Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
Fig. 4 a section along line x-x
(Fig. 3);
Fig. 5 are perspective views of the frame with retaining spikes and of the pad ;
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified upper plate embodying this invention;
Fig. 7 a perspective view showing a shoe frame constructed according to the
present invention and provided with a front calk, and
Fig. 8 represents spikes employed to secure the said pad.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4; A is the horizontal metal plate or flange of the angle
iron bent to the ordinary horse shoe shape and secured to the hoof in the usual
manner; a is the vertical flange or web extending entirely or partly (Fig. 6)
round the outer rim of the said horizontal flange and being bent slightly inwards as
at a' (Fig. 4) all round, in order to properly grip the pad B. B is the pad placed
within the angle frame A-a and consisting of felt, leather, rubber, wood pulp,
woven fabric, straw matting or similar material, said pad being retained in position
by means of spikes c fixed in and extending horizontally inward from, the flange a,
at the toe end of the frame, and by the nails or splints c¹ adapted to be inserted
through the said flange a at the orifices c situated at the ends of the said shoe.
In addition to these horizontally extending spikes, the pad may be further
secured by means of spikes c³ extending vertically downward from the horizontal
flange A of the frame (Figs. 3, 5, 6 and 7). Instead of a complete angle frame, as
shown at Figs. 2-5, an open frame (Fig. 6) may be employed, in which the
horizontal flange is provided with downwardly extending lugs a², instead of a
flange.
Fig. 7 illustrates the manner, in which shoes constructed according to the
present invention may be provided with calks or tips d, in which case the flange a
is simply provided with a downwardly projecting lug d.
The advantages of shoes constructed according to the present invention, are;
Firstly, the pad covers the sole of the hoof and gives to the horse the same bearing
surface as the natural hoof, instead of the rim only, as with shoes of the ordinary
construction ;
Secondly, by increasing the bearing surface of the hoof, the danger of slipping

page_text: and falling of the horse is diminished, and the tractive force of the horse greatly
increased;
Thirdly, the hoof being entirely covered is protected from injury, and finally the
concussion of the hoof on hard pavement is lessened and the horse enabled to pass
over such pavements with little or no noise.
The pad may be easily taken out, when worn and replaced by a new one, without
the necessity of the horses being re-shod.
In order to protect the hoof against dampness, the pad may be advantageously
impregnated in any of the well-known ways.
Deted this 1st day of May 1894.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE DI DUIFICATION
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
We, HUGO KÖCHERT and CARL SEIBERT, Manufacturers, both of
4 Jasomirgottstrasse, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 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 present invention relates to a horse shoe which is provided with an upper
flange or plate shaped like an ordinary horse shoe and attached to the hoof in
the usual manner, and with a downwardly projecting flange extending entirely or
partly around the outer rim of the said horizontal flange, the whole forming an
angle iron bent to the shape of a horse shoe.
Within the said angle frame is attached in a suitable manner a pad or layer
of felt, leather, india-rubber, woven fabric or straw matting.
And in order to make the present Specification more easily intelligible, reference
will be made to the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification, in which similar
letters denote similar parts throughout the several views.
In these drawings;
Fig. 1 is a central section through the shoe and pad as applied to the hoof;
Fig. 2 a plan corresponding to Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 an inverted plan of the angle frame;
Fig. 4 a section along line x-x (Fig. 3);
Fig. 5 are perspective views of the frame with retaining spikes and of the pad ;
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified upper plate embodying this invention;
Fig. 7 a perspective view showing a shoe frame constructed according to the
present invention and provided with a front calk, and
Fig. 8 represents spikes employed to secure the said pad.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4; A is the horizontal metal plate or flange of the angle
iron bent to the ordinary horse shoe shape and secured to the hoof in the usual
manner; a is the vertical flange or web extending entirely or partly (Fig. 6)
round the outer rim of the said horizontal flange, and bent slightly inwards as
at a (Fig. 4) all round, in order to properly grip the pad B. B is the pad placed
within the angle frame A-a and consisting of felt, leather, rubber, wood pulp,
woven fabric, straw matting or similar material, said pad being retained in position
by means of spikes c fixed in and extending horizontally inward from the flange a,
at the toe end of the frame, and by the nails or spikes c adapted to be inserted
through the said flange a at the orifices situated at the ends of the said shoe.
In addition to these horizontally extending spikes, the pad may be further
secured by means of spikes extending vertically downward from the horizontal
flange A of the frame (Figs. 3, 5, 6 and 7). Instead of a complete angle frame,
as shown at Figs. 2-5, an open frame (Fig. 6) may be employed, in which the

page_text: horizontal flange is provided with downwardly extending lugs a³, instead of
a flange.
Fig. 7 illustrates the manner, in which shoes constructed according to the
present invention may be provided with calks or tips d, in which case the flange a
is simply provided with a downwardly projecting lug d.
The advantages of shoes constructed according to the present invention, are ;
Firstly, the pad covers the sole of the hoof and gives to the horse the same bearing
surface as the natural hoof, instead of the rim only, as with shoes of the ordinary
construction;
Secondly, by increasing the bearing surface of the hoof, the danger of slipping
and falling of the horse is diminished, and the tractive force of the horse greatly
increased;
Thirdly, the hoof being entirely covered is protected from injury, and finally the
concussion of the hoof on hard pavement is lessened and the horse enabled to pass
over such pavements with little or no noise.
The pad may be easily taken out, when worn and replaced by a new one,
the necessity of the horses being re-shod.
without
In order to protect the hoof against dampness, the pad may be advantageously
impregnated in any of the well-known ways.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A horse shoe consisting of an angle frame in combination with a pad of
suitable material arranged within and extending below said frame and means for
securing said pad in position, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a frame A having a downwardly extending flange, bent
slightly inwards all round, with a pad B arranged within said flange, and means for
securing said pad in position, substantially as described.
3. The combination of a frame A having a downwardly extending flange a, a
pad B arranged within said flange, and spikes cc extending horizontally inward
from said flange, as also downward from the frame A, substantially as described.
4. As a modification, the combination of a frame A, having a downwardly
extending recessed flange a, horizontal spikes c c', vertical spikes c' and a pad B,
arranged substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of May 1894.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.