Year: 1885

page_text: I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, N° 4, South
Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Albert Delay of
Brussels, (Ixelles) in the Kingdom of Belgium) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in horse shoes the object of the invention
being to provide a horse shoe which shall afford a better hold for the horse's foot
on the ground and the improvements consist in the application of pieces of india
rubber placed in slots in the heel portions of the shoes and slightly projecting so
as to bear directly on the ground thereby forming so to speak the heel of the shoe
and greatly assisting the efforts of the horse by softening the tread of the horse and
giving a better hold on the ground. The advantages resulting from the application
to horse shoes of pieces of india rubber as, above described are obvious and allow
of horses travelling over all kinds of ground as well as on frozen surfaces, snow,.
and on inclines.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which figure 1,
is a plan and figure 2, a section of a shoe constructed according to these
improvements.
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A. A. represent the pieces of india rubber adapted to the horse shoe.

page_text: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, No 4, South
Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Albert Delay of
Brussels (Ixelles) in the Kingdom of Belgium) 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 improvements in horse shoes the object of the invention
being to provide a horse shoe which shall afford a better hold for the horse's foot
on the ground and the improvements consist in the application of pieces of india
rubber placed in slots in the heel portions of the shoes and slightly projecting so
as to bear directly on the ground thereby forming so to speak the heel of the shoe
and greatly assisting the efforts of the horse by softening the tread of the horse and
giving a better hold on the ground. The advantages resulting from the application
to horse shoes of pieces of india rubber as above described are obvious and allow
of horses travelling over all kinds of ground as well as on frozen surfaces, snow
and on inclines.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 is
a section, figure 2 a plan and figure 3 a perspective view of a shoe constructed
according to this invention.
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A represents the horse shoe and B, B, represent the pieces of india rubber
adapted to the said shoe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what.
I claim is
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1. The application to horse shoes of pieces of india rubber placed in the heel of's
the shoes which is adapted to receive them substantially in the manner and for
the purpose herein before described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved horse shoes hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.