the Method of Attachment of the Shoe to the Hoof.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Oct., 1887.
the Method of Attachment of the Shoe to the Hoof.
We, CHARLES JAMES JUTSON, of Ingleside, York Road, West Norwood, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, and FREDERICK ABRAHAM POUPARD of 286 Cold-
harbour Lane, Brixton in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved method of attachment of shoes for horses or
other hoofed animals and to the appliances used therefor, and is designed to effect the
secure attachment of the shoe to the hoof without penetrating the hoof by nails or
other sharp instruments, and without such pressure on the hoof as may be injurious or
painful to the animal.
To carry out our invention, we form the shoe with tongues or clips projecting
upwards from the edge of the shoe, so as to lie upon the front and sides of the hoof so
as to keep the hoof in position on the shoe.
These projecting tongues or clips may be forged solid with the shoe, or attached as
securely as possible thereto, it being intended that the shoe and tongues or clips shall
be considered as one piece. Preferably we use a long projecting tongue at the toe
of the hoof reaching up nearly to the coronet, and use two further short clips or
tongues on either side of the toe, the rearmost of the two being at the heel of the
shoe, as this arrangement we find most convenient for getting the hoof into the shoe-
frame.
Or, we may make two or more of the said projecting tongues or clips extend
upwards for some considerable portion of the height of the hoof, but in such case we
make the heel-clips very low, or make them jointed or removable so as to get the
hoof into the shoe-frame.
We secure this shoe and frame to the hoof by a band or bands of light steel or other
suitable material, passing over, or secured to, the extremities of the high front
projecting tongue, clip, or clips, and brought back so as to be securely attached at
each end, at the rear of the hoof, to points as near as possible to the upper edge of
the heel of the shoe. This point of attachment of the ends of the band to the heel of

page_text: the shoe is of importance, as it must be close down to the upper edge of the shoe to
prevent the heel of the shoe from dropping from the hoof as a cranked lever, to which
it tends to be liable if the point of attachment be too high above the shoe.
The said band or bands may be tightened in any convenient manner,
but we may
effect this by bringing the bent or hooked ends of the band or bands into a slot in the
end of one of the said tongues or clips, preferably that at the toe, the other ends of
the bands being secured on notched pins or other convenient attachment at the heel as
before described, and the tension on the band is obtained by knocking down the ends
of the bands into the said slot, so as to force the band over an increasing diameter of
the hoof.
Should it be necessary, the ends of the bands can be secured in the slot by a catch
or detent.
Or we may fit eccentric pins to the heel of the shoe, and, after the band is in place
passing over or attached to the end or ends of the clip or clips, we may tighten up
the band by the rotation of the eccentric pins at the heel of the shoe.
Or we may use a combination of both the above means for tightening the band.
Dated this 10th day of November 1886
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses or other Hoofed Animals and in
the Method of Attachment of the Shoe to the Hoof.
We, CHARLES JAMES JUTSON of Ingleside York Road West Norwood, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, and FREDERICK ABRAHAM POUPARD of 286 Cold Harbour 2
Lane, Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer, 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:-
Our Invention relates to an improved method of attachment of shoes for horses or
other hoofed animals, and to the appliances used therefor, and is designed to effect a
the secure attachment of the Shoe to the hoof without penetrating the hoof by nails
or other sharp instruments, and without such pressure on the hoof as may be
injurious or painful to the animal.
To carry out our invention, we form the Shoe with tongues or clips projecting
upwards from the edge of the shoe so as to lie upon the front and sides of the hoof
so as to keep the hoof in position on the shoe.
These projecting tongues and clips may be forged solid with the shoe, or attached

page_text: as securely as possible thereto, it being intended that the shoe and tongues or clips
shall be considered as one piece. Preferably we use a long projecting tongue or
pillar at the toe of the hoof, reaching up nearly to the Coronet, and use two further
short Clips or tongues on either side of the toe, the rearmost of the two being at the
heel of the shoe, as this arrangement we find most convenient for getting the hoof
into the Shoe frame.
Or, we may make two or more of the said projecting tongues or clips extend
upwards for some considerable portion of the height of the hoof, but in such case we
make the heel clips very low, or make them jointed or removable so as to get the
hoof into the Shoe frame.
We secure this shoe and frame to the hoof by a band or bands of light steel or
other suitable material, passing over, or secured to, the extremities of the high front
projecting tongue, clip or clips and brought back so as to be securely attached at
each end, at the rear of the hoof, to points as near as possible to the upper edge of
the heel of the shoe. This point of attachment of the ends of the band to the heel
of the shoe is of importance, as it must be close down to the upper edge of the shoe
to prevent the heel of the shoe from dropping from the hoof as a cranked lever to
which it tends to be liable if the point of attachment be too high above the shoe.
The said band or bands may be tightened in any convenient manner, but we may
effect this by bringing the bent or hooked ends of the band or bands into a slot in the
end of one of the said tongues or clips, preferably that at the toe the other ends of the
bands being secured on notched pins or other convenient attachment at the heel as
before described and the tension on the band is obtained by knocking down the ends
of the bands into the said slot so as to force the band over an increasing diameter of
the hoof.
Should it be necessary the ends of the bands can be secured in the slot by a catch
or detent.
Or we may fit eccentric pins to the heel of the shoe and after the band is in place,
passing over or attached to the end or ends of the clip or clips, we may tighten up the
band by the rotation of the eccentric pins at the heel of the shoe.
Or we may use a combination of both the above means for tightening the band.
And in order that our invention may be the better understood we now proceed to
describe same with reference to the annexed drawings.
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of our improved shoe frame with the bands removed.
Fig. 2. is a perspective view of our shoe frame with the bands in place.
Fig. 3. is a front elevation of the same.
Fig. 4. is an under view of the same.
Fig. 5. shows detail of internal toe spring and spring clip for bands.
Fig. 6. is an equivalent modification of spring clip for bands.
Fig. 7. are details showing construction of bands. A is the shoe frame provided
with the toe tongue B, manufactured solid with the shoe, so as to form a stiff support
or bracket, and forked at the top to receive the ends of the bands G. G. which are
applied to the shoe as shown in Figs. 2. 3 and 4.
Clips or projections D. D. are provided near the toe and Clips C. C. at the heels of
the shoe.
The bands G slip over the studs H in the heel of the shoes when constructed as in
Fig. 1, being provided with slots E through which the oval beads of the studs H. can
pass when the bands are held in a certain position.
When the bands are fixed on the shoe, the slots E are so turned with regard to the
oval beads of the studs H, that they are secured in position, and cannot get free as
seen in Figs. 2 and 4.
.
We may equivalently construct the stud H. as in Fig. 7. with screwed or rivetted
heads, and in such case we make only a round hole in the bands G. G. where they fit
over the spindle of this stud at the heel. When the bands have been applied to the
shoe, the heads of the studs may be securely screwed or rivetted in place.
The other ends of the bands G are provided with loops F. which engage over the
fork of the front toe pillar B.

page_text: We may construct these looped ends, either plain as shown in Fig. 1. or with the
loop attached by a pivot g to the band or with a swivel head h. applied to the extremity
of the loop as shown in Fig. 7, to ensure perfect bearing of the end of the loop upon
the forked pillar B.
A spring tongue K (Fig. 5) may be provided on the face of the toe pillar B or
equivalently elsewhere, by which the looped ends F. of the bands G. G. may be locked
in place on the said forks.
As an equivalent arrangement we may apply a spring tongue k to the interior of
the looped end F. of the band as in Fig. 6 and serrate the face of the fork of the toe
pillars so as to enable the said spring tongue to engage therein and thus to secure
the bands in place.
A spring L is provided upon the inner bottom face of the toe-pillar B, Fig. 5, so
that even where the shoe frame does not exactly fit the hoof, there may be elastic
pressure between the said toe-pillar and the hoof, which we find to be of great service
to prevent the hoof jarring loose in the shoe frame.
The studs H may be made with eccentric shoulders, so that by rotating them upon
their axes the bands G. G. may be thereby tightened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. A nail-less shoe provided with a solid stiff toe pillar or bracket constructed as
shown, and side clips or projections, in combination with attaching band or bands, to
secure the shoe to the hoof substantially as described.
2nd. The method of attachment of the shoe to the hoof, and mode of application
of the tightening band or bands substantially as described.
3rd. The construction and method of tightening of the tightening bands, one end of
each band being so constructed as to pass over and lock upon headed studs at the
heel, and the other with a loop provided with a swivel end, to secure a uniform bearing
upon the inner faces of the forked the pillar, and to wedge tightly thereon, substantially
as described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1987
FELL & WILDING,
Agents for the Applicants.