Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 20th Apr., 1895
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I ALFRED FREMEREY, of the Firm of Sülzer Eisenwerk Fremerey & Stamm
of 34 Christophstrasse Cologne in the Empire of Germany, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved horse shoe illustrated in the annexed.
drawing in which
Fig. 1 is a view from beneath and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section through the
body or frame of the horse shoe, both without the fillings hereinafter described.
Fig. 3, view from beneath and Fig. 4 longitudinal section of the same horse
shoe with fillings put in.
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modification.
The improved shoe differs from ordinary horse shoes which have wedge shaped
channels or fullering guiding the nails to the nail holes even when used on slippery
ice in the fact that toe and heel calks are superfluous, though if desired they
may be added.
Such calks are unnecessary, since the horse shod with this shoe possesses a soft
and elastic base all over its treading surface. The frog is well protected and
comes nowhere in contact with the iron part of the horse-shoe, since the quarters
of the shoe are not connected by a stay or cross bar and the projections upon
the inner edge of the shoe which are arranged for holding fast the inner pad
do not reach up to the under side of the hoof. Consequently the frog owing
to its resting upon the felt inserted pad thoroughly fulfils its natural purpose as
an excellent supporting medium.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, for holding fast the protecting sole or pad, angularly
shaped projections or wings a a are arranged at the two ends or heels of the
quarters of the horse shoe whilst at the middle of the inner edge of the shoe a
projecting plate is provided upon which a downwardly directed point c is
arranged.
In order to put in the felt pad or sole or the like the latter is somewhat bent
inwards at the middle and pushed into the hollow space L of the shoe and its
front end pressed onto the point e presenting itself upon the plate b whilst the rear
corners are forced into the angular recesses a, a.
Owing to the projecting plate this inserted sole F finds a safe resting basis
so that said sole is not allowed to be pressed onto the hoof whilst the pin e prevents
the plate or sole F from slipping in a backward direction. The angular pieces b, b,
have the same purpose as the point c and serve to give the sole a reliable housing
which may be still improved by inclining the walls of the hollow space L thus
causing it to decrease in width in a downward direction.
As the quarters of the shoe are not connected by a cross bar, the sole F may, on
being bent, be withdrawn off the point c as well as out of the angular recesses of
the wings b, b, and so be removed from the shoe without using any special tool.
It has been found that in fixing the protecting sole it is in many cases sufficient
to omit the wings a as well as the point c and to make the inner edge of the body
of the shoe inwardly inclined instead of vertical, that is to say to decrease the
hollow space L in width from above downwardly while also for the purpose of

page_text: securing a more reliable fixing of said sole, the point c may be replaced by sharp
edged projections which extend over the breadth of the inner edge of the shoe
and which may project vertically or obliquely. Of these sharp edged projections
usually one, arranged in the middle of the edge is sufficient; there may however
be several of such sharp edged projections arranged at suitable intervals upon the
vertical or inclined inner edges of the shoe.
The shoe body may, as illustrated, be hollowed to receive a filling of twisted
rope or other material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
In horse shoes, having a groove provided around their under or treading face for
receiving a piece of rope filling or the like, which latter may also be omitted.
1. The angular heads or wings a, a at the inner edges of the heels of the horse
shoe which heads or wings in co-operation with projecting plate b having a down-
wardly directed point c and arranged in the middle of the inner edge serve for
receiving a removable protecting sole F of felt or the like and holding same free
from the inner arch of the hoof.
2. A horse shoe formed with its inner edge slightly inclined, in combination
with a protecting sole placed into the hollow space L decreasing in width down-
wardly whereby said sole fills up this space entirely and is automatically held
therein.
3. A horse shoe having one or more sharp edged projections
the breadth of the inner edge of the shoe substantially as and
specified.
Dated this 15th day of March 1895.
extending over
for the purpose
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.