IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Joseph Howard, of Kingston Vale,
in the County of Surrey, Farrier, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES."
Sealed the 6th June 1871, and dated the 7th December 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Joseph
Howard at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 7th December 1870.
I, FREDERICK JOSEPH HOWARD, of Kingston Vale, in the County of
Surrey, Farrier, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES," to be as
for "IMPROVEMENTS
follows:-
This Invention consists in improvements in the manufacture of horse-
shoes by which the much desired end is attained, viz., a good foothold
for the horse when on an incline or upon slippery or smooth ground
or with a heavy draught, obviating the necessity of continual roughing

page_text: and use of frost nails in frosty weather, and consequently preventing
the wear of the horses feet by constant shoeing and nailing.
This improvement is accomplished in the following manner :-Ordinary
bar iron is formed into the horse-shoe shape, and upon being heated to
the proper intensity a series of flat notches or indentations are struck
or hammered on the face of the shoe, afterwards being properly filed
and finished, as illustrated on accompanying Drawing at A and B. The
indentations here shown are reversed, A being in one direction, B in
the opposite, by which arrangement a good and firm foothold for
the horse is found to be secured in either direction or from slipping
backwards or forwards. But they could be formed all in one direction
if required. The nail holes are shown in the depressed portions.
For military purposes and for horses in the artillery required to take
up a position on an incline however steep there would be such facility
for retaining foothold that is not obtainable by the ordinarily constructed
shoe.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Joseph Howard in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 6th June 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
JOSEPH HOWARD, of Kingston Vale, in the County of Surrey, Farrier,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, Her special licence,
that I, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN

page_text: THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 consists in improvements in the manufacture of horse-
shoes by which the much desired end is attained, namely, a good
foothold for the horse when on an incline or upon slippery or smooth
ground or with heavy draught, obviating the necessity of continual
roughing and use of frost nails in frosty weather, and consequently
preventing the wear of the horses feet by constant shoeing and nailing.
For military purposes generally and especially for artillery horses
when required to take up a position on an incline however steep there
would be such facility for retaining foothold that is not to be had by
the shoe as ordinarily made.
The improvements are accomplished in the following manner, reference
being made to accompanying Drawing:-Ordinary bar iron is formed
into the horse-shoe shape, and upon being heated to the property intensity
a series of flat notches or indentations are struck or hammered on the
face of the shoe, being afterwards properly filed and finished as illus-
trated in the accompanying Drawing at A and B. The indentations
here shewn are reversed, A being in one direction and B in the opposite,
by which arrangement good and firm foothold for the horse is found to
be secured in either direction and preventing slipping either backwards
or forwards. But these indentations or notches could of course be
formed all in one direction and more or less in number, as required.
A curved indentation O is also made in the front part of the shoe, as
shewn on Drawing, having the same object, the securing a good
foothold.
The nail holes are shewn in the indentations.

page_text: Having thus described my said Invention and the manner of carrying
the same into effect, what I claim and desire to be secured to me by
Letters Patent is, the said Invention for improvements in the manu-
facture of horse-shoes, substantially as herein described and as illustrated
on the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Joseph Howard, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.
FREDERICK JOSEPH HOWARD. (L.S.)
Witness to the mark of Frederick
Joseph Howard,
SAMUEL JAMES SPARKES,
8, Quality Court,
Chancery Lane, W.C.
his mark
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