Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
A communication by HIRAM H. GIBBS, of 67, Coptol Avenue, Indianapolis, in
the County of Marian and State of Indiana, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS, THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Civil 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 :-
The invention relates to an improvement in horse shoes and has for its object
economy in cost, durability and especially resiliency, enabling the shoe to yield to
the horse's tread on hard pavements. It is well-known that a hard roadway is very
injurious to the horse's feet when shod with hard shoes. The method adopted to
effect this object consists in vulcanizing or otherwise securing india-rubber or other
resilient material on a metallic frame or horse shoe in such manner that there will
be a considerable cushion above between the hoof and the metal and sufficient.
cushion below to avoid slipping, the cushions above and below being so connected
that they will successfully remain on the frame of the shoe. The difficulty
heretofore has been in so constructing the frame that the resilient material
would stay.
Figure 1 is a top view of the metallic frame and Figure 2 a bottom view of
the same.
Figure 3 is a bottom view of the shoe complete, showing the rubber.
Figure 4 is a central cross section of the complete shoe at X-X Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a cross section of one side of the complete shoe corresponding.
with Y-Y Figure 1.
1, is a metallic frame shaped like the ordinary horse shoe with the clip 2, and
can be provided with toe and heel calks as desired. It is centrally and longi-
tudinally cut out to make a series of long openings at 3, leaving between such
openings the partitions or ribs, 4. The top of the frame as shown in Figure 1 is.
provided with grooves at 5 extending around near the outer and inner periphery
of the frame to prevent the lateral movement of the rubber. The bottom of the
frame 1 is cut out as shown in Figure 2 in such manner that the sides of the
openings will be bevelled, thereby making the openings larger at the bottom than
at the top, so the rubber or other material, which extends through the openings,.
because of the bevelled faces of the openings, will not be materially pressed
upward by the weight of the horse and resistance of the pavement. The-
partitions 4 are slightly cut away on the under side. The outer peripheral flange
or edge of the frame on the under side is partly cut away at 6, leaving extensions
or lugs 7 which give the outer periphery of the frame, where the lugs 7 are located,.
the same thickness as the inner periphery. The purpose of these lugs is to protect
the heads. of the nails from contact with the pavement and at the same time to.
assist somewhat in holding the rubber in place. The eyes 8 are provided for the
insertion of the nails.
After the frame has been formed as above described preferably of metal, india-
rubber is vulcanized on it in a mold of such form that there will be a cushion 9 of
rubber between the frame and the hoof, as shown in Figure 4, and extending
through the long slots in the frame and filling the cut-out portion of the under side
of the frame whereby the upper layer or cushion is held in place. To this end.
the openings 3 are bevelled as heretofore described and as shown in cross section.

page_text: in Figure 4, so the frame 1 and partitions 4 will hold the rubber firmly in place
and not cut the same. The upper cushion 9 of the rubber fits snugly in the
grooves 5 on the upper side of the frame which prevent the cushion from having
lateral movement. The lower layer 10 is formed preferably convex in cross section
but it may be made in any desired form. In its outer periphery, this lower layer 10
is cut away at 12 over the nail eyes, 8. If any other material besides rubber be
used, it can be secured to the shoe in the most suitable manner so as to form upper
and lower layers strongly connected to each other by any suitable means through
the apertures in the frames.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
A horse shoe consisting of a metal frame provided with a series from one end to
the other of long bevelled sided slots through it, separated by narrow partitions and
recesses on the upper surface of the frame near the edges, and a resilient material
so secured to the frame as to extend through such slots and bear on the ground
when in use and to form a cushion above such frame, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 9th day of July 1894.