Improvements in Appliances to use with Shoes of Horses and other Animals to Guard them against Slipping.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances to use with Shoes of Horses and other
Animals to Guard them against Slipping.
I, ERNEST HAMILTON SOUTH, of St. Helens, Westwood Park, Forest Hill, in
he City of London, Electrical Engineer,. do hereby declare the nature of this
nvention to be as follows:-
My invention is for the purpose of providing the shoes of horses and other
animals with an appliance of a durable, adjustable, and simply applied design, to
prevent slipping, and avoid concussion etc. on asphalt, wood paving, hard stone,
and other paved roads, and having also to improve and lengthen the time the shoe
may be used, as well as to save the wear and tear of the horses.
I am aware certain articles have been applied for this purpose in various ways,
with however only very partial success, and of a more or less impracticable
character; but my invention will I believe overcome existing difficulties, and has
many special advantages.
My object is, to use a pad with an ordinary shoe of a horse or other animal
wearing artificial shoes.
This pad is either of leather, india-rubber, hemp, or rope, tarred or otherwise,
or of other materials, or a combination of any of them, and is formed of a strip or
rope of any convenient section, square, rectangular, circular or oval, or it may be
thicker in one part than another, and is so arranged on a plate of metal, or leather,
or india-rubber canvas, or other suitable material, or a combination of any of them,
as to form an inner pad to the shoe, extending, either the whole way round, or
only ths, or thereabouts, as may be desired: the thickness, or diameter, or axis
will be slightly greater than the depth of the metal of the shoe.
The plate, or thin sheet of metal on which the pad is fixed, may be either in one
piece, or two pieces hinged together at the toe, or fore part of the hoof, and
follows the shape of the shoe, either-
(a) Extending to the outer contour of the shoe, or ouly so far as just to avoid
the nail holes; and inwards so far as is necessary to hold the pad; this side
preferably to be turned up, or curved to grip the pad, and it may further be
roughened or zagged to further assist in holding this pad.
The pad, extending as far towards the heel as may be necessary, is attached to
the metal plate by pins, or wires passing through both the plate and pad, or the
latter may be cemented onto it, or rivetted as preferred; this plate may, or may
not be further rivetted or cemented, or attached with wire to india-rubber sheet, or
india-rubber canvas, or leather, or other suitable material, which shall extend
inwards as far as the metal plate about, and outwards to the exterior edge of
the horse shoe, and be attached to it by the usual nails holding the shoe to the
foot.
(b) Or, the metal plate may be used without leather or india-rubber, or other
material; and in that case, I cause the outer edge to extend to the outer edge of
the horse shoe, and preferably cause it to be reduced considerably in thickness
where it comes under the nail holes, or to be provided with large holes or slots.
(c) And the pad may, in the first instance be attached to the leather, india-rubber
sheet, or india-rubber canvas, or other suitable material as afore mentioned, and that
foundation in turn be rivetted or cemented, or wired on to the metal plate.

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(d) Or, the unjointed metal plate I use, may extend across the shoe, and so help
to support to some extent the pressure of the pad in that case, I cause the plate
to be slightly arched, the arch being preferably greater as the distance from
the toe increases. I do not propose to extend this arched plate the whole distance
of the plate holding the pad, but only so far as may be necessary, which may vary
according to the nature and condition of the animal, but in all cases it will be
recessed to a greater or less extent, so as to leave the frog or back part of the hoof
uncovered, so as to afford proper ventilation. In lieu of the metal plate, a sheet
of leather, india-rubber canvas, or india-rubber, or other suitable material may
be used.
It will be seen from the above that the pad curves round the inner wall of the
shoe more or less, and is held in position by means of the metal plate, partly by the
upturned portion of the metal, and partly by wiring, rivetting, zagging or cementing;
which metal plate in turn is held in position, either directly by the horse shoe
nails, or by means of a buffer formed of leather, india rubber, or other suitable
material.
Dated this 9th day of October 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances to use with Shoes of Horses and other
Animals to Guard them against Slipping.
I, ERNEST HAMILTON SOUTH Saint Helens Westwood Park, Forest Hill,
London S.E. Electrical Engineer, 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 pads for horses and other animals hoofs which can be
readily attached to the hoof and prevent slipping at the same time economising the
wear of the shoe and the same is carried out as follows:-
Figure 1. is a plan view of my invention in position.
Figure 2. cross section through line a-y in Figure 1.
Figure 3. cross section through line -y in Figure 4.
Figure 4. plan view showing modified shape of plate.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2; a is a plate of metal or such suitable material
which is turned up and cut out at b, and around the turned up edge or flange & the
packing is placed, and may be composed of any suitable material such as rope,
hemp or indiarubber or the like. The packing or a combination of these or other
materials may be secured by means of any well known means to the plate a such as
cement, pins or wiring; being also secured in position by the inner side of the
shoe on one side of the packing and the turned up flange on the other side. The
plate a may be hinged or jointed at or near the toe when convenient.
The plate a is secured between the hoof d and shoe e by the nails f passing
through same, or a piece of leather g or other suitable mater.al may be secured by
rivets to the edge of the plate and the shoe nail driven through the leather g
instead of the plate a in which case the plate a is of a smaller size; the two methods
of fixing being shown in the section.
The leather or material used as a means of attachment also act as buffers.
Referring to Figure 3 and 4, the plate a instead of being cut out as shown in
Figure 1 and 2, is arched over as shown at a' and in this case will not extend so
far back as in Figure 1 and 2.
Instead of arching the plate a, I may employ other suitable material such as
leather to form the arch, the plate and leather being secured between the hoof d
and shoe e by means of the ordinary shoe uails f and f as before described.
It will be seen that any well known packing may be employed at c.

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 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combined arrangement and construction of the various parts substantially
as described.
2. In a device for preventing slipping in horse shoes and economising the wear
of same a plate of metal or such suitable material which is secured between the
hoof d of the animal and the shoe e which plate carries suitable packing such as
rope, hemp, indiarubber or the like, said packing being secured to the plate a by
any well known suitable means, such as cement, pins or wiring, said packing being
secured around a turned up edge or flange or arch on the said plate, and the inner
side of the shoe, the said plate a may be formed in two or more hinged parts with
or without leather pieces or strips of suitable material placed between the hoof d
and shoe e which may act as buffers and as a means of attachment of the plate a;
in combination with a horse shoe between which and the hoof the plate a is secured
by the ordinary shoe nails, substantially as described herein and illustrated.
Dated this 16th day of June 1894.
ERNEST HAMILTON south.