Improvements in Shoes for Horses and like Animals.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and like Animals.
I, HARRY WALLACE, of 40 Hockley, in the town and county of the town of
Nottingham, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows: -
This Invention relates to improvements in shoes for horses, and like animals,
whereby the repair thereof and the attachment of calks or devices for preventing
slipping are greatly facilitated.
According to one part of my invention, instead of the usual heels or sponges at
the ends of the shoes, I employ detachable heels, projections, spikes, points, o
holdfasts, which fit upon tapering oblong blocks or squares and rest against
shoulders forged on the shoe, the said heels or the like being secured firmly in
position by nuts and washers or their equivalent fitting upon screwed portions pro-
jecting from the said blocks or squares and in the same plane as the shoe.
By
this arrangement the screw and nut, or other device, by which the point or hold-
fast is secured to the shoe does not get worn or damaged, as all wear comes upon
the holdfast or point, which may be easily removed for the purpose of sharpening,
by filing or otherwise, without taking off the shoe. The invention also allows a
square or blank heel similar to the ordinary heel to be rapidly changed for a point
or non-slipping device in frosty weather, without the employment of skilled
labour.
According to another part of my Invention, I provide or form a detachable toe
piece, having a recess for the reception of a tongue, or its equivalent, which is
forged upon the shoe. Screws or the like are passed through the toe piece and
tongue for the purpose of securing said toepiece to the shoe, said screws lying
parallel to the plane of the shoe so as not to be liable to wear, or to become
loosened.
The points, holdfasts and toepieces are preferably pressed by machinery to sizes
suitable for various shoes.
Dated this 26th day of February 1897.

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
This Invention relates to shoes for horses, and like animals, whereby the repair
thereof, and the attachment of calks or devices for preventing slipping, are greatly
facilitated.
According to one part of my Invention I employ, instead of the usual heels or
sponges at the ends of the shoe, detachable calks, studs, spikes, points, or hold-
fasts, adapted to fit upon tapering oblong blocks, or squares, and rest against
shoulders forged on the shoe, the said calks, or the like, being firmly secured in
position by nuts and washers, or other suitable means, fitting upon screwed
portions projecting from the said blocks or squares, and in the same plane as the
shoe. By this arrangement, the screw and nut by which the calk, stud, or the
like, is secured to the shoe, do not get worn or damaged, as all wear comes upon
the calk or stud, which can be easily removed for the purpose of sharpening, by
filing, or otherwise, without taking off the shoe. The invention also allows a
square or blank heel or calk similar to the ordinary heel or sponge to be rapidly
changed for a calk, stud, point, or non-slipping device, in frosty weather, with
out employment of skilled labour.
According to another part of my Invention, I provide or form a detachable toe
piece or calk having a recess for the reception of a tongue, or its equivalent, which
is forged upon the shoe. Screws, or the like, passed through the toe piece, secure
this latter to the shoe, said screws lying parallel to the plane of the shoe so as not
to be liable to wear, or to become loosened.
The calks, points, or holdfasts are preferably pressed by machinery to sizes
suitable for various shoes.
And in order that my Invention may be readily understood, I will describe the
same fully with reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
Figs 1 and 2 are elevations of detachable calks, studs, points, or holdfasts con-
structed according to the Invention.
Fig 3 shews the same applied to a shoe.
Fig 4 is a perspective view of one of the tapering oblong blocks or squares nere-
inbefore mentioned.
Fig 5 shews a square calk, stud, or heel.
Fig represents a detachable toe piece.
Fig 7 shows a modified form of toe piece, and
Fig 8 shews the same applied to a shoe.
a are the detachable heel, calks, studs, or holdfasts which are of two forms as
shewn at figs 1 and 2 respectively for the inside and outside of the shoe, the former
having a tapering hole 6 parallel to the edge or point of the calk or stud, and the
latter the hole b at right angles to said edge or point. These calks or studs fit on
to tapering or oblong blocks c at the ends of the shoe, as indicated at fig 3, and
are secured in position against a shoulder c¹ on the shoe, by nuts d and washers e
fitting upon the screwed portion f projecting from the blocks c. Said blocks c
may be made and sold as separate pieces, as shewn in fig 4, ready for welding or
forging on to an ordinary shoe.
Čalks, studs, or heels a¹ of square form as represented in fig 5, may be substi-
tuted for the pointed calks or studs, when the roads are not slippery.
g is a detachable toe piece having a recess adapted to fit on to a tongue i forged
upon the shoe j. This toe piece is attached by bolt and nut k arranged parallel
to the shoe.
In the modified arrangement shewn in figs 7 and 8, I dispense with the tongue
and recess h and form the toe piece with a stud or pin 7 adapted to fit into a hole
(fig 3) formed in the shoe, and also with a lug m whereby such toe piece
may be firmly secured to the shoe by means of a set screw n, or other suitable
means.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:
1. In shoes for horses and like animals, detachable calks, studs, or the like,
constructed substantially as set forth and adapted to fit upon blocks formed at the
ends of the shoe and rest against shoulders thereon, said calks, studs, or the like,
being secured in position by suitable means, substantially as described.
2. In shoes for horses and like animals, detachable toe pieces having a recess
for the reception of a tongue formed upon the shoe and adapted to be secured by
suitable means arranged parallel to the plane of the shoe, substantially as
described with reference to fig 6 of the drawings.
3. The modified form of detachable toe piece having a projection adapted to fit
into a hole or recess in the shoe, and a lug and set screw for securing it to the
shoe, substantially as described with reference to figs 7 and 8 of the drawings.
4. Blocks or ends (such as c), for horse and like shoes, constructed inde-
pendently of the shoe and adapted to receive detachable calks, studs, or the like,
and ready for forging or welding on to existing shoes, substantially as described
with reference to fig of the drawings.
5. My improvements in shoes for horses and like animals, substantially as here.
in before described and shewn with reference to the annexed drawings.
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ERNEST DE PASS
Chartered Patent Agent, 78, Fleet Street, London, &
5A, Market Street, Nottingham.
Agent for the Applicant.
ERNEST DE PASS
Chartered Patent Agent, 78, Fleet Street, London, &
5A, Market Street, Nottingham.
Agent for the Applicant.