Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Horse Shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Horse Shoes.
SILAS BROWNHILL Rate Collector 5 Mountrath Street Walsall do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a new mode of converting, strip iron or plate iron, strip
steel or plate steel, strip metal or plate metal, into channel sections, of iron steel or
metal, of any size, with projecting angles on the said sections, and where the metal
meets the same can either be strengthened by welding or riveting together.
This invention is applicable to the manufacture of grooved horse shoes with
clips.
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SILAS BROWNHILL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Horse Shoes.
1, SILAS BROWNHILL of 5 Mountrath Street, Walsall, in the County of
Stafford, Rate Collector, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of a new mode of forming grooved horseshoes by converting
strip iron or strip steel, or strip metal into channel sections of iron steel or metal of
any size with projecting angles on same, the metal being so bent up and strengthened
by welding or rivetting together as to be particularly applicable to the manufacture
of grooved horse shoes with clips complete.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvement.
Figure 1, is a section of the channel as formed preparatory to forming the shoe.
Figure 2, is a view of the channeled piece when bent into the form of the shoe.
Figure 3, is a view of a piece of the channel shewing how part of the top flange
may be cut away to form the clips.
Figure 4, shews a modification in the form of the channel section.
Figure 5, also shews a modification in the shape of the section of metal.
In carrying my invention into effect I take a piece of strip iron steel or metal
and cut it into suitable lengths for forming the shoc A and in such a manner that
the grain of metal runs crossways. The strip is then bent, rolled, or otherwise
converted into the section shewn by Figure 1 the one side a' of the channel being
bent up at a so as to form a clip to the hoof and this part a¹ may be cut away
leaving clips in the desired position as shewn by a² in Figure 3. The point a³ is
thus made of double thickness which is of considerable advantage as being on the
outside edge of the shoe it receives the greatest amount of wear.
The flange or
side a' is riveted by the rivet e or welded to the side a of the channel so that
when the bend is worn away at a³ the side or clip a' or a² is still retained in position
and a double thickness of metal still remains on the outside edge to receive the
The grain of the metal running crossways as shewn by dotted line 6'
prevents so much liability of the clip a² breaking off lengthways as shewn by dotted
line b². The top as of the channel receives the hoof B as shewn at Figure 4 and I
may turn the side a of the channel up at as thus forming a double edge at a as
well as at a³ or I may turn the end a³ inside the channel up, as shewn by a' at
wear.
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page_text: Figure 5, but generally I find it sufficient to turn up the outside only as that
receives the main part of the wear. One of the advantages of my improved horse
shoe is that for cheap shoes it can be made out of the most common strip metal and
at the same time wear considerably longer than those of the old kind. I may vary
the section of the channel and the shape of the clips and other parts without
departing from the nature of my said improvements.
It will be obvious that I may weld or rivet a separate piece a on to the side a
of the channel instead of turning up the flange but I prefer to turn up the flange
as a much more finished article is the result.
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 :-
The improvements in grooved horse shoes and in the manufacture of the same
formed of channeled iron and having the flange a riveted or welded to form the
double thickness and clip or clips substantially as herein set forth and shewn upon
the accompanying drawing.
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GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.