Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1889

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Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
I, FLEMING AUGUSTUS O'BRIEN BEDINGFELD of Northwood House, Mutford Beccles
Suffolk Land Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists in fitting each end and if desired also the toe of a horse or
other similar shoe with an adjustable calk of a wedge or any other convenient form
and fitted with a screw which passes through a slot in the shoe. A recess is formed
on the upper surface of the shoe on each side of such slot and into this recess the
head of the screw fits so as to become countersunk therein when the calk is
tightened up. The calk is tightened up or loosened by means of a key which gives
the requisite leverage and may be readily carried in the pocket.
By my invention a horse or other animal is enabled to obtain a firm grip on the
road thus preventing accident.
Dated this 2nd day of Navambar 1889
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
I FLEMING AUGUSTUS O'BRIEN BEDINGFELD of Northwood House, Mutford, Beccles,
Suffolk, Land Agent, 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 :-
The objects of my improvements are Firstly To prevent the animal from slipping
thus avoiding accident and injury Secondly To enable the roughs to be fitted or
unfitted without taking off the shoe.
I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing in
which
Fig. 1 is a top view of a shoe shewing the slots a and cross cuts b therein.
Figs. 2. 3. 4. shew detail views of T headed screw c, nut d and cog e with
shoulder e¹.
Figs. 5. 6 shew detail views of the recessed portion of shoo with T headed screw
fitted therein.
Figs. 7. 8. 9. shew alternative forms of my invention and Fig. 10 a back elevation
partly in section of a shoe fitted with my invention.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The top of the shoe has two or more slots a and cross cuts therein-which latter
are recessed in the top of the shoe-such cross cuts may either fit the T head as at A
Fig. 1 or they may extend right across the shoe as at B Fig. 1 thus facilitating the
removal of grit. Either the shoe may be recessed to allow the T head to be
turned and dropped into the cross cut & sufficiently to hold the T head in position as
shewn at Fig. 5-or the hoof may be cut for the same purpose, thus avoiding
recessing and so weakening the shoe, the top of the T head then being level with the
shoe when the rough is screwed up as shewn at Fig. 6. The T head is made straight
or bevelled (as at Fig. 8) the advantage of the bevel being that when the screw is
tightened up the bevel more effectually presses out the grit. I fit the T headed screw
in the shoe by passing it through the slot on the underside thereof and then turning
it until the T head rests in the cross cut. I then screw on a thin nut d which holds

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the screw in position, after which I fit on a cog e and tighten it up with a y which
fits over the shoulder e' on such cog. The cog may be triangular b
any other suitable form. The rough may consist either of the T he
and cog combined (see Fig. 7) or of the T headed screw and cog o Fig. 8).
The first of such forms is the best, as if the cog is lost through working loose the
screw is still held fast by the nut while its shank acts as a rough (as shewn at Fig. 9)
until a fresh cog is fixed thereon. Or the rough may consist of the T headed screw
and nut only as shewn at Fig. 9. When this form of my invention is adopted
prefer to insert a pin or a small screw through the shank of the T headed screw
(as indicated at Fig. 9) thus preventing the thread of such screw getting jammed.
Ordinarily two roughs at the heel of the shoe will suffice but one or more additional
roughs may be fitted thereto at the toe or elsewhere. My inver on combines the
essential advantages of simplicity utility convenience and economy and ensures
greatly increased safety by enabling the animal to obtain a firm foothold. It can be
readily applied to existing shoes and should any part of the rough be lost or break it
can be readily renewed at a trifling cost, and likewise replaced in shoe without having
shoe repunched.
I am aware that prior to my invention roughs for horse shoes and other similar
shoes have been in use. I therefore do not claim a rough for a horse shoe or other
like shoe as novel in itself.
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.
1. In combination with a horse shoe or other similar shoe having two or more slots
and cross cuts therein a T headed screw which is fitted with a rough or which itself
acts as a rough all substantially as set forth.
2. In combination with a horse shoe or other similar shoe having two or more slots
and cross cuts therein two or more roughs each consisting of a T beaded screw nut
and cog combined arranged and fitted all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of May 1890
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for the Applicant.