An Improvement in the Method of Fixing Horses' Shoes without Nailing them to the Horses' Hoofs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL DIEULFICATION.
An Improvement in the Method of Fixing Horses' Shoes without
Nailing them to the Horses' Hoofs.
HERBERT PICKLES, 45, Thurnscoe Road, Bradford, Yks., Architect, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:―
What I claim as my invention is a cast, wrot., or sheet band, made out of any
kind of metal, going round the hoof & fastening by means of a small bolt & nut
or thumbscrew, at the back, front, or sides of the hoofs.
To this band are front & side clips fixed, the clips have a slot in the top which
fits onto a peg on the band which is then locked by a nut or cotter pin, the clips
are then fastened to the present shoe, either by welding them on, or rivetting them
on, or with small bolts & counter sunk heads & nuts.
For light draught horses etc., I have also a clip made to rivet on the present
shoe, & pass thro. a slot in the band, or underneath the band, then turn over &
down, and fasten by means of a cotter pin, or small pieces on the clips turned over
& knocked to.
I also rivet the front & side clips to the band.
An Improvement in the Method of Fixing Horses' Shoes without
Nailing them to the Horses' Hoofs.
I, HERBERT PICKLES, of 45, Thurnscoe Road, in the City of Bradford, Architect,
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:―
This invention has for its object, the arrangement and construction of horses
shoes, and the combination therewith of a metallic strap arranged in such a
manner that, the shoe is securely attached to the hoof without nails, and may be
readily removed therefrom without damage to the hoof.
In describing my invention in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
drawings in which Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the foot of a horse with a shoe
secured thereon by my improved method.
Fig. 2 is a front view.
Fig. 3 a view showing the underside of the hoof.
Fig. 4 is a view showing the back portion of the hoof and the mode of securing

page_text: the strap for holding the shoe in position. The remaining figures are detached
details hereinafter referred to.
The shoe A is made to the shape of the sole of the hoof B and to the shoe A
is welded or otherwise secured a number of clips, one of them C is at the toe, and
the remainder Care at each side, one is shown on each side in the drawings which
I find in practice to be sufficient, but I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to having one clip on the front or to each side of the hoof B.
Passing over the clips C and C¹ is a light metallic band D bent to the contour
of the hoof B and to an inclination at the heel of the hoof. The band D is also bent
in a manner to receive the upper portion of the said clips between the hoof B and the
metallic band, as more clearly shown by detached details Figs. 5 and 6.
A bolt E passes through each of the said clips and the metallic band D, the head
of each bolt is by preference countersunk into the respective clips, or the latter
may be bored and threaded, and a screw passed through the metallic band and
screwed into the threaded hole of the clip.
The side holes F through the metallic band D are elongated into slot holes,
to allow of the tightening up of the metallic band D) which terminates at the
heel of the hoof, or the band D may be fastened at the front or side, or at the
back as shown, where the two ends of the metallic band are secured together and
the said band drawn tight around the hoof B by a bolt G. This bolt passes freely
through one of the metallic band lugs D¹ and is threaded through the other lug D³
and finally locked by a nut H, the opposite end of the bolt G being provided with
a collar and elongated square end G¹, the latter for the reception of a box key
by which the bolt is turned and the metallic band D drawn tight around the
hoof B, thereby securing the shoe A to the hoof, or releasing the shoe as desired
according to the direction in which the bolt G is turned.
It will be obvious that instead of bending the metallic band D in the manner as
herein before described, the clips C may be bent as shown by Fig. 8 in which case
the metallic band D will be next the hoof B for its entire length, and the slot
holes F formed in the clips instead of the metallic band, which is secured to the
shoe A. and hoof B in the manner as hereinbefore described.
In the case of horses in the habit of rubbing their legs, in order to prevent the
metallic band D or clins cutting the legs of the animal, the said band and clips
may be protected by covering them with india rubber tubing, or other flexible
material, secured to the band and clips in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The method of securing shoes to the feet of animals such as horses by clips C
and C secured to the shoe A combined with a metallic band D secured to the
clips and held in contact with the hoof B substantially in the manner as herein-
before described.
Doted thin 1 1s T
1000