Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoe Pads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by Monsieur PIERRE HENRI MARIE BONIN DE
LA BONNINIÈRE, Comte Pierre de Beaumont, of 5, Rue Mazagran, Paris, in
the Republic of France.]
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoe Pads.
I PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON of The Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention has reference to pads for deadening or lessening the
concussion to the feet and legs of horses and other animals while at work on hard
roads and for rendering these animals less liable to slip in frosty weather. The
invention has for its object principally to provide means whereby the said pads
may be securely held in place as long as required which means however permit of
the removal of the pad from the foot while the animal is at rest.
To this end the pad which is made of rubber leather or a combination of both or
of any other suitable material and is shaped to conform to the internal contour and
dimensions of the ordinary metal shoe is provided at the toe and at the quarters
with wings of metal or other hard material bolted or otherwise secured to
the pad.
These wings which are of suitable form are inserted beneath the iron shoe
which is of the ordinary seated kind which leaves a space between the shoe and
the sole of the foot.
It is preferred to make the posterior portion of the quarter wings which may
be in several pieces arranged together if desired meet the end of the seated portion
of the shoe so that there is no tendency for the pad to creap backward while the
animal is at work.
Thind this 97th day of I. 100
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoe Pads.
I PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON of The Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of London, Patent 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:-
The present invention has reference to certain improvements which have been
made in the method of fixing the detachable pads employed in shoeing horses,
mules, etc., and consists in providing the said movable pad with wings, with the
view of ensuring the better fixing of these pads to the shoe, whatever the material
used for these pads may be, whether leather, wood, cork, felt, hard leather, or
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page_text: chamois leather, hardened caoutchouc, covered with cloth or not, untanned leather,
artificial leather, caoutchouc, or any other appropriate material, with a lining of
metallic netting or any metallic tissue.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a shoe fitted with the winged pad, seen from underneath.
Fig. 2 a detachable pad fitted with three wings, detached.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5, show, detached, the wings full size, intended for a shoe of
ordinary form.
Figs. 6 and 7 show the toe wing and one side wing, divided into 2 parts.
Fig. 8 shows a side wing divided into three parts.
Fig. 9 shows a pad fitted with a toe wing C and two quarter wings C¹ and C",
the rebates c of which are cut at an acute angle.
Fig. 10 shows a wing for the quarter, detached from the pad.
Figs. 11 and 12 show a pad of leather, caoutchouc, or other suitable material,
with a lining of metallic netting, or any metallic tissue.
The same letters of reference refer to the saine parts.
As will be seen, the invention, therefore, is characterised by the use of the
wings C, C1, C2, which serve to hold fast under the shoes the detachable pad B,
the object of which is to protect the sole and frog of the horse's foot when
at work
The wings C, C³, C³, are three in number at the least, and are placed at the
toe and at the quarters on each side of the pad. They may be of metal, or of any
other suitable material, and either rigid, hollowed out, perforated, open, stamped
up, or flat. They may be made with either acute or rounded corners.
The wings for ordinary shoes are of the shape and dimensions shown in Figs. 3,
4, and 5. If it is desirable to have five or six wings, they may be of different
shape, and be divided up, as shown at Figs. 6, 7, and 8, for example. As will be
understood, for the feet of ponies and other small sized animals the wings will be
made smaller.
They are secured to the pad B by means of rivets a or nails. Their pro-
jection (d) beyond the pad B, should be calculated so that they come just up to the
nail holes of the ordinary shoe; this will be about 7 or 8 mm. From 1 mm.
thickness, they should be thinned down to about a millimeter (or less, without
inconvenience) round the periphery of the projection, so as to fit exactly on
adjusting the shoe. Bessemer sheet steel, which, as well as being very strong, has
also the desired amount of elasticity, is recommended as a suitable material for
the wings.
In Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, are shown in the wings the holes 6 for receiving the
rivets for fastening the said wings to the pad.
In the lower end of the right and left wings CC, is formed a rebate c, which
abuts against a spur or claw e, formed on the shoe, and either cast with, or forged
in one therewith, or in any other way, and which serves to prevent the plate from
creeping backwards behind the shoe, when the animal is moving.
The pad B, no matter of what material, forms the internal furniture of the shoe,
and may be of any suitable thickness. It should be cut just to the form of the
inner edge of the shoe A, when ready to be put in place. It is advised that the
pad should be 6 mm. thick at the least. If strong polished leather be used, care
should be taken to steep it first for some time in water, then to strongly beat it,
and allow it to dry. In this way, the leather does not soften so much when in
contact with the wet ground.
When using the pads with wings C, C1, C2, the ordinary or other shoe should
be fitted in the English or French fashion, and should be furnished with a seating,
as indicated in dotted lines at Fig. 1. The seating will not interfere with the
continuation of the fitting to the heels of the shoe, where the horse's foot requires
it. The extremity of the seating may have upon its inner face, for more securely
fixing the pad, a raised ear in one with the shoe, or fastened thereto. It is
advisable, to avoid this ear touching the sole of the foot, to thicken slightly the web

page_text: of the shoe (one or two mm., as the case may be) at the heel, which permits of its
being lengthened, and thus filling up the hollow.
This ear or spur should be placed exactly at the lower extremity of the wings of
the quarter, which are provided for this purpose with a small groove.
As has been said above, any material for making the detachable pad may be
used, and the pads may be lined with an elastic netting P, of metallic tissue, as
shown at Figs. 11 and 12. For the manufacture of this netting, metallic threads
of any kind may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad, I declare that what I claim is
Horse-shoe pads furnished with wings as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings, for the better attachment of the pads to the shoes.
Dated this 26th day of March 1895.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.