Improvements in Nailless Horse Shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 23rd July, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
TION.
Improvements in Nailless Horse Shoes.
I GILBERT GLOSSOP of 25 Cambrian Terrace Holbeck in the City of Leeds
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "Improvements in
Nailless Horse Shoes" to be as follows:-
In my former Specification No. 2741 of the year 1894 I described certain
improvements in the method of securing Shoes to Horses feet by means of front and
side bands detachably secured to the Horse shoe and to upright stays attached
thereto by means of wedges.
In my said former Specification I described a modification for use with carriage or
light load horses in which the back bands and stays might be dispensed with and
replaced by light wing pieces forged as part of and on the upper side of the shoe
which light wing pieces could be readily bent inwards to fit one side of the hoof.
I have in the course of my experiments-with the said shoe found that I can
dispense not only with the back bands and stays but also with the wing pieces
forming part of the Shoe.
According to my present invention iny Horse shoe is provided on its upper side
where it rests against the horses hoof with several small projections which may be
wedge or chisel shaped or may be small points, by preference I use chisel shaped
projections and I arrange these across the shoe running in a direction radially from
the centre of the horses foot.
When fixing the shoe to the foot the chisel or other shaped projections cut their
way or are otherwise entered into the lower edge of the Hoof and by the use of this
arrangement in combination with the front band slack rivet points upright stays and
keys as described in my foriner Specification I am able to securely fix the shoe to
the foot.
It is of course 'apparent by securing the Shoe in this manner no pressure is placed
upon any tender part of the foot and that the hoof is completely free to grow in the
natural manner.
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I, GILBERT GLOSSOP, of 25 Cambrian Terrace, Elland Road; Holbeck, in the
City of Leeds, Engineer, 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:-
In my former Specification No. 2741 of the year 1894 I described certain
Improvements in the method of securing shoes to Horse's feet by means of front and

page_text: side bands detachably secured to the Horse shoe and to upright stays attached thereto
by means of wedges.
In my said former Specification I described a modification for use with carriage
or light load horses in which the back bands and stays might be dispensed with and
replaced by light wing pieces forged as part of and on the upper side of the shoe
which light wing pieces could be readily bent inwards to fit the side of the hoof.
I have in the course of my experiments with the said shoe found that I can.
dispense not only with the back bands and stays but also with the wing pieces
forming part of the shoe.
According to my present invention my horse shoe is provided, on its upper side
where it rests against the horse's hoof, with several small projections which may be
wedge or chisel shaped or may be small points, by preference I use chisel shaped.
projections and I arrange these across the shoe running in a direction radially from
the centre of the horse's foot, or at right angles to the centre line of the shoe.
In order that my invention may be inore readily understood, and the manner in
which it is carried into practice, I have annexed hereto the accompanying sheet of
drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan looking
at the top of a nailless horse shoe constructed according to my invention.
A is the shoe proper; B the front curved strap or band connected by the pin or
slack rivet joint C to the upright taper stays D, which latter are secured in oblong
taper holes in the shoe by the taper keys E. All the above named parts,-with the
exception of the keys E, the ends of which are not shown bent,-may be of a
similar construction to those shown and described in the herein before mentioned
Specification.
The upper side of the shoe where it rests against the horse's hoof F (shown in
dotted lines at Fig. 2) is provided or armed with several small projections G which
may be wedge or chisel shaped, or may be small points. In the drawings I have
shown four wedge or chisel shaped projections G, which I have found to answer well
in practice, but I would have it distinctly understood that this number may be
increased or diminished as circumstances may require. The wedge or chisel shaped
projections G, which are employed for retaining the shoe in position on the
hoof F, may extend wholly or partially, as shown, across the upper side of the shoe
in a direction running radially from the centre of the horse's foot; or at a right
angle to its centre line.
I prefer to fix the wedge or chisel shaped projections G in position on the upper
surface of the shoe as follows:-
The wedge or chisel shaped projections G, which are made say of steel, after being
cut to length are placed in a suitable die. The shoe A, made, say; of wrought iron,
after being formed to the required shape, is made hot in a hollow fire and then
placed in the die. On pressure being applied thereto the base of the projections G
are forced into the upper surface of the shoe,-in a somewhat similar manner to that
shown in dotted lines at g, Fig. 2. As the shoe A contracts more than the
projections G the latter will be securely locked and secured in position, with the
grain running in a vertical direction and at or about a right angle to that of
the shoe A.
If desired the wedge or chisel shaped projections G may be fixed in position by
any other convenient means, but I prefer employing the method above described.
The shoe is attached to the horse's hoof, as shown at Fig. 2, by placing the front
curved band or strap B on the hoof F and inserting the upright stays D-connected
by slack rivet joints C to the front band or strap A in the oblong holes in the shoe.
As the shoe is forced or placed into position the projections G cut or burn their way,
or are otherwise entered into the lower edge of the hoof F. The shoe is then
securely fixed by the insertion of the keys E.
It is of course apparent, by securing the shoe in the manner herein described, no
pressure is placed upon any tender part of the foot, and that the hoof is completely
free to grow in the natural manner.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
In nailless horse shoes constructed substantially as described and illustrated the
combination of a Shoe, such as A, provided or armed as described on its upper
surface with a number of wedge or chisel shaped projections or small pins, such as G,
for entering the lower edge of the horse's hoof, in combination with a front curved
band or strap B attached to slack rivet upright stays D, and secured to the shoe by
taper keys E, as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-second day of July 1897