IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL BARS INTENDED TO BE MADE INTO HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Gray, of Sheffield, in the County of
York, Steel Saw, File, Edge Tool, and Machine Knife Manufacturer,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL
BARS INTENDED TO BE MADE INTO HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 18th September 1868, and dated the 24th March 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Gray at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th March 1868.
I, EDWARD GRAY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Steel Saw,
File, Edge Tool, and Machine Knife Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF METAL BARS INTENDED TO BE MADE INTO HORSE-SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in rolling bars of iron, or of steel alone, or
of iron faced with steel with a number of teeth or serrations made
longitudinally, transversely, or otherwise on one or more of the surfaces
of such bars of whatever section they may be, the object being to obtain

page_text: a bar suitable for the manufacture therefrom of horse-shoes or other
articles in which a roughened or dentated surface is advantageous.
Horse-shoes, for example, made from such bars will not only be moro
durable but will present a firmer foothold and will not require
sharpening or roughing in frosty weather as the teeth or sharp points
rolled in the original bar will prevent all tendancy to slipping.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Gray in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
GRAY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Steel Saw, File, Edge Tool,
and Machine Knife Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edward Gray, Her special license,
that I, the said Edward Gray, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Gray, my executors,
administrators, or 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 THE
MANUFACTURE OF METAL BARS INTENDED TO BE MADE INTO HORSE-SHOES AND
OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Edward Gray, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Gray, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:-
My said Invention consists in rolling bars of iron, or of steel alone,
or of iron faced with steel with a number of teeth or serrations made
longitudinally, transversly, or otherwise on one or more of the surfaces
of such bars of whatever section they may be, the object being
to obtain a bar suitable for the manufacture therefrom of horse-
shoes or other articles in which a roughened or dentated surface is
advantageous. Horse-shoes, for example, made from such bars will
not only be more durable but will present a firmer foothold and will
not require sharpening or roughing in frosty weather, as the teeth or
sharp points rolled in the original bar will prevent all tendency to
slipping.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I
shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that
purpose shall refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of
Drawings.
Figure 1 of my Drawings represents an under side and edge view of
one of my improved bars having a number of teeth, serrations, or sharp
angular ridges rolled transversely on one face thereof; and Figure 2
represents the same bar as bent into the form of a horse-shoe, shewing
the position or direction of the serrations or ridges, which in this case
radiate from the central portion of the shoe. Figure 3 represents an
end view and under side plan of another of my improved bars wherein
the angular ridges or serrations in lieu of running transversely to the
bar extend longitudinally from end to end thereof, so that when this
bar is bent into the form of a horse-shoe, as shewn in Figure 4, the
ridges will extend parallel to each other all round the shoe in
lieu of radiating from one or more central points within the shoe.
Although I have only shewn a solid steel bar in my Drawings I
propose sometimes to make these improved bars with steel corrugated
or roughened faces welded on to an iron back.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider
to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured

page_text: to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
peculiar manufacture of bars intended to be made into horse-shoes
and other articles wherein a roughened surface is desirable, as herein-
before described and illustrated by my Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Gray, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Tenth day of September,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
EDWARD GRAY. (L.S.)