Improvements in or connected with Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
Improvements in or connected with Shoes for Horses and other
Animals.
I, JAMES WILLIAM ROSE WILSON, of 13, Aubrey Street, Everton, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to horse or other animal shoes, and has for its object to
enable a shoe to have a greater grip on the ground and yet generally conduce to the
health and comfort of the horse or other animal.
In carrying my invention into effect, I form the horse shoe of cast steel or other
material in any suitable manner, and in the tread of the shoe near the toe part or
elsewhere, I drill holes (say two) and tap them with screw threads. I provide also
a piece of metal which will go right across the tread of the shoe and provided with
holes corresponding with the holes in the shoe, preferably a round hole on one side
und a slot on the other, by means of which the piece of metal can be fastened to the
shoe by set screws. The piece of metal is provided with an elongated spur or claw
projecting downwards, and so made as to enable the animal to obtain a grip on the
ground in hauling loads in slippery weather, and prevent slipping. The device may
be attached to the shoe in frosty weather and detached therefrom when it is not
required for use. Furthermore, the device may be fitted to the shoe either straight
across or diagonally or it may be bent in the middle at an acute angle, whichever
is preferred.
Improvements in or connected with Shoes for Horses and other
Animals.
I, JAMES WILLIAM ROSE WILSON, of 13, Aubrey Street, Everton, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Coal Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to horse or other animal shoes, and has for its object to
enable a shoe to have a greater grip on the ground and yet generally conduce to the
health and comfort of the horse or other animal.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

page_text: Figure 1 is a view of the underside or tread of a horse shoe with my invention
applied thereto;
Figure 2, an edge view thereof.
In carrying my invention into effect, I form the horse shoe A of cast steel or other
material in any suitable manner, and in the tread of the shoe near the toe part or
elsewhere, I drill holes B (say two) and tap them with screw threads. I provide
also a piece of metal C which will go right across the tread of the shoe and provided
with holes corresponding with the holes in the shoe, preferably a round hole D) on
one side and a slot D' on the other, by means of which the piece of metal can be
fastened to the shoe by set screws E, or in any other suitable manner. The piece of
metal is provided with an elongated spur or claw F projecting downwards, and so
made as to enable the animal to obtain a grip on the ground in hauling loads in
slippery weather, and prevent slipping. The device may be attached to the shoe in
frosty weather and detached therefrom when it is not required for use. Further-
more, the device may be fitted to the shoe either straight across or diagonally or it
may be bent in the middle at an acute angle, whichever is preferred. G are the holes
for the horse shoe nails.
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. The improvement in or relating to horse or other animal shoes, which consists
in securing to the tread or under side of the shoe by means of set screws or other-
wise, a transverse metal piece having a downwardly projecting claw or blade, whereby
the animal is enabled to obtain a grip of the ground in slippery weather, while by
unscrewing the set screws, the metal piece can be removed from the shoe when not
required for use substantially as described.
2. The combination with a horse or other animal shoe, of a piece of metal, capable
of being fastened transversely or otherwise to the tread or under side of the shoe,
and provided with a downwardly projecting claw which enables the animal to obtain
a grip of the ground substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of December 1807