IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGHING HORSES' SHOES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Edward Matson, of Church Street, Deptford,
in the County of Kent, Omnibus Proprietor, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGHING HORSES' SHOES."
Sealed the 9th July 1858, and dated the 18th January 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Edward Matson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th January 1858.
I, CHARLES EDWARD MATSON, of Church Street, Deptford, in the County of:
Kent, Omnibus Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGHING HORSES' SHOES," to be as follows:-
My improvements in roughing horses' shoes consist in the particular appli-
cation of parts for rendering the shoe rough, whereby such parts are held
securely in position, and can be readily applied or removed from the horse's
foot without disturbing the shoe.
The roughing pieces consist of pieces of iron adapted to the shoe, having
projecting pins or studs of iron or steel; in applying which to the toe, tho
piece of iron is extended horizontally within the shoe in the form of a screw.
This screw passes through a bridge piece stretched across the inside of the
shoe, having forked ends embracing the inner edge thereof; a nut placed on-
the screw exerts a pressure against the cross bar, and fixes the roughing piece
firmly in position..

page_text: For roughing the heels, I introduce a strong cross bar with forked ends
embracing each heel of the shoe; the roughing parts or studs are fixed in this
cross bar immediately under the heels. This cross bar is introduced at the
wide part of the shoe, and forced backwards towards the heels. The pressure
is exerted by a nut and screw placed between that and another forked cross
bar placed within the shoe nearer the toe, which fixes the roughing parts
firmly in position, which are readily removed or applied when desired.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Charles Edward
Matson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd July 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
EDWARD MATSON, of Church Street, Deptford, in the County of Kent,
Omnibus Proprietor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Edward Matson, Her special licence, that I, the said
Charles Edward Matson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Charles Edward Matson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of.
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGHING HORSES'. SHOES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Charles Edward Matson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I; the said Charles Edward Matson, do hereby.
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is.

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, and the Drawings tlierein referred to (that is to say):-)
My Invention which has for its object the roughing of horses' shoes by a
more secure method than hitherto, consists of one or more studs being secured
to the shoe, (through the intervention of bars or cross pieces with slots at each
end furnished with a nut and screw,) in such manner that the operation of
fixing the roughing on the shoe is effected by simply placing the bars or cross
pieces of iron or other metal against the inner edge of the shoe, and by:
screwing the nut up which causes the bars or cross pieces to slide or extend
into their proper position so as to fasten or hold on to the shoe.
But in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and
carried into effect, I now proceed to describe it by the aid of the accompany-
ing Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures therein marked
(that is to say)-
Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved method for roughing of
horses' shoes with double bars or cross pieces, as when fixed; Figure 2, a side
view as seen when on the horse's hoof; Figure 3, a plan view with single bar or
cross piece with stud fixed on front toe-piece with screw attached; Figure 4,
a side view as seen when on the horse's hoof; Figure 5, detached portions
thereof separately shown; Figure 6, handle or wrench for screwing of nut. In
each Figure the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, horse's shoe; B' and B2, bars or cross pieces; C, toe or front piece with screw
attached; D, nut; E, screw; F, stud; G, slot in bars or cross pieces for edge
of shoe to slide in; II, handle; I, horse's hoof; J, square for keeping screw
from working in centres; K, slot for square of screw to fix in.
In conclusion to the foregoing description, I would here briefly note, that in
order to fasten the roughing on the shoe, it is simply necessary to place the bars
or cross pieces upon the inside edge of the shoe, so as to allow the edge to
come between the slot of the aforesaid bars or cross pieces, and screw the nut
up, so as to force the bars or cross pieces to slide or extend into their proper
position, and hold tight to the shoe.
Having now fully described the nature of this my Invention, and the manner
in which it is to be performed, I would have it clearly understood, that I do
not intend to confine myself to the precise details herein-before described, as
the same might be varied without departing from the general principle of these
my said improvements, but that which I do claim as new and of my said
Invention is, the construction and employment of bars or cross pieces for
holding or fixing of the roughing on the shoe, for the roughing of horses'

page_text: shoes in the manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth and
described.
'In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Edward Matson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
CHARLES EDWARD MATSON. (L.s.).