IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Dyer, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, of 63, South Audley Street, in the County of Middlesex, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Dyer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th October 1881.
HENRY DYER, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, of
63, South Audley St., in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES."
The shoe itself to be made of india-rubber, vulcanite, leather, or wood, to be the
shape of an ordinary iron shoe, & it may be corrugated, grooved, or roughened in
any way on its ground surface.
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The shoe is connected with a steel band around its outer circumference by means
of rivets. This band is about 1/16 inch thick, & about 1 inch deep, & is ". flanged
into the shoe to within about 1/8 inch of its ground edge. The whole (band & shoe)
is made somewhat narrower than the foot it is intended for, going on with a spring,
& is in a measure self-fitting.
The attachment to the hoof is by short screws or nails passing through the upper
portion of the band by holes made for the purpose; any number may be used, but
three or five will be found sufficient,
This shoe can be put on or taken off at any time without the aid of a
blacksmith.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Dyer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th April
1882.
HENRY DYER, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, of
63, South Audley Street, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES."
This Invention relates to improvements in horse shoes, and has for its object to
prevent slipping, to which horses are more especially liable on asphalte or wood
pavings; to dispense with nails for attaching the shoe, whereby unskilled persons
are enabled to remove and replace the shoe; and to mitigate the evils arising from
the weight and concussion caused by the ordinary iron shoe.
The Invention will be described with reference to the accompanying Drawings,
wherein Figures 1 and 2 are side and top views of the improved shoe; Figure 3
shows a section of the shoe attached to the hoof; Figure 4 is a section of the shoe
modified for draught horses, and Figure 5 an underside plan of the same.
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The shoe a is of the ordinary shape of a horse shoc, and can be made of india-
rubber, guttapercha, leather, wood, or other resilient or partially resilient material.
Around the outer surface of the shoo is firmly attached by rivets b' a metal band b
about / of an inch thick, and higher than the shoe is thick by about 3/4ths of
an inch, taking a slanting direction backwards in conformity with the shape of the
hoof, as shown; the whole fits onto the hoof with a slight spring. The attachment
of the shoe is made by means of short screws c (5 or more in number) inserted
through that portion of the metal band that stands above the shoe into the wall of
the hoof. In the case of draught horses it is necessary to continue the metal band
under the toe of the shoe u, as shown at a' in Figures 4 and 5, and the metal may
be thickened and wedge-shaped inwards, taking the place of the substance of the
shoe at this point, as shown in the Drawing. Care must of course bo taken that
the instrument used for making the screw holes and the screws themselves are
only of a certain length to avoid injury to the sensitive portion of the foot. It
'may be found necessary to extend the metal band slightly upwards at the point
where the screws are inserted (as at c') in order to afford space for the screws; this
is particularly so where the hoof has been " clipped," which is generally the case at
the toe.
The hoof may be pared or rasped around its circumference to "let in " the metal
band to the extent of its thickness, but this would, while giving neatness and
perhaps greater firmness to the shoe, lessen the thickness of horn.
The rivets are secured in holes in the shoe by cement; or the shoe may be made
in two portions united along the line of the rivets by cement, or the rivets may be
otherwise secured in the shoc.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing the
same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
The horse shoe a made of indiarubber, guttapercha, leather, or other resilient or
partially resilient material, and attached to the metal band b, whereby the shoe
may be secured to the hoof, substantially as herein described and shown in the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Dyer, have hereunto set my hand and