Improvements in the Construction of Horse-shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1893
Con plete Specification Left, 6th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
TRUVIDIONAL CREUITION
Improvements in the Construction of Horse-shoes.
I, ROBERT MELVILLE of 1 Craven Terrace, Lower Edmonton in the County
of Middlesex, Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to Improvements in the Construction of Horse-shoes and
consists in the mode of attaching an india rubber or other elastic pad to the shoe
for the purpose of preventing the horse slipping and also for resisting the jars or
shocks that arise during travelling and which are so injurious to horses with
ordinary shoes.
According to my invention the india-rubber or other flexible pad is affixed to
the shoe by means of an angle-plate or inclined strip which is detachably connected
to the shoe by screws or other suitable connections. The inner circumference of
the shoe is formed with a curved lip or inclined flange, and the rubber or other
flexible pad is so shaped that when in place it fits between and is firmly held in
position by the said inner lip and outer detachable strip. In this manner the india-
rubber or other flexible pad can be easily removed for repair or for renewal by
merely detaching the outer strip without disturbing the shoe.
Dated the 6th day of September 1893.
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Construction of Horse-shoes.
I, ROBERT MELVILLE of 1, Craven Terrace, Lower Edmonton, in the County
of Middlesex, Builder, 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 :-
This invention relates to Improvements in the Construction of Horse-shoes and
consists in the mode of attaching an india-rubber or other elastic pad to the shoe
for the purpose of preventing the horse slipping and also for resisting the jars or
shocks that arise during travelling and which are so injurious to horses with
ordinary shoes.
According to my invention the india-rubber or other flexible pad is affixed to
the shoe by means of an angle-plate or inclined strip which is detachably connected
to the shoe by screws or other suitable connections. The inner circumference of
the shoe is formed with a curved lip or inclined flange, and the rubber or other
flexible pad is so shaped that when in place it fits between and is firmly held in
position by the said inner lip and outer detachable strip. In this manner the india-
rubber or other flexible pad can be easily removed for repair or for renewal by
merely detaching the outer strip without disturbing the shoe.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan; Figure 2 an underside view and Figure 3 a cross-section on
the line A, A, of Figure 1.
a is the shoe proper, the inner circumference of which is formed with a curved
lip or inclined flange a¹ into which the bead or shoulder on the india-rubber
pad b enters when this latter is in place. c is the angle-plate or strip which is
adapted to be firmly secured to the outer circumference or edge of the shoe proper
by means of screws c¹. It will be seen on reference to Figure 3 that this angle-
plate or strip is composed of comparatively thin metal so as to be somewhat flexible
whereby it will the more readily conform to the shape of the shoe and at the same
time tend to prevent the screws c¹ from becoming loosened during wear. In the
drawings this strip is shewn as extending entirely around the front of the shoe, but
if preferred it can be of such a length as to extend around only the toe portion,
the remaining portion being formed as an inclined flange in a piece with the shoe.
The pad would then be made in sections so as to be readily got into place and the
toe portion of the pad, which receives the most wear, could thus be renewed, when
desired, independently of the other portions. The portion of the said angle-
plate or strip c (see Figure 3) is inclined inwardly, and the outer circumference of
the india-rubber pad is formed with a correspondingly inclined or dovetailed
portion so that when the angle-plate or strip is screwed to the shoe the said
pad is securely held in place on its inner circumference by the curved lip a¹
engaging with the bead or shoulder b¹ and on its outer circumference by the inclined
- portion c³ of the strip c engaging with the dovetailed portion 62. In this manner
the pad is effectually prevented from becoming displaced during wear. It will
also be seen that the pad can readily be removed when desired by merely unscrewing
the screws c¹ and removing the angle-plate or strip, without in anywise disturbing
the shoe and that when the detachable strip is off no impediment will be offered
to the driving in of the nails for securing the shoe to the hoof.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise shape of
the pad shewn in the drawings which may obviously be made in a variety of forms
and shapes without departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The manner of securing the pad to the shoe consisting in providing the inner
circumference of the shoe with a curved lip or inclined flange and the outer
circumference with a detachable angle-plate or inclined strip, the said pad being
so shaped that it fits between and is firmly held in place by the said inner lip and
outer detachable strip substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved construction of horse-shoe consisting in the combination with
the shoe proper which is formed with an inner lip or flange, of an outer detachable
strip and of an india rubber or other flexible pad, all substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn and for the purpose specified.
3. My improvements in the construction of horse-shoes substantially as herein-
before described and shewn by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 6th day of June 1894.
MELLERSH-JACKSON,
WM.
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.