IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: We, WILLIAM WILLIAMS Box, of Crayford, and FRANCIS JOHN BEADLE, of Erith,
both in the County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH HORSE-SHOES," to be as follows:-
The main objects of this. Invention are to produce a light and strong shoe which
shall afford a better foothold and prevent slipping and which shall also wear a long
time. For this purpose we make the shoe of steel or wrought iron and with the
body of the shoe thin or shallow with calks projecting on the underside and with
ribs along the inner or outer side, or both, the calks being formed in the forging or
stamping or hydraulic pressing or steel casting; or the steel calks may, if the shoe
is made of wrought iron be partly formed by welding on. We provide the calks or
at least the heel calks with taper holes into which we insert corresponding taper
hardened steel pegs which project below the face of the projecting calks.. In order
to replace the pegs when worn down to the face we provide a transverse or
slanting hole across or towards each peg hole, and by inserting a centre-punch-like
drift having, however, by preference a somewhat rounded point, we are enabled to
force out the peg which can then be removed if desired when the horse is taken
into the stable, or replaced whenever desired by a fresh one. The calks may be of
any suitable section or contour, such as round, square, or oval and the taper pegs
may also be of any desired form, more or less, to correspond therewith. These
pegs and the cross or slanting holes for removing them may also be used with
other forms of horse-shoes, whether formed with projecting calks or not.
For the
purpose of preserving the proper taper of the peg holes as required after removal
of a worn peg and before insertion of a new peg we employ a crutch handled or
other rimer of say square or other suitable form and of the proper taper. If by
any means a peg should be broken off, the stump remaining in the hole is easily
removed by means of the aforesaid drift.
Dated Fifth day of Mov 1001

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We, WILLIAM WILLIAMS Box of Crayford and FRANCIS JOHN BEADLE of Erith
both in the County of Kent do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH HORSE SHOES" and in. what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement.
;
The main objects of this Invention are to produce a light and strong shoe which
shall afford a better foothold and prevent slipping and which shall also wear a long
time. For this purpose we make the shoe of steel or wrought iron and the body
of the shoe thin or shallow with calks projecting on the underside and with ribs
along, the inner or outer side or both, the calks being formed in the forging or
stamping or hydraulic pressing or casting, or the steel calks may if the shoe is
made of wrought iron be partly formed by welding on. These calks when the
shoes are to be roughed are provided with taper holes to receive taper pegs and we
make transverse holes towards each peg hole to receive a punch or for a punch to
be inserted for removing the pegs when required.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a view in plan of the underside of a
horse shoe provided and fitted with calks according to our Invention. Figure 2
is a view in plan of the underside of a shoe provided with calks and holes for pegs
for roughing according to our Invention. Figure 3 is a section through the
line x, y, of Figure 2 and Figure 4 is a perspective view of the same shoe; Figure 5
is a plan view of the rimer. tool and Figure 6 shows the centre punch like drift.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the Figures.
a, a, are the steel calks and b is the thin or shallow wrought iron body of the
shoe to which body the steel calks a, a, are welded, f is the rib shown only on one
side of the shoe; g, g, are the slots or recesses in which the holes for the nails are
formed; c c are the taper holes which are bored in the calks a when the shoes
are made for roughing; d, d, are the transverse holes to receive the drift for
removing the pegs when required; e e are the pegs one of which is shown detached
at Figure 6; these pegs are made of a shape to correspond with the shape of the
taper holes c.
It is when the shoes are to be roughed that we provide the calks a or at least
the heel calks with the taper holes c into which we insert the corresponding taper
hardened steel pegs e for roughing which project below the face of the projecting
calks as best seen at Figure 3. In order to replace the pegs e when worn down to
the face we provide the transverse horizontal or slanting hole d across or towards
each peg hole c and by inserting the centre punch like drift shown at Figure 6 we
force out the peg e which can then be removed if desired when the horse is taken
into the stable, or replaced whenever desired by a fresh one.
The calks a may be
of any suitable section or contour, such as round, square or oval and the holes c
with the taper pegs e also the part of, peg protruding may also be of any desired
form, more or less to correspond therewith. These pegs e and the cross or slanting
holes & for removing them may also be used with other forms of horseshoes
whether formed with projecting calks or not. For the purpose of preserving the
proper taper of the peg holes or for removing any accumulation. of dirt and the like
as required after removal of a worn peg or before insertion of a new peg we employ
the crutch handled or other rimer shown at Figure 5 of say square or other suitable
form and of the proper taper, one prong may be a drill, another a square point and
the third a rimer. If by any means a peg should be broken off, the stump
⚫ remaining in the hole is easily removed by means of the aforesaid drift shown at
Figure 6.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In horse shoes the taper holes c for receiving hard roughing pegs e in
combination with lateral or transverse holes d for inserting a drift for driving out
the pegs as required substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. A horse shoe having hard calks a provided with taper holes c for receiving
hard roughing pegs e and with lateral or transverse holes d, for inserting a drift
for driving out the peg as required substantially as set forth.
3. A horse shoe consisting of a thin foundation plate or body b with hard calks a
provided with taper holes c and lateral holes d or not and provided with ribs or
webs between the calks substantially as shown in the Drawings.