Improvements in Horse Shoes...
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1890-Accepted, 12th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
· Improvements in Horse Shoes...
I HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of the Firm of Herbert & Co. Patent Agents of
18 Buckingham Street Strand W.C. in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad by
François Rabosée of Bousval in the Kingdom of Belgium Manufacturer to be as
follows:-
The improvements consist firstly of a plate of metal, leather or india rubber of
about six millimeters thick which is shaped and fitted to the foot of the animal by
eight screws, secondly of a metal plate of about nine millimeters thick shaped and
fitted to the first plate by three or more screws made with conical heads said metal
plate containing channels or slots fitted with india rubber.
Dated this 11th day of September 1889.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of the Firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention a communication to me from
abroad by François Rabosée of Bousval in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The new horse-shoe has the usual form with the pointed upward projection in front
to protect the forepart of the hoof.
It consists of two parts: A and B.
In the annexed drawing which forms a part of this specification,
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the bottom of the first plate or part.
Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the bottom of the second plate or part as seen fitted
upon the first plate.
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the shoe.
The first A is a plate six centimeters thick, fastened to the horse's foot by means of
eight screws, a¹, a², a³, a³, a³, aº, a², a.
The second plate B which is nine millimeters thick and which I call the movable
shoe, is fastened to the first by means of three screws C¹ C³ C³, provided with conical
heads and threaded over their entire length.
The under surface of this plate B is provided with four grooves B₁ filled with
caoutchouc to prevent any slipping by or shocks to the horse's feet.
The first plate A which is arranged on the hoof of the animal can receive four or
five new under plates B, before it must be renewed, which is a great advantage in the
saving of shoes, the cost of shoeing and for the hoof, which is already protected by a
sheet of caoutchouc, which I put between the first plate A and the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A horse or similar shoe consisting essentially of two plates, the first of which is

page_text: directly attached to the hoof of the animal and the other or second plate to the first,
the second plate being provided with suitable grooves containing caoutchouc or similar
packing, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as herein described
and shown.
Dated this 10th day of June 1890.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London, Agents to Applicant.