IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREWS FOR SECURING THE SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS REQUIRING TO BE SIMILARLY SHOD
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Stephen Gibbs, of Herne Bay, in the County of Kent,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREWS FOR SECURING THE SHOES
OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS REQUIRING TO BE SIMILARLY SHOD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Stephen Gibbs at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th March 1881.
STEPHEN GIBBS, of Herne Bay, in the County of Kent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SCREWS FOR SECURING THE SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS REQUIRING
TO BE SIMILARLY SHOD."
These screws are specially constructed to attain the object I have in view, and
are by preference formed with a long tapered head or neck, in the top of which is
cut the groove by which they are turned.
Sometimes I square the outer portion of the head, which may however be grooved
all the same.
.For use in slippery weather the same tapered neck is employed, but the head
has no groove in it, and is squared as before, and prolonged and tapered towards a
point, so that it stands out beyond the level of the shoe.
The grooved screws may be put in with a screw driver, and the square ones with
a suitable key, spanner, or the like.
These screws are made in different sizes to suit the circumstances under which
they are applied; they are generally all sharp pointed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Stephen Gibbs in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th September 1881.
STEPHEN GIBBS, of Herne Bay, in the County of Kent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SCREWS FOR SECURING THE SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS REQUIRING
mo Dn OTVTT DTY SHOD"
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Stephen Gibbs in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th September 1881.
STEPHEN GIBBS, of Herne Bay, in the County of Kent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SCREWS FOR SECURING THE SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS REQUIRING`
OTMIT ADT CHOD"
These screws are specially constructed to attain the object I have in view, and
are by preference formed with a long tapered head or neck, in the top of which is
cut the groove by which they are turned.

page_text: Sometimes I square the outer portion of the head, which may however be grooved
all the same.
For use in slippery weather the same tapered neck is employed, but the head has
no groove in it, and is squared as before, and prolonged and tapered towards a
point, so that it stands out beyond the level of the shoe.
The grooved screws may be put in with a screw driver, and the square ones with
a suitable key, spanner, or the like..
These screws are made in different sizes to suit circumstances under which they
are applied, and they are generally all sharp pointed.
In the accompanying Drawings No. 1 shows a form of screw suitable for slippery
weather, the long projecting head serving to give a secure hold; this form is
screwed in with a key, spanner, or the like.
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No. 2 is a stouter form than No. 1, the end of the pointed head being cut off and
a groove cut so that it can be screwed in either with a screw driver or a key.
No. 3 shows a useful form; the head is long and tapered, and the threaded part
also; the groove in the head serves to screw it in by.
No. 4 resembles No. 3, but the threaded part is not tapered, and the head is
shorter.
No is smaller again and very stronc
CLAIMS.
Having now described my Invention and the method of performing the same, I
which it to be understood that what I claim and desire to protect under the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,—-
First. In a screw for securing the shoes of horses or animals requiring to be
similarly shod the combination of the tapered neck and pyramidal head, sub-
stantially as and for the purposès set forth and shown in No. 1 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Second. In a screw for securing the shoes of horses or animals requiring to be
similarly shod the combined squared and grooved head, substantially as set forth
and shown in No. 2 of the accompanping Drawings.
Third. The herein described screws for securing the shoes of horses and animals
requiring to be similarly shod, substantially as set forth and shown in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Stephen Gibbs, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.