Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov,
1888
RICHARD EDWARD REYNOLDS JAMES and CHARLES WILLIAM JAMES both of
Woodland Villa Birkbeck Road Enfield Middlesex 1 Richard Edward Reynolds
James do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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My invention relates more particularly to the manufacture of Horse Shoes to bo
used on sphalt, wood, stone, or other similar paved roads, so that horses may have
more secure footing, and travel with safety when being ridden or driven
In carrying out my invention I cause a horse shoe to be made, from wrought iron,
malleable iron, or other metal, with various slots, direct through different parts of
the shoe
In the centre of the top part of the shoe there is a small crevice or grove around it
to allow a wire to be inserted therein
I then have manufactured vulcanised India-rubber or material of a like nature the
exact shape of the slots in the horse shoe, with a hole in the centre of each piece of
india-rubber or material of a like nature to allow the wire to be inserted through the
holes
The india-rubber being then pressed through the before mentioned slots in the
shoe leaves a slight projection at the top and bottom part of the shoe
The wire is then inserted in the crevice of the shoe thus passing around the crevice
and through the holes provided in the india-rubber or material of a like nature,
securing firmly the india-rubber pieces, as if in one piece
The india rubber is left projecting it the top and bottom of the shoe so that when
the shoe is placed on the hoof, the horses weight on the india-rubber pieces slightly
projecting on the top of the shoe, not only saves concussion but assists the indin-rubber
in taking a more firmer grip upon the ground
Dated the 7th day of June 1888
SC BEEL,
Agent for R ER James
and C W James

page_text: WO RICHARD EDWARD REYNOLDS JAMES and CHARLES WILLIAM JAMES both of
Woodland Villa Birkbeck Road, Enfield in the County of Middlesex 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 more particularly to the construction or manufacture of shoes
for horses or other shod anim us, which animils are ridden or driven on asphalt wood
stone or other similar paved roads so that the said animals may have a more secure
footing and travel with safety
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the shoe as placed
next the hoof of the animal and Figure 2 plan of the ground surface of the shoe
Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line_a-b Fig 1 and Figure 4 is a
transverse vertical section on line c d of the same Figure
In carrying out my invention I make a shoe A from wrought or malleable iron or
other suitable metal or material with various slots B made directly throughout
different parts of the shoe
In the shoe I form a crevice or groove D running longitudinally around or partly
around the shoe so as to admit of the insertion of a wire or wires O therein
I then insert into the slots B blocks or pads of rubber leather or like soft or resilient
material to fit the slots
Each pad or block has a hole E formed in it for the wire or wires C to be
inserted
The pads of rubber leather or like material are pressed or inserted into the said slots
projecting slightly at the bottom and advantageously more so at the top of the shoe
The wire or wires are passed into the crevice or groove D and through the moulded or
formed holes E in the pads, the ends of the wires being suitably secured in any desired
manner The rubber or resilient pads bear on the hoof when the shoe is nailed
thereto so that the animals weight on the same not only releives concussion but assists
the surface of the pid projecting below the bottom of the shoe to take a firm grip on
the ground Wire aware that various attempts have been made to provide the

page_text: under surface of animals shoes with rubber leather or like resilient surface and that
we do not claim such broadly but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is -
The construction of shoes for horses and like animals having slots formed therein
in which are fitted blocks or pads of rubber or resilient material, such shoes having
crevice or groove formed therein so that a wire or wires may pass through the said
rubber or resilient material and through the crevice or groove in the shoe and bind
all together substantially as described