Year: 1898

page_text: I, JOHN GEORGE LEMON, of 33, Palace Street, Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.,
Hall Porter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to horse shoes and has for object to provide a light,
elastic, non-slipping, and noiseless shoe which may be said to be formed almost
wholly of a rubber pad or cushion of such thickness that no part of the metal
frame in which the rubber is held will at any time come in contact with the
ground.
To these ends the shoe of my invention is formed of a frame of sheet steel or
other suitable metal conforming to the shape of the tread of the hoof and stamped
up of channel section so as to hold the rubber pad forming the tread or wearing
surface of the shoe which projects so much below the side flanges of the channelled
frame as to form a deep elastic cushion, the metal from which the frame portion
of the shoe is stamped being very thin so that the weight is proportionately
reduced. The rubber pad is of such depth or thickness as to project so far beyond
the channel flanges of the metal frame of the shoe, that even when the rubber is
compressed under the weight of the animal the metal flanges will be thereby pre-
vented from contact with the ground, thus affording a highly elastic cushion for
the foot and at same time allowing for wear. The rubber pad or cushion is pre-
ferably of half round section on its lower surface, and when in position in the
metal frame of the shoe it is secured thereto by being made of dovetailed section
or shouldered so as to be retained by the inwardly bent flanges of the frame as
well as by rivets or otherwise.
The shoe with its pad is secured to the hoof by means of the ordinary nails,
the rubber pad being moulded with tapering holes (which may be lined with metal
sockets) in which the heads of the nails are deeply countersunk and in the metal
frame rectangular holes are punched to coincide with the holes in the pad so that
when the nails are driven through the holes in the pad and shoe the neck of the
tapering head of each nail becomes wedged in the hole in the metal shoe, the
tapering head of the nail being countersunk within the rubber pad to such a
depth as to be clear of contact with the ground and be thus preserved from the
constant concussion which in the case of ordinary shoes tends to loosen the nails.
Dated this 27th day of September 1898.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.

page_text: I, JOHN GEORGE LEMON, of 33, Palace Street, Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.,
Hall Porter, 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 horse shoes and has for object to provide a light,
elastic, non-slipping, and noiseless shoe which may be said to be formed almost
wholly of a rubber pad or cushion of such thickness that no part of the metal
frame in which the rubber is held will at any time come in contact with the
ground:
b
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of
this specification wherein Figure 1 is a perspective representation of a horse shoe
viewed from above. Figure 2 is a cross section of the shoe, and Figure 3 is an
inverted perspective view of part of a shoe, shewing the form of the nail holes.
The shoe of my invention is formed of a horse shoe-shaped frame a of sheet
steel conforming to the shape of the tread of the hoof and stamped up of channel
section so as to hold the rubber pad (forming the tread or wearing portion of the
shoe) which projects so much below the side flanges e c¹ of the channelled frame
as to form a deep elastic cushion, the metal from which the frame portion a of the
shoe is stamped being very thin so that it forms but a very small proportion of the
total shoe, the metal being only thick enough to afford the necessary strength to
enable it to retain in position the rubber pad which alone is intended to sustain
all the wear. The rubber pad is of such depth or thickness as to project so far
beyond the channel flanges of the metal frame of the shoe that, even when
the rubber is compressed under the weight of the animal the metal flanges will
not come in contact with the ground, the rubber in effect constituting the shoe
and affording a highly elastic cushion for the foot whilst the function of the
metal frame is merely to hold the rubber pad in position. The rubber pad or
cushion is preferably of half-round section on its lower surface as shewn in
Figure 2, and when in position in the metal frame a of the shoe it is secured
thereto by being made of dovetailed section as shewn (or it might be shouldered)
so as to be retained by the inner flange of the frame being correspondingly bent
inwards so as to firmly grip the rubber after the latter has been inserted in the
channel of the frame and fastened thereto by rivets d the dovetailed or inter-
locking engagement of the frame with the rubber, in conjunction with the rivets,
ensuring the retention of the rubber in position.
The shoe with its pad is secured to the hoof by means of the ordinary nails, the
rubber pad being moulded with tapering holes as at e, Figure 3, (which holes may
be lined with metal sockets) in which the heads f of the nails g are deeply counter-
sunk; and in the metal frame a rectangular holes are punched to coincide with
the holes e in the pad b so that when the nails are driven through the holes in the
pad and shoe the neck of the tapering head of each nail becomes wedged in the
hole in the metal frame, the tapering head f of the nail being countersunk within
the rubber pad to such a depth as to be clear of contact with the ground and be
thus preserved from the constant concussion which in the case of ordinary shoes
tends to loosen the nails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The herein described horse shoe consisting of a horseshoe-shaped frame or

page_text: holder of sheet steel stamped up of dovetailed channel section in combination with
a cushion of rubber fitting and secured therein as described, the rubber cushion
being adapted by its dimensions to form the entire wearing tread of the shoe,
and having moulded in it sockets to receive the nail heads in coincidence with
holes punched in the metal frame, all substantially as specified.
Dated this 14th day of October 1898
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.