An Improvement in or related to Bar Iron from which Horse Shoes. are produced.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 24th Aug. 1891-Accented. 10th Oct. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or related to Bar Iron from which Horse Shoes.
are produced.
I, JOHN MACDONALD, of The Salisbury Club, St. James Square, Middlesex,
Captain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, rolling metal bars, from which horse shoes have to
be produced with recesses or hollows between an outside rim or fillet and the
projections constituting the tread, to enable nail holes to be readily made at the
desired places after the shoe is shaped.
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The recesses or hollows are of such a depth in proportion to the intervening
ridges that the shoes are not deteriorated in strength although they become much
lighter in weight by having less metal in them.
Dated this 28th day of February 1891.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Macdonald.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or related to Bar Iron from which Horse Shoes
are produced.
1, JOHN MACDONALD, of The Salisbury Club, St. James Square, Middlesex,
Captain, 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 stateinent:-
This invention has for object, rolling metal bars, from which horse shoes have to
be produced, with a channel having nail holes (or indents in which nail holes can
be completed by a punch) between an outside rim or fillet and projections con-
stituting the tread.
My invention is shown in the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is an underside view of a piece of bar iron rolled with two rows of
projections, an outer edge rim and nail holes, or indents for nail holes these being
between portions of the metal serving as ribs for maintaining strength between the
rim and the inner row of projections.
Figure 2 represents a horse shoe bent to shape from a portion of a rolled bar.
The face of the shoc shown is that which goes upon the ground, the other side being
flat, or of such shape as to fit a horse's hoof.
A, A¹, are the double row of projections which intercept each other to maintain
stiffness of the shoe. B the outer edge rim. C, C, nail holes which may be formed
in rolling the bar, or indents for completion by a punching tool when the nails
have to be inserted. D, D, ridges between the indents and the inner row of
projections.
The advantages of rolling metal bars with outside rim B, channel with nail
holes or indents for nail holes C, and projections A, A', and using lengths of such
bars for horse shoes are many :-
1. The interstices fill up with grit which prevent slipping on hard stoney
roads.
2. The projections touch the ground, and each has an independent grip on
asphalte and on wood paved roads, and so prevents slipping.

page_text: 3. The outer edge rim bites the ground when the horse commences to move, and
gives the animal a better purchase on the ground.
4. The indents, if such only are formed, permit of nail holes being readily made
at the desired parts and the ridges ensure strength.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The rolling of metal bars with an outside rim B, a channel with nail holes, or
with indents C for nail holes, and with a double row of projections A, A¹, as shown
on the drawings for the purpose described.
2. The manufacture of horse shoes from rolled metal bars having an outside
rim B, a channel next thereto, in the hollow of which, nail holes can be made, as
set forth.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Macdonald.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Macdonald.