IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE- SHOPS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johannes Ferdinand Richard Soltau, Merchant, in the
City of Hamburg, Germany, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-
SHOPS
"
Sealed the 26th February 1878, and dated the 3rd September 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Johannes Ferdinand Richard
Soltau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd September
1877.
JOHANNES FERDINAND RICHARD SOLTAU, Merchant, in the City of Hamburg,
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSESHOES."
This Invention relates to improvements in horseshoes.
I make my horse shoes of malleable cast iron, hollow at the bottom, and the
hollow filled with tarred hemp, cord, or other suitable material. This filling is
firmly, and under great power, pressed into the hollow of the iron. Short pro-
jections are provided in the inner hollow part of the iron which prevent the filling
from dropping out of the hollow.
My horse shoe is fastened to the hoof by means of a lap or tongue at the front of
the iron, which is cast in one piece with it, and which is bent over the hoof in front,
and by means of nails which pass through the filling and the inner side of the iron
into the hoof.
Horses shod with this filled-in iron shoe cannot slip or fall down, and the shoe is
more lasting than those now in use, made of solid iron.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Johannes Ferdinand Richard Soltau in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd March 1878.
JOHANNES FERDINAND RICHARD SOLTAU, Merchant, in the City of Hamburg,
Germany. " IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES."
This Invention relates to a new and improved horse shoe cast of malleable iron
which is hollow at the bottom and filled with a packing of tarred hemp, cord, or
other suitable material. This filling must be firmly, and under great pressure,
secured in the hollow of the iron. There are short projections in the inner hollow
part of the iron supporting the fastening of the packing.
My horse shoe is fastened to the hoof of the animal by means of a lap or tongue
at the front part of the iron, which is cast in one piece with the latter, and which
is bent over the hoof, and further, by means of nails, driven through the iron and
the hoof from the bottom side of the shoo.
The lower surface of my improved shoe is preferably made plane, but in some
cases it may be curved at the bottom surface. At the top surface my iron is made
of inclined shape from the outer edge to the inner edge, to prevent any pressure
coming against the inner part of the hoof of the animal.
The advantage of this improved shoe is to prevent horses or animals shoed with
the same from slipping; besides, this shoe will last much longer than others now
in use.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings my improved horse shoe is shown in full
size, and as applied to the hoof of a horse.
Figure 1 is a side elevation; Figure 2, a ground plan, seen froin below; Figure 3,
a front elevation; Figure 4, a side elevation in section; and Figure 5, a ground
plan, seen from top of the iron.
A is the shoe of malleable iron; B, the packing of tarred hemp, cord, or other
suitable material; c, c, c, are projections for securing the packing in the hollow of
the iron; D is a lap or tongue in front of the iron, and cast in one piece with
same, and which is bent over the hoof in front, as is shown in Figure 1; e, e, e, are
openings in the top surface of the iron for the reception of nails, which are applied
for fastening the iron to the hoof of the animal.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings the bottom surface of my iron is shown
in a plane, but it may also be of curved shape, if preferred.
Sheet 2 of the accompanying Drawings shows a modification of my Invention.
In this case a dovetail recess is formed in the inner front part of the hollow of the
shoe for the reception of a steel key s. The lower face of this key may be level
with the bottom plane of the shoe, or it may project from it for about a % or 1½ inch.
In the first case, when it is made level with the bottom plane, the steel key will
diminish the wear and tear of the shoe, while it will serve as a toe in the second
case where it projects.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The improved horseshoe as herein-before set forth, and substantially as shown
in the annexed Drawings.
Secondly. The modification of applying a steel key in front of the shoe for the
purpose and in the manner as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Johannes Ferdinand Richard Soltau, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of February, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.