Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 13th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan., 1887.
I, RICHARD REVELL of No. 24 Charles Street Leicester in the County of Leicester
Shoeing Smith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in connexion with frog pads for the protec-
tion of the hoof, and feet of horses and other animals, and to grip, that there is no
danger of slipping upon all kinds of pavements made of wood, concrete and the like,
or upon ordinary macadam or granite roads. For this purpose I employ a pad made of
India rubber, or its compounds flat on its under side and having upon its face three
or four moulded bars, or rims as may be desired, running horizontally when fitted to
the hoof and Shoc. The upper edge of the said bars, or rims are rounded for the
purposes of giving a soft tread, and firm grip, and projecting a little above the surface
of the Iron Shoe the pad is cast in a mould, with the bars, or rims straight across to
the number and size required-and of the shape of the frog of an animals foot.
the narrow, or lower end of the pad by preference, I have a flap so that the flat, or
under side of the pad is fixed firmly to the material employed, it is then fastened by
rivets between the bars, or rims to a thickness of leather, or other suitable material,
made to the shape and fitting the bottom of the animals foot, the said pad covering
the frog, or hind part of the foot. The Iron shoe is then nailed on, and through the
thickness of leather or other material employed and secured to the hoof and foot. By
this method of producing a frog pad and protector, the solid straight bars, or rims,
being across, when placed in position on the under side of the foot: that when the
foot goes to the ground it prevents the jar which often occurs to animals when running
upon hard or slippery roads, and pavements. The widest part of the pad being on the
hoof at the back, and the longest bar, or rim coming exactly to each end of the Iron
Shoe and above the edges of same. By this means more security and a firmer grip is
given, than by any pads now in use.
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Animals.
I, RICHARD REVELL of No. 24 Charles Street Leicester in the county of Leicester
Shoeing Smith do hereby declare the nature of this invention for "AN IMPROVED
FROG PAD AND PROTECTOR, FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention is for the purpose of giving protection to the tender part of the hoof,
called the frog, of an animals foot, and consists of a pad made of India-rubber, or
compounds of such like material as may be deemed most suitable for moulding into
the different shapes and sizes required as shewn in the drawings accompanying this
specification and to which I will now refer. The same letters of reference represent
like parts in all the figures. Figure 1. is a top surface view of a pad having Terminal
bars A. running horizontally over that part covering the frog. It can be attached to
a thickness of leather, or other suitable material, at the points a¹ by rivets, before
being put on the foot, then the Iron shoe is placed on the pad, and both are nailed to
the hoof, being made to the shape and fitting the bottom of the animals foot. The
arms B. extend as far as may be desired that the nails driven in to the Iron shoc
fastens them to the hoof-Figure 2. is a side view of the same, shewing the bars A.
and the arins B. the bottom C. being thin canvas used in the process of casting or
moulding the pads. Figure 3. is another form and frontal view of a pad, the ends of
the Iron shoe fitting up to ends at the points marked E.-Figure 4 which is partly in
section, is a side view of the foregoing figure-Figure 5 is a back view shewing the
part covering the frog, and hollowed out to fit the hoof-Figure 6. is a modifica-
tion of figure 3. Figure 7. is a side view of the same partly in section shewing the
bars A. in their formation-The frog pad shown in Figures 3 to 7, are attached and
secured to the foot, by the ordinary nails driven in the counter sunk holes of the Iron
shoe. The ends of the shoe fitting up to the points marked E. The outer bars
marked with "an arrow" may be carried to the points D. if desired, the arms B. it
will be observed taper down to the ends, that the pad when adjusted is perfectly
straight on the foot, and cannot become detached and can be worn with safety and
increasing the durability of the Iron shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
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An improved frog pad and protector, for horses, and other animals-constructed and
arrainged in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and set forth in
the accompanying drawings.
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester,
Agent for the Applicant.