the
improvements consist in forming the heel parts of the shoe (which may otherwise
be of the ordinary shape) with the faces next the hoof inclined or beveled outwards
so that the downward pressure upon the shoe tends to force outwards or expand the
hoof. The beveling of the heel parts of the shoe may be effected by hammering or
filing down these parts towards the outside or by forming the inner edges of extra
thickness.
To permit of free expansion of the hoof the nail holes in the shoe nearest to the
heel are made of greater width than is required for the size of nail used or slots
are formed for the reception of the nail such as will admit of the nail moving in the
slot or nail hole.
In forming shoes for roadsters the heel parts of the treading surface are slightly
beveled or bent upwards so that the middle part of the shoe and not the heel may
strike the ground.
Dated this Tenth day of March 1893.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I, THOMAS CAMPBELL F.R.C.V.S. of Kirkcudbright in the County of Kirkcud-
bright, Veterinary Surgeon, 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 the provision of a horse shoe which will permit
of free expansion of the hoof when the shoe is secured thereto and to that end the
improvements consist, as represented in inverted plan at Figure 1, in plan at
Figure 2 and in cross section at Figure 3 on the line a-a, Figure 2, in forming
the heel parts A of the shoe B (which may otherwise be of the ordinary shape)
with the faces next the hoof inclined or beveled outwards so that the downward
pressure upon the shoe A tends to force outwards or expand the hoof. The
beveling of the heel parts A of the shoe may be effected by hammering or filing
down these parts towards the outside or by forming the inner edges of extra
thickness.
To permit of free expansion of the hoof the nail holes C in the shoe B nearest to
the heel are made of greater width than is required for the size of nail used or slots
are formed for the reception of the nail such as will admit of the nail moving in the
slot or nail hole.
In forming shoes for roadsters the heel parts of the treading surface are slightly

page_text: beveled or bent upwards so that the middle part of the shoe and not the heel may
strike the ground.
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 horse shoe having the heel parts inclined or beveled on the upper face and
having the nail holes or slots nearest the heel parts elongated to allow for lateral
expansion of the hoof, substantially as described with reference to the drawing
annexed.
Dated this 9th day of December 1893.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.