Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
SHEPHERD RUSHTON, of 10, Collinge Street, Heywood, Wire Worker, and
ARTHUR WATSON, of 4, Walker Street, Heywood, Cycle Maker, both in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A horse shoe made any particular shape to receive loose toe & heel corkings
and the object of this invention is to enable horse keepers or drivers to change
blank corkings in frosty weather for frost corkings which are to be made chisel
shaped to prevent slipping and by the use of this invention carters do not need
to loose time in getting their horses sharpened, as they will be able to carry loose
corks with them of any shape or strength and can change them at any time in
a few minutes thereby saving a considerable amount of time and increasing the
horse's earnings.
The above invention is composed of three loose steel or iron corks, an inner ring
and horse shoe.
No. 1 or toe cork is made with two projections which fit above and below the
shoe extending about three quarters of an inch beyond the inner circle of shoe,
these projections are drilled & tapped to receive a small set screw which passes
through the inner ring and both projections thus fastening them together.
Nos. 2 & 3 or heel corks are fitted into a slot or recess made near the end of
shoe on the outside, these are slotted the same thickness as shoe, to enable it to
be passed over the shoe when fitted to the hoof, the corks are made to fit into the
slot or recess to prevent the same from being pulled out of place.
No. 4 or inner ring is made to fit between the flanges of No. 1 or toe cork and
into the slots of heel corkings projecting slightly beyond the end of same to
allow a small lock nut or nuts to be screwed thereon which when screwed up
keeps the whole three corks or corkings firm and rigid.
Dated this 18th day of October 1898.
SHEPHERD RUSHTON, 10, Collinge Street, Heywood, in the County of Lancaster,
Wire Worker, and ARTHUR WATSON, of 4, Walker Street, Heywood, Cycle Maker,
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 follow-
ing statement: --

page_text: heel caulkings and the object of this invention is to enable horsekeepers, or drivers
to change blank caulkings in frosty weather for frost caulkings, which are to be
made chisel shaped to prevent slipping, and by the use of this invention carters
do not need to lose time in getting their horses sharpened; as they will be able
to carry loose caulks with them of any shape or strength and can change them
at any time in a few minutes, thereby saving a considerable amount of time and
increasing the horses earnings.
The above invention is composed of three loose steel or iron caulks, an inner
ring, and horse shoe. No. 1 or toe caulk is made with two projections which
fit above and below the shoe extending about three quarters of an inch beyond
the inner circle of shoe. These projections are drilled and tapped to receive
a small set screw which passes through the inner ring and both projections thus
fastening them together Nos. 2 & 3 or heel caulks are fitted into a slot or recess
made near the end of shoe on the outside these are slotted the same thickness
as the shoe to enable them to be passed over the shoe when fitted to the hoof,
the caulks are made to fit into the slot or recess to prevent the same from being
pulled out of place No. 4 or inner ring is made to fit between the flanges of No. 1
or toe caulk and into the slots of Nos. 2 & 3 or heel caulks projecting slightly
beyond the end of same to allow a small lock nut or nuts to be screwed thereon
which when screwed up keeps the whole three caulks or caulkings firm and rigid,
the shoes can also be made without inner ring No. 4 by haveing lugs cast inside
the shoe at toe & heels so that the caulks can be fastened on by means of set
screws as shewn on drawings.
In order that our invention may be understood we have referances to the accom-
paning five sheets of drawings:-Fig. 1 is a plan of bottom of shoe without frost
or blunt caulkings but Nos. 1 2 & 3 shew where caulkings Nos. 12 & 3 should
be slided into their positions. Fig. 2 is a plan of top of shoe chewing same as
Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a plan of bottom of shoe shewing caulking Nos. 1 2 & 3 fixed
in there positions Fig. 4 is an elevation of Fig. 3 shewing front of shoe with
frost caulkings fixed in there positions Fig. 5 is an elevation of back of shoe
shewing same as Fig. 4 Fig. 6 is an elevation of front of shoe shewing blunt caulk-
ing fixed in there positions Fig. 7 is an elevation of back of shoe shewing same as
Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a plan of shoe shewing inner ring No. 4 and caulkings Nos. 1, 2, & 3
fixed in their respective positions
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:-
Horse shoe with loose caulkings and inner ring.