IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER SIMILAR SHOES WHICH MAY BE ATTACHED WITHOUT THE USE OF NAILS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Craufurd Crossman, of No. 12, Dawson Street,
in the City of Dublin, a Major, late in Her Majesty's Bengal Army,
and Joseph Henry Ferguson, of No. 105, Grafton Street, in the
said City of Dublin, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER SIMILAR SHOES WHICH MAY BE ATTACHED WITHOUT
THE USE OF NAILS."
Sealed the 11th August 1871, and dated the 23rd June 1871.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Craufurd Crossman and
Joseph Henry Ferguson at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition and Declaration, on the 23rd June 1871,
pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act,
1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CRAUFURD
CROSSMAN, of No. 12, Dawson Street, in the City of Dublin, a Major,
late in Her Majesty's Bengal Army, and JOSEPH HENRY FERGUSON, of
No. 105, Grafton Street, in the said City of Dublin, Merchant, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS we are in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER SIMILAR SHOES WHICH MAY BE ATTACHED WITHOUT THE
USE OF NAILS," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto us and
our executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for
the same, and have made solemn Declaration that we are the true and
first Inventors thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Craufurd Crossman and Joseph
Henry Ferguson, do hereby declare that the following Complete Specifi-
cation under our hands and seals, fully describes and ascertains the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, in and by the following statement :-
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Our said improvements relate to an improved mode of making shoes
for horses and other animals of burden or draught, the shoes being so
made that they may be readily attached to the animal's feet by means of
suitably arranged straps, without the use of attaching nails and be 1
easily detached when required. The shoes are made of iron or steel and
are provided with a rim which clips or embraces the lower part of the
outside of the animal's hoof. Projections are formed upon the rim, to.
which are attached by rivets or otherwise strong straps which are
carried round the hoof and are connected with a back strap or back?
piece made of leather or other suitable material, and adapted to fit the
back of the foot so that the straps and back piece are made to hold the
shoe firmly attached to the hoof. The lower part of the shoe which
comes in contact with the ground is in some cases formed of a steel
plate grooved or otherwise shaped so as to give a good foothold to the
animal. The steel plate is attached to the rim or upper part of the shoe
by screws, so that when an old plate is worn out it may be removed and
replaced by a new plate. The use of these removable plates though
not essential in all cases constitutes an important feature in our said
improvements.
It is obvious that our improved shoes may be so made as either
entirely to cover the lower part of the hoof or to leave the frog or centre
part of the hoof or foot uncovered as in ordinary shoes.
In order that our said improvements may be more fully understood
we have annexed Drawings shewing in three Figures a side view, a front
view, and a bottom view of our improved shoes and our method of
attaching them. These Figures will be casily understood by persons
familiar with the construction or use of horse-shoes.

page_text: Having now described our Invention and the manner in which it is
to be performed, we claim, the use of the improved mode of attaching
the shoes by means of straps substantially as herein described; also the
use, as and for the purposes set forth, of the moveable bottom plate sub-
stantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Craufurd Crossman and Joseph
Henry Ferguson, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.