IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, APPLICABLE IN PART TO SHOES FOR HORSES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Uriah Scott, of Camden Town, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS
AND SHOES, APPLICABLE IN PART TO SHOES FOR HORSES."
Sealed the 5th March 1858, and dated the 7th September 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Uriah Scott at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th Sep-
tember 1857.
1, URIAH SCOTT, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
[MENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, APPLICABLE IN PART TO SHOES FOR HORSES," to be as
follows:-
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First, the improvements in boots, and shoes consist in useing of india-rubber
in combination with metal and leather, or other suitable material, in the
manufacturing of soles and heels of boots and shoes, and making them elastic
when the pressure of the foot is exerted upon them. I take a piece of metal
or leather and fix it firmly to the sole or heel of a boot or shoe by screws or:
some similar contrivance; I then place a piece of india-rubber on the metal.
or leather; I then fix the wearing or outer piece on the rubber and the screws
or other contrivances. I fix the outer sole or heel on with allowing them to.

page_text: pass through the rubber into the inner piece of metal or leather, or other
material, having the india-rubber between them.
Secondly, the improvements consists in making the shoes of horses in two
or more parts, similar to the heels of the boots or shoes, and placing elastic
material between the two, the inner and outer or wearing shoe. I corrugate
the outer shoe to prevent the horse slipping. I nail the inner shoe on in the
usual manner, and the outer shoe I fix on to the inner shoe, with the elastic
material between, by screws or similar contrivances. I in some cases keep on
the shoes by clips around the inner shoe and a joint in front or sides to allow
them to expand with the horse's foot; and I fix a band of elastic material
across the bottom of the inner shoe to keep it on the horse's foot without the
use of nails.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Uriah Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th March
1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, URIAH
SCOTT, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Uriah Scott, Her special licence, that I, the said Uriah Scott, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Uriah
Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES,
APPLICABLE IN PART TO SHOES FOR HORSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Uriah Scott, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Uriah Scott, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
First, the improvements in boots and shoes consist in using of india-rubber
in combination with metal and leather, or other suitable material, in the
manufacturing of soles and heels of boots and shoes, and making them elastic
when the pressure of the foot is exerted upon them. I take a piece of metal
or other suitable material, the shape of a sole or heel of a boot or shoe, and
fix it firmly to the sole or heel of the boot or shoe by screws or some other
similar contrivance; I then place a piece of india-rubber, the shape of the sole
or heel on the piece of metal, which is. tapped to receive one or more screws
or studs; I then take a piece of metal, the shape of the sole or heel of a boot
or shoe, with stud or screw. holes to fix into the inner plate, with the india-
rubber between; and on the outer side of this plate are spikes projecting to
receive the leather or other wearing surface; or the outer plate can be made
thick, so as to be the wearing part of the sole or heel of the boot or shoe.
The plates are made with flanges to lap partly over the india-rubber, to keep
it in its place.
Secondly, the improvements consists in making the shoes of horses in one or
more parts, and placing india-rubber or other elastic or soft material between
the inner and outer shoe, similar to the boot and shoe heel already described.
I corrugate the outer shoes to prevent the horses slipping, and nail them as
usual. When no india-rubber is used, the nail holes are sunk below the
corrugations. When the two shoes are used with the india-rubber or other
material, I nail the inner shoe on in the usual manner to the horse's foot; the
outer shoe I fix to the inner shoe with studs and screws, with the india-rubber
between them, that when the horse strikes the ground it will prevent con-
cussion to the horse's hoofs. I in some cases keep on the horse's shoes by
clips being placed around the inner shoe when two shoes with the india-
rubber between are used, and the clips are placed around the outer shoe;
when one is only used in the single or double shoe with clips, I use a joint in.
front or at the sides to allow the horse's foot to expand; I then fix a band of
india-rubber or other material across the jointed shoe, and one also on the side
of the hind clip to go across the upper part of the foot and to fasten on to the
opposite side towards the heel of the horse, to keep the shoes on without the
use of nails.
Now, in order fully to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I have hereto annexed

page_text: Fig. is a view of inner side of outer horse-shoe; Fig. 2 is a view of
'india-rubber, shewing holes for studs and screw holes; Fig. 3 is a view of
'outer side of inner shoe;; Fig. 4 is a side view. of the shoe complete; Fig. 5 is.
a section on line A; B; Fig. 6 is a view of the jointed horse-shoe, inner side
of the inner shoe; Fig. 7 is a view of the india-rubber for the jointed shoe,
showing the elastic band across to help to keep the shoe on the horse's foot;.
Fig: 8 is a view of inner side of outer shoe to be used with the jointed, Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is a side view of jointed shoe complete, showing the clips and corru-
gations on the outer shoe; Fig. 10 is a view of india-rubber band to fix, on
hind clip to go across to the other side clip to keep the shoe on the horse's
foot; Fig. 11 is a view of outer side of a corrugated horse-shoe, showing the
nail holes below the corrugations.
Fig. 12 is a view of inner plate for boot heels, showing the stud and screw
holes; Fig. 13 is a view of india-rubber; Fig. 14 is a view of inner side of
outer plate; Fig. 15 is a section on inner plate on line A, B; Fig. 16 is a
section of india-rubber on line A, B; Fig. 17 is a section of outer plate on
line A, B; Fig. 18 is a section on line A, B.
I have only shown the Invention as applied to the heels of boots, but they
can be applied to the soles also by simply varying the contour of the plates,
rubber, and leather.
And I declare that I claim the said Invention of the nature and character
stated at the commencement of this Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Uriah Scott, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
URIAH SCOTT. (L.S.)