Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Draught Animals.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1893-Accepted, 26th Aug.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Draught Animals.
I EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of 38, Chancery Lane, in the County of London,
Patent Agent (a communication to me by Alphonse Bonneau, and Prosper Fieux,
of 9, Rue de Florence, Paris, France, Manufacturers) do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in shoes for horses and other draught
animals, and has for its object to afford a secure grip to the animal's feet,
while reducing the weight of ordinary horse-shoes and dispensing with the assist-
ance of a smith, as our improved shoe can be readily fixed to a horse's hoof for
instance.
Our improved horse-shoe consists of two parts viz.: a metal part applied to the
underside of the horse's hoof, and provided with a recess or channel of suitable
shape, wherein are pressed together transverse leather strips forming the second
part of the shoe, and placed on end and side by side. Instead of leather strips, we
may use strips of india-rubber, cork or other material or combination of materials
capable of fulfilling the object in view. These strips on end are shaped outwardly
in any suitable manner to form a good bearing surface, and the shoes constructed
as above set forth, are fixed in the ordinary way to the animal's hoofs, that is to say
by means of nails.
Dated this 26th day of September 1892.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Draught Animals.
I EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of 38, Chancery Lane, in the County of London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Alphonse Bonneau and Prosper Fieux, of 9, Rue de Florence, Paris,
France, Manufacturers) 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 improvements in shoes for horses and other draught
animals and has for its object to afford a secure grip to the animal's feet
while reducing the weight of ordinary horse shoes and dispensing with the assist-
ance of a smith as our improved shoe can be readily fixed to a horse's hoof for
instance.
Our improved horse shoe consists in two parts viz.: a metal part applied to the
underside of the horse's hoof and provided with a recess or channel of suitable
shape, wherein are pressed together transverse leather strips forming the second
part of the shoe and placed on end and side by side.
Instead of leather strips we may use strips of india-rubber, cork or other material
or combination of materials capable of fulfilling the object in view.
These strips on end are shaped outwardly in any suitable manner to form a good
bearing surface, and the shoes constructed as above set forth are fixed in the
ordinary way to the animal's hoofs, that is to say by means of nails.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 a transverse section and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of
my improved horse shoe.

page_text: This horse shoe consists of two parts a metallic base a which is applied by its
upper surface to the horse's hoof, while its under surface is hollowed at b (Fig. 2)
to receive a leather mass forming the second or bearing part of the horse shoe.
This leather mass consists of a number of strips of leather, india-rubber, cork and
other suitable material placed on end and in close contact one with the other. The
surface formed by the projecting ends of these strips may be shaped in any suitable
manner as shown by way of example in the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
The metallic base is fixed to the horse's hoof in the usual manner by means of a
number of nails d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A horse shoe consisting of two parts a metallic part fixed to the horse's hoof and
hollowed to receive and hold a number of strips of leather, india-rubber cork and
the like forming the second part placed on end and tightly pressed against one
another; the surface formed by the projecting ends of these strips being shaped
according to requirements substantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this 26th day of July 1893.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.