IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE HOES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Deadman, of Hatfield Peverel, in the
County of Essex, Farmer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HORSE HOES."
Sealed the 24th September 1870, and dated the 4th April 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Deadman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th April 1870.
I, GEORGE DEADMAN, of Hatfield Peverel, in the County of Essex,
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HORSE HOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of horse
hoes in the following manner:-To the frame of the machine, and by
preference to the axle, I attach a frame or frames, preferably of a
quadrant shape, on which the bridle draft rod is free to travel. There are
two quadrants, one on each side of the frame, two being the number I
have found to answer, but less or more might be used. The bridle draft
rods are secured by a nut or bolt to the quadrants, and their position
regulated by a pin passing through holes in the draft rod and quadrant.
The bridle draft and draft arms are linked together, and by means of
screws passing through the ends of the bridle draft and the draft arms
the height of the arms, and consequently that of the hoes themselves, is

page_text: regulated. By the means before described, viz., of the quadrant and
the bridle draft, the lateral position of the hoes are regulated, whether,
for example, it may be required to place the hoes to the right or left,
the distance the hoes may be moved being regulated by the breadth of
the quadrant or quadrants fitted to the machine.
My Invention further consists in affording means for raising and
lowering the guiding handles so as to adapt them to attendants of
different heights, in the following manner:-To one end of the draft
arms, and which pass below the beam carrying the hoes, I hinge the
guiding handles. There are cyes or lugs on the handles through which
screw-threaded rods pass, and which at the other end are hung from a
rod connected with the beam; nuts are placed on each side of the eyes
or lugs, and by turning them the threaded rod is caused to raise or lower
the handles. The hoe shanks are secured to the beam and embraced by
springs passing through the draft arms; a bolt passes from the under
side of the draft arms, and through a collar with a thumbscrew at top,
whereby the parts of the beam may be brought closer together or
separated farther from one another, and at the same time the position of
the shanks of the hoes, and the hocs themselves may be regulated
according to the work to be done. Between the wheels, and preferably
at about midway between them, I connect to the frame a beam extending
towards the rear end of the machine. The outer end of this beam is
slotted to receive a bar with apertures in it so that its height or position
in the slot of the beam may be regulated. The lower end of the bar is
provided with a double hook into which an arm attached to the hoe
beam is free to take. Thus when the machine reaches "land's end" it
is raised by the hands and the bar allowed to rest on one of the hooks,
the position of the hook being regulated by the rod in the slotted arm.
This beam or lever also enables me to carry the hoes out of the ground
when the machine is not required for work.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Deadman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
DEADMAN, of Hatfield Peverel, in the County of Essex, Farmer, send 3
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Deadman, Her special licence, that
I, the said George Deadman, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said George Deadman, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE
HOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Deadman, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 George Deadman, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,
that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of horse
hoes in the following manner:-To the frame of the machine, and by
preference to the axle, I attach a frame or frames, preferably of a
quadrant shape, on which the bridle draft rod is free to travel. There
are two quadrants, one on each side of the frame, two being the
number I have found to answer, but less or more might be used. The
bridle draft rods are secured by a nut or bolt to the quadrants, and their
position regulated by a pin passing through holes in the draft rod and
quadrant. The bridle draft and draft arms are linked together, and by
means of screws passing through the ends of the bridle draft and the
draft arms the height of the arms, and consequently the pitch or
inclination of the hoes themselves, is regulated. By the means before
described, viz., of the quadrant and the bridle draft, the lateral position

page_text: of the hoes is regulated, whether, for example, it may be required to
place the hoes to the right or left, the distance the bar or bars to which
the hoes are attached may be moved being regulated by the breadth of
the quadrant or quadrants fitted to the machine.
My Invention further consists in affording means for raising and
lowering the guiding handles so as to adapt them to attendants of
different heights, in the following manner :-To one end of each of the
draft arms, and which pass below the beam carrying the hoes, I hinge
the guiding handles. There are eyes or lugs on the handles through
which screw-threaded rods pass, and which at the other end are hung
from a rod connected with the beam; nuts are placed on each side of
the eyes or lugs, and by turning them the threaded rod is caused to
raise or lower the handles. Between the wheels, and preferably at about
midway between them, I connect to the frame a beam extending towards
the rear end of the machine. The outer end of this beam is slotted to
receive a bar with apertures in it so that its height or position in the
slot of the beam may be regulated. The lower end of the bar is
provided with a double hook upon which an arm attached to the hoc
beam is free to rest. Thus when the machine reaches "land's end it
is raised by the hands and the bar allowed to rest on one of the hooks,
the position of the hook being regulated by the rod in the slotted arm.
This beam or lever also enables me to carry the hoes out of the ground
when the machine is not required for work.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the manner in which my
Invention may be conveniently carried into effect.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a side clevation of a machine fitted
with my improvements.
To the axle a is attached on each side in any suitable manner a
frame 6 of a quadrant shape as shewn. The bridle draft rods c, c, arc
attached to the quadrants, but can be set in any desired lateral position
with regard to the same, and set by pins and corresponding holes as
shewn. To the bridle drafts c, c, are attached the draft arms d, d, by
the eyes e, e, which form the nuts for the regulating screws f,f. By
turning the hand wheels g, g, the height of the arms, and consequently
that of the hoes, is regulated as desired. The guiding handles h, h, can
be raised and lowered to suit the height of the attendant by means
of the screws i, i, and nuts J, J, the guiding handles being binged on to
the draft arms as shown, and the screws passing through lugs on the

page_text: guiding handles. The horse-hoe shanks are secured to the beam by
means of clips in the manner usually adopted. The draft arms are
connected to the screws i, which regulate the height of the guiding
handles by means of bolts n passing from below through both and
through the collar pieces o, and having thumbscrews at top as shewn.
A beam p is connected to the frame and has a slot in its rear end for
receiving a hook bar q, shewn separately in front elevation by Fig. 3;
it has a double hook below, and serves by means of a pin inserted in
any of the holes in it to hold up the arm or bar ", which is fastened to
the hoc beam. When the machine reaches land's end the attendant
raises the bar and lets it rest in one of the hooks of the bar q.
2°
And having now described the nature of this my Invention, and
the manner of carrying the same into effect, what I claim as my
Invention is,―
Firstly. The means of altering and setting the relative lateral position
of frame and hoes, substantially as described and shewn.
Secondly. The means of raising and lowering the hocs, substantially
as described and shewn.
Thirdly. The means of regulating the height of the guiding handles,
substantially as described and shown.
And, fourthly. The means of carrying the hocs from off the ground
when at land's end, and when not required for work, substantially as
described and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Deadman, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this First day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.