An Improved Nailless Shoe for Horses and other Animais
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th Apr,
RESERVE
1889
An Improved Nailless Shoe for Horses and other Animais
We CHARLES SHAKESHAFT of 37 Weymouth Terrace Hackney in the County of
Middlesex, Shoe Maher, and THOMAS RAWSON of 6 Wimborne Street Hoxton in the
County of Middlesex Engineer and Tool Maker do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
The object of this invention is to supply in a more perfect form than has hitherto
been done a horse shoe which fastens on the foot independent of nails, and which will
hold together a weak foot as well as a sound one and enable a horse to do his work
with sound feet to the end of his time
Our method also gives the following collateral advantages
1 The shoe can be put on by any man who is in charge of the animal
2 It can be removed and replaced with equal ficility
3 It can be adjusted to prevent slipping in frost by simple operation ; e removing
the shoe and replacing it by a frost plate
4 It is ornamental ind gives support to and binds together a sand cricked hoof &
keeps the hoof in sound condition
5 It can be varied or adjusted to give firm footing on a wet asphalte or wood
paving
We effect these objects in the following manner
We make the shoe in two parts
a the
grip frame and
b the shoe plates
The grip frame is an angle piece which goes round & under the toe of the foot
about three quarters of an inch or as may be necessary according to the size of the
foot It is made with a joint or hinge on the front part which opens sufficiently to
allow the admission of the foot
The frame then is closed on the foot and fastened by a screwed holt under the heel
or by a spring or other convenient method of fastening

page_text: The shoe plates are two plates coming together un ler the hinge and they are
attached to the grip frame by screws and dowels so as to be held up to the grip frame
without slipping
They are taken off or put on by unscrewing the fastening of the grip frame taking
off the whole shoe and then taking out the fastening screws A new shoe plite or a
frosted shoe plate can be put on in this way in few minutes
In the grip frame, between the frame and the foot I propose to introduce thin
lining of Rubber or other substance to take off the jar in the event of the animal
kicking or stamping or bringing down his foot heavily in moving
Dated this 11th day of April 1888

page_text: By preference I make the frosted plates corrugated at the bottom as shown fig 7
Between the grip frame & the foot I propose to introduce a thin lining of Rubber or
other elastic substance to the off the jar in the event of the horse kicking or stamping
or bringing down the foot heavily in moving
In the accompanying drawings
Fig 1 is a side elevation
2 is a front elevation
"
12
3 is a plan of the shoe
"
4 is a section through x-y
"
5 is a plan of shoe plate
"
6 is a side elevation of a plain plate
7 is a side elevation of a frosted
"
A. is the grip frame jointed at 6
"
C C are the shoe plates fastened to the grip frame A by the dowels d d and
the screws e e
fis the bolt at the back which screws up the grip frame holding it firm to
the foot
Fig 4 is a section through a screw
The lettering is the same for all drawings
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what way it is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
First The shoe made in two parts via the grip frame which is in two pieces hinged
together and fixing firmly on the foot without nails, and the shoe plates also in two
pieces, fixed to the grip frame, the whole made as set forth
Second The use in the shoe plates of India Rubber leather or other elastic substance
made and attached to the grip frame as set forth
Dated February 11th 1889