Improvements in Shoes for Hoofed Animals.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1390
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Hoofed Animals.
I, JOHN LANCASTER, of 39 Lime Tree Villas, Barn Street, Plaistow, in the County
of Essex, Market Gardener do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved shoe for hoofed animals and has for its objects,
increased facility in fixing upon, and fitting to the hoof, and also rendering the boaring
surface more adhesive in traction, and capable of withstanding ordinary wear for a
longer period of time than is the case with such shoes as hitherto made and used.
I may
In carrying my invention into effect, I employ a shoe of channelled or grooved
iron, bent to suit the conformation of the hoof at the base thereof, the groove or
channel being filled with suitable wood packing, projecting slightly beyond the
surface of the shoe proper so as to afford a tenacious and non-slipping foothold
for the animal upon the hoofs of which the improved shoe may be fitted.
form a projection in the front of said shoe frame, fitting the front of the hoof,
but I do not propose to use nails for attaching it thereto. In order, however, to
effectually secure said shoe, and permit of removal when necessary, I provide a
metal band, shaped to suit the angularity of the hoof, and pivotted at or near the
heel thereof by means of studs or the like, so that when moved upwards a certain
clearance is afforded between the hoof and said band, and when the latter is
forced downwards it perfectly fits the form of said hoof. I attach to the channelled
or grooved fame of the shoe proper, four or more strips or bands of malleable and
ductile metal, inclining these in such a manner as to withstand the natural
angular strains imposed by the action of the animal when walking or running.
Said strips are passed between the hoof and the pivotted band before mentioned
which tightly holds them when forced downwards and retains the shoe in position
when said strips are clamped or turned over the edge thereof.
In order to remove the shoe, these malleable strips may be straightened sufficiently
to allow of the band being raised so as to release them.
In this manner, and by the adoption of shoes according to my invention I am
enabled to obviate many of the disadvantages appertaining to the use or employment
of shoes that are fixed to the hoof by nails or the like, for instance, what is generally
known as
pricking," whereby many valuable animals are lost, or rendered unfit for
use. The natural growth of the foot, and the expansion and contraction of the horny
integument is compensated without distortion or straining, and a perfect foothold
afforded, preventing slipping upon any kind of road or path, and under any
atmospheric conditions.
I do not confine myself to the employment of a wrought, rolled or swaged frame in
the improved shoe according to my invention, but may use a malleable or annealed
casting, therefor, and in fitting, and attaching the pieces of wood within the groove or
channel, I may either make the latter of angular cross-section, or use wedges to
procure the necessary degree of tightness to withstand the strain and wear of ordinary
usage.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Hoofed Animals.
I, JOHN LANCASTER of 39 Lime Tree Villas, Barn Street, Plaistow, in the County
of Essex, Market gardener 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved shoe for hoofed animals, and has for its objects,
increased facility in fixing upon, and fitting to the hoof, and also rendering the bearing
surface more adhesive in traction, and capable of withstanding ordinary wear for a
longer period of time than is the case with such shoes as hitherto made and used.
In order that my invention may be better understood I have appended the accom-
panying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of the improved
shoe according to my said invention, shewn inverted, and Figure 2 is a cross section
thereof. Figure 3 is a general view of said shoe, shewing the strips or bands for
purposes of attachment, hereinafter to be fully described. Figure 4 is a view of the
cross band, and Figures 5 and 6 are front and side views of the foot of a hoofed
animal, shewing the method of attaching the improved shoe without nails, or the like.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
In carrying my invention into effect, 1 employ a shoe a, Figures 1 2, 3, 5
and 6, of malleable metal, preferably channelled or grooved, as shewn by the cross
section Figure 2, and curved to suit the conformation of the base of the hoof, as
shewn by Figure 1. 1 insert within the groove or channel a number of pieces of
wood packing b, the grain or fibre thereof being placed vertically when said
packing pieces are in position. These project beyond the lower surface of the
shoe, and from the porosity of the ends of the packing, due to the arrangement
of the grain or fibre, a tenacious bearing surface is afforded, which prevents the
animal from slipping even in frosty weather, since the adhesion of said surface is
materially increased by the natural addition of sandy or gritty particles which adhere
to, and are retained by the fibres of the wood. I may form a projection c generally
called a clip upon the front of the shoe frame a, for the purpose of withstanding the
strain when the animal is moving. In order to effectually secure the improved shoo
to the hoof without nails, I attach thin bands d d¹ did of malleable metal,
by bending these under the wood packing within the channel or groove in
the manner shewn by Figure 2, a slot being formed in and through the substance
of the channeled shoe frame a for the reception of each band or strip. The position
of these is best shown by Figure 3, in which the shoe is represented as ready for
attachment to the hoof. In order to effect this I provide an elastic metal band e,
shaped to suit the angularity of the hoof, and pivotted at ff at or near to the heel
thereof, by means of studs or the like, so that when moved upwards upon said pivots
a certain clearance is afforded between the hoof and said band e, and when the latter
is forced downwards it perfectly and tightly fits the surface of the hoof.
The malleable or ductile metal strips d add attached to the frame a of the shoe,
are, in the operation of fixing the latter to the hoof, passed between the surface of
said hoof and the band e which is then forced downwards so that the upper ends of
said strips may be closed or clenched over said band e as shewn by Figures 5 and 6.
The strains imposed upon the frame of the improved shoe when in use, are thereby
transferred by means of the band e to the hoof, and the conical shape of the latter
enables the strains aforesaid to be equally distributed.
When it is necessary to remove the shoe, the malleable or ductile strips d d¹ d¹¹ du
may be straightened so that the band e may be raised and the shoe frame a disengaged.
The band e may remain permanently upon the hoof, to serve for a new shoe or shoes,
since it does not in any way interfere with the natural growth of said hoof.
In order to render the improved shoe according to my invention more secure when
fitted to the hoof, I may either form upon, or attach to, the upper surface of the shoe
frame a a series of small spikes, g. Figure 3, or I may in lieu thereof form a series of
serrations or indentations thereupon for the same purpose.

page_text: In this manner, and by the adoption of the improved shoe made and attached
according to my said invention, 1 am enabled to obviate many of the disadvantages
appertaining to the use or employment of shoes which are fixed to the hoof by
nails or the like, such for instance what is generally known as
"pricking
The natural
whereby many valuable animals are lost, or rendered unfit for use.
growth of the foot, and the expansion and contraction of the horny integument is
perfectly compensated without distortion or straining, and a sure foothold is afforded,
and slipping prevented upon any kind of road or path, and under any atmospheric
conditions affecting the traffic.
I do not confine myself to the employment of a wrought, rolled or swaged frame a,
but may use a malleable or annealed casting therefor, and in fitting and attaching the
pieces of wood forming the packing b within the groove or channel, I may either form
the latter of angular cross section, or may use wedges to secure the necessary degree
of tightness, and to withstand the strain and wear of ordinary usage
I also wish it to be understood that I may employ any suitable number of
strips dd dd, and that I do not confine myself to the exact method of attaching
these to the frame a as herein before described, with reference to Figure 2, but may
attach them in any other manner so that they are secure, and that the ends are free
before the shoe is fitted to the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
1 claim is,-
First. In an improved shoe for hoofed animals the combination of a channelled
frame a, wood packing 6, malleable or ductile strips d d' dd, and pivotted elastic
metal band e, substantially as and for the purposes herein described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
Second. The attachment of a horse or other shoe to the hoof by means of metal
strips dddd and an elastic metal band e pivotted at f substantially as herein
described and shewn by the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of December 1889.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.