Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 28th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th June, 1887.
I, WILLIAM HANTON of St. Vigeans, near Arbroath, in the County of Forfar, North
Britain, Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in horse shoes, has for its object to
enable the shoes to be roughed for protection against slipping in frosty weather with-
out removing them from the horses feet or withdrawing any nails and also to save
expense in shoeing by making the toes and heels of the shoes moveable.
to
A piece of iron extending across the toe of the shoe and preferably of from
inch in thickness is welded into the shoe and has a flat surface on its underside with
one or both edges or sides bevilled. Over the said bar of iron a toe piece with a
flat or jagged under surface is fitted and fixed in its position by a blow or two
of a light hammer without pinning, the two pieces being formed with a dove-tail
groove to correspond with the bevilled side or sides of the bar. The heel piece is
fixed in a similar manner on each of the heels of the shoe and the shoe is then
complete for ordinary purposes in fresh weather.
When the horse is to be roughed the toe piece and the two heel pieces are each
removed by a blow of the hammer and similar pieces but with sharp edges either
with a plain or toothed face are substituted.
The several pieces of iron welded into the shoe and also the toe and heel pieces may
be made either of steel cast malleable iron or common malleable iron.
The heel pieces may be inserted at right angles or approximately so with the
length of the hinder part of the shoe or they may be inserted in the direction of
the said length as may be found most suitable to prevent slipping and to counteract
the tendency of the horse's hind foot slipping inwards.
As a modification of my said Invention the heel pieces may be formed of round pins
with flat heads for ordinary wear and with pointed or spiked heads for frosty
weather. The said pieces are preferably fixed in tapered holes or perforations made
to a short depth in the heels of the shoes, the rest of the depth of the shoes being
preferably perforated by a cylindrical hole to keep the pin quite steady. The said
heel pieces can be fixed or removed by a blow from a light hammer.
Dated this 31st day of January 1887
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Petitioner's Agents.

page_text: An Improved Horse Shoe.
I, WILLIAM HANTON of St. Vigeans, near Arbroath, in the County of Forfar,
North Britain, Blacksmith 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, which relates to improvements in horse shoes, has for its object to
enable the shoes to be roughed for protection against slipping in frosty weather with-
out removing them from the horses feet or withdrawing any nails and also to save
expenses in shoeing by making the toes and heels of the shoes moveable.
A piece of iron extending across the toe of the shoe and preferably of from to
inch in thickness is welded into the shoe and has a flat surface on its underside with
one or both edges or sides bevilled. Over the said bar of iron a toe piece with a flat or
jagged under surface is fitted and forced into its position by a blow or two of a light
hammer, without any pinning, the said toe pieces being formed with a dove-tail groove
to correspond with the bevilled side or sides of the bar. The heel piece is fixed in
a similar manner on each of the heels of the shoe and the shoe is then complete for
ordinary purposes in fresh weather.
When the horse is to be roughed the toe piece and the two heel pieces are each
removed by a blow of the hammer and similar pieces but with sharp edges either with
a plain or toothed face are substituted.
The heel pieces may be inserted at right angles or approximately so with the length
of the hinder part of the shoe or they may be inserted in the direction of the said
length as may be found most suitable to prevent slipping.
As a modification of my said Invention the heel pieces may be formed of round
pins with flat heads for ordinary wear and with pointed sharp heads for frosty
weather, the said pieces being fixed in tapered holes in the heels of the shoes.
In order that my Invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings is the plan of the underside of a shoe
constructed in accordance with my said Invention.
Figures 2 to 8 are detailed views of the detachable pieces and mode of fixing the
same when the shoe is used for ordinary wear.
Figure 9, is a plan of the underside of the shoe with the detachable pieces as in
use for frosty weather.
Figures 10 to 15 are detailed views of the said parts.
The piece of iron or steel A, is welded across the toe of the shoe and is formed
with bevilled sides. For ordinary wear the piece of iron. B, shown in plan Figure 2,
end elevation, Figure 3, and longitudinal section Figure 4 is used; the said piece
is formed with a flat surface and upon its underside it is formed with a groove b,
preferably slightly tapered, the open end of the said groove is applied to the one
end of the bevilled iron piece A, and is driven thereon by a few taps from a light

page_text: hammer. The heels of the shoe may be provided in a similar manner with bevilled
pieces to receive grooved heel portions; in Figure 1, I have shewn one of the heels
so constructed but with the heel piece in a line with the length of the heel; the heel
piece C, is shewn in Figure 5, which is an elevation of the heel. The said piece C,
being driven upon the bevilled piece D, in a similar manner to that described with
reference to the toe piece.
I have shewn the opposite heel provided with a stud heel piece E, which is fitted
within a hole F, made in the heel. The said stud Figures 6 and 7 is preferably
formed with a rounded head and to fit it securely to the heel it is preferably formed
with two fitting portions e, e¹, fitting into corresponding parts in the heel Figure 8,
is an end elevation of the heel with the stud thus fitted, it may be driven in by a few
light strokes of a hammer in the same way as the toe piece is secured.
Upon sheet 2 of the drawings the shoe is shewn with corresponding pieces
but with sharp edges for frosty weather.
The bevilled toe-bar A, is shewn in Figure 9, fitted with a sharp toe piece G, the
particular formation of the sharp edge being shewn in side elevation Figure 10, end
elevation Figure 11, and longitudinal section Figure 12.
The heel pieces are formed in a similar manner with sharp edges. Figure 13, is
an end elevation of the one heel provided with the sharp heel piece H, grooved and
fitted upon a bevilled heel piece D. Figures 14 and 15 are views of the other heel
provided with sharp stud pieces fitting into the heel D'.
In the carrying out of my said Invention the arrangements for the heels may be
modified to suit various requirements, for example, both heels may be provided with
short bar pieces with flat and sharp surfaces for ordinary wear and for frosty
weather respectively and they may be either fixed at right angles to the length
of the shoe or at other angles as may be found most suitable, or, I may provide
both heels with stud pieces, smooth and sharp for ordinary wear and frosty weather
respectively.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The improved horse-shoe constructed to receive toe and heel pieces substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn upon the accompanying
drawings.
2. The affixing of toe and heel pieces by wedging the said pieces to the toe
and heels of the shoe substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn upon the
accompanying drawings.
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