IMPROVEMENT
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Geering at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th November 1877.
HENRY GEERING, of Whitton, in the County of Middlesex.
IN HORSE-SHOES."
"IMPROVEMENTS
The object of this Invention is to renew the worn parts of horse-shoes without
removing the shoes from the foot, and also to substitute in frosty weather for the
ordinary toe, a toe which will give the horse a firm hold upon the ground, the
change in the shoe being effected without the necessity for removing it from the
horse's foot.
The difficulty which has generally attended attempts of this nature has been the
increase in cost of the shoes. By my Invention however no material increase in
cost over the ordinary shoe is occasioned, and the operation of attaching and
detaching the moveable parts is facilitated.
The shoe I make in any approved form by stamping out, but instead of giving the
shoe throughout its full thickness, I reduce that thickness at the toe or front part
to something like one half by means of a rebate which will be the whole breadth
of the shoe, and some three inches, more or less, in length. In this rebate I fit a
front or toe plate which, when in place, will be flush, or nearly so, with the under
or wearing face of the shoe. This plate I secure in position by the ordinary horse-
shoe nails which are passed through holes made in the front plate, and coinciding
with holes made in the shoe; and to prevent its wearing loose, I provide it with
shoulders which will bear against the inner edge of the shoe.
The front plate, it will be-understood, takes the position on the shoe where the
greatest wear is experienced. When therefore its thickness is unduly reduced, it is
only necessary to prize off the worn plate and to replace it by a new one.

page_text: If however a roughened shoe is required, I substitute for the ordinary front plate.
a plate formed with a central cog or projection, or it may be two or more cogs, and
I nail it in place, as explained.
By forming the shoe with a detachable front or toe piece and attaching it as
explained, I remove all necessity for the use of screws, keys, and clips as heretofore
proposed, and thus produce a cheap and efficient shoe suitable for all weathers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Geering in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th May
1878.
HENRY GEERING, of Whitton, in the County of Middlesex.
IN HORSE-SHOES.'
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"IMPROVEMENTS
The object of this Invention is to renew the worn parts of horse-shoes without
removing the shoes from the foot, and also to substitute in frosty weather for the
ordinary toe, a toe which will give the horse a firm hold upon the ground, this
change also in the shoe being effected without the necessity for removing it from
the horse's foot.
The difficulty which has generally attended attempts of this nature has been the
increase in cost of the shoes. By my Invention however no material increase in
cost over the ordinary shoe is occasioned, and the operations of attaching and
.detaching the moveable parts are facilitated.
The shoe I make of any approved form by forging, preferably with the aid of dies;
but instead of giving the shoe throughout its full thickness I reduce that thickness
at the toe or front part to something like one half by means of a rebate which will
be the whole breadth of the shoe, and some three inches, more or less, in length.
In this rebate I fit a front or toe plate which, when in place, will be flush, or nearly
so, with the under or wearing face of the shoe. This plate I secure in position by
the ordinary horse-shoe nails which are passed through holes made in the front
plate and coinciding with holes made in the shoe; and to prevent its wearing
loose, I provide it with shoulders which will bear against the inner edge of the
shoe.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews in plan or face view a horse-shoe
constructed according to this Invention; Fig. 2 is a front edge view of the same;
and Fig. 3 is a section taken in the line 1, 2, of Fig. 1.
In these Figures, A represents the main body of the shoe, rebated at the front or
toe to receive a toe plate B which is made of such thickness as to fill the rebate and
bring up the shoe to the full thickness. This toe plate is made with lugs b at its
front edge which, together with shoulders b¹ at the inner edge of the plate, will
serve to steady the toe plate on the shoe. Nail holes are formed through the plate
and shoe, as shewn, to receive the nails for fastening the shoe to the horse's hoof,
and it is by means of these nails that the toe plate is firmly secured to the shoe.
The toe plate, it will be understood, takes the position where the greatest wear is
experienced, and it is for this reason that its renewal is most desirable. When this

page_text: plate is so worn as to require renewal, it may be readily removed from the shoe by
simply prizing it up and withdrawing the loosened nails which retain it in position,
and it may then be replaced by a new toe plate.
If however a roughened shoe is required, I substitute for the ordinary toe plate
a plate formed with projections, as shewn at b3 in the plan view Fig. 4, and in
the cross section at Fig. 5, and I nail it in place, as explained.
The projections on the toe plate will vary in form, according to the fancy of the
manufacturer or the requirements of the horses to be shod, but in general the form
shewn in Figures 4 and 5 will ensure a good foothold in frosty weather.
From the foregoing explanation, it will be understood that by constructing the
shoe with a detachable front or toe piece and attaching it as explained, I remove all
necessity for the use of screws, keys, and clips as heretofore proposed, and thus
produce a cheap and efficient shoe suitable for all weathers.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "Improvements in Horse-
shoes," and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be
understood that, under the above in part recited Letters Patent, I claim constructing
horse-shoes with a removeable toe plate, fitted and secured in place in the manner
and for the purpose above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Geering, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
HENRY GEERING. (L.S.)