Improvements in Horse and other analogous Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse and other analogous Shoes.
ARTHUR FELSTEAD of Rempstone Leicestershire Engineer and Blacksmith and
DUNCAN ALBERT DAVIDSON of 38 Charles Street Hatton Gardens in the City
of London Gentleman 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in horse and other analogous shoes and
has for its object to enable the wearing parts of the shoes to be taken out when
worn down and replaced by new wearing parts without having to remove the shoes
from the horse's hoofs while at the same time affording the latter a better grip and
foothold than with the shoes hitherto used and thus to reduce slipping.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide the underside of an ordinary
horse shoe with three, four or more bosses containing a tubular piece or support
integrally cast or otherwise formed, with four arms or cross ribs within their inner
walls and arranged in such a manner as to leave a lower recess in such bosses
wherein is located the upper part of the bodies of four or more quandrangular or
other removable calks the tapering stems of which are driven into the tapering
central opening of the tubular casting above mentioned.
In the accompanying drawings wherein like letters or reference indicate
corresponding parts,
Fig. 1 is an underside view of a shoe constructed according to our invention,.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same partly in section on line xx of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section on line y y of Fig. 1 and
Fig. 4 is a view of one of the calks or wearing pieces.
In Fig. 1 two of the recesses are shown empty while the other two are shown
fitted with their calks a, p.
The shoe is provided with four bosses 6 (Figs. 1 and 2) of rectangular shape
containing a central tubular hub p' at their lower part, cast, by the aid of the four
arms or cross ribs o, in one piece with the inner walls of the bosses b so as to leave
an open part or recess r (Fig. 3) at the top (i.e. at the bottom when the shoe is
fixed in position). The calks consist of a body a and of a tapering stem the
former being located in the recess r astride of the ribs o while the stem fits tightly
into the tapering central opening of the tubular piece or hub p wherein it is driven
by means of a hammer or of any other suitable tool.
These calks are self adjusting, as, when the horse treads on them, they are firmly
driven into the recess or free part of the boss, being so constructed as not to enter
the said recess before the stem is firmly jammed in the central tapering opening of
the tubular piece; this stem being the means of holding or keeping the calk in the
shoe while the insides of the recesses against which the calks jain take the bearing
of the stem when the strain is applied upon the wearing parts of the calk.
The said calks or wearing pieces a are preferably made of iron, steel or other
suitable material and those of a similar shape are interchangeable. The body or
crown a is preferably provided with two or more ribs as shown in Figs. 1 & 4 so as
to afford the animal a better grip or foothold, particularly on slippery, greasy or
icy ground, but we do not restrict ourselves to that shape as these top parts a may
have a diamond, a pointed or any other suitable shape according as required or
found most convenient. A notch i is formed in the edge of each boss to allow the
insertion of a lever to extract the worn down calks.

page_text: 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 horse and other analogous shoes the arrangement upon the underside of
the same of three, four or more recesses wherein are fitted a corresponding number
of self adjusting calks or wearing pieces, substantially as herein described and
shown.
2. The improved shoe for horses and other beasts of burden arranged, constructed
and operating substantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this 24th day of December 1895.
DE KATOW & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.