Year: 1885

page_text: I, EMILE DEJEAN, of 59 Rue de Brabant, Brussels, Instructor and Master of
Farriery, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The iron and caoutchouc, or iron and gutta percha, or iron and rope horse shoes
now in use have many serious defects which my invention is designed to remedy. .
The accompanying drawings will clearly illustrate my invention.
My first improvement consists in constructing the shoe with a transverse piece,
bar, or rib A, which thus divides the groove into two portions, each of which
receives an india rubber strip or band. This transverse piece, bar, or rib is of
great importance as it retains the shape of the grooves, while fitting on the shoe,
hot or cold, and imparts solidity thereto.
Another essential improvement consists in curving the "sponges " or extremities
of the shoe from the upper to the lower surface, as shewn at D, D figs. 1 and 2, for
the purpose of preventing the horse catching his hind feet into his fore feet, when
being checked, or stopped abruptly, or when turning a sharp corner, or sliding
down a hill. These curves are also of immense value to long striding horses which
frequently cannot avoid clicking their heels and often kicking the shoes clean off
their feet, when shod with ordinary shoes.
A further improvement relates to a safety holdfast nail, shewn in figs. 5 and 6,
its principal feature being the two shoulders C. C. It is forged with a thin head
in order to expose a greater surface of the india rubber in the grooves, and the
length of head is such that when driven home it will be level with the shoe and
thus present an unbroken surface. This nail also prevents undue binding of the
india rubber, and so long as a piece of the head remains the shoe cannot leave the
hoof, no matter how violent and continuous the shocks may be while travelling on
stones, broken ice, asphalte wood or other hard and slippery substances.
Figures 3 and 4 represent my improved horse shoe fitted with three calks or
square pointed screws, the purpose of which is to enable horses to cross frozen
rivers, or very steep hills, with perfect safety; these screws can be removed at
pleasure and fresh ones substituted without removing the shoe. When these calks
or screws are to be applied to existing shoes of my Invention, the extremities of
the grooves are filled with metal and the calks are screwed therein, and the rubber
band or strip cut shorter.

page_text: Improvements in and Connected with Horse Shoes, and in Nails
for Fixing the same.
I, EMILE DEJEAN, of 59 rue de Brabant, Brussels, Instructor and Master of
Farriery, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:―
The iron and caoutchouc, or iron and gutta percha, or iron and rope horse shoes,
now in use, have many serious defects which my invention is designed to remedy.
I proceed with reference to the accompanying drawings to fully describe my
Invention, Fig. 1, being a plan of the underside of the horse shoe, and Fig. 2 a
section thereof, taken on the line x, x, of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 refer to a modifica-
tion, and are respectively an underside plan and a side view of the same. Figs. 5
and 6, refer to an improved construction of nail for fitting the shoe securely to the
hoof of the animal, fig. 5 being a front view, and fig. 6 a side view thereof.
The horse shoe is formed, as usual in shoes of this kind, with a groove, or grooves,
for the insertion of the bands or strips of rubber, gutta percha, or rope, but
according to my first improvement I construct the shoe with a transverse piece, bar,
or rib A, at the toe portion thereof, which bar or rib thus divides the groove into
two portions, each of which receives the said rubber strips or bands. This
transverse piece, bar or rib A, is of great importance as it retains the shape of the
grooves, while fitting on the shoe, hot or cold, and likewise imparts solidity thereto.
This transverse piece, bar or rib, is by preference, formed in a piece with the shoe,
Besides serving the purpose just before mentioned it is useful for another purpose,
hereinafter described.
"
Another essential improvement consists in curving or bevelling the "sponges or
extremities of the shoe, from the upper to the lower surface, as shewn at B, B,
figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, for the purpose of preventing the horse catching his hind feet
into his fore feet, when being checked or stopped abruptly, or when turning a
sharp corner or sliding down a hill. These curves are also of immense value to
long striding horses which frequently cannot avoid clicking their heels, and often
kicking the shoes clean off their feet, when shod with ordinary shoes.
A further improvement relates to a safety holdfast nail, shewn in figs. 5 and 6,
and consists in manufacturing the same with two shoulders C, C, just beneath the
head. This nail is also forged with a thin head, as shewn, in order to expose a
greater surface of the india rubber in the grooves, and the length of the head is
such that, when driven home, it lies level with the shoe, and thus the whole
presents an unbroken surface. This improved nail also prevents undue binding of
the india rubber, and so long as a piece of the head remains, the shoe cannot leave
the hoof, no matter how violent and continuous the shocks may be, while travelling
on stones; broken-ice, asphalte, wood or other hard and slippery substances.
Figures 3 and 4 represent my improved horse shoe fitted with three calks, or
square pointed screws D, D, for the purpose of enabling horses to cross frozen
rivers, or very steep hills, with perfect safety; these screws can be withdrawn at

page_text: pleasure, and fresh ones substituted, without removing the shoe. When these calks
or screws are to be applied to existing shoes of my Invention, the heel extremities
of the grooves are filled with metal, and two of the calks are screwed therein, the
third calk being inserted in the transverse piece, bar, or rib A. The rubber band
or strip must then of course be cut shorter.
Having now described my Invention, and the manner in which the same may be
carried into effect, I claim as my improvements,
1. The improved horse shoe, substantially as hereinbefore described, and as
shewn in figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
2. In a horse shoe having a groove or grooves, for the reception of rubber, or
other resilient material, the transverse piece, rib or bar, formed at the toe portion
thereof, as and for the purposes described.
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3. Constructing the horse shoe with its " sponges or extremities curved, or
bevelled, as and for the purposes described, and as shewn in the drawings.
4. In a horse shoe constructed as above described, the application of the
removeable calks as shewn in figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.
5. The construction of the holdfast nail hereinbefore described and as shewn
with reference to figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 10th day of June 1886.