Year: 1896

page_text: I, MAX SCHWERTFÜHRER of No. 11/12 Franzosische Strasse, Berlin, Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for effectually securing horse shoes to
the hoofs without the use of nails.
I employ for this purpose a clamp that is hooked into the hoof by means of small
points or teeth at the upper end, while at the lower end it has a conical or tapering
slot so as to be secured in any position to the shoe by driving a tapering key or
wedge through a hole in the shoe aud through the slot, the end of the key or wedge
being bent over after being driven through, so that there is no possibility of its
becoming loosened.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shews a sectional view of the said fixing clamp and the shoe; Fig. 2
shews a front view,
Fig. 3 shews an underside plan of the shoe, and
Fig. 4 shews detached front and side views of the clamp, and plan and end view
of the key or wedge to an enlarged scale.
The horse shoe a is formed with openings 6 for the passage of the clamp;
transversely through this opening in a downward slanting direction is formed a
passage c for the reception of the tapering key or wedge d.
When the shoe a, with the clamps c passed into its holes b, has been correctly
fitted to the hoof, and the hooked teeth of the clamps are driven into the latter, the
keys d are driven in. By driving the key in the slanting direction, it has the effect
of drawing the hoof and clamp tightly together.
The clamp is prevented from receding by reason of the slot thereof being
gradually narrowed towards the lower end, the clamp being confined at the sides
by the opening of the shoe, so as to be prevented from spreading. The key d is
secured by bending its inner end as shewn.
Dated this 20th day of March 1896.
ABEL & IMRAI,
Agents for the Applicant.
1, MAX SCHWERTFÜHREK of No. 11/12 Franzosische Strasse, Berlin in the
Empire of Germany 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 is intended for connecting a horse shoe more solidly and securely

page_text: The characteristic feature of this fastening consists in the arrangement whereby
the known holdfasts to be hooked into the hoof have in the under end a conical slot
and can be fixed in any position in the horse shoe by driving in a conical pin.
These pins are slightly bent after they have been driven in so that their loosening
or falling out is prevented.
In the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1 shows a section through the fastening and the shoe.
Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig..1.
Fig. 3 is an under view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shows a holdfast in front and side view. on a larger scale with the conical
pin belonging thereto.
On the horse shoe a are arranged for the hold fasts corresponding openings b,
through or across which latter there passes from above slightly downwards the
opening e for the conical pin d. When the horse shoe a, through the openings of
which are put the hold fasts e is conveniently arranged. on the hoof, the conical
pin d is driven in. Since this conical pin d is driven in obliquely from above
downwards, it draws the hoof and hold fast even closer, together. The return of the
holdfast, is prevented since the slot in the holdfast e becomes downwardly, narrower
and the opening b in the horse shoe does not allow lateral expansion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
Improved means for securing horse shoes by means of the known holdfasts to be
hooked into the hoof consisting in the construction whereby holdfasts.e provided
with a conical slot can be fixed in any position in the openings 6 of the horse shoe
by means of a conical pin. d to be driven in obliquely from above downwards.
Dated this 19th day of December 1896.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agents to Applicant.