Improvements in Metal-rim Rubber Horse-shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metal-rim Rubber Horse-shoes.
I, DABNEY BALL STEPHENS, of 506, Palladio Building, in the City of Duluth,
County of St. Louis, and State of Minnesota, United States of America, Gentleman,
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 relates to a metallic-rim rubber horse-shoe, and it consists in
certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be
hereinafter described and specifically claimed.
In the accompanying drawings,―
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved horse-shoe.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the under side of the same, slightly modified.
Figure 3 is a perspective view looking from the underside, of the metal attaching
portion.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the shoe as shown in Figure 1, and
Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the shoe through the toe calk.
The objects of my invention are the production of a solid soft tread shoe which
can be readily applied to the horse's hoof and which will not be open to the
objection of not affording sufficient ventilation, and to the further objection of
being composed of numerous separable parts which are liable to become separated
and lost. By the use of these shoes, the horse in traveling over concrete roads
or stone pavements will not be jarred as with the use of iron shoes and with the
use of these shoes the horse's feet are prevented from being cut by calking and the
liability of injury to man or animal from being kicked and of the horse slipping
and corns forming on the feet is lessened.
A in the drawings represents a metallic rim or attaching portion which is con-
structed preferably of steel and is bent to conform to the outline of a horse's hoof,
and consists of an upwardly extended and inclined wall a and an inwardly-
extending, horizontal flange a¹. The upwardly-extending wall a is shown cut away
at its sides to lighten the weight of the same and also to give it an artistic finish.
The inwardly-extending flange a' is formed with spaced openings a² and down-
wardly-extending lips or projections a³. The spaced openings and the down-
wardly-projecting lips are made comparatively long so that when the rubber
base B, to be hereinafter described, is vulcanized onto the metal rim, which is
the preferable way of securing it thereto, the rubber will be securely seated in the
openings and on top and bottom of the horizontal flange a', and the downwardly-
extending lips a³ will be well embedded in the rubber base B of the shoe. The
rubber base portion is molded into the form, approximately of a horse-shoe, and
preferably onto the metal rim portion. The rubber base when secured to the metal
rim portion will present a flat upper surface 6 to the under side of the horse's
hoof, and the upper surface of the horizontal flange a¹ of the rim portion being
covered with rubber, the surface which comes in contact with the under side of
When the
the horse's hoof will be soft and yielding in addition to being flat.
shoe is placed upon a horse's hoof, the metal rim attaching portion will fit or can

page_text: be made to fit snugly the exterior of the hoof and by the use of nails driven into
the holes at, the shoe will be held in place. A web connects the rubber base
portion at the heel of the same so as to protect the frog of the foot in driving over
rough or gravelled roads. If for any reason, the web portion should not be
desired, it being constructed of rubber, can be easily cut out. The connecting
web b¹ is beveled upwardly from the tread portion, and the tread portion proper
can be roughened if desired, as shown in the drawing, and the tread portion and the
rubber base can also be roughened if desired. In addition to the holes a shown in
the metal rim attaching portion, should it be desired to further secure the shoe
to the foot, sunken places may be indicated on the underside of the rubber base
as at 63 for driving a nail and passages a will be provided in the metal rim to
receive the end of the nail. The rubber base is vulcanized onto the metal rim
attaching portion in such a manner as to bring the outer surfaces of both the said
portions flush. If desired the rubber base B may be provided with a metallic
toe calk C and metallic heel calks c c. These calks are bent into a shape corre-
sponding to a vertical cross-section taken through the rubber base at the points
where they are applied. One end of the toe calk is provided with hooks which
engage the metal rim attaching portion by being passed through openings formed
in the same, and its other end being turned down flat against the upper surface
of the rubber base portion does not need to be further fastened. The under
surface of the tread portion of the toe and heel calks will be thickened while the
other portions of the calks are thin so as to enable them to be readily bent around
and secured in place, as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A metal rim rubber horse shoe comprising in its construction a base portion
constructed of a single piece of solid rubber made in the shape of a horse shoe
and vulcanized to a metallic rim, said rim comprising in its construction an
upwardly and inwardly inclined wall and an inwardly extending horizontal flange,
the latter provided with spaced apertures and downwardly extending projections,
substantially as described.
2. A metal rim rubber horse shoe comprising in its construction a base portion
constructed of a single piece of solid rubber made in the shape of a horse shoe
and vulcanized to a metallic rim, said rim comprising in its construction an
upwardly and inwardly inclined wall and an inwardly extending horizontal flange,
the latter provided with spaced apertures, downwardly extending projections,
and metallic toe and heel calks secured in position on the rubber base, substantially
as described.
3. A metal rim rubber horse shoe comprising in its construction a base portion
constructed of a single piece of solid rubber made in the shape of a horse shoe
and having its heel connected by a web of rubber and vulcanized to a metallic
rim, the said rim comprising in its construction an upwardly and inwardly inclined
wall and an inwardly extending horizontal flange, the latter provided with spaced
apertures and downwardly extending projections, substantially as described.
4. A metal rim rubber horse shoe comprising in its construction a base portion
constructed of a single piece of solid rubber made in the shape of a horse shoe
and having its heel connected by a web of rubber and vulcanized to a metallic
rim, the said rim comprising in its construction an upwardly and inwardly in-
clined wall and an inwardly extending horizontal flange, the latter provided with
spaced apertures, downwardly extending projections and metallic toe and heel
calks secured in position on the rubber base, substantially as described.
5. A metal rim rubber horse shoe comprising in its constructions a base portion
constructed of a single piece of solid rubber made in the shape of a horse shoe
and vulcanized to a metallic rim, said rim comprising in its construction an up-
wardly and inwardly inclined wall provided with attaching holes and an inwardly

page_text: extending horizontal flange, the latter provided with spaced apertures, downwardly
extending projections, and apertures to receive nails which may be driven through
the rubber base, substantially as described.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.