Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
A communication by CHRISTIAN Fredrik MicheleT, of Hamar, in the Kingdom
of Norway.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster, 118, New Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, and 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer,
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: --
This invention relates to horseshoes and especially to that kind of horseshoe
consisting of two parts, of which one is nailed to the horse and the other fastened
underneath the first one and serving as a means of protecting the shoe proper
from wear.
The invention consists in means for fastening this protecting shoe to the horse-
shoe proper and also other details which will be hereinafter specified.
In the drawing is shown, in Fig. 1 a perspective view of a horseshoe provided
with the improved protecting piece. One half of the shoe proper is broken away
to show the protecting piece. Fig. 2 shows a cross section on the line 2-2 of
Fig. 1.
A is the horseshoe proper and B the protecting piece. The latter is provided
with a lug C with inclined sides, as shown, said lug fitting into a similarly formed
notch in the horseshoe, as will be understood from the drawing. The horseshoo
is provided with four nailholes on each side, and the protecting piece, which
covers only the front part of the shoe, is provided with one nailhole, as shown,
corresponding with one (the second) of the nailholes of the horseshoe. The latter
is laid under the horse and nails driven through three of the said holes, then the
protecting piece B is placed with its lug C in the corresponding notch in the shoe,
after which the fourth nail is driven through the hole in the protecting piece and
the corresponding hole in the shoe, whereby the protecting piece is firmly secured
to the shoe.
When the protecting piece is worn out, the nail holding it is taken out, and a new
protecting piece put on the place of the old one, as before described.
If calks, D, are used, these may be made of the form shown in Fig. 2 and
placed into corresponding holes, E, (with inwardly diverging sides) in the protect-
ing piece, which latter will hold them securely to the shoe.
The form of the protecting piece and the number of nailholes in it may of course
be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A horseshoe composed of two parts, the shoe proper and a protecting piece
covering the front part of the underside of the shoe and fastened to the latter

page_text: by means of a lug at the toe inserted sideways into a corresponding hole in the
shoe and by one or more nails near each of the rear ends of the protecting piece,
said nails passing through corresponding holes in the protecting piece and the
shoe, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. In combination, a horseshoe, A, a protecting piece, B, and calks, D, inserted
in corresponding holes in the protecting piece and resting against the underside
of the shoe, substantially as described.
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.