Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We, WILLIAM SIMSON, Blacksmith of Stair and JOHN SIMSON of Dunure, Merchant,
both in the County of Ayr, North Britain do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in horse shoes, has for its object, to
render such shoes better capable of holding or gripping the roadway or ground in
ordinary states of the weather, whilst the construction is such that it admits of the
application thereto of sharp heel-pieces, or toe-pieces or both sharp heel and toe-pieces
in order to the better hold or grip slippy roads in frosty weather.
The Invention consists in constructing the horse shoe of angle iron or of steel in
the form of an angle iron. One face of the angle iron forms a vertical lip to the shoe
and its edge which projects is narrow and is the part which comes into contact with the
roadway or ground. From the form therefore of this narrow edge it catches or holds
to the roadway or ground with a less tendency to slip than in the case with horse
shoes as hitherto constructed and which present broad flat surfaces to the road. The
improved horse shoe may be strengthened by thickening them at the toe and heel.
To enable the improved shoes to hold the ground better in frosty weather, sharp
edged pieces may be attached to the angle iron at the heels or toes or at both the heels
and toes. These sharpened pieces are or may be attached by screws passing into them
or into nuts behind them through the vertical lip of the angle iron and it is preferred
that the heads of the screws so used be countersunk into the angle iron so as to
become flush therewith or nearly so.
ST. JOHN V. DAY,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Petitioners' Agent.

page_text: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We, WILLIAM SIMSON, Blacksmith, of Stair and JOHN SIMSON of Dunure, Merchant,
both in the County of Ayr, North Britain 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:-
Our Invention, which relates to improvements in horse shoes, has for its object to
render such shoes better capable of holding or gripping the roadway or ground in
ordinary states of the weather, whilst the construction is such that it admits of the
application thereto of sharp heel-pieces, or toe-pieces or both sharp heel and toe-pieces
in order to the better hold or grip slippery roads in frosty weather.
The Invention consists in constructing the horse shoe of angle iron or of steel in
the form of an angle iron. One face of the angle iron forms a vertical lip to the shoe
and its edge which projects is narrow and is the part which comes into contact with
the roadway or ground. From the form therefore of this narrow edge it catches or
holds to the roadway or ground with a less tendency to slip than is the case with
horse shoes as hitherto constructed and which present broad flat surfaces to the road.
The improved horse shoe may be strengthened by thickening them at the toe
and heel.
To enable the improved shoes to hold the ground better in frosty weather, sharp
edged pieces may be attached to the angle iron or at the heels or toes or at both the
heels and toes. These sharpened pieces are or may be attached by screws passing
into them or into nuts behind them through the vertical lip of the angle iron and it
is preferred that the heads of the screws so used be countersunk into the angle iron
so as to become flush therewith or nearly so.
In order that our Invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, we have hereunto appended two explanatory sheets of drawings in the several
Figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same lettors of
reference.
Figure 1, is a plan of the underside of a horse shoe constructed according to our
Invention.
Figure 2, is a plan of the upper side of the same, and Figure 3, an end elevation
looking from the back of the shoe towards the front thereof.
The improved shoc as shewn on these drawings is constructed as aforesaid of angle
iron or of steel in the shape or form of angle iron, that is to say, the horizontal or
upper part marked A, of the angle iron or steel is that in which the nail holes a, are
formed for the purpose of receiving the nails by which the shoe is fastened to the
horses hoof. The vertical sides B, of the angle iron or steel constitute the tread of the
shoe or the part by which the said shoe bears upon the ground.
For the purpose of enabling the improved shoes the better to resist wear and tear
the front part and heels may be thickened as shewn at b, Figure 1, and the shoe may
also be provided at the front with the lip or tongue-piece C, which is sometimes used
on horse shoes of the kind hitherto in use.

page_text: At Figure 4, I have shewn in plan the underside of a horse shoe to the front and
heels of which sharp edge pieces D, are applied for the purpose of the better holding
to the ground in frosty weather when the roads are hard and slippery.
Figure 5, is a plan of the upper part of the said shoe, and Figure 6, an end elevation
of the same looking from the heel towards the front of the shoe.
Figure 7, is a detailed view shewing the construction of the shoe at the part marked
by the line a, b, in Figure 4.
Both the sharp edge piece at the front and heel of the shoes are fixed to the shoe
itself by means of bolts and nuts as shewn or they may be otherwise fixed
thereto.
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 :-
The constructing of horse shoes of angle iron or of steel in the shape of what is
commonly known as "angle iron," so that the upper part of the angle iron or steel
constitutes the horizontal part of the shoe against or upon which the horses hoof bears,
and through which the nails pass for attaching the shoe to the said hoof, whilst the
vertical member of the angle iron or steel constitutes the treading surface or edge
thereof substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the annexed drawings.
Dated this 7th day of September 1888.
ST. JOHN V. DAY,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicants' Agent.