IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING HORSES
Year: 1879

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LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Yeo, of Edenhall, Penrith, in the County of
Cumberland, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
ROUGHING HORSES."
Sealed the 25th July 1879, and dated the 29th January 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Yeo at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1879.
JOSEPH YEO, of Edenhall, Penrith, in the County of Cumberland. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING HORSES."
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This Invention relates to the construction of a simple, cheap, and effective clog
or apparatus for roughing horses whereby the clog or apparatus can be placed on
the horse's foot and the roughing effected in a few minutes; at the same time the
clog or apparatus can also be quickly removed.
The improved clog or apparatus consists of a screw bolt, one end of which is
provided with a clip on one side, and on the other side with a plate tapped with
one or more holes to receive spikes or roughs for the front portion of the shoe,
the space between the inside face of the clip and the inside face of the plate being
somewhat larger than the thickness of the horse shoe. I also provide a curved
cross bar with a central hole passing easily over the said screw bolt. Each arm of
the cross bar is provided near its end with a clip for fitting over each side of the
shoe, as hereinafter described, and each end has a tapped hole for receiving a spike
or rough. Two screw nuts on the bolt (one on each side of the cross bar) allow of
adjusting and fixing the apparatus.
To apply a clog of this construction to a horse's foot the clip on the front of the
bolt is fitted over the inside edge of the front of the shoe, and the screw nuts are
turned so as to move the cross bar outwards until the clips take onto the inner
edges of the back or heel part of the shoe, and the nuts are then screwed tight and
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page_text: the roughing is complete. Should any of the spikes wear or break they are
unscrewed and replaced by new ones. The only instrument required to place on or
remove the clog is a simple spanner or key-for turning the screw nuts, the same
spanner serving to remove or screw in the spikes.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Yeo in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th July
1879.
JOSEPH YEO, of Edenhall, Penrith, in the County of Cumberland.
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING HORSES.".
" IMPROVE-
This Invention relates to the construction of a simple, cheap, and effective clog or
apparatus for roughing horses whereby the clog or apparatus can be placed on the
horse's foot and the roughing effected in a few minutes; at the same time the clog
or apparatus can also be quickly removed.
The improved clog or apparatus consists of a screw bolt, one end of which is
provided with a clip on one side, and on the other side with a plate tapped with
one or more holes to receive spikes or roughs for the front portion of the shoe, the
space between the inside face of the clip and the inside face of the plate being some-
what larger than the thickness of the horse shoe. I also provide a curved cross
bar with a central hole passing easily over the said screw bolt. Each arm of the
cross bar is provided near its end with a clip for fitting over each side of the shoe,
as hereinafter described, and each end has a tapped hole for receiving a spike or
rough. A screw nut or nuts on the bolt allow of adjusting and fixing the
apparatus.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing,-in-which-Figure-1-is-a plan of my
improved apparatus for roughing horses, the apparatus being shewn applied to a
horse shoe. Figure a side view; and Figure 3 an end view of the apparatus;
Figure 4, plan of the underside of the apparatus; and Figure 5, section on line A, B,
Figure 1. Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar parts.
a is the screw bolt; b, the clip at the end of the same; c, the plate tapped with
two holes to receive the spikes or roughs d for the front portion of the shoe; e is
the curved cross bar which passes over the screwed end of the bolt a; ƒ ƒ are the
clips on the cross bar ;g, g, the spikes or roughs screwed into the same; h, h, are
the screw nuts to allow of adjusting and fixing the apparatus.
To apply a clog of this construction to a horse's foot the clip b on the front of the
bolt a is fitted over the inside edge of the front of the shoe i, and the screw nuts h
are turned so as to move the cross bar outwards until the clips take onto the inner
edges of the back or heel part of the shoe, and the nuts are then screwed tight
and the roughing is complete. Should any of the spikes d, g, wear or break they

page_text: are unscrewed and replaced by new ones. The only instrument required to place
on or remove the clog is a simple spanner or key for turning the screw nuts, the
same spanner serving to remove or screw in the spikes.
In some cases the cross bar e is made in three parts, the two outer parts being
screwed to the middle part, the object of this construction being to allow of the
apparatus being adjusted to shoes of different sizes.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the best means with
which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down, and shewn in
the Drawing, as the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar
character of my Invention, but what I do claim is,―
The improvements in apparatus for roughing horses, as hereinbefore described
and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Yeo, have hereto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
JOSEPH YEO. (L.S.)