Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.
We CHARLES JAMES JUTSON, of Ingleside, York Road, West Norwood in the
County of Surrey, gentleman, and FREDERICK ABRAHAM POUPARD, of Fairview,
Christ Church Road, Tulse Hill, in the. County of Surrey, manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in shoes for horses or other hoofed animals,.
whereby they can be fixed upon the hoofs of the said animals without the employment
of nails, as is usual.
Our invention consists in providing a tread or shoe plate, on the outside edge of
which are one or more pillars or projections, constructed so as to lie in proximity to
the outside of the hoof, and they are, one or more of them, provided with a steel
spring or other equivalently elastic material, to produce elastic pressure upon the
outside face of the hoof.
The upper tread surface of the shoe is provided with a stud, studs, or projections,
which are recessed into the under surface of the hoof. Or a lug, lugs, or clips may
be provided on the interior edges of the shoe, embedding into or pressing against, the
interior edges of the hoof.
The elastic pressure of the said spring or springs, situated inside the said external
pillars or projections, will press the hoof home upon the Shoe, and against the said
stud, studs, or clips, provided on the tread or inner edges of the shoe, and serve to
keep the shoe firmly upon the horse's hoof without nails.
The attachment of the shoe may be rendered still more secure and reliable by
extending one or more of the said external pillars nearly up to the coronet of the
hoof, and by connecting the extremity of such pillar or pillars with suitable clips at
the rear of the shoes by a band, or bands of steel or other suitable material. The pillar
is serrated on its front face, and the band or bands have a spring clip to keep the
band or bands from slipping upwards.

page_text: We may equivalently fit springs or elastic material'upon one or more of the lugs or
projections on the interior edges of the shoe, and the spring pressure from within
will then similarly press home the hoof upon the aforesaid, studs or projections,
situated upon the tread of the shoe; or upon the lugs clips, or pillars situated on the
exterior edge of the shoe; or upon both.
The aforesaid studs, external lugs, clips, or pillars may be made of any convenient
shape, and may, if desired, be recessed so as to embed wholly or in part into the hoof
of the animal.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals..
We CHARLES JAMES JUTSON, of Ingleside, York Road, West Norwood, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, and FREDERICK ABRAHAM POUPARD, of Fairview,
Christchurch Road, Tulse Hill, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following*
statement:
Our invention relates to improvements in shoes for horses or other hoofed animals,
whereby they can be fixed upon the hoofs of the said animals without the employment.
of nails, as is usual.
-Our-invention consists in providing a tread or shoe plate, on the outside edge of
which are one or more pillars or projections, constructed so as to lie in proximity to
the outside of the hoof, and they are, one or more of them, provided with a steel spring
or other equivalently elastic material, to produce elastic pressure upon the outside,
face of the hoof.
The upper tread surface of the shoo is provided with a stud, studs or projections,
which are recessed into the under surface of the hoof. Or a lug, lugs.or clips may
be provided on the interior edges of the shoe embedding into, or pressing against, the
interior edges of the hoof..
The elastic pressure of the said spring or springs situated inside the said external
pillars or projections will press the hoof home upon the shoe, and against the said
stud, studs or clips provided on the tread or inner edges of the shoe and serve to keep
the shoe firmly upon the horses hoof without nails.
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The attachment of the shoe may be rendered still more secure and reliable by..
extending one or more of the said external pillars nearly up to the coronet of the hoof
and by connecting the extremity of such pillar or pillars with suitable clips at the rear
of the shoes, by a band or bands of steel or other suitable material. The pillar is
serrated on its front face and the band or bands have a spring clip to keep the band
or bands from slipping upwards..
We may equivalently fit springs or elastic material upon one or more of the lugs
or projections on the interior edges of the shoe, and the spring pressure from within
will then press home the hoof upon the lugs, clips, or pillars situated on the exterior
edge of the shoe.
Again we may equivalently fit springs of metal or other elastic material upon both
the inside of the said external pillars and upon the interior lugs or projections in
such a manner that they react upon one another thereby making the shoe a fixture
on the hoof.
The aforesaid studs, external lugs, clips or pillars may be made of any convenient
shape, and may, if desired, be recessed so as to embed wholly or in part into the hoof
of the animal.

page_text: And in order that our invention may be the better understood, we now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure is a perspective view of our improved shoe frame with pillars and
tread studs.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of our improved shoe frame with a tightening band.
and internal clips with springs.
Figure 3 shows a detail of the internal spring on each of the pillars and
tread stud.
On each of the pillars B are fitted suitable metal springs C or other elastic material
and upon the upper side of the tread plate A tread, studs D are provided as shown
in figures 1 and 3. In fixing the shoe frame to the hoof, the pillars B (which, in
the first place, stand in an upright position with respect to the shoe plate A so as
to enable the shoe to pass on to the hoof) are closed down so that they lie in close
proximity to the sides of the hoof; the springs C bearing against the bottom of the
sides, the studs D embedding themselves into suitable recesses in the bottom of
the hoof.
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We may equivalently construct the shoe frame with lugs E upon the interior edge
of the, shoe plate A having springs-C or other elastic material fixed upon them in
order to bear upon the inside of the hoof forcing the hoof against the pillars B.
The tightening band F may also be used in conjunction with studs,G and one or
more of the pillars B being tightened by suitable attachments at the top of the pillar
or pillars B.
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
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1st. A nail-less shoe provided with one or more stiff pillars or brackets in combi-
nation with a spring or springs of metal or other elastic material on the said pillar,
pillars or brackets and the tread studs, substantially as described.
2nd. A nail-less shoe provided with one or more stiff pillars or brackets in
combination.with one or more lugs or clips on the interior edges of the shoe pro-
vided with a spring or springs of metal or other elastic material, substantially as
described.
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3rd. A nail-less shoe provided with one or more stiff pillars or brackets on the
exterior edge of the shoe having a spring or springs of metal or other elastic niaterial
in combination with one or more clips or lugs upon the interior edge of the shoe
provided with a spring or springs of metal or other elastic material, substantially as
and for the purposes described..
4th. The combination in a nail-less shoe of the parts constructed as claimed in
claims 1, 2 and 3 with the tension band or bands and attachment thereof, substantially
as described:
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5th. The method of attachment of the shoe to the hoof, substantially as 'described.
Dated this 26th day of Januar 1889