Nails for Affixing the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 12th Feb., 1889
[Communicated from abroad by VINCENT ADOLPHE DEJEAN, of Ledberg lez Gand,
in the Kingdom of Belgium, Merchant.]
Nails for Affixing the same.
I CHARLES THOMAS JEFFERY of 30 Marchmont Street W.C. in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman 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 has for its object an improved arrangement of shoes for horses and
other animals, and in the nails for affixing the same, whereby a more convenient,
lighter and better shoe than any yet in use is obtained, and the tendency to slip,
caused by the ordinary arrangement of shoes, is avoided, or at all events greatly
diminished, and consists in forming the shoes with an annular groove around it, which
groove has a perpendicular upright or nearly so side towards the outer part of the
shoe, and an inclined surface or side towards the inner, and at each end or heel of the
shoe, the groove is finished off with a square end, a socket or opening being formed
at the heel, in which a pad filling, or piece of vulcanized indiarubber, or other suitable
material is placed, with the surface which comes in contact with the ground suitably
formed or roughened to give it a hold on the ground and thus prevent slipping. In
order to avoid the chance of the pad or filling becoming detached or slipping out of
the socket or opening, the inside part of the socket is cut away or otherwise formed
so that there are only three sides to retain the pad or filling, the open side being flush
at the bottom with the bottom of the groove in the shoe. The pad or filling is formed
with a flap or portion which passes out at this opening and is then turned over so as
to come between the shoe and the hoof of the animal so that when the shoe is nailed
on, it is retained firmly in its place thus preventing the possibility of its coming out
of the socket or opening and these improved shoes will be found particularly beneficial
in all cases especially where the animals have tender feet.
The shoes for the hind feet I form with a caulk of greater height or thickness at the
heels for a length of about one inch as shown in the diagram, and the socket or
opening for receiving the pad or filling piece hereinbefore described, is formed
therein.

page_text: In my improved nails for fastening the shoes, in place of forming the flat part of the
head in the same direction as the flat of the shank, I form them so that they shall be
at right angles to each other i.e. the flat of the head and that of the shank when
looked at end wise, either from the point or the head shall present a cruciforin
appearance, and when the nails are driven in the flat of the head shall be at right
angles to the length of the shoe, and the narrow edges of the head fit into square,
semicircular, angular or other suitably formed notches on the inner sides of the
• annular grooves in the shoes, and thus prevent or at least greatly diminish the chance
of the breaking off of the head, at the same time that they divide the groove into a
series of compartments which when filled with the grit from the roads, greatly
reduces the liability to slipping and by this arrangement of nails the shoe is greatly
strengthened and firmly held.
Where a lighter shoe is desired, as well as a cheaper one, I modify my invention
so as to dispense with the sockets or openings at the heels and the pads or filling
pieces, but still in such a manner as to secure the advantages of a non-slipping shoe,
which I attain by continuing the grooves to the heels of the shoes, and drawing them
to a tapering finish which produces a shoe more easily applied and certain to maintain
its position besides being cheaper to manufacture, but I still employ the. improved
nails and notches for the heads as in the former case.
Figure 1 shows the underside of the horse shoe with pad or filling in position the
nails in place as hereinbefore described.
Figure 2 is a section on line a 6 of the shoe shown in Figure 1, showing nail head
notch and form of groove as herein before described.
Figure 3 is an elevation on line c d of Figure 1 showing the pad or filling at the
heel as hereinbefore described.
Figure 4 shows the underside of a hind shoe as hereinbefore described with the
nails in place.
Figure 5 is an elevation on line of the above shoe showing caulk on heel as
hereinbefore described.
Figure 6 shows an edge and front view of the improved nails hereinbefore
described.
Having now described my invention of "Improvements in shoes for horses and
other animals and in the nails for affixing the same "and the best mode of performing
the same I desire to state that 1 do not limit or confine myself to the preciso details
as shown in the accompanying diagrams and that I do not claim the use of annular
grooves in the shoes for horses and other animals, nor the use of sockets or openings
in the heels of the shoes, as these are not novel, nor the use of pads of indiarubber or
other filling for such sockets or openings as these have been used before, but what I
do claim as my invention is :-
First The forming of annular grooves in shoes for horses and other animals in the
manner and of the forın hereinbefore described.
Second-The form and arrangement of the sockets or openings in the heels of shoes
for horses and other animals and the mode of forming and arranging the pads or
fillings of the same, as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying
diagrams.
Third The improved form of nail for attaching the shoes of horses and other
animals and the use of the notches in the grooves in the shoes for securing the heads
of the nails as hereinbefore described, and shown in the accompanying diagrams.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1889.