Improvements in Horse-shoe Frost-studs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 24th Nov. 1892-Accepted. 31st Dec.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoe Frost-studs.
JOSEPH BARTLETT Builder High Street Witney Oxfordshire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in roughing horses to prevent slipping in
frosty weather, and consists of a moveable taper stud made of steel or other suitable
material, marked C. on drawing No. 1, the said studs being made taper either
round or square or any other shape to fit into corresponding taper holes made in
the horse shoe to receive them. The said studs being made quite plain and self
fastening can be easily removed from the shoe when not required, and may be again
inserted when necessary by the driver or any other person, no smith or skilled
workman or special tools being required for this purpose and the shoes do not
require to be removed.
This invention relates to an improvement in roughing horses and consists of
round, square, or other shaped taper studs of steel or other material and the mode
of securing them in taper holes in the horse shoe.
Dated this 25th day of Rahm 1000
J. BARTLETT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoe Frost-studs.
I JOSEPH BARTLETT, Builder, of High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, 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:
The object of the present invention is to provide for the more ready attachment
of studs or cogs which are applied to the shoes of horses and other beasts of burden,
to prevent slipping.
Horses are "roughed" in various ways to prevent slipping; for instance, the
shoes are sometimes removed by the farrier, and turned up at the heels to form
calkins. This method is, however, only available when the services of the smith
are to be had, but when he is not at hand, some other plan must be adopted.
Threaded cogs or studs are sometimes suggested, to be screwed into tapped holes
previously made in the shoes, but it is found that when the tapped holes have been
choked with dirt, the thread is hard to clean out, and consequently the stud cannot
be properly screwed in.
The cogs with long flexible sbanks (like an ordinary horse nail with a very big
head), which are passed through holes in the heel of the shoe, and bent over to
secure the cogs in place, are useful for application on an emergency, but they are
necessarily soft, and, moreover, they require that the shoes should project outward
at the heel, to permit of the shank of the cog passing out through the holes.
According to the present invention, I make the studs or cogs with taper or
conical necks, so that when hammered into correspondingly formed holes in the
shoe, they jam in, and become more tightly fixed, the harder they are driven.
In the drawing which accompanies the Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 is a plan of the ground surface of a horse's fore shoe, with my invention
applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a cross section on line a a of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross section on
line bb of Fig. 1.

page_text: C are taper studs, of which there are three, one at the toe, and one at each heel
of the shoe.
The holes wherein the studs C are inserted, are also tapered corresponding with
the form of the studs, and are formed by punching from the ground side of the shoe
with a taper punch, when the shoe is made.
To apply the studs, which may be of steel or other hard material, it will only be
necessary to clear out the holes in the shoe with any pointed tool, and drive in the
stud, narrower end first. The harder it is driven, the tighter will it be.
Any person can thus "rough" a horse in a little time, and at a moment's notice,
provided the shoes are formed with the necessary taper or conical holes, and he has
a hammer or anything hard wherewith to drive in the studs.
The studs may be removed and reinserted, as circumstances require, without
taking off the shoe; unnecessary wear will therefore be avoided, and the studs will
last longer than if they had to be worn continuously, after the roads had ceased to
be slippery, or in the stable. The removal of the studs in the stable has the
advantage of preventing the chance of the horse injuring himself with the studs
when he lies down to rest.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The employment of taper or conical studs in conjunction with holes of corre-
sponding form in horse's shoes; as and for the purpose described with reference to
the drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1892.
.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.