Improvements. in and relating to Horse-shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 16th Dec.,
1899
We, RICHARD REVELL, of 46, Stanley Street, Humberstone Road, Leicester,
Shoeing Smith, and WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLEY, of the same address, Malleable
Iron Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in and relating to horse-shoes,
whereby the shoes may afford greater contact surface with the crust of the
horse's hoof and at the same time greater contact surface of the underside of the
shoe with the ground.
In accordance with our invention the shoe is preferably made in malleable
iron, and consists in combining with an ordinary horse's shoe, a plate or web of
suitable shape and size to completely cover the underside of the hoof with the
exception of the frog, and depending from the said plate or web may be a rib,
wall, or flange, approximately the shape of the frog of a horse's hoof and the
space between the said rib, wall or flange and the shoe may be filled in with
rope, hemp or any other suitable substance tending to secure a foot-hold for the
horse.
In shoes of larger size an extra rib, wall or flange may be placed intermediate
of the shoe and the frog-shaped rib, wall or flange before mentioned.
Spikes of any convenient form may be driven into or cast on the plate or web
to retain the rope, hemp, or the like in position.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant, .
Improvements. in and relating to Horse-shoes.
We, RICHARD REVELL, of 33, late of 46, Stanley Street, Humberstone Road,
Leicester. Shoeing Smith, and WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLEY, of the same address,
Malleable Iron Worker, 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:-
This invention consists of improvements in and relating to horse-shoes, whereby
the shoes afford greater contact surface with the crust of the horse's hoof, at
the same time giving a much better grip on wood, asphalt and other pavements
and thereby reducing the tendency to slip.

page_text: In accordance with our invention, the shoe is preferably made in malleable
iron, and consists in providing means for holding in position on the wearing
surface of the shoe, rope, hemp, tow, or any other suitable substance tending
to secure a foot-hold for the horse, and outside and clear of the said holding
substance, is a groove or channel having the holes therein for the nails to pass
through for securing the shoe to the hoof.
The invention will be clearly understood by referring to the drawing accom-
panying this specification.
Figure 1 is a plan of the underside or wearing face and Figure 2 a central
section of a shoe constructed in accordance with this invention.
Figure 3 is an underside view of a modification.
The plate or web A is approximately the shape of a horse's ordinary shoe
and when desired can completely cover the bottom of the hoof with the excep
tion of the frog. Depending from the undersurface of the plate or web A and
preferably conforming to the shape or contour of the shoe are ribs, walls or
flanges D.
As will be readily seen upon reference to Figure 2 there is a recess D)¹ formed
between the ribs or walls D) before mentioned and into such recess is driven
a length or rope, hemp, tow or any similar or suitable substance tending to
secure a foothold for the horse. We are aware that shoes with the improve-
ments before mentioned have been made, the smith affixing them by driving the
nails blindly along the site of or through the rope or the like, consequently as
the nails wore down with the rope the former had a tendency to go further into
the hoof and become loosened.
In our improved shoe we attach it to the hoof by nails passing through
holes B formed in the groove or channel C which is formed round the outside
edge and is therefore quite open and clear for the smith to accomplish his work
of fixing the shoe to the hoof.
The spikes or studs E are preferably cast with the shoe, though they may be
driven into or otherwise fixed in position in the plate or web A. By driving
into the recess D¹ over such studs E, the rope or the like, there is considerably
less liability of it dropping out and by thus retaining it in position we are
enabled to affix the shoe as before stated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A horse-shoe provided on its under or wearing surface with means for retain-
ing rope or equivalent in position and having on its outer edge a series of holes
clear of the said rope for attachment of the shoe in the manner substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of November 1899
RICHARD REVELL,
WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLEY.
W. P. Thompson & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.