An Improved Nailed or Nailless Shoe for Horses, Mules, and other Animals.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 12th Sept.. 1891-Accepted. 19th Dec.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Nailed or Nailless Shoe for Horses, Mules, and
other Animals.
ARTHUR CHART, 81 Kings Road Peckham S.E. Engineer Thomas WILLIAM
DUFF, Townley Lodge Townley Road, Dulwich, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The shoe to be forged or cast, and to consist of one or more pieces, fastened to
the hoof with bands, springs, lace, straps, nails, or the like, in various ways round
and across the hoof or united in one.
The outside and inside edges of shoe at bottom to be bevilled all round, and
with key bevils to fit. These keys to consist of one or many pieces to prevent
slipping, and to answer as roughing studs; made of material that may be found
best suited for the purpose.
Dated this 92nd day of Manh 1901
A. CHART.
THOS. W. DUFF.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Nailed or Nailless Shoe for Horses, Mules, and
other Animals.
We ARTHUR CHART of 81 Kings Road, Peckham, S.E. Engineer, and
THOMAS WILLIAM DUFF of Townley Lodge, Townley Road, Dulwich,
Gentleman 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 shoe according to our invention comprises two types, namely a
shoe which is nailed to the foot of the animal and one which may be secured
thereto without the employment of nails or other fastenings entering from the shoe
into the hoof of the animal.
In Sheet of the accompanying sheet of drawings, we have illustrated the first
above referred to type of device according to our invention and in Sheet 2 we have
illustrated the second above referred to type of our said invention.
Referring to Sheet 1, Figure 1 is an under plan view, Figure 2 a side elevational
view and Figure 3 a transverse sectional view of the first above referred to type
of our improved shoe which may either be in one or more pieces either forged or
cast. We bevil the inner and outer edges or walls of the recessed portions B of
the shoe A (and which latter serves as the carrying portion of the shoc device) as
shown at a, a¹; so as to form a keying" for the reception of any material or
combination of materials C-in one or more pieces which may be deemed most
suitable with a view to prevent concussion, slipping, and to answer as roughing
studs."
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Referring to Sheet 1, the carrying shoe A is formed with depressions B' through
which are entered as shown at the fastenings entering into the hoof of the
animal.
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The "carrier A is not exposed to any wearing action and therefore does not
require renewal, thus being permanent, save only as regards any periodical
adjustment to suit the anatomical development of the animal to which our device
is applied.
Referring to Sheet 2 we have therein illustrated by a side elevational view

page_text: Figure 1 a front elevational view Figure 2 and a transverse section Figure 3, the
second above referred to type of our improved device of a nail-less shoe. Under
this arrangement the shoe proper is substantially the same as in the case of the
type illustrated in Sheet 1 as regards the essential features identified thereon by
the reference letters A, B, B', a, a', C and c. But, to allow of the attachment of A
to the hoof without nails being entered thereinto at c, we employ the retaining
device D consisting of the several members d, e, f &c. The device D extends to
the upper part of hoof as shewn, extending nearly towards the coronet or that
portion in the case of a horse, which adjoins the pastern. The lower ends of the
straps are eyeletted at into which take the eccentric cams or turnbuckles /
pivoted at . The full lines in Figures 1 and 2 indicate the position assumed by
the attaching device when locked at ij in addition to the permanent attachments
atk, Whilst, on the other hand, when it is desired to release the shoe and also
when the shoe has to be re-attached to the hoof, the moveable cams or turnbuckles h
are brought into such a position by the application of a spanner or the like as to
clear the eyelet hole j as shewn by the dotted lines in Figure 2. We wish it to be
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the particular formation of the
attachment device D and its various members nor do we confine ourselves to any
special means of securing the keyed portion C hereinbefore referred to, to the shoe
proper A, although we have shewn at Figure 3 of Sheet 2 a convenient mode of
attachment at h. In Figure 3, as shewn, wood is the embedded keying material
and is faced at g with a thin sheet of steel secured to same.
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,
First. The improved shoes for horses, mules, and other animals of the two types
shewn in Sheets 1 and 2 respectively, substantially as shewn in the accompanying
2 sheets of drawings.
Second. In both types of shoes referred to in the preceding claim the herein before
described bevilled channel with keyed anti-slipping material adapted thereinto
substantially as hercin set forth and shewn.
Third. The device substantially as herein described and shewn in reference to
Figures 1 and 2 Sheet 2 of the accompanying drawings to allow of the improved
shoe according to our invention being applied to the hoof without the necessity for
nails or other fastenings being entered thereinto.
Dated this 27th day of August 1891.
JAMES STEVENSON.