IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-HOES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wood Pilcher, of St. Margaret's-at-Cliff,
near Dover, in the County of Kent, Farmer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-HOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wood Pilcher at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th November 1866.
I, WILLIAM WOOD PILCHER, of St. Margaret's-at-Cliff, near Dover, in the
County of Kent, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-HOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in the construction of horse-hoes relates to
a peculiar mode of mounting and working the tines so that their position and
operation on the land, may be accurately regulated with facility.
Another improvement, consists in constructing the arms which carry the
tines of a novel form, so that they will have great strength, and will admit of
being regulated with facility.
The arms which carry the tines are mounted on pins fixed in bearings
attached to a horizontal bar immediately behind the axletree; these arms
are curved in the form of a swan's neck, so as to bring the lower part (which.
carries the tines) into nearly a horizontal position, which will give increased
strength and rigidity, and will keep the tines more firmly to their work. All,

page_text: the tine arms are connected to the same borizontal bar, and therefore by lifting
up one or more arms all will be simultaneously lifted up. The raising or
lowering of the tines for the purpose of regulating or modifying their operation
on the land is effected by means of a hand lever behind; this lever is forked,
and its fulcrum of motion is the same as that of the tine arms, but it is
capable of an independent motion; from the forked arms of this regulating
lever depend two links provided at their lower ends with eyes, which embrace
two of the tine arms, so that by raising the lever these links will act on the
tine arms and thus lift the tines out of and from the ground. When using
this implement the attendant walks behind with his hand on the regulating
lever, by raising or depressing which he can either lift the tines out of the
ground or cause them to enter further in. As the arms pass freely through
the eyes of the links they are capable of a limited independent motion in a
vertical direction without reference to the regulating lever.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Wood Pilcher in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th May 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WOOD PILCHER, of St. Margaret's-at-Cliff, near Dover, Farmer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Wood Pilcher, Her special licence that I, the said William Wood
Pilcher, my exécutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Wood Pilcher, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-HOES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Wood Pilcher, my exécutors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,

page_text: and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Wood Pilcher, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention of "Improvements in the Construction of Horse-hoes"
relates to a peculiar mode of mounting, and working the hoes so that their
position and operation on the land may be accurately regulated with facility.
Another improvement consists in constructing the arms which carry the
hoes of a novel form, so that they will have great strength, and will admit of
being regulated with facility.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and
Fig. 2 a plan view of a horse-hoe constructed according to my improvements.
The arms a which carry the hoes 6 are mounted on pins fixed in bearings c
attached to a horizontal bar d immediately behind the axletree; these
arms a are curved in the form of a swan's neck, so as to bring the lower part
(which carries the hoes) into nearly a horizontal position, which will give
increased strength and rigidity, and will keep the hoes more firmly to their
work. All the arms a are connected to the same horizontal bar d, and there-
fore by lifting up one arm all will be simultaneously lifted up. The raising
or lowering of the hoes for the purpose of regulating or modifying their
operation on the land is effected by means of a hand lever e behind; this
lever e is forked at e', e', and its fulcrum of motion is in the line c, the same
as that of the arms a; from the forked arms e¹ of this regulating lever e
depend two links e², e, which are affixed to and serve to carry a transverse
barf; this bar is provided with a series of eyes 9 which embrace the arms a,
as seen best at Fig. 1. By raising the lever e the arms a will be caused to
lift the hoes b out of and from the ground. When using this implement the
attendant walks behind with his hand on the regulating lever e, by raising or
depressing which he can either lift the hoes b out of the ground or cause them
to enter further in. As the arms a pass freely through the eyes of the bar f
they are capable of a limited independent motion in a vertical direction
without reference to the regulating lever e, and may be readily removed in
case of breakage.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in the Construction
of Horse-hoes," and having explained the manner of carrying the same into

page_text: effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid,
the mode herein set forth of constructing, mounting, and working the arms
which carry the hoes, so that the position and operation of the latter on the
land may be accurately regulated with facility.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Wood Pilcher, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. WOOD PILCHER. (L.S.)