Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I WILLIAM EDWARD CARMONT of Lime Grove Longsight Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows
--
My said Invention relates to an improved horse-shoe which has for its object to
prevent slipping and at the same time to provide an elastic cushion or medium
protected by metallic and resilient parts from too rapid wear and intended to absorb
or deaden the shocks incidental in the traversing of stone sets or hard ground. My
invention thus serves the double purpose of preventing accidents by slipping and
saving the legs of the horse from shocks whereby its period of usefulness is prolonged.
The improved shoe may be described briefly as consisting of a combination of a
suitable elastic or yielding material such as rubber or leather with metal springs pins
or parts which are held in their places by the said elastic or yielding material so as to
present metallic and preferably resilient wearing surfaces by means of which the
rubber, leather or other material is protected from being worn away too rapidly.
According to one method of producing my improved shoe I press, cast, forge or
otherwise form or mould an iron or steel shoe having one, two or more dovetailed
recesses into which I spring or fit correspondingly shaped pieces of rubber, leather or
other similar and suitable elastic or yielding material the said material standing above
the level of the shoe I then take a sufficient number of tempered steel pins which have
been slightly bent so as to be resilient under pressure or it might be a number of
spring coils of tempered steel wire and insert them at suitable intervals apart through
the elastic material their inner ends bearing on the bottom of the recess or recesses
and their outer ends remaining on a level with or projecting slightly above the rubber
or other material through which they are inserted. The aforesaid material is firmly
secured or cemented within the dovetail recess or recesses and the bent steel pins,
steel wire coils, or their equivalents are supported by the surrounding elastic material
the direct wearing contact and pressure being taken by the said steel pins or coils
whereby the softer material is preserved. If straight pins are used instead of bent
pins they should be inserted diagonally or if inserted straight they should not come

page_text: into direct contact with the bottom of the recess or recesses in the shoe. When
rubber is employed to compose the said elastic pad or pads the rubber is placed in
the shoe the steel pins or coils inserted and the whole is then subjected to the
vulcanising process whereby the rubber is firmly secured in the dovetail recess or
recesses and the steel wearing parts or springs are also fixed in their places. I may
adopt modifications of the herein before described mode of construction, for example I
might use a compound elastic pad composed of two layers of rubber or one layer of
rubber and one of leather with a thin steel or metal plate between, the steel wire pins,
coils, springs or metallic wearing parts being inserted into the upper layer of rubber
or leather so as to bear with their inner ends upon the steel dividing plate. The
inner layer of rubber would thus present an elastic shock-absorbent protected from
wear by the outer layer and steel pins or parts. In a case such as the latter, straight
and nonresilient pins might be inserted through the outer layer so as to bear straight
on the dividing steel plate as the required elasticity would be given by the inner layer
of rubber. I wish it however to be understood that as my invention consists in the
combination of an elastic or yielding material with resilient or non-resilient metallic
wearing parts as and for the purposes specified I do not confine myself to the particular
formations hereinbefore indicated as such modes of construction are capable of
modification.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I WILLIAM EDWARD CARMONT of Lime Grove Longsight, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer 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:
--
My said Invention relates to an improved horse-shoe which has for its object to
prevent slipping and at the same time to provide an elastic cushion or medium
protected by metallic and resilient parts from too rapid wear and intended to absorb or
deaden the shocks incidental in the traversing of stone sets or hard ground. My
invention thus serves the double purpose of preventing accidents by slipping and
saving the legs of the horse from shocks whereby its period of usefulness is prolonged.
The improved shoe may be described briefly as consisting of a combination of a
suitable elastic or yielding material such as rubber combined with metallic springs
pins or parts which are held in their places by the said elastic or yielding material so
as to present metallic and preferably resilient wearing surfaces by means of which
the rubber, leather or other material is protected from being worn away too rapidly.
And in order that my said invention inay be properly understood I will now proceed
more particularly to describe the same with reference to the annexed sheet of
drawings. Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved horse shoe and Fig. 2 is partly a
section of Fig. 1 at A. B and partly an end view. The remaining Figs. are sections
showing modifications in the form of the pins, springs and parts used in combination
with the pads or cushions. The metal foundation a of the shoe is made of iron or
steel, cast, pressed, or forged so as to present the undercut or dovetailed section shown
in Figs. 2 to 6 of the drawings. In the example selected for illustration the shoe has
two such undercut or dovetailed compartments, divided at the front of the shoe by a
block b which is of equal thickness and is flush with the shoe a. I might however
make the dovetailed recess continuous all round the shoe or it might be divided into
several compartments. Each of the dovetailed recesses in the shoe is fitted with a
pad or cushion c of rubber, leather or other suitable material which rests on the bottom
of the recess in the shoe and projects as shown in the various sectional views. The
cushions c are furnished with tempered steel pins d the inner ends of which are in
contact with the bottom of the recess in the shoe while the outer ends project above
the level of the cushions c the intention being that when the shoe is in use the
tempered steel pins & will first come in contact with the ground and take the major
part of the weight and wear while their side-long resilience will cause them to recede
sufficiently to allow the rubber cushions to touch the ground also, whereby slipping is
prevented. By thus combining anti-slipping and elastic material such as the rubber
pads c (which in themselves are insufficient to resist wear) with the tempered steel
pins d so arranged as to relieve the rubber from the destructive effects of weight and
friction we obtain a shoe which combines the advantages of a soft tread with wearing
qualities such as prevent the cushions from becoming too quickly destroyed. The

page_text: pins d may be arranged in the cushions as closely together as desirable and instead
of being straight as shown they may be inserted diagonally. Fig. 3 illustrates the
application of coiled springs d¹ instead of the straight pins d the said springs d¹ being
more resilient than the straight pins. In Fig. 4 the pins are bent and in Fig. 5
we employ staples d³. Fig. 6 is an example of a modification wherein the rubber or
elastic cushion is divided into two portions c³ ³ by a plate or diaphragm e upon which
the inner ends of the pins d carried by the outer portion care caused to bear. This
arrangement has the effect of conferring more elasticity upon the pins d. The
cushions c might be made of rubber, leather or of other suitable material or of a
combination of rubber and leather; for example in Fig. 6, the outer portion of the
cushions containing the pins d might be of leather and the inner portion c¹ of rubber.
When rubber cushions are employed, the rubber is placed in the shoe, the steel pins or
sprigs inserted and the whole subjected to the vulcanizing process whereby the rubber
is firmly secured to the shoe and the pins or sprigs in the rubber. The position of the
nails for securing the shoe to the hoof are indicated at g in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
(1) In horse-shoes of the indicated nature the pads or cushions c of rubber, leather
or other suitable material inserted into dovetailed or undercut recesses in the shoe, in
combination with metallic pins d springs d' pins d³ and staples d³ for the purposes
and substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
(2) In a horse-shoe the compound pad or cushions c¹, divided by a plate or
diaphragm e the outer portion containing the metallic pins or springs which rest on
the diaphragm substantially as described and shown at Fig. 6 of the drawings.
Dated this 6th day of April 1887.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.