AN IMPROVED CLOG TO BE APPLIED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUGHING
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Batt, of 21, Charlton King's Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Builder, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CLOG
TO BE APPLIED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUGHING.""
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Batt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th February
1864.
I, HENRY BATT, of 21, Charlton King's Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CLOG TO BE APPLIED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR 'ROUGHING,'" to be as
follows, that is to say:-
The Invention consists in the construction of a clog and its application to
horse-shoes as a substitute for roughing. The clog is formed of two main
pieces of wrought iron, one of which is a cross piece fixed at the back of the
shoe, and the other is in the shape of a Y, the two top ends of the Y-shaped
piece are turned up in front of the shoe, so as to clasp each side of the front of
the horse's hoof, by which means the front of the clog is held firmly against
the shoe; the tail of this piece is round and passes through a hole in the
centre of the cross piece, the ends of which are turned up so as to clasp both
ends of the back of the shoe%; the end of the tail of the Y-piece is
tapped, and is furnished with a nut by which the two pieces are held firmly
together. Into this clog four steel caulkings or spikes are screwed, so as to
admit of being changed as required, and which serve to obtain a hold for the

page_text: horse's feet on icy or slippery ground; the caulkings are provided with a slit
at the ends of the stems, so that in the event of one breaking off at the
shoulder the screw part can be removed by means of a screw-driver. A felt
pad is placed between the clog and the hoof, so as to prevent anything getting
between them.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Batt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th August 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, HENRY
BATT, of 21, Charlton King's Road, in the County of Middlesex, Builder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Batt, Her special license that I, the said Henry
Batt, executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henry Batt, executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and all times there-
after 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 Invention for "AN
IMPROVED CLOG TO BE APPLIED TO HORSE-SHOES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR 'ROUGHING,""
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Batt, exe-
cutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, or under the hand and seal of one of them, 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 Henry Batt, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention consists in the construction of a clog and its application to
horse-shoes as a substitute for roughing, and to make my Invention better

page_text: understood, I will proceed to describe the same by the aid of the accompany-
ing Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the improved clog fixed to a horse
shoe, and Figure 2 a side view of the same.
The clog G is made of two main pieces of wrought iron A and B, one of
which, B, is a cross piece fixed at the back of the shoe D, and the other, A, is of
a Y shape; the two top ends of the Y-shaped piece are turned up about one
inch and a half in front of the shoe and form clips a, a, so as to clasp the
front of the horse's hoof and shoe D, by which means the front of the clog is
kept firmly against the shoe. The tail part C of the Y piece is round and
passes through a hole in the centre of the cross piece B, the ends of which are
turned up so as to clasp both ends of the back of the shoe; the end of the
tail part C of the Y piece is screw tapped, and is furnished with a nut h, by
which the two pieces A and B are held firmly together. Four steel
spikes E, E, are firmly screwed in the clog G, so as to be removed and
changed as required, and which serve to obtain a hold for the horse's feet, and
prevent him slipping on icy or slippery ground or on inclines. The spikes
E, E, are provided with a slot at the end of their stems, so that in the event
of their breaking off at the shoulder the screw end can be removed by means
of a screw-driver. A felt pad F is placed between the clog and the hoof so as
to prevent anything getting between them. This improved clog is also
applicable to the shoes of donkeys, mules, and other beasts of burden.
And having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I do not confine myself to the precise details of con-
struction, as the same may be varied; but what I claim as my Invention, and
intend to be protected by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is, the
peculiar arrangement or construction of clog and its application to horse-shoes
as a substitute for "roughing," as herein-before described and represented in
the annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Batt, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
L. D. FONTAINEMOREAU.
HY. BATT. (LS.)