Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Preventing Horses and other Beasts of Burden from Slipping in Frosty Weather.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, -12th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 18th May, 1889
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Preventing Horses and
other Beasts of Burden from Slipping in Frosty Weather.
I, VALENTINE OSWELL COOKE of 16 Grosvenor Avenue, Leeds in the County of
York, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows
My invention has for its object the prevention of horses and other beasts of burden
from slipping in frosty weather, and consists of two iron plates of a similar shape to
the shoe, and connected together by means of a toe plate which forms a double
hinge therfor. This apparatus is fastened onto the ordinary shoe by being clamped
or screwed together behind the frog. On the upper portion of the plates I provide
pieces which project upwards, these pass outside the ordinary shoe, fit onto the hoof,
and can be varied in shape and position so as to fit such hoof.
The above described apparatus has screwed or otherwise attached thereto any
required number of sharp projecting pieces or frost nails which can be renewed as
desired without damaging the other parts of the apparatus, thereby a great saving is
produced in the expense of sharpening besides saving the hoof which is often
seriously damaged by having the shoe removed so frequently for sharpening
purposes.
Dated this 25th day of September 1888.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Preventing Horses and
other Beasts of Burden from Slipping in Frosty Weather.
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I VALENTINE OSWELL COOKE of 16 Grosvenor Avenue, Leeds, in the. County of
York, Mechanical 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 :-
My invention has for its object the prevention of horses and other beasts of
burden from slipping in frosty weather.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 a plan looking
on the top, shewing my invention. Fig. 3 a side elevation. Fig. 4 back elevation
shewing the application of the same. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are respectively a side
elevation, back elevation and. plan of a modified form of iny invention.
For the above purpose I provide two iron plates A and B of a similar shape to the
shoe and connected together by a hinged toe plate c. This apparatus is fastened on
the ordinary shoe D as shewn at Figs. 3 and 4 by being clamped or screwed together
behind the frog as shewn at E.
On the upper portion of the plates, A and B I provide pieces which project
upwards, these pieces pass outside the ordinary shoe D and it onto the hoof Gas
shewn at Figs. 3 and 4, and can be varied in shape and position so as to fit such
hoof.
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The above described apparatus has screwed or otherwise attached thereto, any
required number of sharp projecting pieces or frost nails H which can be renewed as
desired without damaging other parts of the apparatus..
In some cases I dispense with the hinged plate C which connects the two plates,
and form such plates as shewn .at J and K.Figs. 5, 6 and 7, these are clamped or
tightened onto the shoe by means of the screw arrangement, L.
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By the above improvements a great saving is produced in the cost of sharpening,
besides which the hoof is not interfered with and therefore the serious damage which
results from the frequent removal of the shoe for sharpening purposes is avoided.
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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 :-
The arrangement, construction and application of means or apparatus for preventing
horses and other, beasts of burden from slipping in frosty weather substantially as
herein set forth.