Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar.,
1898
Lancaster, Horse Shoe Pad Manufacturer, 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
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My said invention relates to an improved horse shoe pad designed to present a
resilient cushion to absorb the shock and impact of the metallic shoe with the
ground and which also provides a non-slipping surface to enable the animal to
obtain a better footing on slippery ground.
My invention will be best understood by an inspection of the accompanying sheet
of drawings to which I will now refer.
In the said drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved horse shoe pad.
Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 1 through the line A B,
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the pad with the metallic shoe in position thereon.
In carrying my invention into effect I take a curved strip a of leather or
other suitable material conforming in shape with the metallic shoe. Upon the
heels of this curved strip I securely cement rubber pads or blocks b.
The surface of the pads bis formed or provided with conical projections as shown
in the drawings, or the heel pads may be otherwise suitably corrugated or
roughened to prevent slipping. The heel pads are designed to be substituted
for the metallic heels of the horse shoe: As will be noted from an inspection
of the drawings, the heel pads are formed on their inner sides with extensions bl
and are also formed with inclined surfaces against which the ends of the
metallic shoe abut, and in addition are provided with projecting surfaces 63 which
are gripped by the heels of the metallic shoe. The projecting surfaces taper
gradually to the level of the sole strip a as shown in the drawings. These extended
surfaces of the heel pads & serve also to provide an increased area beneath the pad
to cement to the sole strip a.
In applying my improved horse shoe pad the metallic heels of the shoe c
are cut off leaving the ends of the shoe with inclined surfaces to correspond with
the inclined ends of the heel pads b. The metallic shoe is then placed upon the
curved sole strip a as indicated in Fig. 4 and the whole may then be nailed upon
the horse's hoof. It will thus be seen that in my improved pad the metallic heels
of the horse shoe are replaced by rubber heels. These rubber heels have the effect
of deadening the concussion of the horse's hoofs with the ground and at the
same time provide a non-slipping medium which enables the animal to obtain a
secure footing upon slippery ground or pavement.
The improved horse shoe pads besides being of simple construction and capable
of being made at a small cost, also possess the advantage of leaving the hoof
around the interior of the shoe entirely uncovered. This is a decided advantage in

page_text: cases of horses unable to wear pads covering the frog or other inner part of the
hoof, as my improved pad communicates pressure only around the walls of the
hoof.
Although the extensions 63 of the heel pads b are gripped between the shoe
and the leather sole strip a yet if considered desirable I may rivet the heel pad to
the metallic shoe at that point so as to further provide against the pads 6 being
knocked off the sole strip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1) The improved horse shoe pad constructed and arranged in the manner and
substantially as described and illustrated.
2) A horse shoe pad formed with rubber heels such as b as a substitute for the
metallic heels of the horse shoe, such rubber heels being cemented upon a curved
sole strip a of leather or other suitable material and applied in the manner and
substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 1st day of February 1898.
For the Applicant,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 5, John Dalton Street, Manchester,