Year: 1891

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 23rd Sept., 1890
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 17th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 17th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
I THOMAS LUKE TIPTON of Jerusalem in the State of Ohio, United States of
America, Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to what are known as "rolling horseshoes" such for
instance as are used on the front feet of fast horses-that is, horses whether
ridden or driven that travel at a quick speed and necessarily assume au attitude
of "reaching ahead" as it has been termed, and whose attitude and step requiro
the fore-feet to be specially shod. Hence the use of the rolling shoe.
My invention consists in the novel construction of such a shoe, substantially as
hereinafter described.
Prior to describing the details of the shoes construction attention will be called
to the movement or action of the horn or crust of the horses foot. The horn or
crust is caused to widen by the weight of the horse, and the flare of the crust or
horn combined, commencing to spread first at the heel, and continuing to spread to
the toe in proportion as the frog tapers from heel to toe, and when the sides or
quarters are out to their full extent they stand straight up and down with a slight
inclination backward which must be considered, for if held in or forced forward the
same will cause bruises or corns, and these naturally will make horses break when
they are pacing or trotting. In view of these facts and to enable a horse to move
forward with ease, a rolling shoe is required.
The usual mode of making a rolling shoe is by turning its heel up, leaving the
shoe full underneath, which forms a shoe somewhat after the shape of a partial
hoop, and the foot must necessarily be trimmed the same shape to fit the shoe, so as
to obtain the roll underneath.
By so doing the heels are forced forward at every step. Now this difficulty I
find can only be avoided by the use of a shoe made to turn both down and up at the
heel, with a slight bevel outward on top from the heel nails back to the point or
ends of the heel to provide for the widening of the hoof's heel ends or quarters.
To do this there must be an extra thickness, given to the shoe at or just back of the
nail hole portion, and from or near this point each heel portion of the shoe
curves or inclines both downward and upward to the outer ends of the heel and has
a slight bevel laterally outward given it on the top where the heel part thus droops.
Otherwise the shoe is made as usual on top. This drooping of the shoe and its
bevel outward provides for the lengthening and widening of the foots heel or
quarters and complies with nature, while the additional thickness of the shoe and
the turning up of the heel ends of the shoe underneath makes the roll of the
shoe complete without opposing the requirements of nature.

page_text: The toe part of the shoe may be of the usual construction, as also the groove on
its under side and nail holes.
Dated this 17th da
J
1001
THOMAS L. TIPTON.
By his Agents,
Horn & Sou.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Horseshoe.
1, THOMAS LUKE TIPTON of Jerusalem in the State of Ohio United States of
America Inventor 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 :-
"
This invention relates to what are known as 66
rolling horseshoes such for
instance, as are used on the front feet of fast horses-that is, horses whether ridden
or driven that travel at a quick speed and necessarily assume an attitude of
reaching ahead," as it has been termed, and whose attitude and step require the
fore feet to be specially shod. Hence the use of the rolling shoe.
66
My invention consists in the novel construction of such a shoe, substantially as
hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of a horseshoe embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view upon the line 22 in Fig. 1:
Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view upon the line 3 3 in Fig. 1, and
Fig. a view in perspective of the shoe as applied to a horse's hoof.
Prior to describing the details of the shoe's construction attention will be
called to the movement or action of the horn or crust of the horse's foot.
The horn or crust is caused to widen by the weight of the horse and the flare of
the crust or horn combined, commencing to spread first at the heel and continuing
to spread to the toe in proportion as the frog tapers from heel to toe, and when the
sides or quarters are out to their full extent they stand straight up and down with
a slight inclination backward, which must be considered, for if held in or forced
forward the same will cause bruises or corns, and these naturally will make
horses break when they are pacing or trotting. In view of these facts and to enable
a horse to move forward with ease a rolling shoe is required.
The usual mode of making a rolling shoe is by turning its heel up, leaving the
shoe full underneath, which forms a shoe somewhat after the shape of a partial
hoop, and the foot must necessarily be trimmed the same shape to fit the shoe,
so as to obtain the roll underneath. By so doing the heels are forced forward
at every step. Now this difficulty 1 find can only be avoided by the use of a
shoe made to turn both down and up at the heel, with a slight bevel outward
on top from the heel nails back to the point or ends of the heel to provide for the
widening of the hoof's heel ends or quarters.
To do this there must be an extra thickness given to the shoe at or just back of
the nail-hole portion, as shown at 6 in Fig. 2. of the drawings, and from or near
this point each heel portion of the shoe curves or inclines both downward and
upward to the outer ends of the heel, as shown at and d, and has a slight bevel
laterally outward given it on the top, where the heel part thus droops, as shown
more clearly at e in Fig. 3. Otherwise the shoe is made as usual on top.
This drooping of the shoe at c and its bevel outward, as at e, provides for the
lengthening and widening of the foot's heel or quarters and complies with nature,

page_text: while the additional thickness of the shoe at b and the turning up at the heel ends
of the shoe underneath, as at d, makes the roll of the shoe complete without
opposing the requirements of nature.
The toe part of the shoe may be of the usual construction, as also the groove g
on its under side and nail holes s.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :
The within-described horseshoe made of increased thickness back of its nail
holes, as at b, and with its heel ends or portions from or near such points of
increased thickness, and to the outer extremities of the heel ends constructed on
their upper surfaces to droop downward, as at c, and to bevel or incline laterally
outward, as at e, and to curve or turn upward beneath as at d, substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 28th day of October 1891.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.