Improvements in and Connected with Horse-shoes, and in the Method of Fixing the same. THE METHOD
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1889
Improvements in and Connected with Horse-shoes, and in the
Method of Fixing the same.
1, (Mrs.) MARY ANNE MOONEY of 4 Beaufort Terrace Commercial Road, Bedford,
in the County of Bedford, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for LMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH HORSE-SHOES, AND IN THE METHOD OF AFFIXING THE
SAME to be as follows:-
A hollow or grooved shoe is made of Steel or iron about of an inch in depth; in
the inner side of groove several holes are made of a proper size for small bolts to pass
through for the purpose of securing an inner pad or shoe. Double the usual number
of holes are made in the bottom for the bolts or nails for fastening on to the hoof
this may be done by nailing in the usual way, but preferably by means of a hole
drilled through the hoof, and bolts passed through bottom of shoe and hoof, and
fastened by means of a small cap or nut wormed to fit the bolt.
This method would allow the shoe to be easily removed for the purpose of paring
down, which should be done with a specially formed plane, shave, or rasp this would
obviate the necessity for burning the hoof down, consequently preserving it from
injury in the process of shoeing, whether by strains caused by blows from the
hammer, or by the hoof being rendered brittle by burning.
To affix the shoe a cramp is to be used so shaped as to clasp the foot, and hold
the shoe in the proper position while the holes are being drilled through the hoof.
Instead of grooves may be cells or recesses to receive the nail heads or bolts, into
which India rubber &c. may be pressed if desired.
The inner pad or shoe to be made of India rubber or other suitable material, flat
on the surface next the frog, and the obverse side made with one or more concavities
fitted with valves, or with hollow stems of rubber, or other suitable material in
such a manner as to ensure grip on slippery pavements or roads by Atmospheric
Pressure.
These inner shoes are to be fixed in the steel or iron shoe by means of bolts
The inner
passing through the holes made for that purpose, and secured by nuts.
shoe may also be flanged and secured in the same way.
For hard roads, a padding of India rubber or other suitable material to be used and
fixed similarly.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Horse-shoes, and in the
Method of Fixing the same.
1. (Mrs.) MARY ANNE MOONEY of 4 Beaufort Terrace, Commercial Road Bedford,
in the County of Bedford 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a method of shoeing which will dispense
with the present practice of hammering and burning the hoof-which will dispense
with nailing and prevent pricking-and to provide an improved pad for slippery
pavements.
No. 1 is a metal shoe deeply grooved, and having one or more clips, the inner
ring or side of groove is perforated with the requisite number of holes for bolts to
pass through for the purpose of securing an inner pad; the desired number of holes

page_text: are made in the bottom, and the inner ring of groove is indented to allow a boring
tool to work at an angle through the holes at the bottom.
No. 2, is a plain metal shoe, the circular holes having countersunk recesses at a proper
angle to receive and protect the head of a screw or nut. A ply of india-rubber or
leather is placed between shoe and hoof to prevent concussion.
The method of affixing the shoe is as follows:-
A guage is first used; this consists of a metal band (Fig. 8) encircling the hoof,
fastened at the heel with strap and buckle, or with a thumb-screw and fixed in
position by screws, (A A) the hoof is then shaved or rasped down to the level of
the guage. The shoe is next placed on the hoof and secured firmly in position by
a clamp (Fig. 11) while the holes are being drilled through the hoof. The boring
tool is placed in the countersunk recess of shoe and the hoof drilled in an oblique
direction outward, so that the holes are brought through about of an inch above
the shoe This will clear the sensitive tissue of the foot and obtain a firm hold
through the thickest and strongest part of the horn. A tube, (Fig. 4) the bore of
which fits the drill, is inserted in and fits the countersunk recess (Fig. 3) of the hole
in the shoe to act as a guide to the drill.
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The fastener to be used is a screw-clinch (Fig. 9) which is a screw-threaded
hollow tube, the top of which is so shaped as to form a clinch (S) the angle of
which corresponds with that of the hoof. This is dropped into the hole just drilled,
and the screw (T) is then screwed up into it through the hole in the shoe. Or a
bolt (Fig. 5) may be used the head of which forms a clinch and the end of which
is screw-threaded, dropped down through hoof and shoe (Fig. 10) and fastened in
the countersunk recess of shoo by a nut (Fig. 6).
The inner pad (Fig. 7) to be made of rubber or other suitable material of the
proper size. to fit in or under the metal shoe, it being fastened into the grooved
shoe No. 1 by pins and nuts, but preferably fastened in between shoe and
hoof, (Fig. 2) holes corresponding with those in the metal being made in the rubber
for the purpose. The shoe being fixed with screws can be easily removed to detach
the pad. Either fastened to, or made with, the pad, are one or more concave
rubbers (K) which project below the line of shoe, and from the centre of the
concave or cupshaped rubber a small rubber tube (1) is carried (towards) the back
of the hoof, so that the weight of the animal pressing upon the concave rubber &
tube would then act as a sucker on asphalt or other smooth and slippery surfaces,
while the action of the heel in lifting the foot causes the air to pass through the
tube and immediately release it. Valves instead of tubes may be substituted for the
same purpose.
The shoes are made in graduated sizes and numbered, and in order to always
obtain a firm hold in the horn when a second shoeing is needed an alternate shoe
like the first is used excepting that the holes are not made in the same place as in
the first shoo, so that the second drilling of the hoof will not come in the same place
as the first.
Fig. 1. Plain Shoe.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.

page_text: 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. An improved pad (Fig. 7) fitted with tube (L) or valves, which will obtain
grip by atmospheric pressure on smooth and slippery pavements, and secured under
metal shoes by means of the screw-clinch (Fig. 9. S. the clinch; T. screw for same)
or bolt and nut (Fig. 5 bolt; Fig. & nut for ditto) substantially and as hereinbefore
described.
2. A shoe having a circular counter-sunk hole (Fig. 3) at a given angle for the
purpose of fixing with screw-clinch, or bolt and nut substantially and as hereinbefore
described.
3. A method of fixing horse-shoes without burning, hammering or nailing-first by
using a guage (Fig. 8) for the hoof to be levelled to; Secondly by clamping the shoe
on the hoof (by fixing clamp Fig. 11 on to guage Fig. 8 by means of screws A
and U) to hold it in proper position while the hoof is being drilled (through drill
guide Fig. 4 placed in countersunk hole of shoe); thirdly by drilling or boring
through the hoof; lastly by fixing the shoe on with screw-clinch or bolt and nut
(substantially and as hereinbefore described).
Dated this 6th day of Angust. 1889.