IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Russell, of the Firm of George Russell
and Son, of Kirby Moorside, in the County of York, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES."
Scaled the 17th October 1872, and dated the 17th June 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Russell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th June 1872.
I, GEORGE RUSSELL, of the Firm of George Russell and Son, of
Kirby Moorside, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE
HOES," to be as follows:-
My improved horse hoc consists of an iron framework carried by two
travelling wheels, which are so attached to the framework that they will
admit of being set wider apart or nearer together as may be required.
A transverse slide is fixed on to the front of the framework, and
secured by two strong bolts. The hoes are five in number, three of
which are fixed to this transverse slide by a small round casting, which

page_text: grips both top and bottom of the slide, and through the centre of which
passes a wrought-iron loop bolt having a square hole. The blanks of
the hoes are passed through these square holes, and firmly fixed on the
slide by screwing nuts on to the other end of the bolts behind the slide.
By slackening these nuts at any time the hoes can be moved along the
slide and set to suit different widths of corn. The other two hoes are
fixed to two longitudinal bars connected with the same transverse slide,
but having a joint at the front end, which allows the bars and holes
fastened to them to move up and down, and at the same time to be
moved backwards and forwards on the transverse slide. In the centre of
these bars is forged a boss with a square hole in it, through which the
two hoe shanks pass, and are kept in their places by set screws passing
through the side of the bosses.
A press bar fixed across the top of the framework, with a small weight
attached to the front end, keeps the hoes to their proper hold. Two
small wheels are fixed on to the end of the framework in front of the
transverse slide, by which the depth of hoeing is regulated. A hook (by
which to draw the machine) is fixed to the centre of the axle, and works
on a swivel, and to this hook is attached a chain to which the horse is
yoked.
The hoc is guided by a man holding a handle at the rear end of the
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Russell in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 17th December 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
RUSSELL, of the Firm of George Russell and Son, of Kirby Moorside,
in the County of York, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of June, in the 3
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Russell, Her special license
that I, the said George Russell, my executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigns, or such others as I, the said George Russell, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Russell, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
|calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters

page_text: it, through which the two hoe shanks pass, and are kept in their places
by set screws passing through the side of the bosses.
A press bar i, i, fixed across the top of the framework, and smal
weights k, k, attached to the front end of the bars h, h, keep the hoes to
their proper hold. Two small wheels 1, 1, are fixed on to the end of the
framework in front of the transverse slide, by which the depth of hoeing
is regulated. The transverse slide c, c, is also so constructed that it will
move or tilt on the bolts which fasten it to the framework so as to point
the hoes more or less downwards towards the ground, as may he
required. A hook m, m (by which to draw the machine) is fixed to the
centre of the axle, and works on a swivel, and to this hook is attached a
chain n, n, to which the horse is yoked.
The hoe is guided by a man holding a handle o, o, at the rear end of
the frame.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
Improvements in the Construction of Horse Hoes," together with the
manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,
the general novel construction and arrangement of the horse hoe as
represented in the annexed Drawing, and herein-before more particularly
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Russell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witnessed by
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
GEORGE RUSSELL. (L.S.)
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