Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We, THEODORE NORMAN JONES, Mechanic, GEORGE WARREN CURRIER,
Gentleman, and ELBERT CURTIS SMITH, Attorney at Law, all of Greeley,
County of Weld, Colorado, U.S.A., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The horse shoe of this invention is made in three horizontal parts, the top and
bottom parts being of metal and the middle one of elastic material. Tho top part
is secured to the hoof by nails and the other two parts held to the top part by
screws passing through from the bottom part. The bottom or tread part has a toe
ridge and the other two parts slots through which said toe ridge passes to prevent
displacement of the bottom part. At the places in the bottom part where the
screws are passed in, the metal is increased in thickness, say, in the form of a
number of bosses which take into corresponding recesses in the middle elastic part.
Adjacent to the toe slot in the top part there is a downwardly projecting ridge to
receive which the middle part is correspondingly recessed. The two back ends or
the heel parts of the hoof section of the shoe are also provided with projections
which take into the elastic middle part.
Dated this 23rd day of April 1894.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We, THEODORE NORMAN JONES, Mechanic, GEORGE WARREN CURRIER,
Gentleman, and ELBERT CURTIS SMITH, Attorney at Law, all of Greeley,
County of Weld, Colorado, U.S.A., 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 horse shoe of this invention is made in three horizontal parts, the top and
bottom parts being of metal and the middle part of elastic material.
In the drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the three part horse shoe. Fig. 2 a cross section
thereof at the toe.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, separate views of the three parts.
Fig. 6 a perspective view of the bottom of the middle elastic part.
Fig. 7 a perspective view of the bottom or tread part and
Fig. 8 a vertical cross section of the shoe shewing how the parts are screwed
together.
A indicates the shoe as a whole and B, C, D, the respective parts or sections.
The hoof section B is made of metal with the usual nail holes a, and the lugs or
bosses a¹ at toe and heels, which lugs or bosses have holes at their centres large
enough to receive pins c on tread section D, and this section B has also screw
holes a*.

page_text: The middle section of india rubber or other elastic material C has round holes
at toe and heels large and deep enough to receive lugs or bosses a¹ of hoof section B,
the holes being shouldered at the bottom and smaller holes made central therewith
to receive pins c on tread section D. are recesses for nail heads to come opposite
nail holes a in section B. This section C has also round holes & large and deep
enough to receive lugs or bosses c¹ of tread section D. This latter is designed to
stand the wear of travel and to be replaced when much worn. It has pins c at the
toe and heels which pins extend up through holes in section C and into the
holes in the centre of lugs or bosses a¹ on section B. This is to serve the purpose
of relieving the screws c³ when the horse strikes the toe against a hard substance
and also of resisting any forward, backward or sidewise displacement of the tread
section B. The section D has also round lugs or bosses c¹ which fit into holes b¹
in section C. These lugs are for the purpose of increasing the thickness of metal
at their several places as holes are made through the tread section D for screws c³
to pass through and of providing recesses d for the screw heads, the depth of the
recesses being such that the screw heads come below the surface. The section D
is also strengthened with metal at the toe c² to increase the thickness where the
principal wear takes place, the said strengthening part fitting into a corresponding
cavity at the toe of section C. The section D may be made with a plain flat
bottom or with calks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A horse shoe made of three sections B, C, D, the two outer sections being of
metal and the middle section of elastic material, the section B being secured to
the hoof by nails and the two other sections fixed to section B by screws passing
through, and heads countersunk in section D, through lugs or bosses c', through
holes in section C and terminating in threaded holes in section B, substantially
as described and shewn.
2. In the horse shoe referred to, the tread section D provided with pins c at toe
and heels, in combination with section C having holes b, and section B having lugs
or bosses a¹ with holes in the centre thereof through which said pins are passed
into said holes in section B to prevent any forward, backward or lateral displacement
of the tread section D, substantially as described and shewn.
3. In the horse shoe referred to, the section B having the lugs a' with holes in
their centres, in combination with the section Chaving holes b' large enough to
receive said lugs, and the section D having the pins e passing through the holes &
and into the holes at the centre of lugs a¹, substantially as described and shewn.
4. In the horse shoe referred to, the tread section D having the lugs c', the hoof
section B having holes a threaded and registering with said lugs, the elastic section
having holes and the connecting screws c' the heads of which are sunk in
section D, substantially as described and shewn.
5. In the horse shoe referred to, the tread section D having the strengthening
part in combination with the section C having a corresponding cavity 6,
substantially as described and shewn.
to
6. In the horse shoe referred to, the section B having threaded holes a² in
combination with sections C and D having corresponding holes for screws
pass through, countersunk in D for the heads and terminating in B, thereby
connecting the shoe sections together, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1895.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.