An Improved Horse Shoe and Method of Attaching the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1889-Accepted, 3rd Aug, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Horse Shoe and Method of Attaching the same.
ANNIE MATILDA WOOD of 13 Delahay Street, Westminster in the County of
Middlesex and Firs Cottage, East Sheen in the County of Surrey, Gentlewoman 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 consists in an improved horse shoe and mode of attachment by which
a flexible shoe is obtained allowing the natural expansion and contraction of the hoof
and yet sufficiently rigid where necessary.
In performing my invention ] take woven steel or iron wire gauze of substantial
thickness and strength and cut out a shape of the size of shoe I intend to make
allowing also any suitable number of triangular or other clips to project from the
outer edges thereof and which when turned up against the hoof securely clamp the
shoe upon the same.
I then take the wire frame or insertion and cover all but the clips or of an
inch thick on the top side and or of an inch thick on the underside with a com-
pound termed "whaleite" made according to my Patent No. 6875 of 1887. In some
cases I may use a compound of india rubber or analogous gum with whalebone
compound or leather, the shoe is then vulcanized in a press under pressure which
presses and embeds the material or whaleite into the meshes of the wire frame or
insertion which latter not only serves to give firmness to the shoe and prevents undue
expansion but also serves to hold and act as a collar for the nails should it be desired
to use them in addition to the clips.
The accompanying drawing illustrates a mode of performing the invention Fig. 1
being a plan view & Fig. 2 a side elevation.
The shoe is now ready for fixing and may be attached as follows; The shoe is
placed on the hoof and the clips pressed up against the hoof which effectually tightens
and clamps the shoe to the hoof.
I do not confine myself to iron or steel woven wire as I may sometimes use a thin
sheet of any suitable metal shaped in the manner described also though I preferably
use whaleite made according to my patent I may sometimes vary the compound
according to requirements, when it is desired to obtain greater elasticity friction or
hardness. I may also sometimes make the horse shoe of leather or gutta percha with
the insertion of wire as hereinbefore described.
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. A horse shoe composed of a whalebone and rubber compound or other material
as set forth having an inserted piece of wire gauze, or of perforated metal substantially
as described.
2. A horse shoe composed of a whalebone and rubber compound or other material
as set forth having an inserted piece of wire gauze or of sheet metal made with
clips around the outer edges thereof adapted to secure the shoe substantially as
described.
Dated this 5th
KINLY DEUNG
HERBERT & Co., .
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., Agents to Applicant.