A New Method of Roughing Horses' Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Roughing Horses' Shoes.
FREDERICK PEACOCK trading in the name of Frederick John Smith Belgrave
Terrace Hooper Street Cambridge do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
A new method of roughin horses shoes I first take an ordinary horse shoe and
slot the heels then I take a peice of steel of any suitable shape and make a toe
cap (or counter part of front of shoe) and having two or three teeth on its surface
I then rivet a bolt in the sentor of toe cap at right angles the end of wich is
threaded for a nut I then take another peice of steel and bend it at right angles in
a longitudinal direction. On one side I cut two or three teeth and also drill a hole
to received the bolt from toe cap this I call the heel plate I then take the heel
plate and push the ends into the slots having the teeth to the ground I then drop
the toe cap over the top of the shoe having the bolt through the heel plate then
put a nut on end of bolt and screw up with spanner. By use of this cap and plate
a horse can be rough shod in five minuts providing it as slots made in the heels of
its ordinary shoe previously.
Dated this 8th day of December 1892.
FREDERICK PEACOCK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Roughing Horses' Shoes.
I, FREDERICK PEACOCK, trading under the name of Frederick John Smith, of
182, Gwyder Street, Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge, late of Belgrave
Terrace, Hooper Street, Cambridge aforesaid, 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:-
My invention relates to roughing horses.
In carrying out my invention I form an ordinary horse-shoe with recesses in the
ends or rear portions and in the said recesses I introduce an L-shaped plate having
points or teeth and formed with a hole. To the front of the shoe I adapt a plate
curved to follow the shape thereof and provided with points or teeth, the said plate
also carrying a screw-threaded bar or bolt which is passed through the hole in the
L-shaped plate and receives a nut for securing the whole.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it
can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which:
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Figure 1 is a plan of a horse-shoe illustrating my improvements in roughing
horses:
Figure 2 is a side elevation; and,
Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the same:
Figure 4 is a plan of the shoe without the roughing device:
Figure 5 is a side elevation of one of the ends or rear portions of the shoe:
Figure 6 is a rear elevation; and,
Figure 7 is an end view of the L-shaped plate:
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the curved front plate and bar or bolt; and,
Figure 9 is a plan of the same.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.

page_text: a is an ordinary horse shoe, and b, b are the recesses which I make in its ends or
rear portions; c is the L-shaped plate, the ends of which I introduce into the
recesses b; d, d', d are the points or teeth of the plate c, such points being intended
to bite into the ground; e, e are ribs for strengthening the points d, d; f is the
hole in the plate c; g is the front plate curved to follow the shape of the front of
the shoe and made with clips h, adapted to fit over the shoe and hoof of the
horse; i,, are the points or teeth of the front plate g, such points being also
intended to bite into the ground; j is the bar or bolt on the plate y, the free and
screw-threaded end of which passes through the hole in the plate c and receives
a fastening nut k.
By my improvements a horse having shoes made with recesses such as b, b can
be roughed in about five minutes, it being only necessary for this purpose to first
place the ends of the plate e, Figures 6 and 7, in the recesses b, b of each shoe,
with the points or teeth d, d', d projecting downwards, then place the curved
plate y Figures 8 and 9 beneath the front part or toe of the shoe a with the clips /
embracing the animal's hoof, and the end of the bar j in the hole and finally
screw on and tighten the nut k.
.
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 I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a horse shoe having recesses in the ends. or rear portions,
of an L-shaped plate having points or teeth and a plate curved to follow the shape
of the front of the shoe and provided with points or teeth and carrying a bar or
bolt having a screw-threaded end which passes through a hole in the L-shaped
plate, the whole being fixed by a nut substantially as, and for the purpose,
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved appliance for roughing horses herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 8th day of September 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.