IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Price and Edward Price, the younger,
both of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Veterinary
Surgeons, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES
AND OTHER ANIMALS."
Sealed the 26th May 1876, and dated the 4th December 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Price and
Edward Price, the younger, at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 4th December 1875.
We, EDWARD PRICE and EDWARD PRICE, the younger, both of Bir-
mingham, in the County of Warwick, Veterinary Surgeons, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES
FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS,” to be as follows:
Our Invention consists in the improvements herein-after described in
shoes for horses and other animals, such as mules and asses, by which
improvements the slipping of the horse or animal is to a great extent
prevented. Shoes made according to our Invention are not liable to pick
up stones, they wear long, and make little noise.

page_text: We make the said shoes of the same general configuration as ordinary
horse-shoes, but the bar iron of which they are made has the following
figure: The said iron is much thicker than that ordinarily employed,
the depth or thickness of the bar being little less than its breadth. The
upper face of the bar is not quite flat, that part of the upper face which
when the shoe is worn is presented to the sole being inclined so as to
prevent pressure of the shoe on the sole. The inner side of the finished
horse-shoe is consequently of somewhat less depth than the outer side.
The sides of the bar are not quite at right angles to the bottom face,
both the said sides being slightly inclined to the bottom face of the bar,
so that in the finished horse-shoe the face of the shoe in contact with
the hoof slightly overhangs the face of the shoe which comes in contact
with the ground. The lower face of the bar, that is, the face which in
use comes in contact with the ground, has a V shaped groove made in it,
the wide end of the V shaped groove being nearer to the side which is
situated inwards in the finished shoe than to the other or outer side.
The sides of the V shaped groove are not both inclined to the bottom
face of the bar, that side of the groove which is towards the outside of
the shoe being perpendicular to the bottom face of the shoe, the other
side of the groove making an angle of about 45 degrees therewith. The
extreme depth of the groove is equal to about one half the thickness of
the bar.
Bar iron of the kind described is cut into proper lengths, and being
heated is bent around a mould of the required form, that side of the
iron in which the inclined side of the V shaped groove is situated being
placed against the mould so as to form the inner or concave side of the
shoe.
The shoe is finished by having the required nail holes made in it in
the usual manner.
In the finished shoe the inner and outer bearing surfaces into which
the bottom face is divided by the V groove are of different breadths, the
inner bearing face being the narrower and the outer bearing face being
of about double the width of the inner bearing face.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Price and Edward Price, the younger, in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th May 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, EDWARD
PRICE and EDWARD PRICE, the younger, both of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Veterinary Surgeons, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Edward Price and Edward
Price, the younger, Her special licence, that we, the said Edward Price
and Edward Price, the younger, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Edward Price and Edward
Price, the younger, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Edward Price
and Edward Price, the younger, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Price, the younger, on
behalf of myself and the said Edward Price, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists in the improvements herein-after described in
shoes for horses and other animals, such as mules and asses, by which
improvements the slipping of the horse or animal is to a great extent.

page_text: prevented. Shoes made according to our Invention are not liable to
pick up stones, they wear long and make little noise.
We make the said shoes of the same general configuration as ordinary
horse-shoes, but the bar iron of which they are made has the following
figure: The said iron is much thicker than that ordinarily employed,
the depth or thickness of the bar being little less than its breadth. The
upper face of the bar is not quite flat, that part of the upper face which
when the shoe is worn is presented to the sole being inclined so as to
prevent pressure of the shoe on the sole. The inner side of the finished
horse-shoe is consequently of somewhat less depth than the outer side.
The sides of the bar are not quite at right angles to the bottom face,
both the said sides being sligthly inclined. The lower face of the bar,
that is, the face which in use comes in contact with the ground, has a
V shaped groove made in it, the wide end of the said V shaped groove
being nearer to the side which is situated inwards in the finished shoe
than to the other or outer side. The sides of the V shaped groove are
both inclined to the bottom face of the bar, that side of the groove
which is towards the outside of the shoe being nearly perpendicular to
the bottom of the shoe, while the other side of the groove makes an
angle of about forty-five degrees therewith. The extreme depth of the
groove is equal to about one half the thickness of the bar.
Bar iron of the kind described is cut into proper lengths, and being
heated is bent around a mould of the required form, that side of the
iron in which the inclined side of the V shaped groove is situated being
placed against the mould so as to form the inner or concave side of the
shoe.
The shoe is finished by having the required nail holes made in it in
the usual manner.
In the finished shoe the inner and outer bearing surfaces into which
the bottom face is divided by the V groove are of different breadths, the
inner bearing face being the narrower and the outer bearing face being
of about double the width of the inner bearing face.
We will now describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing
the manner in which our Invention is carried into effect.
Figures 1 and 2 represent in plan the opposite faces of a bar of
wrought iron constructed according to our Invention to be used in the
making of shoes for horses and other animals; Figure 3 is a cross

page_text: section of the same drawn double size; Figure 4 represents in plan the
upper face; and Figure 5 in plan the under or treading face of a horse-
shoe made from a bar of iron having the sectional form represented in
Figure 3; Figure 6 is a cross section of Figure 4 taken through the nail
holes in the shoe; and Figure 7 is a cross section of Figure 5 taken
through the solid part of the shoe.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several
Figures of the Drawing.
The upper face of the shoe is marked A and the lower or treading face
is marked B. By an examination of the sections it will be seen that
the iron of which the shoe is made has a depth or thickness, but a little
less than its breadth. The upper face A of the shoe is inclined at that
part which when the shoe is worn is presented to the sole, the said
inclined part being marked a³. By this inclination of the part a² of the
upper face A of the shoe pressure of the shoe on the sole of the foot is
prevented, the inner side of the shoe being in consequence of the said
inclined part a of less depth than the outer side (see Figures 6
and 7).
The sides b, c, of the bar of which the shoo is made have the shapes
represented, that is to say, the inner side inclines inwards from the
upper face A to the lower face B, while the upper part of the outer
side c is slightly curved.
The lower or treading face B of the shoe has a V shaped groove d in
it, as represented. The shape and depth of this groove is best seen in the
cross sections, Figures 3, 6, and 7. The sides d³, d³, of the said groove d
are both inclined to the bottom face B, which said face B is flat, the
side of the groove, which is towards the outer side c of the shoe,
being nearly perpendicular to the said bottom face B of the shoe, while
the other side d³ of the groove d makes about an angle of 45 degrees
therewith. This groove d divides the lower or treading face B into two
parts of unequal breadths, the inner bearing part being narrower than
the outer bearing part, as represented.
The bar of iron having the sectional figure represented in Figure 3 is
cut into the proper lengths, and being heated is bent around a mould of
the required form, the inclined side of the iron being placed against
the mould so as to form the inner or concave side of the shoe.

page_text: The nail holes e are made in the groove 9 and the shoe is finished in
the ordinary way.
The iron represented is formed by preference by the rolling process,
but we do not limit ourselves to any particular method of shaping the
said iron.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that
we claim as our Invention the improvements in shoes for horses and
other animals, herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawing, that is to say, making the said shoes from bars of
wrought iron, the sides of which are fashioned and arranged with respect
to each other substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Price, the younger, have
bereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Witness,
H. TRAVERS EDGE,
Solicitor,
B'ham.
EDWARD PRICE, JUN³. (L.S.)