IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLING AND SHAPING IRON OR OTHER METAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR THE FEET OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS, IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN, AND IN TOOLS FOR PREPARING THE FEET FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SHOES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Cottam, of Battersea, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLING AND
SHAPING IRON OR OTHER METAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR THE
FEET OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS, IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN, AND
IN TOOLS FOR PREPARING THE FEET FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SHOES."
Sealed the 16th February 1869, and dated the 8th September 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Cottam at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th September 1868.
I, EDWARD COTTAM, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN ROLLING AND SHAPING IRON OR OTHER METAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES
FOR THE FEET OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS, IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN,
AND IN TOOLS FOR PREPARING THE FEET FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SHOES,"
to be as follows:-
The first part of my Invention relates to the rolling of bar iron of
irregular thickness to be afterwards shaped into shoes for horses or other

page_text: animals, and is intended to apply more particularly to the form of iron
used in the manufacture of the Goodenough shoe, for which Letters
Patent, dated 30th January 1861, No. 251, were granted to one
Bousfield for an Invention of Rollin Austin Goodenough.
This part of my Invention consists in rolling two bars together, that
is to say, by the same rolls, the two bars when rolled being united by
a fin or web. The rolls are formed with raised surfaces and indentations
'corresponding to the section of iron required for the shoe, and they are
of course of such shape as to roll two bars united together as aforesaid.
This mode of rolling two bars together enables me to roll this form
.of iron more advantageously.
This part of my Invention further consists in improved means of
inserting into the face of the roll pieces of steel to constitute the raised
surfaces; for this purpose I form the roll with dovetail or undercut
recesses to receive the steel pieces, the section of which is about equal to
the outer end of the recesses. I slit the inner ends of the steel pieces
and place thin steel plates into the slits, the plates projecting therefrom,
I then insert the steel pieces into the recesses and drive them home,
whereby the thin plates cause the steel pieces to expand into the under-
cuts of the recesses; the pieces are thus securely held.
The second part of my Invention relates to bending bars when out into
the required lengths for shoes, and either hot or cold, into the form of shoe
required. For this purpose I construct machinery as follows:-Upon a
.bed plate or table I fit a sliding block having a reciprocating movement
imparted to it by a crank, or cam, or other suitable means; this block
carries a shaping tool or former, which is fixed to the front of the sliding
block and moves backward and forward with it; in front of this block, and
on the bed plate or table, I fix two pairs of rollers free to revolve on vertical
axes, each pair being connected together by a cross piece, which is free
to oscillate on a pin placed between the two rollers, so that when two
opposite rollers are forced apart the other two approach each other.
The operation of bending a shoe is as follows:-A straight bar or
blank of prepared iron is placed across the front of the two rollers
nearest to the shaping tool, which on being forced forward carries the
bar between the said rollers, partially bending it; the tool carries the
bar onward until it meets or comes in contact with the other rollers,
which are thus forced apart, causing the first-named rollers to close in

page_text: and form or bend the heels of the shoe. Or the samo operation may be
effected by means of the two oscillating pieces without the rollers; as-
herein-before described, the said pieces being made to suitable curves:
occording to the size and form of shoe required.
The third part of my Invention relates to tools for preparing horses'
feet for the reception of the shocs, and more particularly the Goodenough
shoes before referred to. The tools consist of files or rasps made of. the -
proper width according to the size of shoe and thickness of the wall".
of the foot. The rasps are constructed with a safe edge flange along -
one or more of their sides, which enables the shoer to prepare and level
the wall of the foot to any desired width without injuring the sole or
frog of the foot. In order to equalize the wear of shoes, particularly
the Goodenough shoes, I insert or let into the toe or calks one or more :
pieces of hardened steel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,.
filed by the said Edward Cottam in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
COTTAM, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty--
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Edward Cottam, Her speciál licence that:
I, the said Edward Cottam, my executors, administrators,, and assigns, ör
such others as I, the said Edward Cottam, my executors, administrators,.
and 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 ROLLING. AND SHAPING IRON:
OR OTHER METAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR THE FEET OF HORSES AND
OTHER ANIMALS, IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN, AND IN TOOLS FOR PREPARING-
THE FEET FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SHOES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Edward Cottam, my executors or administrators,,

page_text: by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 Cottam, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say :-
The first part of my Invention relates to the rolling of bar iron of
irregular thickness to be afterwards shaped into shoes for horses or other
animals, and is intended to apply more particularly to the form of iron
used in the manufacture of the Goodenough shoe, for which Letters
Patent, dated 30th January 1861, No. 251, were granted to one
Bousfield for an Invention of Rollin Austin Goodenough.
This part of my Invention consists in rolling two bars together, that
is to say, by the same rolls, the two bars when rolled being united. The
rolls are formed with raised surfaces and indentations corresponding to
the section of iron required for the shoe, and they are of course of
such shape as to roll two bars united together as aforesaid. This mode
of rolling two bars together enables me to roll this form of iron more
advantageously.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan, Figure 2 a
longitudinal section, and Figure 3 a transverse section showing two
bars a, b, rolled together according to this part of my Invention; the
manner in which the two bars when rolled are united is seen at c.
The configuration or construction of the rolls for rolling two bars
together will be understood without Drawings, as it will correspond with
the section of iron required.
This part of my Invention further consists in improved means of
inserting and securing in the face of the roll pieces of steel to constitute
the raised surfaces; for this purpose I form the roll with dovetail or
undercut recesses to receive the steel pieces, the section of which is about
equal to the outer end of the recesses. I slit the inner ends of the steel
pieces and place thin steel plates or wedges into the slits, the plates or

page_text: wedges projecting therefrom; I then insert the steel pieces into the
recesses and drive them home, whereby the plates or wedges cause the
steel pieces to expand into the undercuts of the recesses; the pieces are
thus securely held.
Figure 4 represents a portion of a roll corresponding to the bars shown
in Figures 1, 2, and 3, and in which the steel picces to constitute tho
raised surfaces have been inserted and secured in the manner just
described. Figure 5 is a similar view on a larger scale. d is the roll,
and e, e, are the dovetail or undercut recesses therein; f,f, are the steel
pieces, the section of which is about equal to the outer end of the
recesses c. The inner ends of the pieces fare slit to receive steel plates
or wedges g which project therefrom. The pieces f are inserted into tho
recesses e and driven home, whereby the wedges g cause the pieces f to
expand in the recesses.
The second part of my Invention relates to bending bars when cut
into the required lengths for shoes, and either hot or cold, into the form
of shoe required.
For this purpose I construct machinery as about to be described, and
as represented in Figures 6, 7, and 8, Figure 6 being a plan, Figure 7 a
longitudinal section, and Figure 8 an end view. Upon a. bed plate or
table h I fit a sliding block i, having a reciprocating movement imparted
to it by a crank k, or by a cam, or other suitable means; this block i
carries a shaping tool or former 1, which is fixed to the front of the
sliding block, and moves backward and forward with it; in front of
this block, and on the bed plate or table h I fix two pairs of rollers
m, n, o, p, free to revolve on vertical axes, each pair m, n, and o, p,
being connected together by a cross piece q, which is free to oscillate on
a pin placed between the two rollers, so that when two opposito
rollers m and o, or n and p, are forced apart the other two approach
each other.
The operation of bending a shoe is as follows:-A straight bar or
blank of prepared iron is placed across the front of the two rollers m
and o, and on the shaping tool being forced apart it carries the bar
between the said rollers m and o, partially bending it; the tool carries
the bar onward until it meets or comes in contact with the other rollers
nand p, which are thus forced apart, causing the rollers m, o, to close in
and form or bend the heels of the shoe. Or the same operation may be
effected by means of the two oscillating, picces q. without, the rollers, as

page_text: herein-before described, the said pieces being made to suitable curves
according to the size and form of shoe required. The rollers m, o,
and n, p, (or the oscillating pieces when the rollers are dispensed with)
may be forced apart by being struck either by the tool I, or by the bar
or blank; I prefer however to arrange the machine so that they are t
struck by the tool, because if they were struck by a hot bar the bar
might become indented. The pins or centres r of the oscillating pieces q
are carried by bars s, which can be adjusted to suit different sizes
of shoe.
.
The third part of my Invention relates to tools for preparing horses' 1
feet for the reception of the shoes, and more particularly the Goodenough
shoes before referred to. The tools consist of files or rasps made of the
proper width according to the size of shoe and thickness of the wall of
the foot. The rasps are constructed with a safe.edge flange along one
or more of their sides, which enables the shoer to prepare and level the 1
wall of the foot to any desired width without injuring the sole or frog
of the foot.
Figures 9 and 10 are views taken at right angles to each other of one
of my tools for preparing horses' fect to receive shoes. t is the rasp or
file, and u, u, are safe edge flanges.
In order to equalize the wear of the shoes, particularly the Goodenough
shoes, I insert into the toe or calks one or more pieces of hardened steel.
"
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my
"Improvements in Rolling and Shaping Iron or other Metal for the 2
Manufacture of Shoes for the Feet of Horses and other Animals, in
Machinery employed therein, and in Tools for Preparing the Fcet for
the Reception of the Shoes,"
1
First. The mode of rolling bar iron of irregular thickness to be
afterwards shaped into shoes for horses or other animals, consisting in
rolling two bars together, that is to say, by the same rolls, the two bars
when rolled being united substantially as herein-before described and
represented in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The construction of rolls for rolling two bars together, as and
for the purpose herein-before described.
Third. The construction of rolls in which the pieces of steel to
constitute the raised surfaces are inserted and secured, substantially in

page_text: the manner herein-before described and represented in Figures 4 and 5
of the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth. The construction of machinery, arranged and acting sub-
stantially as herein-before described with reference to Figures 6, 7, and 8
of the accompanying Drawings, for bending short bars or blanks into
the form of shoes.
Fifth. The construction of tools with safe edge flanges, substantially
as herein-before described and represented in Figures 9 and 10, for
preparing the feet of horses or other animals for the reception of shoes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Cottam, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.
EDWARD COTTAM. (L.s.)