Improvements in or connected with Horse-shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1900-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Horse-shoes.
We, EDUARD TÜCHLER, 18 Standgasse 56, Certified Farrier, and Dr. LEO
RITTER VON HERZ, 13 Auhoffstrasse 18, Retired German Officer of State (k.k.
Sectionschef a.D.), both of Vienna, Austria, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention has for its object to provide a shoe for horses furnished
on the tread thereof with a number of teeth, ribs or sharp projections, for the
purpose of preventing the horse from slipping..
The shoe may be constructed in several forms, either in the form of a slipper
shoe, that is to say, without toes or calkins, or it may be provided with the
latter, all as desired. The shoe is preferably made slightly thicker in front
than at the ends which may be provided with calkins in the usual way.
The tread of the shoe is provided with ribs, teeth, cones, prisms or the like,
tapering towards their extremities. The horse is thus forced to tread with the
whole of the hoof flat upon the ground, the dirt from the street being compressed
into the interstial spaces between the ribs, etc. The sharp edges however cut
through the dirt and enable the horse to obtain a firm foothold on asphalted
streets and by reason of the plurality of points of contact the danger of slipping
is reduced to a minimum.
These shoes are comparatively light and do not fatigue the horses as do the
shoes at present in use, moreover the horses are protected from shock and
inflammation of the hoof is entirely avoided.
In some cases the shoes are provided with special sockets to receive rubber
studs. These rubber studs are inserted between vertical lugs, which are pressed
down after the studs are in place, and so prevent the latter from falling out.
The rubber effectually prevents the horse from slipping upon smooth ice.
Sharp studs may be employed either alone or in combination with studs of rubber
in the improved shoe, the rubber studs coming into operation when the sharp
projections are worn down to the level of the rubber.
These shoes may be forged in dies, or produced from malleable cast iron,
and the horses are shod therewith in precisely the same way, as with the
ordinary shoes.
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AL: 10.
Ondahan 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Horse-shoes.
We, EDUARD TÜCHLER, 18 Standgasse 56, Certified Farrier, and Dr. LEO
RITTER VON HERZ, 13 Auhoffstrasse 18, Retired German Officer of State (k.k.
Sectionschef a.D.), both of Vienna, Austria, do hereby declare the nature of
Price 8dl

page_text: this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention has for its object to provide a shoe for horses furnished
on the tread thereof with a number of teeth, ribs or sharp projections, for the
purpose of preventing the horse from slipping, all as hereafter shewn and
described.
In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated several constructions of
our improved horse-shoe.
Fig. 1 is an inverted part plan showing one construction of our improved
shoe, the construction being easily interpreted and understood by reference to
the several adjacent vertical sections, that section marked A-B being taken on
the line A B of Fig. 1; C-D being taken on the line of CD of Fig. 1; and E-F
on the line of EF of Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is an inverted part plan of another construction, vertical sections of
this construction being also shewn, taken on the lines GH, I K, and L M, these
views being marked with the same letters which indicate the lines of section.
Fig. 3 is an inverted part plan showing another construction of our invention,
vertical sections of this construction being shewn marked N-0, P—Q, and R—S.
Fig. 4 shows by part inverted plan. view another construction of our invention,
Fig. 4 being a side elevation of Fig. 4 and several sections of the latter figure
are also shown marked T-U, V-W, and X-Y.
Fig. 5 shows by part inverted plan view another construction of our invention,
Fig. being a side view of the shoe shown at Fig. 5 and several sections of
this construction are also shown marked I-II, III-IV, and V-VI.
Fig. 6 shows by part inverted plan a still further modified construction of
our invention, this view being explained by vertical cross sections marked
respectively VII—VIII, IX—X, and XI-XII.
Figs. 7 illustrate a further modification in the construction of our invention
by part inverted plan and side elevation, this view being still further explained
by vertical cross sections marked XIII-XIV, XV-XVI, and XVII-XVIII.
Figs. 8 illustrate a further construction of our invention by inverted part
plan and side elevation, the construction being further explained by the several
vertical cross sections marked XIX-XX, XXI-XXII, and XXIII-XXIV.
As illustrated in the drawings the improved shoe may be constructed either
in the form of a slipper shoe, that is to say a shoe without either toes or cal-
kins, or it may be provided with the latter all as desired. The shoe is preferably
made slightly thicker in front than at the ends which are provided with calkins
in the usual way.
The tread of the shoe is provided with ribs, teeth, cones, prisms or the like
tapering towards their extremities. The horse is, thus forced to tread with the
whole of the hoof flat upon the ground, the dirt from the street being compressed
into the interstial spaces between the ribs etc. The sharp edges however cut
through the dirt and enable the horse to obtain a firm foot hold on asphalted
streets, and by reason of the plurality of points of contact the danger of slipping
is reduced to a minimum.
These shoes are comparatively light and do not fatigue the horses as do the
shoes at present in use, moreover the horses are protected from shock and
inflammation of the hoof is entirely avoided.
In the construction illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, the shoes are shewn provided
with additional sharp studs, and in Figs. 6 and 7 with special sockets to receive
rubber studs. These rubber studs a are inserted between vertical lugs, which
are pressed down after the studs are in place and so prevent the latter from
falling out. The rubber effectually prevents the horse from slipping upon
smooth ice. As shewn in Fig. 7 the sharp studs may be employed either alone
or in combination with studs of rubber in the improved shoe, the rubber studs
coming into operation when the sharp projections are worn down to the level
of the rubber.

page_text: These shoes may be forged in dies or produced from malleable cast iron and
the horses are shoed therewith in precisely the same way, as with the ordinary
shoes.
In the drawings the shoe is shewn as provided on only half its surface with
the above described ribs or projections. It will however be understood that
the other half of the shoe is constructed in precisely the same manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is;-
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1. An improved horse-shoe in which the shoe, instead of having claws or
studs, is provided on the tread thereof with tapered teeth, ribs and projections
of various forms, substantially as described.
2. In a horse-shoe as claimed in Claim 1 the arrangement of rubber studs
inserted between suitable lugs on the shoe, and which may be combined with
or replaced by sharpened studs, substantially as described."
3. In horse-shoes, constructing the treads thereof substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of July 1900.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.