Improvements in Horse-shoes and the like, and in Boots and Shoes for Human Use.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoes and the like, and in Boots and Shoes
for Human Use.
I, HENRY JOSIAH TREMELLEN, of Heathfield, Stow Park Road, Newport, in
the County of Monmouth, Colliery Agent, 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 :-
One part of the invention relates to improvements in the treads or soles of boots
and shoes, and consists in a novel combination of an improved tread with a rigid
frame in which the said tread is held.
It is applicable to the shoes of draught animals.
The improved tread projects beyond the face or edges of the frame in order that
only it, to the exclusion of the frame, shall constitute the tread and take all the
wear and tear. It is, therefore, obvious that the use of this first part of the
present invention will secure the advantages of a perfect foothold as well as absence
of hammering. Further, the said part affords special facility for renewing the
improved tread after it has become worn.
The accompanying figures illustrate the application of the invention to a horse
shoe.
Figure 1 is a plan of the frame and keys only, looking at the ground face of
the former.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the frame and keys.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the complete shoe.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a key.
Figure 6 is a plan of a key.
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Figure 7 is a section taken along the line 7-7 of Figure 4, and includes a
shoe nail.
Figure 8 is a side elevation illustrating the second part of the invention.
Figure 9 is an enlarged section taken along the line 9-9 of Figure 8.
A is the frame. For a horse's shoe, the frame follows the contour of the hoof,
as heretofore. In cross section, this frame is channelled and has closed ends a, a.
It is held to the hoof by counter sunk nails a¹.
B is the improved tread. The material of this is, preferably, elastic, but the
invention is not limited in respect of the degree of elasticity, nor to elasticity at
all; for the reason that the tread may be of any material otherwise suitable for
any particular case. It fills the channel of the frame A, projects beyond the
sides a² of it, for a distance about equal to the depth of the channel and overlaps
the said sides a², as clearly shewn in Figure 7. The distance between these two
sides a², or width of the channel above referred to, is as much as is consistent with
the strength of the frame.
C, C are keys for holding the tread B in and to the frame A.
Each key is flat; wider across the head c than across the nose c', and split
up from the latter for about half of its length in a plane parallel with its
sides.
D, D are the key seatings in the two sides a² of the frame A. Corresponding
ways are cut through the tread B.
The keys are driven through the frame A and the tread B from the outside of
the shoe, and the projecting tips of the nose c¹, turned, the one up and the other
down, against the inner side a.

page_text: The projection of the improved tread B beyond the sides a of the frame secures
the perfect foothold above mentioned, while the withdrawal of the keys C which
are always detachable, after the manner of keys, permits of a worn tread being
taken out and replaced by a new one in the same frame without the latter being
removed from the hoof or from the sole, as the case may be.
The second part of the invention is illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. The object
of it is to cushion the blow which some horses give to, say, a near foot when the
corresponding off foot passes it, and vice versa. It consists of a cushion E of
suitable material held to the respective side of the shoe, by a tenon e on the cushion
fitting tight into a groove in the shoe F. The cushion E can be taken out of the
groove when it is worn down and replaced by another, in this respect resembling
the tread, as also in its cross section and projection beyond the shoe.
This second part of the invention is also applicable to boots and shoes for human
use, in respect of the heel plates or tips thereof, and for a. like object, viz. :-to
cushion the blows which some walkers make the heel of one boot or shoe give to
that of the other. For the purpose, therefore, of this specification, the shoe F of
Figures 8 and 9 and of the corresponding part of the specification and the relative
claim, is to be understood as including a heel plate or tip.
The preferred material for the cushion E is silica or silver sand, fine ground
cork, and rubber.
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 of channelled frame adapted to be held to the hoof, tread,
and devices for holding the latter firmly but removeably to the former; as herein-
before set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of channelled frame adapted to be held to the hoof,
tread, and keys; as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination with the side of a shoe, of a groove and a detachable
cushion held therein, as and for the purpose set forth and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of July 1896.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.