Improvements in Nail-less Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1894

page_text: fate of Application, 12th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nail-less Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
1, WILLIAM ARTHUR MANIFOLD of Number 65 Brook Road, Bootle, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in nail-less shoes for horses and other
animals, and has for its object to afford a simple, ready, and efficient means of
securing a nail-less shoe to the hoof.
To effect this I pass one or more straps made of steel or any other suitable
metal, and hereafter termed "the holding strap or straps," round the upper part of
the hoof, the extremities of which holding strap or straps are formed into loops
that take over suitable catches formed on or attached to the two ends of the shoe,
or the ends of such holding strap or straps may be secured to the shoe by rivets or
in any other convenient manner. I then make one, two or more slots in the upper
edge of the shoe, through each of which slots pass a tie consisting of a strip of
steel or other suitable metal, fitted with an adjustable loop and having a stop at its
inner end to prevent such end escaping through the slot. When the tie has been
so passed through the slot its outer end is carried up under and over the holding
strap or straps and then turned down and passed into and under the adjustable
loop, to which loop it is secured by turning up its outer extremity and then
hammering or otherwise clamping it down on the loop, or such outer extremity
may be secured in any other convenient way. Such tie or ties serve to secure the
holding strap or straps and shoe firmly in position on the hoof while in order to
obviate all risk of the shoe becoming displaced by any sudden shock or jar, small
projections are cast or otherwise formed at convenient intervals on the upper
surface of the shoe, which projections take into and imbed themselves in the under
surface of the hoof and so firmly fix the shoe in position.
This 10th
1004
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nail-less Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
1, WILLIAM ARTHUR MANIFOLD, 65 Brook Road, Bootle, Lancashire,
Engineer, 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 improvements in nail-less shoes for horses and other
animals, and has for its object to afford a simple, ready, and efficient means of
securing a nail-less shoe to the hoof.
To effect this I pass one or more straps made of steel or any other suitable
metal and hereafter termed "the holding strap or straps" round the upper part of
the hoof, the extremities of which holding strap or straps are formed into loops
that take over suitable catches formed on or attached to the two ends of the shoe ;
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page_text: or the ends of such holding strap or straps may be secured to the shoe by rivets,
or in any other convenient manner. I then make one two or more slots in the
upper edge of the shoe through each of which slots I pass a tie consisting of a
strip of steel or other suitable metal fitted with an adjustable loop and having a
stop at its inner end to prevent such end escaping through the slot. When the tie
has been so passed through the slot its outer end is carried up under and over the
holding strap or straps and then turned down thereon and passed into and under
the adjustable loop and hammered or clamped down. Or such outer extremity may
be secured in any other convenient way. By this simple and effective arrangement
the shoe is securely fastened to the hoof without injury thereto.
In order to obriate all risk of the shoe becoming displaced by any sudden shock
or jar small projections may be cast or otherwise formed at convenient intervals on
the upper surface of the shoe which projections take into the under surface of the
hoof and so assist to keep the shoe firmly fixed in position thereon.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shews a side elevation of a nail-less shoe
fitted with my improved fastening and
Figure 2 is a front view of a portion of such shoc and fastening shewing the
adjustable loop.
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in both figures.
A is the shoe-a the holding strap-b catch over which one end of such strap
takes-c slot in upper edge of shoe-d metal tie-e adjustable loop-f projections
on shoe.
I would here observe that I am aware that it is not novel to secure a nail-less
shoe to the hoof by means of a strap or band. I therefore make no claim broadly
to such strap or band.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
As a novel and simplified means for securing a nail-less shoe to the hoof, the
combination of a holding strap or straps with one or more metal tie or ties, each
furnished with an adjustable loop and otherwise constructed, arranged and fitted,.
all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 12th day of February 1895
ELT & Co.,
Patent Agents, 43, Southampton, Buildings, Holborn, London,
Agents for Applicant.