An Adjustable Ready-roughed Metal Overshoe for the Prevention of Horses or any other Animal Wearing Iron Shoes from Slipping in Frosty Weather.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 31st May, 1887.
An Adjustable Ready-roughed Metal Overshoe for the Prevention
of Horses or any other Animal Wearing Iron Shoes from
Slipping in Frosty Weather.
HENRY WHEELER 6 Nelson Street South Birmingham in the occupation of a
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
It consists of an inverted plate in the shape of a horse shoe & is made of either
malleable iron, steel, brass or other suitable metal, to the under part of which is
attached by means of screwing in, 4 nuts or roughs of any suitable shape of the same
metal as the plate, these may be replaced at small cost when worn off.
The plate itself differs from the ordinary overshoe in the fact that it has in the
centre of the front part a hinge or joint which allows of its being readily opened for
the purpose of slipping on or off the animals shoe.
At the back of the plate, passing from the right to the left is a partly screwed pin
raised above the plate by means of three pommels, two at the right and one at the
left side.
These pommels are bored & screwed & through these holes the pin is placed.
The said pin has a fixed nut shaped head & is screwed from the head to a little past
the second pommel, where it is provided with a lock-nut it is then left blank for a short
space but it is screwed again at the end to allow of its being passed through the last
pommel.
The object of this pin is to tighten the plate up when fixed to the shoe.
The method of fixing the instrument on the shoe is so very simple that any stable-
boy can fix a set of four in a few minutes with the aid of a small spanner which fits
the nuts & is supplied with every set.
It is as follows. Open the plate, place the right side on to the corresponding side
of the shoe & push it on as far as possible, then close over the left side, then take the
screw by the fixed head, & screw into the third pommel tighten it well with the spanner
then scrow the lock nut close as possible to the second pommel & it will then be found
quite secure & impossible to slip it off.
Dated this 25th day of November 1886.

page_text: of Horses or any other Animal Wearing Iron Shoes from
Slipping in Frosty Weather.
HENRY WHEELER 6, Nelson Street South Birmingham Brassfounder 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 :-
My invention consists of an inverted plate, or overshoe, in the shape of a horse-
shoe and is made of either malleable iron, steel, brass or any other suitable metal to
the underpart of which is attached by means of screwing in, 4 nuts or roughs, of any
suitable shape. These roughs may be replaced at small cost when worn off.
The plate itself differs from the ordinary overshoe in the fact that it has in the centre
of the front part of the plate a hinge or joint, which allows of its being readily opened
for the purpose of slipping on or off the animals shoe.
At the back of the plate, passing from right to left, is a partly screwed pin, raised
above the plate by means of 2 pommels, one at the right & one at the left side, these
pommels are bored & screwed & through these holes the pin is placed.
The said pin has a fixed nut-shaped head and is screwed at the point, where it is
provided with a lock nut.
The object of this pin is to tighten the plate up when fixed to the shoe.
The method of fixing the instrument to the shoe is so very simple that any stable-
boy can fix a set of 4 in a few minutes, with the aid of a small spanner, which fits on
to the nuts & is supplied with every set.
It is as follows, open the plate, place the right side on to the corresponding side of
the shoe, push it on as far as possible, close the left side over, then take the pin
(which is already placed through the 1st pommel) by the fixed head & screw it into
the second pommel, tighten it well with the spanner, then screw the lock nut close as
possible to the 2nd pommel & it will then be found quite secure & impossible to slip
it off.
My invention is intended to save the trouble & expense of taking off the shoes of
animals for the purpose of roughing, & it will be made of various sizes & strengths to
suit the size & work of the various animals for which they may be required.
The foregoing description applies to those two overshoes which would be placed on
the right hand side of the animal, those on the left hand side will of necessity be
slightly altered, as were they the same the head of the pin in the left would probably
cut the right leg of the animal when in motion, but the only alteration necessary will
be to reverse the fastening apparatus thus instead of the pin passing from right to
eft through 2 pommels placed one on the right & one on the left as in the case of the
one described it will simply be reversed & made to pass from left to right.

page_text: That the foregoing may be the better understood, I have attached drawings of which
the following is a full description.
Fig. 1. shows the overshoe as seen when placed in position on the ground.
Fig. 2. shows it when opened as a means to attach it to the hoof.
Fig. 3. is enlarged drawing of A in Figure 1.
Fig. 4. is enlarged drawing of B in Figure 1.
Fig. 5. shows enlarged half of the overshoe as shown in Figure 1. also a section
at C. D in Figure 1.
Fig. 6. shows enlarged half of the overshoe in Fig. 7, also a section at E. F.
Fig. 7. shows the overshoe turned up to show the underside.
Fig. 8. shows enlarged drawing of the front view of the joint.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention &
in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details horein before described & illustrated, since they
may be considerably modified without departing from the principle of my invention,
but what I claim is
1. The application of a hinge or joint in the front part of the plate as a means of
opening for the purpose of attachment to the shoe.
2. The attachment of a screwed pin & parts connected therewith, as a means of
fastening on & tightening up the plate to prevent its slipping off the hoof.
3. The combination of the plate & hinge with parts connected therewith & the
fastening pin & nuts, which arrangement propose to call "An adjustable ready-
roughed metal overshoe" for the prevention of horses or any other animal wearing.
iron shoes from slipping in frosty weather.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1887