Shoes for Preventing Slipping.
Year: 1886

page_text: Shoes for Preventing Slipping.
I, JOHN HAY, of Shelford Lodge, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire, Farmer,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the construction and arrangement of devices for
attachment to horses' shoes for ensuring a better foothold and to prevent slipping
during frosty weather, whereby they are made more convenient for speedy attach-
ment, more effective when fitted, and capable of being readily removed when no
longer required, without damage to the horses feet.
In carrying out the Invention there is employed a device formed of metal of
special shape which is arranged to be fitted to horses shoes. This device is formed
with a flat part at its top for bearing against the horses shoe and one or two
downward sharp projections. At one side of the device there is a short flange
abutting upwards and at the other side there is a small stud or projection which is
formed on the upper part of a short vertical flange which corresponds only it is
not so high, as the flange on the opposite side. This stud or projection is for
engaging with a hole in the head of a small bolt or plate which head is bent at
right angles to the bolt and secures the device to the horses shoe by passing from
the inner side between the hoof and the shoe and through a hole in the top of the
vertical flange on the opposite side. The bolt or plate is long enough to be bent
down at this side so as to secure it in the shoe and thus secure the device to the
shoe. There may be two or more such devices attached to each shoe, and as no
alteration requires to be made to the shoe, any ordinary horse shoe may be fitted
with the appliance without first removing the shoe. It is obvious that the
device may be secured to the horses' shoes in other ways than in the manner just
described. In some cases it may be advisable to fit a small screw to the device
between the sharp projections for further securing the device on the shoe.
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page_text: Improvements in Removable Devices for Attachment to Horses'
Shoes for Preventing Slipping.
JOHN HAY Shelford Lodge, Radcliffe on Trent, Farmer's son assisting at home
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for ROUGHING HORSES' SHOES TO
PREVENT THEM SLIPPING and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This device consists of a solid piece of metal with a flat surface from which
project two chisel pointed studs. A set-screw is fitted between the two studs
through the metal plate. This screw is for the purpose of keeping the appliance
tight on the shoe. A vertical flange projects from both ends of the flat surface at
a right angle to it and in an opposite direction to the studs. One of these flanges
is higher than the other, the higher one has a long horizontal slot in it near its
extremity made to receive a flat bolt or plate the lower flange has a small flat stud,
projecting at a right angle from its extreme end. This flat stud is for the purpose
of engaging with a slot in the head of the flat bolt or plate which passes between
the shoe & the hoof.
It will be seen by the accompanying drawing that there is a round hole in the
small flat stud to receive a machine cotter which is inserted to prevent the plate or
flat bolt which passes between the shoe and the hoof from shaking out when fixed
on the shoe. The plate or bolt is formed of a flat piece of metal turned up at a
right angle at one end to form a head which is wider than the flat part and has a
long slot to receive the flat stud before described.
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:
1st. The peculiar general shape of the whole appliance as shown in fig. 5 in
accompanying drawing.
2nd. The special arrangement of device for securing the same to the shoe of a
horse.
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