AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-SHOES AND SHOES FOR OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hodder Heard of Sheffield in the County of
York Merchant for an Invention of AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Hodder Heard at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th July 1883.
THOMAS HODDER HEARD of Sheffield in the County of York Merchant
" AN
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-SHOES AND SHOES FOR
OTHER ANIMALS
"
This Invention relates to the manufacture and construction of Horse-shoes and
shoes for other animals
In the manufacture of Horse-shoes the essential features of this Invention consist
in rolling a bar of Iron or steel (or equivalent metal as ordinarily employed for
animal's' shoes,) with ribs or projections for the calks and toe-pieces and flying out
or cutting out therefrom" blanks" or "moods" in such a manner as to avoid waste
of material; for instance from the specially rolled bar the "blanks" may be cut
with the front of the shoe and the back of the shoe alternately towards the same
side of the bar or in cutting the blank the sides of the shoe may interlace or
overlap one another the front of the shoe being alternately at each side of the bar.
The bar may have one or more projections or ribs for the calks and toe pieces
and the said projections may be of any size or shape to suit the varying size of the
shoe and the purpose for which the shoe is required. The projections may be
blunt for use in fine weather or they may be jointed for use in frosty weather.
To avoid waste of material in flying-out the blanks the sides and calks are
brought together as near as possible and in completing the manufacture of the shoe
the calks and sides are widened out by forging to the required shape. The flying
out of the Horse-shoe blank may be done at one or more operations in the ordinary
inanner
In the improved construction and manufacture of horse shoes the essential
feature consists in the method of fastening loose calks and toe pieces to the shoe, a
clip plate being rolled with-or formed with--the bar from which they are cut the
said clip plate being cut out so as to form projections and a recess or recesses, the
said projections being passed through holes in the shoe and bent over or rivetted on
the reverse side of the shoe. The loose calks and toe-pieces can be of any desired
form according to the size of the shoe or the purpose for which it is required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Hodder Heard in the Patent Office on the 5th January
1884.
"AN
THOMAS HODDER HEARD of Sheffield in the county of York, Merchant,
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-SHOES AND SHOES FOR
OTHER ANIMALS
"2
This Invention relates to the manufacture and construction of horse-shoes and
slioes for other animals
"
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In the manufacture of horse-shoes the essential features of this Invention consist
in rolling a bar of iron or steel or other suitable material with one or more ribs or
projections for the calks or heels and toe-pieces and flying out or cutting out
therefrom transversely "blanks" or "moods" preferably in such a manner as to
avoid waste of material, for instance from the specially rolled bar,the "blanks
may be cut with the front of the shoe and the back of the shoe alternately towards
the same side of the bar or the blanks may be cut out side by side and close
together and in the same direction or in cutting the blanks the sides of the shoes
may interlace or overlap one another, the front of the shoes being alternately at
each side of the bar. The bar may have one or more projections or ribs for the
calks or heels and toe-pieces and intermediate wearing parts and the said
projections may be of any size or shape to suit the varying size of the shoe and
the purpose for which the said shoe is required. The projections may be blunt for
use in fine weather or they may be pointed for use in frosty weather. To avoid
waste of material in flying out the blanks, the sides and calks may be brought
together as near as possible and in completing the manufacture of the shoe the
calks and sides are widened out by forging to the required shape. The flying-out
of the horse-shoe blank may be done at one or more operations in the ordinary
manner.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my Invention. In sheet 1, Figs 1 and 3
are plan views, or top views, of horse-shoe bars "rolled" (rolled in an ordinary
iron or steel rolling mill) with ribs or projections, and Fig 5, Fig 6 and Fig 7 are
transverse sections of the said bars "rolled" according to my Invention. Fig 2
and Fig 4 are plan views of "blanks." or partly formed shoes as flyed out punched
out or cut out according to my Invention. Fig 1 and Fig 2 show the plan I adopt
in flying-out or punching out "blanks" with the least possible amount of waste.
A¹ (Fig 2) is the horse-shoe blank as cut out of the bar A, as shown in Figs 1,
-and 6; the dotted lines on the bar A (Fig 1) showing the method of cutting out
the blank, the front K being alternately at each side of the bar; G is the rib or
projection for the toe and G Gare the projections for the heels of the shoe,
HH are flanges from which are cut the front projections K. Fig 5 and Fig 7 are
sections of bars for shoes to be used in fine weather and Fig 6 is a section of a bar
for shoes to be used in frosty weather. Fig 3, Fig 4 and Fig 7 show a second
method of cutting out horse-shoe blanks and the specially rolled bar for the
purpose. B¹ (Fig 4) is the "blank" as cut from the bar B (Figs 3 and 7) and the
dotted lines on the bar B (Fig 3) show the method of cutting out the blanks; the
front projections K of the shoes are cut from the same side of the bar so that only
one flange H is required. In sheet 2, Fig 8 is a plan view showing a third
method of cutting out horse-shoe blanks and Fig 9 and Fig 10 are sections of
specially rolled bars for the purpose. In Fig 8, the horse-shoe blank is shown by
the full lines C'C' and the method of cutting it out from the bar C is shown by
the dotted lines. The blauks are cut with the front projection K alternately at

page_text: each side of the bar, and the sides of the horse-shoe blank C are interlaced or
interlocked as shown by the dotted lines in Fig 8, for the purpose of avoiding
waste of the material, and for the purpose of constructing an improved form of
shoe with double toe-pieces. Fig 9 is a section of a bar for shoes to be used in
fine weather and Fig. 10 is a section for shoes for frosty weather. Fig 11, Fig 12
and Fig. 13 show an ordinary horse-shoe as manufactured from one of my specially
rolled bars. Fig 11 is a plan view of the under face. of the shoe. Fig 12 is a side
view and Fig 13 is a back end view. D is the shoe, G is the toe-piece; G¹ G¹ are
the heels. K is the front projection. Fig 14, Fig 15 and Fig 16 are sections of bars
from which shoes for carriage horses, riding horses and light and heavy horses are
manufactured.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature and object of
iny said Invention and the manner in which the same is, or may be, used or
carried into effect; I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel
and original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore
in part recited Letters Patent is:
Firstly Improvements in the process of manufacture and construction of
horse-shoes and shoes for other animals consisting firstly of "rolling" a bar of iron,
steel, or other similar and suitable metal with a rib or projection to form the heel,
or toe, or with ribs or projections to form both the heel and toe, or with ribs or
projections to form the heel, toe, and intermediate projections, to act as the
wearing parts of the shoe, the said projections, or ribs, being lengthwise, or
longitudinally, on the bar; and consisting secondly in flying out, punching out or
cutting out, from the above described specially "rolled" bar in a transverse
direction the blanks which will ultimately be formed into the shoe or punching
out or cutting out therefrom the complete horse-shoe substantially as hereinbefore
specified and described.
Secondly I claim the method of manufacture of horse-shoes as described in
reference to, and as illustrated by, Fig 1 to Fig 16 (inclusive) of the accompanying
drawings
Thirdly I claim the construction of horse-shoes with two, or more, toe-pieces
as described in reference to Fig 8, Fig 9 and Fig 10 of the accompanying drawings,
manufactured as firstly and secondly described.
Fourthly I claim the construction of horse-shoes with intermediate transverse
ribs or projections between the toe and heel piece, or between the toe-pieces and
heel-pieces, to act as the wearing surfaces of the shoe, and as illustrated in Fig 14
and Fig 15 of the accompanying drawings, and manufactured as firstly and secondly
described
In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Hodder Heard have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One-
thousand eight hundred and eighty three
THOMAS HODDER HEARD (L.S.)