Improvements in Anti-slipping Pads or Appliances for Horse Shoes or the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Anti-slipping Pads or Appliances for Horse Shoes
or the like.
I, JOHN HENRY PUNCHARD of 36, Cornwall Road, Westbourne Park, London,
to be as
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or in the construction of horse shoe
pads or anti-slipping appliances for horses or other draught animals and has for its
objects to produce such pads or appliances of a simple character easy to construct
and apply to the shoe inexpensive in cost and durable in wear and which is at the
same time desigued to fulfil all the requirements of a pad to operate effectively on
all characters of paving and roadways and thus having inany advantages over other
pads or appliances heretofore tried for a similar purpose.
My present invention is as follows:-
On a plate of any suitable metal and of suitable size and thickness I form arrange
or mount a wall or flange around the back edge thereof the shape of this back edge
(and wall thereon) i.e. adjacent to the "frog" being curved (at or near the centre
of the plate) inwards towards the toe and opening or tapering outwards gradually
and then advantageously curved round (on each side of said opening) towards the
side edge of the plate-these side edges of the plate extending under the metal
shoe as also the toe or front end of the plate or part or parts thereof and the plate
is held in position on the hoof with its edges or parts thereof laid and resting
between the shoe and the hoof where it is further secured or held in position in
any suitable manner for instance by the ordinary nails of the shoe passing through
said plate in which latter holes openings or slots may be provided as desired in
any suitable manner for instance slots such as those shown in an invention for
which I (jointly with William Charles Punchard) received the grant of Letters
Patent dated 24th January 1894 No. 1567.
On the same side or face of this plate as the said back wall or flange is arranged
(i.e. the lower face) I also form arrange or mount at a little distance from said wall
(say about of an inch or more or less) and advantageously concentric therewith
or parallel thereto either a continuous wall or projecting ledge or it may be two or
more projections or supports to act as hereinafter explained and for facility and
cheapness of construction the last-named inner wall or projections as well as the
first-named curved outer wall may be cast in or solid with the said plate for
instance in malleable iron.
Any suitable non-slipping or anti-slipping material may be used on this plate but
the latter is especially designed and adapted for what is considered to be one of the
best materials for the purpose viz.: rope and according to my present invention
I arrange and mount said rope in a very advantageous form or manner.
Any suitable rope (advantageously tarred hemp rope) is formed into a small
ring or grommet of a size to suit my purpose and this is then squeezed together
sidewise so that one part thereof will lie close against and parallel with another
part of said ring and in this form said grommet is laid on the plate (or may be first
laid on same and there forced into the desired form) with one side of the ring lying
between the said outer wall and said inner wall or projections and the other side or
remainder of the ring resting against the inside wall of the metal shoe when
mounted in conjunction with the latter.

page_text: This grommet or anti-slipping pad is secured to the said plate in any suitable
manner for instance by nails screws pins or bolts and nuts etc. passed horizontally
through same and through the aforesaid walls or projections or by pins rivets
wire etc. passed into or through same direct into the aforesaid plate or otherwise as
desired.
Dated this 9th day of August 1895.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Anti-slipping Pads or Appliances for Horse Shoes
or the like.
I, JOHN HENRY PUNCHARD of 36 Cornwall Road, Westbourne Park, London,
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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in or in the construction of horse shoe
pads or anti-slipping appliances for horses or other draught animals and has for
its objects to produce such pads or appliances of a simple character easy to
construct and apply to the shoe inexpensive in cost and durable in wear and which
is at the same time designed to fulfil all the requirements of a pad to operate
effectively on all characters of paving and roadways and thus having many
advantages over other pads or appliances heretofore tried for a similar purpose.
My present invention is as follows:-
On a plate of any suitable metal and of suitable size and thickness I form
ariange or mount a wall or flange around the back edge thereof the shape of this
back edge (and wall thereon) i.e. adjacent to the "frog" being curved (at or near
the centre of the plate) inwards towards the toe and opening or tapering outwards
gradually and then advantageously curved round (on each side of said opening)
towards the side edge of the plate-these side edges of the plate extending under
the metal shoe as also the toe or front end of the plate or part or parts thereof and
the plate is held in position on the hoof with its edges or parts thereof laid and
resting between the shoe and the hoof where it is further secured or held in
position in any suitable manner for instance by the ordinary nails of the shoe
passing through said plate in which latter holes openings or slots may be provided
as desired in any suitable manner for instance slots such as those shown in an
invention for which I (jointly with William Charles Punchard) received the grant
of Letters Patent dated 24th January 1894 No. 1567.
On the same side or face of this plate as the said back wall or flange is arranged
(i.e. the lower face) I also form arrange or mount at a little distance from said wall
(say about of an inch or more or less) and advantageously concentric therewith
or parallel thereto either a continuous wall or projecting ledge or it may be two or
more projections or supports to act as hereinafter explained and for facility and
cheapness of construction the last-named inner wall or projections as well as the
first-named curved outer wall may be cast in or solid with the said plate for instance
in malleable iron.
Any suitable non-slipping or anti-slipping material may be used on this plate but
the latter is especially designed and adapted for what is considered to be one of the
best materials for the purpose viz.: rope and according to my present invention
I arrange and mount said rope in a very advantageous form or manner.
Any suitable rope (advantageously tarred hemp rope) is formed into a small

page_text: ring or grommet of a size to suit my purpose and this is then squeezed together
sidewise so that one part thereof will lie close against and parallel with another
part of said ring and in this form said grommet is laid on the plate (or may be first
laid on same and there forced into the desired form) with one side of the ring lying
between the said outer wall and said inner wall or projections and the other side or
remainder of the ring resting against the inside wall of the metal shoe when mounted
in conjunction with the latter.
This grommet or anti-slipping pad is secured to the said plate in any suitable
manner for instance by nails screws pins or bolts and nuts etc. passed horizontally
through same and through the aforesaid walls or projections or by pius rivets
wire etc. passed into or through same direct into the aforesaid plate or otherwise as
desired.
And in order that my invention may be easily understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to further describe same with reference to the drawings
hereunto annexed:-
Fig. is a plan of the underside of the metal plate on which the anti-slipping
material is fixed.
Fig. 2 is a similar view with the rope D affixed thereon.
Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 1-looking in the direction of the arrow and
Fig. 4 is a similar view of Fig. 2.
A is the metal plate formed of a curved or indented shape at the back thereof as
shown.
B is the wall or flange along this back edge such wall terminating advantageously
as shown at B¹.
CC are projections or supports cast in or ou said plate A.
D is the grommet or ring of rope.
E E are headed pins or nails passed through the wall B and supports C and
right through the rope D and then clinched or turned over at E' to thus firmly
secure the rope to the plate-these said pins E passing through holes drilled or
otherwise provided for same in the supports C C and wall B.
F are elongated nail holes used in fastening the appliance in position on the
animal's hoof-but these openings F form no part separately of my present
invention.
It is an important feature that according to my said improvements the said
plate A and the flange B and supports C thereon can be all cast together in one
casting from any suitable metal-and this combined with the shape or formation
along the back edge gives immense strength as well as cheapness and facility of
construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An anti-slipping pad or appliance for horse shoes or the like consisting of a
metal plate having the back edge thereof curved or indented over the frog and
means for securing said plate in position on the hoof, a wall or flange along said
curved back edge and at or about right angles thereto a support or supports on and
extending about right angles from said plate a little distance inside said wall, a
grommet or ring of rope adapted to fit on said plate and means to fasten said rope
to said plate all combined and arranged to act substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein before described.
2. An anti-slipping pad or appliance for horse shoes or the like consisting of a
metal plate such as A having the back edge thereof curved or indented as shown
and means such as the openings F for securing said plate in position on the hoof, a
wall or flange such as B along the back edge of said plate and at or about right
angles thereto, supports such as C on and extending from said plate A, a grommet
or ring of rope such as D and headed pins or nails such as E passing right through
said rope and through said wall B and supports C all combined arranged and

page_text: acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
3. In an anti-slipping pad or appliance for horse shoes or the like I claim
providing a plate of the character described for carrying a grommet or ring of rope
thereon by casting (from malleable iron or other suitable metal) said plate with a
curved or indented back edge a flange or wall such as B around said back edge
and supports such as C on the face of said plate all cast together in one piece
substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
Dated this 9th day of May 1896.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.