Improvements in Horse-shoes, and Means for their Attachment.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoes, and Means for their Attachment.
I, CHRISTIAN EISENBERG, of Kaiser-Wilhelmstrasse 18, in the City of Berlin,
and Empire of Germany, Merchant, 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 improvements in horseshoes and means for their
attachment, and has for objects to construct a horse-shoe capable of being secured
upon the hoof without the use of screws nails or rivets, in such a manner as to be
readily detachable when the horse is not at work.
I attain these objects by adopting the construction and devices for attachment
herein described with reference to the accompanying drawing upon which-
Figure 1, is a vertical section of a horse-shoe constructed according to my
invention and secured in position upon the hoof by my improved attachment devices,
Figure 2 being a plan of the same seen from below.
Figure 3 is a front elevation.
Figures 4, and 4 are respectively an elevation and side view of a metal clip or
attachment device drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figures 4 and 4, front and side views enlarged, of a sliding wedge for securing
the shoe.
Figures 5, and 5ª, are front and side elevations enlarged, of another form of
metal clip, and
Figures 6, and 64, are respectively a front elevation and cross-section of a grooved
wedge for securing the clip shewn on Figures 5 and 5^.
I carrying out my invention I construct the shoe a with a curved heel-plate, as
shown in plan on Figure 2, and around the outer edge of the shoe form a number
of upward extensions overlapping the hoof, and pierced with slotted holes a
extending through the shoe; see Figures 1, 2 and 3. Through these slotted
holes a preferably three in number-are inserted metal clips c, the upper parts of
which extend beyond the slotted holes a', and are bent to the form of the hoof.
These clips terminate upwardly in an angular hook or hooks d, as shewn on
Figures 4, 4, 5, 5, while their lower ends arc forked or divided vertically to
receive a wedge & Figure 6, the tapered edges of which may be grooved as shewn
in section on Figure 6ª, for the purpose of engaging the inner edges of the fork of
the clip c.
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On the outer sides of the hoof and directly over the slotted holes a' are burnt,
drilled or otherwise formed, a corresponding number of V-shaped recesses, for the
purpose of admitting and retaining therein the hooks d on the upper extremities of
the clips c.
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I may form the clips with a single hook d, as shewn on Figures 5, 5ª, or with
double hooks, as shewn on Figures 4, 44.
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In securing the shoe the hooks d are inserted within the V-shaped recesses in the
boof, while the forked parts of the clips are passed through the slotted holes a'.
The wedges are then introduced and driven upwards between the divided ends or
forked parts of the clips whereby a firm attachment is obtained. By the natural
pressure of the horse's foot the security of the attachment is increased through the
tendency of the wedge to expand the forked part of the clip against the sides of
the slotted holes a'.

page_text: A further advantage is obtained by my improvements in the facility with which
the shoes may be removed when it is desired to stable the horse. The wedges
have simply to be driven out downwards when the clips will at once release the
shoe from the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. Attachments for horse-shoes comprising metallic clips c provided at their
upper ends with hooks d and divided at their lower ends to admit wedges b, in
combination with slotted holes a¹ formed in the shoe as and for the purposes
described.
2. Horse-shoes provided with slotted holes a' around the outer edge, constructed
and arranged to be secured by metallic forked clips and wedges substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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