Improvements in Means for Roughing Horse-shoes:
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 11th Mar.. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Roughing Horse-shoes:
I, ALBERT FECHNER, of 6 Russische Strasse, Czarnikau, Posen, in the Empire
of Germany, Smith, 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 present invention relates to a device for the purpose of enabling a horse-
shoe for summer wear to be quickly turned into one for winter wear by fixing in a
suitable manner a steel hoop or removable shoe underneath the permanent horse-
shoe. The device can be used on horse-shoes for either riding or driving horses.
The device is represented in the accompanying drawings as adapted to horse-
shoes for summer wear and also to one for the winter season.
Figure 1 is an underside view of a horse-shoe for a riding horse with the steel
hoop or removable roughing shoe fixed thereon.
Figure 2 represents the same shoe partly in front elevation and partly in cross
section.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but without the steel hoop or removable
shoe.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional elevation through the steel hoop or removable
shoe only.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a toe calk with its upper clip.
Figure 7 shows the front part of the horse shoe in perspective, but without the
toe calk and clip.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of a heel calk with hook-shaped fastener for the
rear.
Figure 9 is an underside view of a shoe for a driving horse with steel hoop or
roughing shoe attached.
Figure 10 shows the same partly in front elevation and partly in cross section.
Figure 11 is an underside view of the same with the steel hoop or roughing shoe
removed therefrom.
Figure 12 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 13 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the steel hoop or roughing shoe
separately.
The riding horse-shoe is bent from a flat iron bar and is, similar to the usual
machine made shoe, provided with holes for the nails and a channel or groove for
the reception of the nail heads.
The toe calk e is fixed underneath the shoe by means of a countersunk screw and
is formed in one piece with the clip g, which latter is made to fit into a suitable
recess in the toe of the shoe and is provided with a hole to fit over the pin z shown
in Figure 7.
The calks f, Figure 8, are provided with a hook shaped part or claw n which fits
in a corresponding slot in the horse-shoe. The said calks are also fixed to the
horse-shoe by means of screws with countersunk heads.
In order to roughen the horse-shoe it is only necessary to unscrew the toe calke
and heel calk fand fix the steel hoop or roughing shoe b on the shoe a.
The steel
hoop is provided with hooks d exactly similar to those (a) of the heel calks fand
also with a front clip c, which is made exactly like the clip g on the toe calk e.
In the driving horse-shoe the heel calks f¹ and the toe calk e¹ are made in one
piece with the shoe and only the clip g¹ is screwed on. The clip g' is fixed in the
ame manner as shown in Fig. 7. The heel calks f' are in this case provided with
slot for the reception of the hooks d' of the steel hoop b¹.

page_text: In order to fix the steel hoop 1 to the driving horse shoe, the clip g' is taken off
and the hooks d¹ of the steel hoop are introduced into their respective slots at
the heel of the shoe and the front clip c' is pressed over the pin z which is of itself
sufficient to hold the steel hoop in position by its own elasticity and the screw
is inserted for extra security.
When the frost is gone the steel hoop is taken off the shoe by unscrewing the
screw or h¹, and by forcing a screw driver between the clip and the horse's hoof,
the clip is caused to slip off the pin ≈ and by now applying the screw driver at the
front of the steel hoop, the latter is pushed fully down and can then be taken off.
The screw driver is provided with a hexagonal hole which fits the screw head h
in order to necessitate only the one tool.
The device herein described has the advantage over the ordinary screwed
roughing studs that it can be used in connection with either light or heavy traffic
as well as for riding, whilst the screwed roughing studs can only be used for light
traffic and even then are liable to break easily.
For heavy traffic the roughening has hitherto been done by the adoption of
special ice nails or roughing studs and roughening of the calks. This roughing
lasts for only two or three days whilst the steel hoop herein described lasts for a
long time.
Moreover this improved manner of roughing prevents the horses from hurting
their legs as it forms a large surface which easily slides over the horse's legs and in
cases where horses kick each other the injury resulting therefrom will not be nearly
so bad as when caused by ice studs, calks and the like.
Finally this manner of roughing can be done quickly by anyone, whilst for
fixing ice studs and roughing of calks the shoe has to be taken off to be put in the
fire which can only be done by a shoeing smith or farrier.
In order to prevent the snow from clogging under the horse shoe a filling or pad
of any elastic material such as india rubber or cork can be pressed into the shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be perforined declare that what I
claim is :
1. A contrivance for quickly roughing horse shoes, consisting of a steel hoop b
or b' which is kept in position by its own elasticity and by hooks d or d' fitting
into grooves in the shoe heel, a toe clip fitting a recess in the shoe toe and a
screw passing through the clip c or c¹ into the toe of the shoe substantially as
herein shown and described.
2. The improved method of roughing horse shoes substantially as herein shown
and described.
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1000
ALBERT FECHNER,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.