Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Construction of Horse Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Construction
of Horse Shoes.
We, KNIGHT PROCTER of 161, Branch Street, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Blacksmith, JONAS WHITTAKER of 76, West Gate, Burnley, Insurance
Agent, and ROBERT HENRY HEAPS of Tunbridge Terrace, Deepdale Road,
Preston, in the said County, Insurance Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to the manufacture and construction of horse shoes, and
consists in the manufacture of such shoes from bar iron or steel rolled between a
pair of grooved rolls to the shape required but preferably L or T shaped in cross
section. The calk of the shoe may also be rolled in the bar during the process by
indenting the rolls or forming a cavity or cavities in them double the length of a
heel or calk. A bar is thus formed by the rolls several shoe blanks in length each
blank terminating with a heel or calk at each end when severed from the rest.
The severance may be effected by a circular saw or other appliance, which cuts
or severs the blank from the bar midway between the two adjoining or double
calks. The severed blanks may then be taken to a shaping block or the like and
bent to the required shape to fit the hoof or sole of the foot. Horse shoes formed
of bars of T section may be nailless and fixed to the foot by closing the upper
part of the wall of the shoe over the incline of the hoof.
The shoes may be punched after they are bent, or punches or pegs may be set in
the rolls, so as to form the holes when the blanks are first rolled. The shoes may
have indentations formed on the lower part of the wall, so as to lighten them and
give security of footing. They may be fit to the hoof by means of a centre clip
and nails in the usual way, or they may be fixed at the centre of the shoe, besides
nailing, by means of a slot and pin.
Horse shoes formed of bars of L section may have the toe plates struck up at
the front part of the shoe and closed over the incline of the hoof.
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11000
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Construction
of Horse Shoes.
We, KNIGHT PROCTER of 161 Branch Street, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Blacksmith, JONAS WHITTAKER of 76, West Gate, Burnley, Insurance
Agent, and ROBERT HENRY HEAPS of Tunbridge Terrace, Deepdale Road,
Preston, in the said County, Insurance Agent, 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 the manufacture and construction of horse shoes, and
consists in the manufacture of such shoes from bar irou or steel rolled between a
pair of grooved rolls to the shape required, but preferably ✓ or T shaped in
cross-section. The calks of the shoe may also be rolled in the bar during the
process by indenting the rolls, or forming a cavity or cavities in them double the
length of a heel or calk. A bar is thus formed by the rolls several shoe blanks
in length, each blank terminating with a heel or calk at each end when severed
from the rest.

page_text: The severance may be effected by a circular saw or other appliance, which
cuts or severs the blank from the bar midway between the two adjoining or double
calks.
The severed blank may then be taken to a shaping block or the like, and bent to
the required shape to fit the hoof or sole of the foot. Horse shoes formed of bars
of section may be nailless, and fixed to the foot by closing the upper part of
the wall of the shoe over the incline of the hoof.
The shoes may be punched after they are bent, or punches or pegs may be set in
the rolls, so as to form the holes when the blanks are first rolled. The shoes may
have indentations formed on the lower part of the wall, so as to lighten them, and
give security of footing. They may be fit to the hoof by means of a centre clip
and nails in the usual way, or they may be fixed at the centre of the shoe besides
nailing by means of a slot and pin.
Horse shoes formed of bars of L section may have the toe-plates struck up at
the front part of the shoe, and closed over the incline of the hoof.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is an illustration of a piece of bar iron or steel, that has been passed
through a pair of grooved rolls, or otherwise formed L shaped in cross-section to
make, when completed, a couple of horse shoes in accordance with our invention.
The bar may thus be several shoe blanks in length, each blank terminating with a
heel or calk A at each end when severed from the rest. The two adjoining or
double calks of the shoe blanks are severed from each other by a circular saw.or
like appliance, the severence being effected through the a-b, Fig. 1.
The blank length is now taken to a shaping-block, and bent to the required or
horse shoe shape to fit the hoof or sole of the foot, as seen in Fig. 3. The upper
portion B of the L section forms the sole of the shoe, whilst the lower portion C
forms a rim or wearing surface, running round the outer edge of the shoe, and
assists the calks in giving security of footing.
The shoes may be punched after they are bent or punches or pegs may be set in
the rolls, so as to form the heels, when the blanks are first rolled. The shoes are
nailed to the hoof in the usual manner. The fore part of the shoe may be secured
to the hoof by a slot and pin C', as seen in Fig. 4, or it may be secured by a
portion of its surface being struck up at the front part of the shoe, so as to form a
clip D, which is closed over the incline of the hoof (see Fig. 5).
On the lower part of the wall or sole of the shoe may be formed indentations E,
so that additional security of footing may be ensured, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5.
A cheap and ready way of making our improved form of shoe may consist of
making it of angle bar iron or steel cut into lengths rather longer than what will
be required for the shape of the shoe. After being heated and shaped on an anvil
or shaping block to the form of a horse shoe, the ends are then hammered, welded
or bent in to form the calks.
It will be evident that the shoes need not necessarily be formed with calks
at their ends, as the outer rim or lower portion C of the ✓ section answers a
similar purpose.
Fig. 2 shews our improved form of shoe, constructed of bar iron or steel of
T section. The sole of the shoe is similar to that described in the foregoing
description, but instead of attaching the shoe to the hoof by nails, the remaining
branch F of the T section may have slits G formed in it, and the slit portion
closed over the incline of the hoof, as seen in Fig. 2, thereby securely fixing the
shoe to the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The manufacture and construction of horse shoes of Land T section,
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
2 The

page_text: calk A at each end, outer rim C, clip D, and indentations E, substantially as
described and illustrated.
3. The manufacture and construction of nailless horse shoe, substantially as
described and illustrated in Fig. 2.
Dated this 5th day of September 1893.
F. RICHMOND,
79, St. James Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.