Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Sept., 1888
I, HENRY MARTIN of 5 Ebury Street London S.W. Greengrocer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My Invention relates to improvements in horse shoes and has for its object the
construction of a horse shoe that will be serviceable on all kinds of roads and will
give more grip on wet or frosty roads than the ones in general use.
The horse shoe of my invention is in general outline the same as those customarily
used and is attached to the foot of the horse in the usual manner.
It has a deep
groove formed all round the underside in which is fixed a strip of india-rubber
caoutchouc or other suitable elastic material. This strip may be made of any suitable
shape to project beyond the metal part of the shoe so that the tread is taken princi-
pally on the elastic strip instead of on the metal.
I preferably make the elastic strip somewhat circular in cross section of solid
vulcanized india-rubber with a wire core and secure it in its place by cement and
also by screws put in from the inside passing through the strip below the wire core
which prevents the rubber being torn away from the screws. This arrangement
permits of the ready renewal of the elastic strip when desirable.
Dated this 2nd day of Do1007

page_text: I, HENRY MARTIN of 5 Ebury Street, Pimlico, London S.W. greengrocer 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 :-
My Invention relates to improvements in horse shoes and has for its object to
provide a horse shoe that will be serviceable on all kinds of roads and will give more
grip on a wet or frosty road than those in general use.
The horse shoe of my invention is in general outline the same as those in general
use and is attached to the foot of the animal in the usual manner. It has a deep
groove formed all round the underside of it in which is fixed a strip of india rubber,
caoutchouc, or other elastic material. The strip is made of any convenient shape to
project beyond the shoe so that the tread is taken on the elastic strip instead of on
the metal.
In the accompanying drawing the same letters indicate the same parts and the
different views show various forms of my Invention.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show one form of shoe of my invention. Fig. 1 is a plan of the
under side, fig. 2 a sectional elevation on xx, and fig. 3 a cross section on y y.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to fig. 3 but shows a different shape of strip.
Figs. 5 and 6 show a different method of securing the elastic strip. Fig. 5 is a
cross section through shoe and fig. 6 a longitudinal section on zz.
A is the body of shoc constructed of any suitable material but preferably of wrought
iron. It is of the usual configuration suitably shaped at the upper side a to receive the
hoof of animal to which it is secured in the usual manner by nails passing through
holes a¹. A groove a² is formed in the underside of shoe to allow nail heads to be
well clear of the tread.
B is the elastic strip upon which the tread is taken. It is secured into the groove b
in figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 by a suitable.cement, but in figs. 5 and 6 it is kept in its place
by a suitable number of set screws b¹ which pass into it under the wire core b² which
prevents the strip being torn away. The wire core is here shown bent upwards where
the set screws come to enable them to be placed well clear of the tread.
I have shewn for the sake of brevity only two shapes of elastic strip although when
desirable I may use any other convenient shape. In some cases I make the under
surface of strip grooved or fluted, or instead of making the strip of a uniform cross
section I may construct it with projections on the under surface.
Although prefer to use one broad strip only as shown in the accompanying
drawing may if desirable use two or more narrow strips side by side instead of the
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one, fitted into either one or more grooves.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be particularly
understood that I do not bind myself to the exact details shown and described but I
do declare that what I claim is :-
1. Shoes, for horses and other animals, having a strip or strips of india rubber,
caoutchouc, or other suitable elastic material placed in a groove or grooves formed
in the under side of shoe and fixed in a suitable manner independently of the nails
or other fastenings which connect the shoe to the hoof, substantially as shewn and
described.
2. The form and arrangement of horse shoe substantially as shewn in figs. 1, 2
and 3 of accompanying drawings and as hereintofore described.