Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1886
Complete Left, 11th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 11th Mar., 1887
We JOHN WILLIAM SMITH of 9 Needham Street Nechells, Clerk and FRANCIS
WILLIAM GREEN Senior of 11 Holborne Hill Nechells Carpenter both in the County
of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows :—
This invention has for its object improvements in horse shoes which will not
necessitate the frequent removal of the nails out of the horses hoof which is now
generally the case especially in frosty weather when the shoes require roughing very
often and by this means the hoof's become split and otherwise damaged and it is
obvious that this must be the case as the same nail holes cannot be constantly used
over and over. Now this invention is intended to obviate this difficulty in the following
manner :-
We make the shoe proper like a box or hollow which is so shaped as to be capable
of containing a secondary or locking plate which exactly fits therein the two ends of
the inner or locking plate fitting under the under cut ends of the recessed shoe the
front end sliding down against an inclined projecting plate which stands across the
inner part of the front of the shoe and through which fine threaded screws are passed
to complete the locking thereof the one to the other. The heads of these screws are
quite out of the way of all wear and tear so that the slot or other device for with-
drawing them may
be always available when the dirt or other accumulation is cleared
there-from. The inner plate is securely nailed or other-wise secured to the horse's
hoof in a permanent manner which then allows the shoe proper to be removed at any
time without taking the horse to the shoeing smith.
Through the front of the shoe we make one two or more recesses near the front of
the shoe by preference two which are larger near the back than at the front and are
other-wise levelled or dovetailed or recessed nearer the front of the hole. There is
also a recess in each of the hack ends of the same character the only difference being
that the largest part of each hole in this case is nearest the front end. By means of
these recesses we are enabled to fit upon the shoe either wearing pieces of greater or
less surface or roughing projections either of which may be thicker or thinner
according to the requirements of each case. Sets of such pieces would be sold so as
to meet most if not all of the ordinary cases met with in practice.

page_text: When the projection or projections on the back of these pieces are placed into the
large part or parts of the hole or holes they are slided forward into the narrower part
or parts thereof where they lock in the dovetail or other recess and a wedge or making
up piece is placed at the back thereof from the inside, so that when the shoe is placed
upon the locking plate they cannot possibly come out. The shoe proper may however
be used having no holes or provisions for wearing or roughing pieces so as to suit
light horses and light wear in which case the attendant could put on a new shoe at any
time. The locking plate may also be reused when the hoofs are pared down. These
shoes and other parts may be made from any suitable metal such for instance as Steel
Wrought Iron case hardened or not in parts or malleable cast Iron or the inner or
locking plate may be of Wrought Iron and the wearing surfaces of steel but we do
not confine ourselves to any particular kind of metal in any of the parts.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We JOHN WILLIAM SMITH of 9 Needham Street Nechells, Clerk and FRANCIS
WILLIAM GREEN Senior of 11 Holborne Hill Nechells Carpenter both in the County
of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of our said 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 improvements in horse shoes which will not
necessitate the frequent removal of the nails out of the horses hoof which is now
generally the case especially in frosty weather when the shoes require roughing very
often and by this means the hoofs become split and otherwise damaged and it is
obvious that this must be the case as the same nail holes cannot be constantly used
over and over. Now this invention is intended to obviate this difficulty in the following
manner We make the shoe proper like a box or hollow which is so shaped as to be
capable of containing a secondary or locking plate which exactly fits therein, the two
ends of the inner or locking plate fitting under the under cut ends of the recessed
shoe the front end sliding down against an inclined projecting plate which stands
across the inner part of the front of the shoe and through which fine threaded screws
are passed to complete the locking thereof the one to the other. The heads of these
screws are quite out of the way of all wear and tear so that the slot or other device
for withdrawing them may be always available when the dirt or other accumulation
is cleared therefrom. The inner plate is securely nailed or otherwise secured to the
horse's hoof in a permanent manner which then allows the shoe proper to be removed
at any time without taking the horse to the shoeing smith.
Through the front of the shoe we make one two or more recesses near the front of
the shoe by preference two which are larger near the back than at the front and are
otherwise bevelled or dovetailed or recessed near the front of the hole. There is also
a recess in each of the back ends of the same character the only difference being that
the largest part of each hole in this case is nearest the front end. By means of these
recesses we are enabled to fit upon the shoe either wearing pieces of greater or less
surface or roughing projections either of which may be made thicker or thinner
according to the requirements of each case. Sets of such pieces would be sold so as
to meet most if not all of the ordinary cases met with in practice. When the
projection or projections on the back of these pieces are placed into the larger part or
parts of the hole or holes they are slided forward into the narrower part or parts
thereof where they lock in the dovetail or other recess and a wedge or making up
piece is placed at the back thereof from the inside so that when the shoe is placed upon
the locking plate they cannot possibly come out. The shoe proper may however be
used having no holes or provisions for wearing or roughing pieces so as to suit light
horses and light wear in which case the attendant could put on a new shoe at any
time. The locking plate may also be reused when the hoofs are pared down. The
shoes and other parts may be made from any suitable metal such for instance as Steel,

page_text: Wrought Iron case hardened or not in parts or malleable cast iron or the inner or
locking plate may be of wrought iron and the wearing surfaces of steel but we do
not confine ourselves to any particular kind of metal in any of the parts.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice, we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings, upon which we have
illustrated one example of all the parts of a shoe but it will be evident that some of
the details may be varied without departing from the principle.
Figure 1 is a plan of the locking or inner plate of the shoe.
Figure 2 is a sectional side view on line A, B, of the locking plate.
Figure 3 is a view of the underside of the hoof showing the locking plate fastened
in position upon the hoof.
Figure 4 is a plan of the inside of the box or shoe proper.
Figure 5 is a sectional side view on line C, D.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 3 but showing the box part of the shoe proper
screwed to the hoof upon the locking plate all in complete form.
Figures 7 are a side view and sections of a special plate used in slippery weather.
On reference to Figure 6 it will be seen that the appearance of the outside of
the shoe E as complete upon the hoof H is like a solid shoe except the joint e¹ between
the outside E and inside or locking plate F. To remove the outer or wearing shoe E
all that is necessary is to withdraw the screws n and n³ which are tapped into the
projection or projections e² and e³ on the shoe or outer case E entering also into the
cars and of the locking plate F when the front end E of the outer shoe is free
to be separated from the plate sufficiently to allow the projecting ends and e" to
withdraw from under the projecting locking ends 3 and of the locking plate F.
When the shoe E has to be separated from the plate F the roughing pieces M, P,
and R can be removed or renewed or exchanged for sharp ones such for instance
as M shown by Figure 7 which is suitable for frosty or slippery weather. The mode
of fixing here shown is by the projecting part m² which fits into a suitable recess in
the shoe E and is there focked by screws m³ and m for the front pieces M or M',
or for the back piece P and for the back piece R or wedges or split or other
pins may be used by allowing projecting pitces at the back of the roughing pieces
to go through the plate E suitable recesses being formed in either E or F or partly
in each to cover the said pins or wedges but the screws when driven home cannot
return because the heads come against the plate F and hoof H. The ears and/
and and may be in one piece if necessary and in some cases one screw would be
sufficient as there is little or no strain upon the screws that being taken largely by the
shoulders and of the plate F as also latterly by the bevel flange e. The edge es
of the shoe E internally is tapered as shown in section Figure 5 so as to allow the
inner and outer plates to come apart easily. If the screw holes in the roughing
pieces M are drilled right through they divide the piece into say three claws m³, m
and m. The inner or locking plate F is secured in any convenient way to the hoof
such for instance as the nail 8, 8, s.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
First The improvements in borse shoes having an inner and outer plate, the outer
plate locking over the inner in such a manner as to entirely encase the outer edges
substantially as herein set forth.
Second In horse shoes consisting of two parts the mode of securing the
roughing pieces thereto, so that they anay be readily interchanged.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.