Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 29th Mar., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 13th Mar., 1887.
I LOUIS VINCENT of 41 Boulevard Voltaire Paris in the Republic of France do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present application relates to a system of jointed pads to be applied in
connection with horse shoes under the foot of the horse to protect it from shocks in
striking against hard surfaces and also for preventing the animal from slipping.
This apparatus consists of two iron plates A and A' of which the inner margins
may or may not be raised to form a flange. These two plates are jointed together by
an axis. A spring B may be fixed upon one of the inner flanges to abut upon the
other flange which is extended for the purpose.
The object served by this spring is to hold the two plates apart. The plates are
pierced with holes either round oval or square. Upon each face of the plates 1 affix
a thickness of caoutchouc or gutta percha. The holes pierced in the plates allow the
two thicknesses of caoutchouc to unite and form a single mass enclosing the plates.
The spring B may be omitted; only the elasticity of the caoutchouc then serving to
hold the two plates apart. The caoutchouc is not the same breadth as the metal plate
and the projection e resulting from this difference of breadth allows the metal plate to
slide between the hoof and the upper face of the shoe.
To fix the apparatus it is necessary only to press the two sides together with the
fingers and then to introduce the metal wings which extend beyond the caoutchouc
underneath the horse shoe. When the compression ceases the elasticity of the
caoutchouc or the expansion of the spring holds the apparatus open.
The surface of the caoutchouc which comes in contact with the ground may either
be smooth or grooved.
This metal frame covered with caoutchouc can be put into the horse's foot either
from the front or from the back. In the latter case the form of the caoutchouc is a
little modified, the under side is cut away so that the apparatus may not press upon
the frog of the foot. In this case also the ends of the wings which are then directed
to the front of the foot are pierced with holes into which when desired a small lever
can be placed which serves to draw together the two sides to remove the apparatus.

page_text: I LOUIS VINCENT of 41 Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, in the Republic of France
Servant 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:-
The present application relates to a system of jointed pads to be applied in 5
connection with horse shoes under the foot of the horse to protect it from.shocks in.
striking against hard surfaces and also for preventing the animal from slipping. As
is shown in the drawings left with the provisional specification this apparatus consists
of two iron plates A and A¹ of which the inner margins may or may not be raised to
form a flange. These two plates are jointed together by an axis. A spring B may 1
be fixed upon one of the inner flanges to abut upon the other flange which is extended
for the purpose.
The object served by this spring is to hold the two plates apart. The plates are
pierced with holes, either round, oval or square. Upon each face of the plates I affix
a thickness of caoutchouc or gutta percha. The holes pierced in the plates allow the
two thicknesses of caoutchouc to unite and form a single mass enclosing the plates.
The spring B may be omitted; only the clasticity of the caoutchouc then serving to
hold the two plates apart or the plates may be in one piece with the spring the whole
being then made from a wire of the form shown in the drawing lodged herewith, the
two thicknesses of caoutchouc uniting in the spaces between the wires as before
described. The caoutchouc is not the same breadth as the metal plate or wire and
the projection or projections E resulting from this difference of breadth allows the
metal plate to slide between the hoof and the upper face of the shoe.
To fix the apparatus it is necessary only to press the two sides together with the
fingers and then to introduce the metal wings which extend beyond the caoutchouc
underneath the horse shoe. When the compression ceases the elasticity of the
caoutchouc or the expansion of the spring holds the apparatus open. The surface of
the caoutchouc which comes in contact with the ground may either be smooth or
grooved.
This metal frame covered with caoutchouc can be put into the horse's foot either
from the front or from the back. In the latter case the form of the caoutchouc is a
little modified, the underside is cut away so that the apparatus may not press upon
the frog of the foot. In this case also the ends of the wings which are then directed
to the front of the foot are pierced with holes into which when desired, a small lever
çan be placed which serves to draw together the two sides to remove the apparatus.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Pads for horses feet consisting of elastic material mounted upon two plates
hinged together with or without a spring between them.
2. Pads for horses feet made of two thicknesses of elastic material which unite and
form a single mass enclosing jointed plates or a wire substantially as described.
3. Pads for horses feet substantially as described and illustrated by the drawings.