Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
I WILLIAM TUFFEE of 36 Parrock Street Gravesend in the County of Kent Builder
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is so to construct and so to fit horse shoes and with such
appliances that the animals shall obtain a firmer footing and shall not be so liable to
slip while by these my improvements the horse shoes shall be given a longer life and
shall not wear out so quickly.
To carry out this object the horse shoe is made in the usual manner and style and
form but on the under side thereof a central groove or recess is preferably made all
round the same and transversely across the under side of the horse shoe at suitable
intervals apart are made a series of dovetailed recesses which terminate close to the
outer edge of the horse shoe. Into these dovetailed recesses can be slid from and
through the inner edge of the horse shoe correspondingly dovetailed blocks of metal
wood india rubber leather or other suitable material the outer surfaces whereof may
be roughened or formed with such projections or otherwise as may be desired. The
inner edge of the horse shoe is then fitted up by a properly shaped block of metal
whereto on its lower edge is fitted a wedge shaped tongue which passes under the
aforesaid dovetailed block and wedges the same tightly against the walls of the recess
and this sliding block can then be secured in position by screws or other usual or
convenient appliances and this block with its tongue can very conveniently be
surrounded by paper or other material before it is passed into position to prevent the
possibility of any noise.
Instead of these separate transverse blocks aforesaid I can also place one or more
similar blocks in the central groove or recess made all round the horse shoe which
groove or recess would likewise be formed of a dovetailed or somewhat similar shape
and the one or more blocks so held in this groove or recess would in like manner be
firmly wedged in position by the aforesaid sliding blocks and tongues.
It may sometimes be undesirable to place these horse shoes in the fire to alter in
some small degree the shape of the same when required in which case I can divide
the horse shoe into preferably three somewhat equal parts which parts are joined
together in any suitable manner such for example as by sector joints in such wise
that the precise shape in plan of the horse shoe can be somewhat altered in the same
plane.

page_text: WILLIAM TUFFEE of 36 Parrock Street Gravesend in the county of Kent Builder
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 object of my invention is so to construct and so to fit horse shoes and with
such appliances that the animals shall obtain a firmer footing and shall not be so
liable to slip while by these my improvements the horse shoes shall be given a longer
life and shall not wear out so quickly.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn two methods of constructing and
fitting horse shoes in accordance with this my invention wherein Figures 1 and 2 are
plans of the under sides of the horse shoes and Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are cross sections
of Figure 1 and Figure 7 is a cross section of Figure 2.
The horse shoe A is made in the usual manner and style and form but on the under
side thereof according to one method as shewn in Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5 are made
transversely across the same or somewhat radially at suitable intervals a series of
dovetailed recesses B which terminate near the outer edge of the horse shoe. Into
these dovetailed recesses B can be slid from and through the inner edge of the horse
shoe correspondingly dovetailed blocks C of metal wood india rubber leather or other
suitable material made and fashioned in any convenient manner. According to one
method as shewn in Figures 1 and 3 the block C may be a frame which holds a ball
of india rubber or other material or according to another method as shewn in
Figures 1, 4 and 5 the block C¹ may be solid and the outer surface thereof may be
roughened or formed with such projections or otherwise as may be desired. The
inner edge of the horse shoe is then fitted up by a properly shaped block D preferably
of metal whereto on its lower edge is fitted or whereon is formed as shewn in
Figures 3 and 4 a wedged shaped tongue which passes under the dovetailed block C
and wedges the same tightly against the walls of the recess B causing the outer
surface thereof or the ball therein to project the desired distance beyond the under
surface of the horse shoe. The sliding block D can then be secured in position by
one or more screws E preferably passing through one or more slots d in the block D
into a groove or recess in the horse shoe or by other usual or convenient appliances
and when desired this block with its tongue can be surrounded by paper or other
material before it is passed into position to prevent the possibility of any noise.
According to another method of construction as shewn in Figures 2 and 7 a central
dovetailed groove or recess H is made all round the horse shoe A on the under side
thereof in which is or are placed one or more continuous blocks K made and
fashioned as are the blocks Cherein before described and similar transverse or
radial dovetailed recesses B' connect this groove with the inner edge of the horse
shoe through which recesses B₁ are passed similar sliding blocks D with tongues to

page_text: wedge the one or more blocks K firmly in position in manner as hereinbefore
described.
It may sometimes be undesirable to place the horse shoes when constructed and
fitted as hereinbefore described in the fire to alter in some small degree the shape of
the same as and when required in which case I can divide the horse shoe into
preferably three somewhat equal parts which parts are joined together in any con-
venient manner such for example as is shewn in Figures 1 and 6 wherein the ends
overlap each other and are joined by the pin F in such wise that the precise shape in
plan of the horse shoe can be to a desired degree altered in the same plane.
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
1. The combination in and with an horse shoe of the recosses B containing the
block C and fitted with the sliding wedges D substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and declared.
2. The combination in and with an horse shoe of the groove H containing the
block or blocks K and the recesses B₁ fitted with the sliding wedges D substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and declared."
3. The formation of an horse shoe in three or more parts jointed together substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
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