Improvements in and relating to Horse-shoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Horse-shoes.
I, CHRISTIAN EISENBERG, Merchant, of Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse 18 P., Berlin,
in the Empire of Germany, 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 :-
My invention relates to horse-shoes and comprises improvements in devices for
fixing the same to the hoof without nails. These devices constitute clamps.
engaging laterally with the hoof and fastened below in the horse-shoe; the object
being on the one hand to increase the security of the shoe upon the hoof, and on
the other hand to facilitate the shoeing.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 shows a horse-shoe with peripheral grooves provided therein for
receiving the retaining clamps.
Figure 2 is a side view of the hoof with the horse-shoe fixed thereto.
Figures 3 to 5 are-a front view, longitudinal section and cross section of a
modified clamp, while . .
Figures 6 and 7 show an elevation and cross section of another constructional
form.
The improved device consists of a hook-shaped clamp a furnished at its upper
end with points or claws b which are bent over. With the object of increasing the
strength the hooks present a channel-shaped transverse section, so that they will
not be liable to be bent. The lower end of the clamp a is secured in a dovetail
groove in the horse-shoe, and is for this purpose provided with a slot c at its
lower end.
In the modification shown in Figures 6 and 7 a wedge is driven into this slot,
thereby fixing the clamp a in the peripheral grooves f.
In the second modification the connection between the borse-shoe and the clamp
is effected by a special connecting piece e. The connecting pieces e are small
plates tapering upwards a little and suitably made trapeziform in transverse
section; these plates being adapted to be inserted from below into the dovetail
peripheral grooves in the horse-shoe, and carrying above a bolt d provided with
a screw thread and fitting into the slot c. Upon the said bolt is screwed a nut
which serves to establish the connection between the clamp and the piece e,
inasmuch as it firmly clamps them together. The horse-shoe is fixed to the hoof
with about four such fixing devices.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. Improvements in devices for fixing horse-shoes to hoofs without nails, which
consist in providing the hook-shaped points or claws which grip the hoof with a
groove for the purpose of increasing their strength.
2. A modified constructional form of the device for fixing horse-shoes to hoofs,
in which the clamps a gripping the hoof are removably secured by means of a

page_text: screw d and a nut to a wedge-shaped connecting piece e inserted from below into a
peripheral groove f of suitable shape in the horse-shoe.
Dated this 24th day of March 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.