Improvements in Protecting Devices for Horses' Feet.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Protecting Devices for Horses' Feet.
A communication from MARTIN PIGOT, Farrier, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved lining for horse-shoes adapted to prevent
horses from slipping, stumbling, and sustaining violent shocks on the pavement
such as will occasion falls. This result is obtained by the employment of sheets or
plates of cork firmly locked or clamped between the inner surface of the horse-
shoe and the edges of a hinged metal piece or clamp presently to be described.
Hitherto the attempts to use india-rubber, rope, and the like, for the purpose
stated have not been crowned with success as they were apt to become slippery
themselves after a certain time. Especially indiarubber under the influence of
dampness becomes soft and greasy and thus facilitates slipping instead of
preventing it.
The application of this invention entails the additional advantage of protecting
the hoof from excessive heat as the portion known as the "frog" remains exposed.
The clamp which is to retain in position the plates of cork consists of two similar
plates or soles made of thin sheet metal. They are provided at their inner edges
with flanges and are connected by a pivot or hinge. Near the middle of these
hinged plates, near the point corresponding to the position of the frog, there is
arranged a slightly curved screwed rod which may be fitted either permanently
or adjustably to one of the hinged plates while its opposite end passes through the
flanges of both plates. This screw is provided with two nuts either of which is
placed against one of the flanges. It will be understood that the distance the
two hinged plates are held apart by the said screw depends on the size of the
horse-shoe.
In order to provide a horse-shoe with this improved protecting device the hinged
plates are inserted or slid between the hoof and the shoe and then plates of cork,
or similar material are placed upon the said hinged plates between their flanges
and the inner surface or walls of the shoe, whereupon the fitting is completed by
screwing the nuts so as to cause the plates of cork or the like to be firmly clamped
between the flanges and the sides of the shoe.
For tightening the nuts an ordinary key or spanner may be used as there is
sufficient room left for it at the frog portion of the hoof.
Dated this Seventh day of March 1891.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Protecting Devices for Horses' Feet.
A communication from MARTIN PIGOT, Farrier, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium.
1. ALFRED JULius Boult, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., 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 an improved lining for horse-shoes adapted to prevent

page_text: horses from slipping, stumbling, and sustaining violent shocks on the pavement such
as will occasion falls. This result is obtained by the employment of sheets or
plates of cork firmly locked or clamped between the inner surface of the horse-
shoe and the edges of a hinged metal piece or clamp presently to be described.
Hitherto the attempts to use indiarubber, rope and the like for the purpose stated,
have not been crowned with success as they were apt to become slippery themselves
after a certain time. Especially indiarubber under the influence of dampness
becomes soft and greasy and thus facilitates slipping instead of preventing it.
The application of this invention entails the additional advantage of protecting
the hoof from excessive heat as the portion known as the "frog remains
exposed.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a plan of the surface of the horse-shoe which is to touch the ground,
with the improved protecting device and cork plates attached to it.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the clamp, and
Fig. 4 is a front view of the plate of cork or the like.
The clamp which is to retain in position the plates of cork E E' consists of two
similar plates or soles A A' made of thin sheet metal. They are provided at their
inner edges with flanges a a¹ and are connected by a pivot or hinge B at the top.
Near the middle of these hinged plates near the point corresponding to the position
of the frog, there is arranged a slightly curved screwed rod C which may be fitted
either permanently or adjustably to one of the hinged plates say A' while its
opposite end passes though the flanges a a' of both plates A A¹. This screw is
provided with two nuts D D' either of which is placed against one of the
flanges a a'.
It will be understood that the distance the two hinged plates are held
apart by the sud screw depends on the size of the horse-shoe.
In order to provide a horse-shoe with this improved protecting device the hinged
plates are inserted or slid between the hoof and the shoe and then plates of cork
or similar material are placed upon the said hinged plates between their flanges
and the inner surface or walls of the shoe whereupon the fitting is completed by
screwing the nuts so as to cause the plates of cork or the like to be firmly clamped
between the flanges and the sides of the shoe.
For tightening the nuts DD' an ordinary key or spanner may be used as there
is sufficient room left for it at the frog portion of the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that I do not limit myself to the details of
construction and shape as above described and shown in the drawings as these may
vary according to circumstances and requirements without departure from the
principle of the invention, but what I claim is :-
1. The application to a horse-shoe of a clamp consisting of two thin sheet metal
plates of suitable size substantially as described.
2. The provision upon the clamps mentioned above of sheets of cork indiarubber
or any other suitable material adapted to prevent the horses from slipping and
falling on the road.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete device
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of November 1891.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.