New and Improved Method of Roughing Horses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1894-Accepted 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New and Improved Method of Roughing Horses.
THOMAS LIVSEY 3 New Church Street Grawen Terrace Merthyr Tydvil
Coal Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Any number of holes may be drilled in the inner surface of a horse shoe in which
holes a steel dowl or stud is inserted, each stud has a shank long enough to reach
through the shoe, and as the shank of every stud has a tapped hole at the extreme
end a small screw is put in from the inside of the shoe, keeping the stud most
secure and at the same time, readily allowing them to be detached or put in as
required.
Dated this Oth dox of December 1893
THOMAS LIVSEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New and Improved Method of Roughing Horses.
I, THOMAS LIVSEY, of 3, New Church Street, Grawen Terrace, Merthyr
Tydvil, in the County of Glamorgan, Coal Merchant, 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:—
My invention consists in applying to horses shoes, projecting spikes or dowels
with rounded shanks passing through the shoe itself and secured by set pins screwed
through the shank of the spikes, as hereinafter described.
Any convenient number of spikes may be used and the size and length of them
may be varied according to the size of the shoe. The spikes may be easily fitted to
any existing shoes.
It is well known that in frosty weather, the shoes of horses or other animals have
to be what is technically known as "roughed." Such process of roughing consists
generally in taking out the old nails in the shoe and driving into their places, nails
with larger and more projecting heads, to give the animal's foot firmer grip on the
slippery roads.
Another method is to have holes drilled through the shoe and then tapped ;.
screwed spikes being fitted therein. The defect of this last method lies practically
in the spikes quickly becoming loose, and also in this, that when new screws are
being put in, the dirt already in the holes, is forced up into the foot, causing it more
or less severe pain.
When my improved spikes are used, neither the calks nor the heels of the shoe
are necessary, for the hoof would then rest, more level, upon the ground than when
it is tipped forward by very high calks or heels.
When the shoe fitted for my invention, is used without the improved spikes in
the holes, all dirt getting into the latter, escapes by the openings at the sides, so
that it is impossible for it to be driven up between the hoof and shoe.
The dowels or spikes, their shanks and the screws for holding them in the shoes,
may be made of any suitable metal. The only tool required for fixing them or
removing them is a screwdriver to turn the holding screws.
In order that my invention and the means by which it is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe it and them in
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page_text: detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as
part of this Specification and read therewith.
Figure 1 is an inverted plan of a shoe fitted with invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation corresponding therewith.
Figure 3 is a plan.
Figure 4 is a detail elevation, partly in section, and on an enlarged scale, of my
improved spike.
Figure 5 is a detail side elevation of an inside opening, the respective spike and
the adjoining portion of the shoe.
Figure 6 is a detail transverse section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.
A, A are the dowels or spikes. They are shewn as circular in plan and provided
with shoulders a, a. B, B are the shanks. They are smaller in diameter than the
shoulders a and fit into holes formed in the shoe to receive them, the holes being
made with their axes at right angles with the face of the shoe. In respect of their
length, the shanks are shorter than the thickness of the shoe. C, C are lateral
openings or gateways from what will be the bottoms of the holes into which the
shanks B fit, when the shoe is on the hoof. They extend from the said bottoms
through the substance of the shoe in directions at right angles with the axes of the
said holes and towards the inside of the shoe, each hole communicating freely with
its opening. D, D, are notched holding screws, one to each shank. These screws
pass through the respective openings C, the shanks B of the spikes A and,
preferably, extend into the substance of the shoe beyond, so as to prevent motion of
the spikes in any direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein before described devices for roughing a horse's shoe.
2. The combination of a shoe and set of roughing devices as set forth with
reference to the accompanying figures.
To 1 f1001
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.