Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Nov. 1889-Accepted 28th Dec.
1880
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.
I, EDWARD LOUIS, of St. Stephens Lodge St. Albans, in the county of Hertford,
Farrier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture and construction of Horse shoes of Rubber
or similar elastic material.
The shoe is formed after the shape of the hoof it has to fit. The bottom part or
rim all round on which the horse treads is formed of thick solid rubber prepared in
any way that gives the best results for wearing well-from this thick solid portion
at base of shoe rises the flexible sides formning all round an enclosure to receive the
sloping sides of the hoof. These sides taper in thickness being thick at the bottom
and become gradually thinner towards the top. The back part of the shoe is carefully
shaped so that the shoe may enclose over the crown of the hoof and thus be a means
of securing the shoe on the hoof, a lip shaped piece at hack gripping over the said
crown of hoof.
The inside or frog of the hoof may be enclosed if necessary by the shoe being
formed with a bottom to it also of rubber, to protect the frog or underneath part of
the hoof from being cut by stones, or rough roads.
This shoe can be taken off and put on with great ease owing to the flexible sides
of the shoes. No nails of any kind, or any similar methods are used to keep the
shoe on the hoof.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
43, Southampton Buildings, ('hancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.
I, EDWARD LOUIS, of St. Stephens Lodge St. Albans in the county of Hertford,
Farrier, 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 consists of a shoe for horses and other hoofed animals formed in
india rubber or similar elastic material. My improved shoe is made or cast upon a
mould consisting of 3 pieces which are attached together by screws and bolts and can
be easily taken apart when required. The sole and frog of my improved shoe is
formed of solid rubber fairly thick in substance and has a ridge alround to stand the
wear and tear of the roads. The sides of my shoes all round are shaped to fit over the
quartors and front of the hoof and are thickest in section at those points adjoining
the sole and becomes gradually thinner as the coronet is approached, and the heel
part of my shoe is made to fit over and grip the projecting portion at the back of
the hoof below the pastern joint. When the sole of my shoe becomes worn out I am
able to put another sole upon the sides and heel of the old shoe thereby saving
expense.
For preference 1 form upon the ridge of the sole of the shoe some parallel grooves
to assist in giving the shoe firm purchase upon the ground.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I have herewith given
wo drawings marked with letters of reference to the like parts, such drawings being
n the form of perspective sketches.
Figure 1 is a view looking down upon the shoe and
Time is a view of the underneath next of the shoe

page_text: In Figure 1. A shews the sole of the shoe, B. the sides fitting over the hoof,
C the coronet and D the heel.
In Figure 2. E is the frog and F the raised up ridge all round the sole having
grooves in the same marked Ĝ.
My improved shoes are easily put on and off and may be perforated if desired.
They are very comfortable for a horse to wear and require no fixing whatever. A
horse cannot possibly slip with them on when travelling over the worst pavements.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
An Improved shoe for horses or other hoofed animals formed of india-rubber or
similar elastic substance substantially as herein before set forth in this specification and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1889.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.