Improvements in and connected with Horse-shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Horse-shoes.
I, JULIUS GUTMANN of 25 Luisen-strasse, Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia
and German Empire, Engineer and Manufacturer, 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:-
When horses have to make a start with a heavy load or under other conditions of
difficulty, their hoofs are naturally inclined at so great an angle in the effort that
the animals frequently slip and fall.
The object of this invention is to obviate this source of danger, and for this
purpose 1 construct the shoes in such a manner that when the hoof is unusually
tilted, or is at an unusual angle with the ground, a second point of support comes
into play. This second point of support may be limited to the toe of the shoe, or
it may in some cases extend around the whole or a part of the outer side of the
In combination with the shoe made according to these improvements,
any suitable pads, packings or the like may be employed as in shoes of other
shoe.
forms.
I will particularly describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings. In these drawings,
and
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section taken along the line - Figure 2,
Figure 2, an inverted plan of a shoe embodying these improvements.
Figure 3 is a partial inverted plan of a modified construction.
Figures 4 and 6 shew the action of the supplementary point of support on the
opposite sides of the shoc; and
Figure 5, shews a similar action with respect to the toe.
The shoe A may be of any desired suitable pattern and it may be made hollow on
the underside and packed with tarred rope or gasket B, or with indiarubber or other
suitable soft material.
The supplementary support is represented at C, and may be limited to the toe
part of the shoe, extend around the sides and toe, as indicated by Figures 1 and 2, or
it may be in sections as shown by Figure 3. It takes most conveniently the form
of an angular projection from the edge of the shoe at some distance above the tread,
so that it does not come into contact with the ground at the ordinary paces of the
animal, but only when he is making an extraordinary effort, and consequently tilts
his hoofs more than usual.
For ordinary purposes, when the animal does not naturally or of necessity tread
sidewise, the supplementary supports may be limited to the toes, and the action is
illustrated by Figure 5 where the part C is seen engaging or in contact with the
ground, thus preventing any risk of slipping. The action of the parts C at the sides
of the shoe is similarly illustrated by Figures 4 and 6. In each of these figures the
hoof of the animal is indicated at D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
A horse-shoe having a supplementary point of support constructed and arranced.

page_text: substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Deted this 24th dow of Luna A D 1005
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.