A NEW AND IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR MATERIAL FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morcombe Bromley Baker, of Southsea,
in the County of Hants, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR
MATERIAL FOR THE
OTHER PURPOSES."
Scaled the 17th November 1874, and dated the 20th May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morcombe
Bromley Baker at the Office of the. Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 20th May 1874.
I, JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER, of Southsea, in the County of
Hants, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
AND IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES, APPLICABLE ALSO
FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in combining metal (iron borings for example)
with gutta percha or other plastic material whilst in a fluid or semi-
fluid state, and thoroughly mixing them together in a suitable vessel to
which heat is applied. This done the material thus made is poured or
run into a mould of the size and shape of a horse-shoe, and if necessary

page_text: subjected to pressure whilst warm. The shoe thus made is then left to
set and cool, I then fix a piece of plain gutta percha of suitable
thickness to the upper side of the shoe which is then ready for use and
may be applied to a horse's foot in the following manner :--'
-The under
side of the horse's foot being first pared in the usual way I sear with a
hot iron or otherwise soften the surface of the gutta percha and imme-
diately place it in contact with the horse's foot, and exert pressure on
the shoe so as to cause the mass to bed closely against and be united to
the horse's foot. Before exerting the pressure I encircle the foot with a
band or strap to prevent the gutta percha from being pressed outwards;
on the pressure being removed I remove the aforesaid strap, and when
the mass is set and cool proceed to trim or cut away the superfluous
gutta percha, and in this manner and by these means I am enabled to
produce a firm and durable horse-shoe; or the aforesaid compound
material may be rolled into sheets and stamped out or cut by hand to
the desired size and shape either for horse-shoes or for the soles of boots
and shoes and various other useful purposes."
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 20th November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER, of Southsea, in the County of Hants, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker, Her special
licence that I, the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Morcombe
Bromley Baker, my 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 Mau, an Invention

page_text: for "A NEW AND IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES
APPLICABLE ALSO FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker, my executors or ad-
ministrators, by an instrument in writing under my, 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 John Morcombe Bromley Baker,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in combining metal borings or turnings with
gutta percha or other suitable plastic material for the manufacture of a
material applicable for horse-shoes and other purposes.
And in order to explain my said Invention more fully, I will now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying
the same into practical effect as follows:-I first melt or partially melt
the gutta percha or other plastic material, and when sufficiently melted
to enable the metal to be mixed with it I add the metal turnings or
borings and then proceed to mix the entire mass thoroughly until the
said borings or turnings are well distributed.
The proportions of borings or turnings will vary according to the
purposes for which the material is to be applied. I have found that a
composition composed of three parts of plastic material and five parts
(by weight) of iron borings or turnings will produce a very durable
material for the manufacture of horse-shoes.
In some cases I add to the aforesaid mixture of plastic material and
metal borings or turnings granulated cork or cork shavings which will
be found to lighten the material and add to its durability.
After the above composition has been mixed, as aforesaid, I run it
into moulds of the desired shape and size, and if found necessary subject
it to pressure whilst warm.
A material manufactured as above will be very strong and applicable
for the manufacture of horse-shoes, soles of boots and shoes, and various
other useful purposes.

page_text: To fix horse-shoes constructed according to this Invention it is simply
necessary after having pared the hoof to use as an adhesive a solution of
gutta percha in bi-sulphide of carbon or other solvent which will bo
found to hold the said shoe perfectly secure, thus dispensing with the
use of nails.
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Having now described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "A. New and Improved Material for the Manufacture of
Horse-shoes, Applicable also for other Purposes," I would remark in
conclusion that what I claim as my Invention and desire to secure by
the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, combining gutta
percha or other suitable plastic material with metal borings, or turnings,
or metal in a similar state of division for the manufacture of an improved
material applicable for horse-shoes and other purposes, substantially as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER. (L.S.)