Improvements in Horseshoes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar.. 1897
Improvements in Horseshoes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDSON of 12 Milbrook Road, Brixton, in the
County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in horse-shoes and has for its object to
fix the same in position on the hoof without having recourse to nails and which may
be readily removed and fixed in position again as required.
For this purpose I form the horseshoe of two separate portions or halves meeting
together, when fixed, at the centre of the fore part or front of the hoof. The rear
ends of these portions are each formed with a perforated lug through which passes
a cross bar or bolt joining the said ends together one of its ends being formed with
a screw thread upon which is screwed a nut for fixing the shoe upon the hoof.
The front ends of the said portions of the shoe are each formed with a projection or
vertical flange one of which is provided with two studs or pins of suitable shape
and the other with corresponding holes for engaging with the said studs or pins the
said projections or flanges being partly cut away or recessed for overlapping or
engaging with one another. The sides of the two portions are also provided with
a vertical projection or flange and the front and sides of the hoof are recessed for
engaging with the said projections or flanges. I also provide a metal plate the
same size and shape as the bottom of the hoof which rests upon the shoe and
takes the pressure brought to bear upon the projections or flanges when gripping
the hoof.
In order to fix the shoe in position the front projections or flanges are fitted
together by engaging the holes in the one with the studs or pins of the other, and the
nut on the rear cross bar or bolt is screwed up tightly against the lug through which
the screwed end of the bar or bolt passes until the two portions of the shoe are
caused, by means of the projections or flanges, to tightly grip the shoe, a lock-nut
being provided for preventing the tightening nut from shifting.
Dated this 11th day of December 1896.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDSON of 12, Milbrook Road Brixton in the
County of London, Surveyor 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 horse shoes and has for its object to

page_text: dispense with the use of nails and to provide means for readily removing the shoe
from the hoof and fixing it in position as required.
For this purpose I form the horse shoe of two separate portions or halves
meeting together when fixed at the centre of the fore-part of the hoof.
The rear ends of these portions are each formed with a perforated lug through
which passes a cross bar or bolt, one end of which is formed with a head and
the other with a screw-threaded portion for receiving nuts for locking the shoe
upon the hoof.
The front ends of the two halves of the shoe are each formed with a curved
upward extension or flange recessed so as to overlap or fit evenly with one another
and secured together by means of small screws.
The sides of the two halves are also each provided with a vertical projection
or flange and the hoof is cut away or recessed for receiving the said front and side
projections or flanges.
The hoof bears upon a thin metal plate, the same shape as the hoof, and resting
upon the shoe so as to take the strain on the projections or flanges when gripping
the hoof.
And in order to fully understand my said invention I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan
of the improved horse-shoe. Figure 2 is a front view of the same and Figure 3 a
side-view.
a al are the two separate portions or halves of the shoe which meet and are
joined together at the centre of the front of the hoof as shown. bare the
perforated lugs formed at the rear ends of the portions a a and c is the cross-bar or
bolt passing through the lugs for drawing the ends together and gripping the shoe
to the hoof.
This cross-bar or bolt is formed with a head c¹ at one end bearing against 'the
lug band with a screw threaded portion c 2 at the other end passing through the
lug band upon which is screwed, against the said lug, a nut c3 fixed in position by
a lock-nut c4. d d' are the curved projections or flanges formed on the front of the
shoe and recessed at their meeting edges so as to overlap and engage with one
another, the said flanges being fastened together by the screws e e and ff are the
side projections or flanges. g is the thin metal plate forming a bearing surface
for the horses hoof and fitting between the said flanges to take the strain on the
same.
For fixing the shoe in position the front and side projectious or flanges are fitted
into recesses formed in the hoof and the nut c 3 is screwed up against the lug b so
as to cause the shoe to tightly grip the hoof the lock nut c4 being screwed up
against the nut c3 to prevent the latter shifting by reason of the jarring motion of
the hoof, and the shoe may be easily and quickly removed as for instance
to give ease to the horses feet when resting by simply unscrewing the nuts c4
and c 3.
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 1
claim is
1. In nailless horse shoes constructing the same of two separate portions or halves
screwed together at their front ends and connected together at their rear ends by a
cross bar or bolt and nuts so as to cause the shoe to tightly grip the hoof which
latter is formed with recesses for engaging with front and side projections or
flanges and bears upon a plate resting upon the shoe substantially as described and
set forth.
2. In horse shoes the combination of the two halves a a¹, cross-bar or bolt c,
formed with a head c¹ and screw c 2, the nuts c3 c4, projections or flanges d d',
screws e, flanges f and plate g substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.

page_text: 3. The improved horse shoe substantially as described and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of January 1897.
J. B. FLEURET
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant..