An Improved Horse Shoe.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1894-Accepted. 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Horse Shoe.
I, GEORG BURGSTALLER of Stephanienstrasse, Pressburg, Hungary, no
occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The horse shoe of this invention is constructed with two fixed caps on the outer
edge of the inner half of the shoe and with an adjustable clamp on the outer edge
of the outer half of the same. The clamp is by means a horizontal extension
thereof, terminating in a screwed part, moved along a dovetail recess in the shoe
to fix the clamp against the hoof of the horse in which position it is held fixed by
means of screw nuts the hoof being held between the two fixed side caps, the
clamp and a toe cap of the usual kind.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1893.
CAPITAINE & VON HERTLING,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Horse Shoe.
I, GEORG BURGSTALLER of Stephanienstrasse, Pressburg, Hungary, no
occupation, 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:-
This invention relates to a horse shoe which may be fixed on the hoof of a
horse without nails by means of fixed caps located at suitable points on the
outer edge of the shoe in conjunction with a clamping device the two clamping
caps or jaws of which are adjustable, relatively to the hoof, on the outer edge
of the outer half of the shoe, so that after placing the shoe upon the hoof said
two clamps or double clamp may be operated to move towards the fixed caps
on the opposite half of the shoe and fix all the caps tightly against the hoof
and render the shoe immovable.
In the drawing Fig. 1 is an underneath view and Fig. 2 an edge view of the
nailless horse shoe of this invention.
a, b, are two fixed caps inclined inwards so as to bear well against the hoof.
c, c', are two caps or jaws bent inwards to fit the hoof and having a dovetail slide plate
extension d movable along a correspondingly shaped groove or recess of provided in
the upper side of the shoe. d¹ is a screw extension of the dovetail slide plate
taking through a hole in the open frame like part g of the shoe and adjusted and
fixed therein and with it also the caps c, c', by screwing up nut d' and lock nut d³,
the screw with its nuts and the frame part being located in the recessed part of the
hoof so the nuts may easily be operated forwards and backwards.
Instead of forming caps a and b in one piece with the shoe they may as shewn in
Fig. 3 be attached to and removable from the shoe. This may be effected by
forming a pin like projection h on the edge of the shoe for each cap, mounting the
caps upon the same and then rivetting the pins over so as to fix the caps.

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. For the purpose of shoeing horses and other animals without the use of nails
the arrangement of fixed or removably attached caps a, b, and of an adjustable
clamping device the caps or jaws c, c', of which are moveable so that they may be
pressed and held firmly against the hoof, substantially as described and shewn.
2. A horse shoe in the grooved upper side of which a plate d carrying the two
caps or jaws c, c¹, is arranged to slide said plate and caps being adjustable
relatively to the fixed or attached caps a, b, by means of nuts d', d³, working on a
screw extension d' which passes through a frame like part 9 of the shoe, substantially
as described and shewn.
Dated this 18th day of April 1894.
CAPITAINE & VON HERTLING,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.