IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGH SHOEING BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Smith, of Newport, in the County of Salop,
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGH SHOEING BEASTS
OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN."
Sealed the 16th April 1859, and dated the 18th October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th October
1858.
I, JOHN SMITH, of Newport, in the County of Salop, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of tho said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROUGH SHOEING
BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN," to be as follows, that is to say -
My Invention consists in the employment of a plate or ring, to which clips
are attached to fit the outside of the shoes of horses or other beasts of draught
and burden, and by causing these clips and the plate or ring to be drawn
together, the roughing pieces or snow plate are fastened tightly upon the
shoe, and thus the feet of the animal are prevented from slipping or being
clogged by snow.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 a side elevation, and Figure 3 an end
elevation of a shoe, with its snow plate and roughing pieces. (A) is the
shoe; (B), the snow plate, which covers the whole of the bottom of the shoe,
(and which may be made of elastic material, if preferred); (C, C, C,) are the

page_text: roughing pieces, formed either separately or in one piece with the snow plate;
(D, D, D,) are the clips which fasten to the plate or roughing pieces, and
clip round the shoe, turning slightly under the hoof and between it and the
shoe; (E) is a wedge, which is inserted in the front clip, and tightens the
whole upon the shoe. This wedge is serrated upon the edge to prevent its
slipping back or shaking loose.
Figure 4 represents a modification, shewing how the roughing pieces may
be attached without a snow plate; (A) is the shoe; (B), a ring or a portion
of a ring, which can be made of elastic material (if preferred); (C, C, C,) are
the clipping pieces which clip the outside of the shoe, and are fitted with a
nut and screw, or they may be fixed on with a wedge, which wedge may form
the roughing piece. The front clip is divided, so as not to interfere with the
regular shoeing of the animal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
April 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
SMITH, of Newport, in the County of Salop, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Smith, Her special license that I, the said John Smith, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Smith, my executors, administrators, 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
ROUGH SHOEING BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Smith, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Smith, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the employment of a plate or ring, to which clips
are attached to fit the outsides of the shoes of horses or other beasts of
draught and burden, and by causing these clips and the plate or ring to bo
drawn together, roughing pieces or a snow plate are fastened tightly upon
the shoe, and thus the feet of the animal are prevented from slipping or being.
clogged by snow.
This will be more readily comprehended upon referring to the annexed.
Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 a side elevation, and
Figure 3 a front elevation of a horse-shoe, with its snow plate and roughing
pieces, and shewing the mode of applying the Invention. (A) represents the
shoc; (B), the snow plate, which covers the whole of the bottom of the shoe,
and which may be made, if preferred, of elastic material; (C) are the roughing
pieces, formed either separately or in one piece with the snow plate; (D) aro
the clips, which fasten to the plate or to the roughing pieces, and clip round
the shoe, turning slightly under the hoof, and between it and the shoe; (E) is
a wedge, which is inserted in the front clip, and tightens the whole upon the
shoe; this wedge is serrated upon the edge, to prevent its slipping back or
shaking loose.
Figure 4 represents in plan a modification, showing how the roughing pieces
may be attached without a snow plate. (A) is the shoe; (B), a ring or
portion of a ring, which can be made of elastic material, if preferred; (C)
are the clipping pieces, clipping the outside of the shoe, and which are fitted
with a nut and screw; or they may be fixed on with a wedge, which wedge
may itself form the roughing piece. The front clip is divided, so as not to
interfere with the regular shoeing of the animal.
Figure 5 is a plan, and Figure 6 an elevation, shewing another mode of
making the plate separate from the clips and roughing pieces. (A) is the
shoe; (B), the plate, pierced in such a manner as to allow the clipping
pieces (C) to pass through it. To the clipping pieces are firmly attached the
roughing pieces (D), shewn separately at Figure 7, which is a side view of
the back or heel clips, and Figures 8 and 9, which are side and front views
of the front or toe clip. The holes in the heel part of the plate are made
large enough to admit the clipping, but not the roughing piece, which thus
forms a head to the clip, and prevents it from passing through, at the same

page_text: time forming a moveable roughing piece, which can be renewed at pleasure
without requiring a fresh plate. The front clip and roughing piece is
lengthened and turned over again, forming a groove for the reception of the
wedge (E). As some horses have an inclination to cut their joints if any
roughness remains on the back or heel of the shoe, a small portion is taken
out of the shoe on that side where required, to admit the clip and leave it
level, as seen at F, Figure 5.
I would remark, that in all the, modes herein specified, the plates, the
clips, and even the roughing pieces may, if desirable, be formed of elastic
material, to prevent concussion upon hard roads.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to these precise details, as the same will admit of con-
siderable variation; but that which I claim and desire to have secured to me
by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the application to the
shoes of horses, and other beasts of draught and burden, of a snow plate and
roughing pieces attached by means of clips catching on the outside of the shoe,
and which clips are tightened upon the shoe by screws or wedges, as herein
more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Smith, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOHN SMITH. (L.S.)