Improvements in and connected with Horse-shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1994-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
Improvements in and connected with Horse-shoes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY WAKFER of No. 40 Beech Street Barbican, in the City
of London, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to my invention I construct a horseshoe in such manner that I am
enabled to dispense with nails or other fastenings which are fixed into the horse's
or other animal's hoof.
The shoe is preferably made of Bessemer steel, malleable cast iron, gun metal or
other suitable material, in one with or provided with a number of lugs or ears which
conform with or may be made to conform with the shape of the hoof. These ears have
at their upper ends shoulders, depressions, or projections or are other wise fashioned
in such manner that a metal strap may surround the hoof and be held under these
shoulders or by the depressions or the like. The strap is fastened at the back of
the hoof in any suitable manner either by being screwed at each end and said
screws going through holes in lugs on the shoe and having nuts thereon or
otherwise. The shoe proper has recesses or holes into which I insert cork, cocoa
nut fibre, raw hide, or other suitable material for improving the wearing surface
and preventing jars to the horse's foot.
Dated this 26th day of May 1893.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Horse-shoes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY WAKFER of No. 40 Beech Street, Barbican in the City of
London 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 :-
According to my invention I construct a horseshoe in such manner that I am
enabled to dispense with nails or other fastenings which are fixed into the hoof of
the horse or other animal.
The shoe is preferably made of Bessemer steel, malleable cast iron, gun metal or
other suitable material, in one with or provided with a number of lugs or ears
which conform with or may be made to conform with the shape of the hoof.
These ears have at their upper ends shoulders, depressions or projections or are
otherwise fashioned above the shoe in such manner that a metal strap may
surround the hoof and be held under these shoulders or by the depressions or the
like, while the lower parts of the ears when they are made removable form
caulks. The strap is fastened at the back of the hoof in any suitable manner
either by being screwed at one or both end or ends and said screw or screws going
through holes in lugs on the shoe and having nuts thereon or otherwise. The
shoe proper has recesses or holes into which I insert cork, cocoa nut fibre, raw
hide or other suitable material for improving the wearing surface, affording better
foothold and preventing jars to the horse's foot. Or instead thereof the caulks
where such exist are provided in like manner if desired with frost screws
roughing nails or points.
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page_text: Figure of the accompanying drawings shows one form of horse shoe
constructed according to my invention in side elevation.
Figure 2 is detail front view showing more especially one of the ears or lugs on
the shoe.
and
Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same.
Figure 4 is a plan of the shoe.
Figure 5 is an inverted plan of one of the caulks when provided with a recess
Figure 6 is a back end view of the shoe.
Referring to the drawings, the shoe A is provided with three removable ears or
lugs B which conform to the shape of the animal's hoof. These ears have at
their upper ends shoulders 6 in such manner that a metal strap C may surround
the hoof and be held under these shoulders, while the lower parts conform to
the sectional shape of shoe, two edges of which latter as shown in Figure 3 are
deprived of their sharp edges so as to afford facility in removing the ears.
If
desired the ear may have a slight projection at the back so as to make it hook
over the angle at a in order to still further obviate any chance of the ear coming
off if the strap were to get loose and work over the projection b. Or such a
projection at a may be dispensed with if the ear be closed a little as shown at the
side. In this construction the lower parts also form caulks. The strap C is
suitably formed at one end with a hooked part c which hooks over a lug D having
a shoulder d at the top to prevent the said strap from slipping off in the upward
direction. The lower part d¹ of the lug D is made partly dovetailed and the shoe
is there made to correspond. The construction of the lug D' is very similar
except that it is provided with a hole d' through which goes the screwed part of
the eye bolt into which latter the end of the strap C hooks. To put the shoe
on, the strap is removed and the shoe is put on to the hoof of the animal. The
strap is then put round the ears B, hooked on to the lug D and the other end
which is hooked into the eye bolt c and drawn up tight by the nut c³. The hole
in the eye bolt is made slanting or of such a form that even if the hooked part of
the strap were
to bend the hook when it bent a certain distance would
encounter the sharp edge of the outside of the hole and be prevented from
coming out. In order to prevent the nut from working loose I provide any
suitable locking device such as a bent springs which has a hole through
which the bolt projects and is further formed to clip over both sides of
the nut c³. The upper part is longer than the lower part and takes into a recess d³
(Figure 6) in the top of the lug D' and being bent over at the end, the spring can
only be removed by being raised and slipped back. The lugs DD' form heel
caulks and they in common with those in front may be provided, if desired, with
recesses in which are inserted roughing points, cork or other suitable material.
The shoe is preferably provided with pins E E' which go through same and are
bent down into a recess therein in order that the heads of said pins may hold the
lugs DD' securely in place and more especially prevent all the strain coming on
the strap when the animal is backing. The pin E is shown merely in place while
the pin E is shown bent down for use. Instead of using pins EE we may use
screws for the same purpose when the caulk parts of the ears and lugs are worn
out and level or nearly level with the shoe they are removed and new ones put on.
All the wear is practically taken by the caulks and the shoe proper lasts for a
considerable time thus ensuring a considerable saving in the cost of shoeing. The
two ends of the shoe are shown turned up to form projections at A' and the
object hereof is to provide a better stop for the back of the hoof in two places so
as to afford an abutment to prevent the hoof from being compressed by the
lugs D D when the strap is screwed up.
For very light shoes such as racing plates or where caulks are not required the
underside of the shoe may be recessed wherever there is an ear or lug and the
ears B and lugs DD' may be thus made flush with the tread of the shoe, or as
previously indicated the ears and lugs may be in one with the shoe or the ears

page_text: may be separate and the lugs fixed, or the lugs may be separate and the ears
fixed. It is evident that the mode of attachment of the ears and lugs to the shoe
where they are made separate may be modified if desired. I have not specially
shown how the shoes proper may have recesses into which cork, cocoa nut fibre,
raw hide or other suitable material may be inserted but it is evident in what
manner that may be done without illustration. The recesses or holes may be
parallel or tapered and partly or right through the shoe according to
circumstances.
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 I am
aware that it has been heretofore proposed to fasten shoes to the hoofs of horses
and other animals without the use of nails and by a strap or straps in various
ways but I am not aware that the proposals made have ever been able to be put
to a satisfactory use. I do not therefore broadly claim the fastening of shoes to
the hoofs of horses and other animals by such means but what I claim is :-
1. A horseshoe A provided with ears B and lugs D D¹ the lower parts of which
may or may not serve as caulks to take the wear and a strap C secured at one end
to a lug D and at the other end by an eye bolt c³ to a lug D¹ and a locking device
to prevent the nut c³ from turning substantially as described and shown.
2. A horse shoe A having end projections A¹ provided with ears B and
lugs D D', the lower parts of which may or may not serve as caulks to take the
wear and a strap C secured at one end to a lug Ď and at the other end by an eye
bolt to a lug D¹ and a locking device to prevent the nut * from turning
substantially as described and shown.
3. The construction of horseshoe as shown on the drawings.
nd day of March 1994.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.