An Improved Horse Shoe.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 17th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL
TON.
An Improved Horse Shoe.
We, NEWTON ALFRED PRESTON of 152 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, in
the United States of America, real estate agent, and JOHN THOMAS HAINES, of
6 Canynge Road, Clifton, in the city and county of Bristol, letter carrier do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved horse-shoe in which this invention consists is designed to be firmly
secured upon the hoof without inserting nails or screws in the hoof.
It is provided with clipping plates or flanges which project upwards at a suitable
inclination from the base of the shoe. The shoe is open at the back, the opening
being bridged by a clamping screw. The shoe is applied to the hoof and the flanges
or clips are dressed down upon it.
The screw at the back is then operated to bind the shoe firmly on the hoof. No
nails or screws are used to penetrate the hoof. Such shoes may be made in various
sizes.
Under a modification the shoe is divided at the front into two members which are
coupled thereat by a hinge which may be made by overlapping the members and
connecting them by a hinge-pin, or by dovetailing, morticing, clinching or otherwise
to form a suitable hinge. The shoe is, like that first above described, provided at the
back with a clamping or tightening screw.
Dated this 15th day of July 1889
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicants' Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Horse Shoe.
We, NEWTON ALFRED PRESTON, formerly, of 152 Government Street, Mobile,
Alabama, in the United States of America, now of Hillside Farm, Norton Malreward,
in the county of Somerset, farmer, and JOHN THOMAS HAINES, of 6 Canynge Road,
Clifton, in the city and county of Bristol, letter carrier, 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 improved horse-shoe in which this invention consists is constructed in such
manner that in attaching it to the hoof no nails or screws are driven into the hoof.
The shoe is furnished with clipping plates or flanges which project upwards at a
suitable inward inclination from the outer rim of the shoe base. The base plate is
made up of two limbs hinged together at the front. It is open at the back, the
opening being bridged by a clamping screw. To attach the shoe it is applied to the
hoof and the screw at the back is then turned so as to draw the ends of the base plate
towards one another and thus to bind the shoe firmly on the hoof upon which the plates
or flanges rest. The number and size of the clipping plates or flanges may vary.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a side view of a
horse shoe constructed in one of the forms comprised in this invention. Fig. 2
is a plan of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a plan of the shoe reversed.
The base plate of the shoe is composed of two limbs a a¹ hinged together at b..
They are free to turn on the hinge.
Springing from each limb and projecting upwards and inwards at an angle are
clipping plates or flanges c of which, in the example illustrated, there is one on
each limb of the base plate.

page_text: It is to be understood that the number and size of the clipping plates or flanges
may be varied as required.
The opening at the rear end of the shoe is bridged over by the screw d in the rim
of the shoe.
The threads of the screw work in the member a¹ of the base as a nut.
In affixing the shoe to a hoof it is applied thereto, the plates c lie upon the hoof and
the screw is turned so as to draw the ends of the base plate towards each other and
bind the shoe firmly in position on the hoof. No nails or screws are driven into
the hoof.
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The under face of the base plate is ridged, as shown, to prevent slipping on the part
of the horse.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
In a horse shoe, the provision on the base plate (composed of two limbs hinged
together at the front) of two or more clipping plates or flanges such as e springing
from the base plate, which plates or flanges are arranged to lie on the horse's hoof
and. by means of a screw fitted in the rear end of the limbs of the base plate, are made
to grasp the hoof, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
ated this 14th day of Annil 1900
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.