Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th 'Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
ARTHUR PEGG, Dealer in Horses Gloucester Stables Cheltenham Terrace
Sloane Square London ALEXANDER FREDERICK MILLS 14 Severus Road
St. John's Hill Clapham Junction London S.W. Gentleman do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal shoe in which is cut six or more slots across the shoe for receiving and
holding six or more pieces of rubber, such slots being of a straight or mitre or
dovetail section. across the shoe and the caulking of the behind shoe in all cases to
be made of the india rubber composition. It will be seen that the six bars of
rubber are so adjusted that they cannot be displaced by the motion of the animal'
or from any shock or contact with the road and as the bars of rubber are put on
across the shoe prevents slipping and the flat part of the iron shoe to be ribbed
Boross the shoe.
Dated this 16th day of March 1893.
ARTHUR PEGG.
ALEXR. FREDK. MILLS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
ARTHUR PEGG, Dealer in Horses, Gloucester Stables Cheltenham Terrace
Sloane Square S.W. London ALEXANDER FREDERICK MILLS, Gentleman,
14 Severus Road St. John's Hill Clapham Junction S.W. Loudon 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:—
A metal shoe in which is cut six more or less slots across the shoe for receiving
and bolding six more or less pieces of rubber such slots being of a straight, or mitre
or dovetail section across the shoe and the pieces of rubber secured by a pin or Dail
and rivited on either side. The caulking of the behind shoe in all cases.to be
made of rubber. It will be seen that the bars of rubber are so adjusted' that they
cannot be displaced by the motion of the animal or any shock or contact with the
road and as the bars of rubber are put on across the shoe and secured by a pin
cannot be displaced and prevents slipping. The shoe to be groved across..
Fig. 1 shows a plain view of a shoe mado on our system, A, are the slots or
recesses for holding the rubber composition. B, are the pins or nails for securing
the rubber composition in the recesses.
Figs. 2 & 5 show the peices of rubber for insertion in the recesses or slots A.
Fig. 3 shows the rubber composition inserted and secured by the pins B, passing
from the outside of the shoe through the centre of the rubber composition to the
inside of the shoe & rivited.
Fig. 4 shows the inside section of dovetail recess or alot A.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and improvement and in what manner the same is to be used
1st. We claim in a shoe the combination of the straight or mitre or dovetail slots
across the shoe and the peices of rubber composition to fit the same.
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page_text: 2nd. Pins or nails for securing the rubber composition and rivited on either side.
3rd. Groving the shoe across.
4th. Calking the hind shoes with rubber composition.
ARTHUR PEGG.
ALEXANDER FREDERICK MILLS.