Improvements in and connected with Horse Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan, 1803 Accepted, 25th Feb,
Feb 1903
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Horse Shoes.
JOHN O'BRIEN, 123 Stobcross Street City of Glasgow Tramcar Conductor do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
From a previously made mould I form a horse-shoe of vulcanite or other suitable
material. The shoe is of one thickness throughout & similar in outline to the
iron one now in vogue. Ranged round the shoe at close intervals are the nailholes
of which any convenient number may be made; on the ground surface of shoe each
of these nailholes takes the shape of an oblong cavity (3) two-thirds depth of shoe.
The nails, preferably made of the ordinary iron are driven & clinched in usual
manner; the shanks are of the usual shape & the oblong blocked heads form an
almost continuous semi-circle of metal which gives the shoe solidity.
And the advantages claimed for this invention are these :-
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JOHN O'BRIEN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Horse Shoes.
JOHN O'BRIEN 38 McIntyre Street Glasgow formerly of 123 Stobcross Street
Tram Car Conductor, 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 :-
From vulcanized rubber or other suitable material I form a horseshoe of the
usual shape and without heels toe or clips. In my shoe for nailholes I have a
number preferably seven or eight, of oblong holes extending round the ground
surface. Each of these holes is sunk two-thirds the depth of shoe and about an
inch long by a quarter of an inch broad. The nails are made of the ordinary nail-
rod and are especially formed to suit the shoe. The shanks are of the usual shape
but the heads are oblong blocks sufficiently large to fill the holes hereinbefore
described and come flush with the ground surface. I give the nails their large
heads in order that they may hold on the shoe without cutting into it and in order
that a substantial surface of iron may be presented to wear along with the material
of which the shoe is composed. I reserve the privilege of making the nail heads
round or any other convenient shape the essential feature being that there shall be
sufficient shoulder or head for the purpose stated above. The shoe is driven and
clinched in the usual manner.
The advantages of my invention are that it is simple, concussionless, non-
slipping, prevents contraction of hoof, and is easy on horses with tender feet. If
necessary a frog pad can be moulded with the shoe.
Having now particularly 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
The improvements in horse shoes and in the method of shoeing animals with

page_text: rubber or such suitable material in combination with the nails hereinbefore
described substantially as set forth.
The improved method of fixing rubber or composition horse shoes without othe
appliances than the afore described nails substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 13th day of January 1893.
JOHN O'BRIEN.