A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ROUGH-SHOEING HORSES INSTANTANEOUSLY
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Autin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ROUGH-SHOEING HORSES INSTANTANEOUSLY." A
communication from abroad by Baron Jules Barbaix de Bonnines, a person
resident at Ghent, in the Kingdom of Belgium.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th March 1877.
HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue
de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent. "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ROUGH-SHOEING HORSES
INSTANTANEOUSLY." (Communicated by Baron Jules Barbaix de Bonnines, a person
resident at Ghent, in the Kingdom of Belgium.)
The Invention relates to effecting the rough-shoeing of horses instantaneously
without altering the horse-shoes in present use, whatever may be the system of
shoe. It consists in placing underneath the horse-shoe a steel plate in which are
fixed the frost nails, and which is securely held in its position by means of screws
screwed into another steel plate interposed and fixed between the shoe and the sole
of the horse's foot.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in which,-
Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of a horse's hoof, to which the rough-shoeing
apparatus is applied.
Fig. 2, the under side view of a shoe provided with the apparatus applied to the.
heel and toe or curve of the horse-shoe.
Fig. 3, the front view of a shoe without the apparatus, showing optional notches.
or.slides A, B, C, for facilitating the placing of the apparatus.
Fig. 4, 5 and 6 are front and side views of the holding plate.
And, Fig. 7 to 19, inclusive, front and under side views of the modifications which'
must be effected in the shape of the rough-shoeing plate, according to the class of
shoe to which the apparatus is to be applied.

page_text: In these different Figures the same letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts.
a is the hoof; b, the heels of the horse-shoe; c, the steel holding plate inserted
between the shoe and sole of the foot; d, the steel plate placed on the horse-shoe;
e, the frost nails with the ordinary flat screw head sunk in the thickness of the
plate ;f, the square headed screws which are screwed into the plate c and keep
the two plates c and d tightly connected; g, holes in the plate d for the passage of
the nails; h, holes in the same plate for the passage of the connecting screws f;
i, holes tapped in the holding plate c for screwing the screws f. This instantaneous
rough-shoeing apparatus may be applied, either near the heel of the horse-shoe, as
in A, Fig. 2, or to the toe or curved part of the shoe, as in B, Fig. 2. The shape of
the holding plate c is slightly modified for this purpose; Fig. 4 represents the shape
to be given to the said plate when the apparatus is to be placed on the toe or curve.
The side view of the said plate, Fig. 5, shows the section and shoulders required to
facilitate its introduction and stability.
Fig. 6 shows the shape to be given to the plate when the apparatus is to be
placed near the heel of the shoe.
As has been already stated, the said instantaneous rough-shoeing apparatus
may be applied to any kind of horse-shoe now in use, but the shape of the plate d is
only to be modified according to the particular class of shoc.
Fig. 7 represents the shape which the said plate must take for catch horse-shoes.
The notches or recesses j are made to engage with the catches, in order to hold the
apparatus firmly in its position and prevent it from swinging.
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Fig. 8 and 9 represent front and side views of the shape of the plate & for
English or ordinary shoes without catches. The edges or projections & resting on
the shoe heels u prevent the apparatus from being carried towards the toe or curve
of the shoe.
Fig. 10 and 11 are.front and side views of the shape to be given to the plate d,
Fig. 7, when the apparatus is to be placed on the too or curve of the shoe; the
edges m prevent the apparatus from receding and coming near the heel.
Fig. 12 and 13 are front and side views of modifications of Fig. 10 and 11, one of
the edges m being removed and a screw nut n substituted in its place, screwing on
to a threaded pin o, in order that the plate may be screwed in as near as possible to
the shoe.
Besides the contrivances just described for holding together the parts of the
apparatus, a stop ↑ (Fig. 10, 11, 12, and 13) engages between the shoe and the
apparatus, in order to prevent the latter from being carried forward; the said
stop is inserted into a corresponding notch q in the holding plate c. A pin
rivetted into the plate & facilitates the joining of the different parts.
Fig. 14 and 15 are front and side views of the shape of the plate d to be applied
to Turkish horse-shoes. A notch t engages with the catch of the shoe, and the plate
is bent at right angles at u, in order that it may be brought back to a level.
underneath the heels. A shoulder bears upon the heel of the horse-shoe without
the catch.
Fig. 16 and 17 show front and side views of the shape to be given to the plate,
Fig. 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13, if it is desired to do away with the frost nails. The
latter are then replaced by wedges 8, which take their place and penetrate into
the ice.
Fig. 18 shows the plate, Fig. 7, 8, 9, 14, and 15, provided with a sharp edged
plate for replacing the frost nails. A stop y rests on the heels of the shoe.
Fig. 19 shows the plate, Fig. 10, 11, 12, and 13, provided with the same plate x
aforesaid.
In the plates, Fig. 18 and 19, the holes for the frost nails may be left, in order to
be able to use the latter in case of the plates being too much blunted.
The screws f which hold together the holding plate c and the nail plate & may be
replaced by rods rivetted into the plate c, on the threaded ends of which are screwed
screw nuts underneath the plate d, and again a steel sheet might be inserted.

page_text: between the shoe and the sole of the foot, in order to form a slide for facilitating the
introduction of the holding plate.
Lastly, in snowy weather and to prevent the snow from agglomerating under the
horse's foot, a piece of sheet iron might be lodged between the apparatus and the
toc of the shoe to mark the hollow of the foot.
The apparatus might be turned to good use in summer when the stones are
slippery, by removing the nails, in order to give more stability to the horse's feet;
but the plates of the apparatus designed for this double purpose will have to be
provided with chambers or cavities for lodging therein the heads of the connecting
screws.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, and the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise details above enumerated, as these may obviously be modified without
departing from the principle of the Invention; but what I claim and desire to secure
by the Royal Letters Patent is, the combination and connection of a steel plate
placed under the horse-shoe and provided with the frost nails, with another steel
holding plate interposed between the shoe and the sole of the foot, substantially as
above described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, T, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand cight hundred and seventy-seven.