IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES to be as follows:
Year: 1886

page_text: We, GEORGE HONNOR GREGORY, of 3 Sydney Terrace, Park Road, Leyton, in
the County of Essex, Silversmith, BENJAMIN BARCHAM ANTHONY, of Haseldene,
Balham Park Road, Balham, in the County of Surrey, Advertizing Contractor, and
WILLIAM BURGESS CARRON, of 4 Clifton Terrace, Church Road, Leyton, in the
County of Essex Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES to be as follows:-
"
Our invention relates to horse-shoes and comprises the improvements hereinafter
set forth whereby we provide for increasing the durability of such shoes as com-
pared with those heretofore used, and for facilitating the roughing of the said
shoes, or the renewal of their wearing surfaces.
Our improved shoe does not require to be removed from the horse oftener than
say once in six months, or at such times as may be deemed necessary for the
purpose of paring the hoof.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a plate having the shape of
an ordinary horse-shoe and having in its underside a groove or channel which
extends from end to end of the said plate. We also provide a series of plates or
pieces of metal, wood, leather, vulcanite, or other suitable material, which are
formed with ribs. These ribs and the groove or channel are of such form in
transverse section, that the said ribs will fit into the said groove or channel with a
capability of sliding therein. The said plates or pieces are to be attached to the
main portion of the shoe (which is previously secured to the horse's hoof in the
ordinary manner) by inserting them successively into the said groove or channel.-
These plates or pieces form the tread of the shoe, and their under surfaces may be
either smooth or provided with projections or indentations in any suitable manner
to roughen them. When the said plates or pieces are inserted in the groove or
channel, their ends abut against each other. These ends are preferably bevelled
so that the end of one piece slightly overlaps the end of the adjacent piece. When.
the desired number of the said plates or pieces has been inserted, the two outer
or end plates or pieces are firmly secured to the main portion of the shoe in any
suitable manner. Therefore the whole of the said plates or pieces are firmly held
within the aforesaid groove or channel, but, by unfastening either or both of the
outer or end pieces the said pieces can be readily removed and replaced. In some

page_text: cases, we fix pins or bolts in the ends of the shoe to retain the said plates or pieces
in position in the groove or channel.
We prefer that the groove or channel should be of such form in transverse
section that any downward pressure on the shoe will tend to more firmly secure
the plates or pieces therein. For this purpose the metal along the centre of the
groove or channel is sometimes left higher than that at the edges or sides of the
groove, that is to say, the grooves are made deeper at their edges or sides than at
the centre.
It will thus be seen that our improved shoe is, as it were, a double shoe, one
portion being secured by nailing to the horse's hoof in the usual manner and the
other portion (forming the "tread") being made up of a number of separate
sections capable of ready attachment to, and removal from, the first named
portion, which sections when in place, lie closely together and form a plate
following the exact configuration of the plate nailed to the hoof. The said
sections are preferably so arranged relatively to each other that there will be no
space or interval between any two thereof.
The plate which is fixed upon the hoof of the animal is sometimes made in two
parts, one of which is adjustable by the aid of screws to permit enlargement or
diminution of the width of the said groove or channel.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicants.
We, GEORGE HONNOR GREGORY, of 3 Sydney Terrace, Park Road, Leyton, in
the County of Essex, Silversmith, BENJAMIN BARCHAM ANTHONY, of Haseldene,
Balham Park Road, Balham, in the County of Surrey, Advertising Contractor, and
WILLIAM BURGESS CARRON, of 4 Clifton Terrace, Church Road, Leyton, in the
County of Essex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
11.
Our invention relates to horse-shoes and comprises the improvements hereinafter
set forth whereby we provide for increasing the durability of such shoes as com-
pared with those heretofore used, and for facilitating the roughing of the said
shoes, or the renewal of their wearing surfaces.
Our improved horse-shoe consists of an upper portion, which is similar in shape
to the horse-shoes generally used and is designed to be nailed to the hoof in the

page_text: usual manner, and of a lower portion or "tread," the shape of which is substan-
tially the same as that of the upper portion or body of the shoe, and which is
made in a single piece or in sections and is secured to the said upper portion in
such a manner that it may be readily removed and replaced. The said lower
portion or tread is preferably roughened to increase the foot-hold of the horse
upon the ground.
In the accompanying drawing we have shown one form of our improved shoe.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the said shoe attached to a horse's hoof.
Figure 2 is a view of the underside of the said shoe.
Figure 3 is a section on the line x, x, Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a view of the underside of the upper portion or body of the shoe, the
lower portion or tread being removed.
Figures 5 to 8 are different views hereinafter described showing some of the
sections of the said lower portion or tread.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
A is the upper portion or body of the shoe, which consists of a plate or bent bar
of the required shape. This plate or bar is formed with grooves or channels a, a¹
in its underside; the groove a¹ forming the nail-crease of the shoe. It is also
provided with nail-holes a³ so that it may be nailed to the hoof in the ordinary
manner. B is the lower portion or tread, which is made up of plates or sections b,
61, 62, 6. These plates or sections are formed with ribs or projections b*, which fit
into the groove or channel a with just sufficient freedom to permit the proper
adjustment of the said plates or sections. These ribs or projections and the said
groove or channel are of such form in transverse section that, when the said ribs or
projections are inserted in the said groove or channel, the plates or sections will be
held tightly against the underside of the upper portion A.
Figure 5 is a plan of the plate or section b³.
Figure 6 is a transverse section thereof.
Figure 7 is a view of the underside of the same.
Figure 8 is a view of the underside of a similar plate or section, showing a
different manner of roughing the same.
The undersides of the said plates or sections are preferably roughened as shown,
or in any other suitable manner; but they may, if desired, be smooth. Their ends
are, in some instances, so made that one plate or section will slightly overlap the
adjacent plate or section.
When the desired number of the said plates or sections has been attached to the
upper portion by inserting them successively into the groove or channel a, the two
end plates or sections 6 are firmly secured to the upper or main portion of the shoe
by means of screws, or in any other suitable manner; the whole of the said plates
or sections are thus kept in place, but, when either or both of the said end plates
or sections are unfastened, the lower portion or tread can be readily removed from
the upper or main portion of the shoe.
By making the shoe in the manner above described, we provide for enabling
either of the said plates or sections to be removed, when it becomes worn, and a
new plate or section to be substituted therefor, without the necessity for taking the
entire shoe from off the horse's hoof.
Our improved shoe does not, under ordinary conditions, require to be removed
from the horse except at such times as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of
paring the hoof.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that our improved shoe is as it
were a double shoe, the upper portion of which is secured by nailing to the horse's
hoof in the usual manner, the lower portion (forming the "tread") being capable
of ready attachment to, and removal from, the said upper portion and conforming
substantially to the configuration thereof.
The plates or sections 61 and 62 are preferably so made that they are inter-
changeable. In this case, should the horse wear the shoe more at one side than at
the other side, the worn plates or sectious and those which have not suffered by

page_text: wear can be interchanged. The durability of the shoe is thus greatly increased.
The whole or any desired number of the said plates or sections may be made
interchangeable for this purpose.
The said plates or sections and the upper portion or body of the shoe are made
of metal, wood, leather, vulcanite, or other suitable material, or. of a combination of
these materials.
It is obvious that our improved shoes are applicable for use not only upon
horses, but upon other. animals which require to be shod.
adapted for attachment to the heels of boots and shoes.
They may also be
The plate which is fixed upon the hoof of the animal is sometimes made in two
parts, one of which is adjustable by the aid of screws to permit enlargement or
diminution of the width of the said groove or channel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we wish it understood
that we do not confine ourselves to the employment of any special means for
securing the tread to the body of the shoe, but we claim :-
First. A double horse-shoe, that is to say, a horse-shoe consisting of an upper
portion which is to be nailed to the hoof and a lower portion or tread the shape of
which is substantially the same as that of the upper portion and which is made in
a single piece or in sections and is secured to the said upper portion in such a
manner that it may be readily removed and replaced, for the purpose above
specified.
.
Second. The combination of a plate or bent bar A, and a removable portion B
made in a single piece or in sections and secured to the said plate, or bar, for the
purpose above specified.
Third. The improved horse-shoe constructed substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawing for the purpose specified.
Dated this 18th day of October 1886.
G. H. GREGORY.
B. B. ANTHONY.
W. B. CARRON.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicants.