An Improved Non-slipping Appliance for Use with Horse Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan.. 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Non-slipping Appliance for Use with Horse Shoes.
We, WILLIAM CHARLES PUNCHARD of 151 Cannon Street in the City and
County of London, Civil Engineer and JOHN HENRY PUNCHARD of 6 Chaucer
Mansions, Queen's Club Gardens, West Kensington, in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved construction of non-slipping appliance for
use with horse shoes, and it consists essentially of a thin plate of sheet metal
having an oval or other suitably shaped hole pressed out of the middle of it forming
an incurved flange round the said hole, the exterior shape of the plate being
similar to that of the shoe to which it is to be applied but slightly smaller. The
part of the plate adapted to come towards the heel of the shoe is preferably made
of a curved shape. The incurved flange round the hole in the centre of the plate
is so much smaller than the inner part of the horse shoe as will permit of a pad
being mounted round the incurved edge of the plate and fitting against the inner
edge of the shoe. This pad may consist of a piece of tarred rope or cord, of
rubber, of a composition of rubber and cork or sawdust, of spongy rubber, of fibre,
or of any other suitable material which will give a grip on the road surface. The
pad is rivetted or otherwise suitably fixed to the metallic plate.
In the metal plate carrying the pad are formed suitably shaped holes or slots to
provide for the passage of the fixing nails of the horse shoe, as this appliance is
placed with the pad within the shoe and the metal plate between the shoe and the
hoof before the shoe is nailed to the hoof, the said holes or slots being so placed
and being of such a size that they will ensure under all conditions free passages
for the fixing nails without any further punching or drilling. We prefer to use
slots radiating outwards so as to leave tongues of metal between them, which
construction also allows the plate to more readily accommodate itself to the shape
of the hoot of the horse and to the shoe.
An appliance such as this takes a firm and complete bearing on the hoof of
the horse and it therefore obtains its grip on the road surface almost entirely by
suction.
Dated this 94th day of January 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.J.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.

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An Improved Non-slipping Appliance for Use with Horse Shoes.
We, WILLIAM CHARLES PUNCHARD, of 151, Cannon Street in the City and
County of London, Civil Engineer, and JOHN HENRY PUNCHARD, formerly of
6, Chaucer Mansions, Queen's Club Gardens, West Kensington, in the county of
Middlesex, but now of 36, Cornwall Road, Westbourne Park, in the county
aforesaid, Civil Engineer, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved construction of non-slipping appliance for
use with horse shoes, and it consists essentially of a thin plate of sheet metal of a
suitable shape having an oval or other suitably shaped hole pressed out of the
middle of it forming an incurved flange round the said hole, and having holes or
slots in it for the passage of the fixing nails, and of a pad of any suitable material
fitting round the incurved inner edge of the plate.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates our invention :-
Figure 1 is a view in plan of one form our invention may assume,
Figure 2 is a view in transverse section on line x, x, Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is a view in plan of a modification.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Referring to the drawings, A designates the metal plate which is of a similar
shape to that of the shoe to which it is to be applied but preferably slightly
smaller in its outside size. The plate A has an opening a in it with a flange a¹
round the said opening which can be conveniently formed by pressing out the
hole a in a suitable press or stamp. The part of the plate A adapted to come
towards the heel of the shoe is preferably made of a curved shape as shown. The
flange a round the opening a in the centre of the plate A is so much smaller than
the inner part of the horse shoe as will permit of the pad B being mounted round
the flange a' as shown and adapted to fit against the inner edge of the shoe. The
pad B is circular or oval in shape and consists of a piece of tarred rope or cord, of
rubber, of a composition of rubber and cork or sawdust, of spongy rubber, of
fibre or of any other suitable material which will give a grip on the road surface.
The pad B is fixed to the flange a' of the plate A by rivets bor in any other
convenient manner.
In the metal plate A are formed suitably shaped holes or slots a² to provide for
the passage of the fixing nails of the shoe, as this appliance is placed with the
pad B within the shoe and the plate A between the shoe and the hoof before the
shoe is nailed to the hoof, the holes or slots a² being so placed and being of such
a size that they will ensure under all conditions free passages for the fixing nails
without any further punching or drilling. The holes or slots a' may be
arranged as shown by Figure 1 or as shown by Figure 3 or in any other convenient
and suitable manner which will allow the plate to accommodate itself to the
shape of the hoof of the horse and to the shoe.
An appliance such as this takes a firm and complete bearing on the hoof of
the shoe and it therefore obtains its grip on the road surface almost entirely by
suction.
We are aware that it has been proposed to use a ring of tarred rope held in
place by a circular flange on a metal plate and we make no claim to such
construction, per se.

page_text: 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 improved non-slipping appliance for use with horse-shoes, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
(2.) In a horse-shoe pad, the combination of a plate such as A having a central
opening a, a flange a¹ and holes or slots such as a³, and of a pad such as B,
combined, arranged and adapted to operate as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 24th day of November 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.