Improvements in and in Means for Shoeing Horses.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in Means for Shoeing Horses.
We, HENRY GRANT HOGG and EDWARD PLOWS of 3733 Ellis Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois, U.S. America, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in and in means for shoeing horses,
the objecta being mainly to securely attach the shoe to the hoof and so that the same
may be put on and taken off as required (as for instance when the animal is in the
stables) and the shoe can be fitted cold to the hoof, instead of "burning on " when it
be found desirable to so effect the shoeing.
The shoe may be either hand or machine made, piercings being provided for the
passing therethrough of the shanks of the attaching bolts, and these said bolt holes
are enlarged, recessed or countersunk on the underside that is toward the road surface
of the shoe.
In preparing the hoof for the reception of the shoe and the application of the
improved attaching means, holes are to be drilled in the wall of the hoof (located
substantially as would be the holes made by the ordinary nails) but these holes are
of even diameter from the undersurface of the hoof to the exterior of the wall
thereof. Into these holes a piece of metal tube is inserted.
The attaching bolts are made with a head bevilled off to coincide with the slope
of the outside of the hoof and at that end of the pieces of tube, lining the holes in
the hoof there is filed off from the wall of the hoof so much thereof as will with
the end of the tube constitute a ledge against which the head of the attaching bolt
will take bearing when applied and the end of the shank of the bolts are
screw-threaded.
In applying the shoe the shanks of the bolts are passed into the tube-lined holes
of the hoof and through the holes of the shoe, and screw-nuts are then applied, said
nuts when the attachment is completed, being received and laying flush within the
recessed holes of the road surface of the shoe holes.
It is to be mentioned that the tubes lining the hoof holes might in application be
liable to damage by a careless farrier and to avoid this, we employ a cane pointed
stud, at the one end of the tubes when inserting same and a flat headed stud at the
other end (that is the end which will be located at the underside of the hoof) so that
the pointed stud or plug of the tube will effect any required clearance, and the
flat stud or plug will be struck upon in fitting in the tubes so avoiding any damage.
The shoe may be roughened on the road surface or be otherwise prepared to
prevent or reduce liability to slipping.
17 Cantombom 1906
HUGHES, ELI, & HUGHES,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: We, HENRY GRANT HOGG, and EDWARD PLOWS of No. 3733 Ellis Avenue, Chicago,
State of Illinois, United States of America, Engineers, 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 certain improvements in and in means for shoeing horses
the objects being mainly to securely attach the shoe to the hoof and so that the same
may be put on and be taken off as required (as for instance when the animal is in the
stables), and the shoe can be fitted cold to the hoof instead of "burning-on" when it
be found desirable to so effect the shoeing.
The shoe may be either hand-made or machine made; piercings being provided
for the passing therethrough of the shanks of the attaching bolts, and these said bolt-
holes are enlarged, recessed or countersunk, on the underside, that is, towards the
road-surface of the shoe.
In preparing the hoof, for the reception of the shoe and the apptication of the
improved attaching means, holes are to be drilled in the "wall" of the hoof (in
position substantially as would be the holes made by the ordinary nails) but these
holes are of even diameter from the underside of the hoof to the exterior of the wall
thereof.
Into these holes a piece of metal tube is inserted :-
The attaching bolts are made with a head bevilled off to coincide with the slope of
the outside of the hoof and at that end of the said pieces of tube, lining the holes in
the hoof, there is filed off from the wall of the hoof so much thereof as will with the
end of the tube constitute a ledge against which the head of the attaching bolt
will take bearing when applied and the end of the shank of the bolts are screw
threaded.
In applying the shoe the shanks of the bolts are passed into the tube-lined holes
of the hoof, and through the holes of the shoe; and, screw nuts are then applied, said
nuts, when the attachment is completed, being received and laying flush within the
recessed holes of the road surface of the shoe-holes. The underside of the shoe may
be roughened or otherwise prepared to avoid slipping.
In the drawings accompanying this specification:-
Fig. 1, repesents in side view the fitting of a shoe to the hoof according to this
invention.
Fig. 2, is a plan of underside or road surface of the shoe showing the nuts of the
attaching-bolts located in the recesses provided in the shoe.
Fig. 3, represents one of the attaching bolts in profile and the shoe material
indicated in cross section.
Fig. 4, is a sectional representation of one of the tubes for the reception and
bearing of the attaching-bolts-shanks; and Fig. 4 is a plan of underside of said tube
showing the same flanged at the lower end toward the underside of the hoof.
Fig. 5, is of the character of a diagram showing one of the attaching-bolt tubes as
if inserted (the hoof being indicated by the sectional and broken lines) and the plugs
as recommended for employment whilst said tubes are being inserted.
A, indicates the hoof; B, the shoe, the bolt holes whereof are recessed as at b.
c, the attaching-bolts with bevilled head c¹, and c2 is the screw-nut applied at the
underside of the shoe to the screwed end of the attaching bolt. d, represents the
tubes to be inserted in the previously prepared drillings of the hoof, the upper ends
of said tubes being finished off as before mentioned, in rasping the hoof before
inserting the bolts c c'.

page_text: The bevilled heads c¹, of the bolts c, will lay against and be recessed on the upper
part of the tubes d, and upon the exterior of the wall of the hoof.
The screw-nuts are shown of hexagonal form, simply for purpose of illustration, but
they may be squared or be of any required form suitable for the reception of a key
or "driver" serving to turn same on the screw ended bolts c.
It is to be observed that the tubes d, lining the hoof holes, might, in application,
be liable to damage by a careless farrier and to avoid this a cone pointed stud e, Fig. 5,
at one end of the tube d, may be used when inserting same, and a flat headed stud f,
at the other end (that is the end which will be located at the underside of the hoof)
so that the pointed stud or plug e, of the tube d, will effect clearance, if required, and
the flat headed stud or plug f, will be struck upon in fitting-in the tubes so avoiding
any damage to the tubes. Tubes d, may be flanged see Figs. 4 & 4.
The tubes d, will, although of very slight character, afford uniform bearing for the
attaching-bolts and avoid danger of fracture of the hoof hitherto arising in the
ordinary method of nailing on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
First. In means for shoeing-horses the combination with the recessed holes b, of
the shoe and the drilled holes of the hoof the bolt c, with the head c¹, and screw nut c²,
combined and operating as and for the purpose set forth.
Secondly. In means for shoeing-horses the lining tubes d of the bolt holes of the
hoof as and for the purpose specified.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for the Applicants.