An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1893-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
We, JOHN GEORGE CUTHBERTSON BULL of No. 5 Bond Court, Walbrook
in the County of Lendon, Accountant and REUBEN SIMMONDS of No. 127 Upper
Grange Road, Bermondsey in the County of Surrey, Farrier do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a construction of horse shoe and means of fastening it
on the hoof without nailing in such a manner that it can be readily removed and
replaced.
For this purpose, we make the shoe with lugs projecting up from it, preferably
one in front, and one on each side into notches formed in the edge of the hoof for
their reception, so that when the shoe is pressed up against the hoof these pro-
jections engaged in the notches steady it in position. There may also be several
taper studs projecting up from the shoe into countersunk holes in the hoof for the
same purpose.
Each rear end of the shoe is formed with a hook to which a band preferably of
steel is hooked and this band passes obliquely round the front of the hoof from the
one hook to the other. It also at its middle in front passes through a loop of
another steel band which extends downwards, and through a slit in the front face
of the shoe back to a fastening device provided in the hollow under the foot.
This fastening device consists of a horizontal jointed lever, pivotted at its one
end to the one side of the shoe, and having its other end formed to act as a
pawl engaging serrations on the other side of the shoe. By pressing this lever
backwards the front steel band which is attached to it is tightened and the shoe
is thus firmly secured. When it is desired to remove the shoe, the pawl end
of the lever is disengaged from the serrations, the lever is moved forward
loosening the front steel band. The other steel band being thus also loosened
can be unhooked from the rear end of the shoe which can then be removed.
The front band may be made in one piece with the other band, and instead of a
single front band in the middle, there may be two, one on each side of the middle.
A shoe according to our invention is obviously applicable to all animals having a
hoof like that of a horse.
Dated this 23rd August 1892.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
We, JOHN GEORGE CUTIIBERTSON BULL of No. 5 Bond Court, Walbrook
in the County of London, Accountant and REUBEN SIMMONDS of No. 127 Upper
Grange Road Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey, Farrier, 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:-
Our invention relates to a construction of horse shoe and means of fastening it
on the hoof without nailing in such a manner that it can be readily removed and
replaced.
For this purpose, we make the shoe as we shall describe referring to the
accompanying drawing.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a side view Fig. 2 is a front view and Fig. 3 is a plan looking from
below. It has lugs projecting up from it, preferably one A in front, and one B on
each side into notches formed in the edge of the hoof for their reception, so that,
when the shoe is pressed up against the hoof, these projections engaged in the
notches steady it in position. There may also be several taper studs C projecting
up from the shoe into countersunk holes in the hoof for the same purpose.
Each rear end of the shoc is formed with a hook D to which a band E,
preferably of steel, is hooked and this band passes obliquely round the front of
the hoof from the one hook to the other. It also, at its middle in front, passes
through a loop of another steel band F which extends downwards, and through
a slit in the front projection A back to a fastening device provided in the hollow
under the foot. This fastening device consists of a horizontal jointed lever G
pivotted at its one end H to the one side of the shoe, and having its other end
formed to act as a pawl K engaging serrations on the other side of the shoe.
By pressing the lever G backwards the steel band F, which is attached to it,
is tightened, and the shoe is thus firmly secured. When it is desired to remove
the shoe, the pawl K is disengaged from the serrations, the lever G is moved
forwards loosening the band F. The other steel band being thus also loosened,
can be unhooked from the rear ends D of the shoe which can then be removed.
The bands E and F may be made in one piece.
A shoe according to our invention is obviously applicable to all animals having
a hoof like that of a horse.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
A horse shoc fastened on the hoof by a band, hooked to its rear ends, passed
obliquely over its front, and tightened by a band connecting its middle to a pawl
lever arranged in the hollow of the hoof substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of June 1893.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.