in metal horse shoes
Year: 1896

page_text: I WALTER BRANDRETH BROMLEY Civil Engineer of 29 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To effect improvements in metal horse shoes with the object of minimising
slipping.
I make the shoe of iron or other metal in one piece of the ordinary shape with a
fuller for the nails in the usual place and with one or two additional grooves on the
inner ground surface.
Across the inner groove or grooves I form ridges set obliquely at an angle of about
45° from an imaginary line drawn through the centre of the shoe.
W. B. BROMLEY.
I, WALTER BRANDRETH BROMLEY, C.E. of 29 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone, 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:-
According to my invention I effect improvements in horse shoes with the object
of minimising slipping while at the same time I produce a very durable and
economical shoe.
I make the shoe of iron, steel, or other suitable metal by stamping or otherwise in
one piece, of the ordinary shape; with a fuller for the nails in the usual place and
with one or two additional grooves or recesses on the lower or wearing surface and
across the inner groove or grooves I form ridges set obliquely at an angle of about
45° from an imaginary line drawn through the centre of the shoe.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in inverted plan, one form of
shoe constructed according to my invention.
Figure 1 is an inverted rear elevation.
Figure 1 is a transverse section on the line ii Figure 1 and
Figure 1 is a similar section on the line jj Figure 1.
Figure 2 represents a modified form of shoe in inverted plan.
Figure 2 is an inverted rear elevation and
Figure 2KK is a transverse section of the line kk Figure 2.
Figure 3 represents a further modification in inverted plan.
Figure 3 is a front elevation.
Figure 3 is an inverted rear elevation.

page_text: Figure 3cc is a transverse section on the line cc Figure 3 and
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line dd Figure 3.
Figure 3 is a side elevation to a sinaller scale.
Referring to the right hand side of Figures 1 and 1 and Figure 1", it will be
apparent that the shoe is made with a fuller e for the nails in the usual place and
with an additional groove or recess f all round across which are formed a number of
ridges g set or formed at an angle of about 45° from an imaginary line h h Figure 1,
drawn through the centre of the shoe the inner ridge of the groove being called g.
The grooves or recesses f are all formed with at least two sloping sides so that
neither mud, snow nor other foreign matter will stick therein as this has been a very
frequent cause of slipping in shoes having recesses heretofore proposed and I further
arrange that at least the rear side of all the ridges g shall form as nearly as possible
right angles with the ground so that a firm foothold is obtained.
Referring to the left hand side of Figures 1, 14 and Figure 1
inner ridge g shewn in dotted lines may be wholly omitted or
thereof.
that part of the
any part or parts
Referring to Figures 2, 2 and 2KK the shoe is provided with a fuller e and two
additional sets of grooves or recesses and fall round across or between which are
a number of ridges g set obliquely at an angle of about 450 from an imaginary
line Figure 2 drawn through the centre of the shoe. The sides of the
grooves fand 2 are all formed with sloping sides as and for the purpose described
with reference to Figures 1, 14, 1" and 1.
Referring to Figures 3, 34, 3, 3, 3, and 3" the shoe is as before provided with
a fuller e and with an additional set of grooves f as before described, across or
between which are a number of projecting ridges g and the sides of the fuller e at the
toe are further thickened see Figures 3, 34, 300, 3" and 3 while the shoe is also
set up or raised at the heels at g to correspond with the height of the ridges g and
that of the toe.
Instead of there being only one set of grooves f" there may be two as described
with reference to Figures 2, 24 and 2KK. Neither is it absolutely necessary that the
toe should be thickened as shown for it may be provided instead with one or more
ridges g set comparatively close together.
Instead of making the shoes so that the toe and heel of the animal's foot are at
the same distance from the ground as shown in the foregoing constructions, the heels
of the shoe may be made higher than the toe, especially in the hind shoes. When this
is done the intermediate parts of the shoe or the ridges g must be heightened so that
the ground surface of the shoe itself or of the ridges shall be in one and the same
plane. Although in all cases holes for the nails have been shown, it is evident that
it is not essential that these should be made during the manufacture of the shoes as
in most cases it is preferable that the farrier should make the holes to suit the
requirements of each individual hoof.
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 I ain aware that
it has been heretofore proposed to make horseshoes with recesses and also with ridges,
I do not therefore broadly clain horseshoes provided with recesses, or with ridges,
but what I do claim is :-
1. A horse shoe provided with grooves or recesses and ridges of which latter one
or two sides are as nearly as possible at right angles to the ground while the remaining
sides are sloping to afford a firm foothold and at the same time to prevent the said
grooves becoming clogged with foreign matter substantially as described and shewn.
2. A horse shoe provided with a number of recesses / and ridges g substantially as
described with reference to Figures 1, 1, 1" and 1.
3. A horseshoe provided with a number of recesses fl and f and ridges g
substantially as described with references to Figures 2, 24 and 2**,
4. A horse shoe provided with a number of recesses, raised or projecting.ridges g,

page_text: a thickened toe and raised heel g substantially as described with reference to
Figures 3, 3A, 3B, 3CC, 3DD and 3.
5. The constructions of horse shoes shewn on the drawings.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.