Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
SAMUEL GILLMAN Farrier 188 Southampton Street Camberwell, S.E. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The advantages of this Horse Shoe are as follows. It being constructed with
holes dovetailed from the back with Anti Slipping Pads which are also inserted from
the back into the dovetailed hole thus enableing the Farrier to easily remove them
thereby giving it the great advantage of being made warm for the most important
and special benefit of makeing it properly fit deformed as well as natural shaped feet
they are especially adapted for the wood or asphalte paving entirely preventing
slipping and for Horses that have the dangerous habit of catching their toes in the
ground this shoe will be found most advantageous it is so formed that the point can
easily be elevated thereby preventing any possibility of catching, stumbling or falling
down.
When the shoe is fitted to the foot the pads replaced and the shoe nailed on they
cannot by any means be pulled out or dislodged from their position this shoe is
applicable to all kinds of feet and requires no special skill on the part of the Farrier
in putting on. The shoes can be made with holes to suit either round, square, or
oblong pads according to desire.
Refering to the Drawing filed with my specification, Fig. 1 is drawing of shoe.
A to B is section of shoe showing anti slipping pad inserted.
Care the anti slipping pads.
De nail holes for fixing shoes to foot.
Fig. 2 is C the anti slipping Pad.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I, SAMUEL GILLMAN, of No. 188, Southampton Street, Camberwell, in the County
of Surrey, Farrier, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in horse shoes and has more particular
reference to distinctive or novel features whereby the shoe is adapted to
(a) Prevent slipping by fitting the shoes with anti-slipping pads.
(6) Facilitate fitting the hot shoe to the foot by making the pads removable.
(c) Make the shoe in such a way that the toe can be easily elevated thereby pre-
venting any possibility of catching stumbling or falling down so that this part of my
invention operates it will be perceived in the direction of preventing the toe of the
shoe from catching on the surface of the ground as the horse brings his foot down.
(d) Increase the lightness and durability of the shoe by forming short transverse
grooves therein.
In order that my invention and the means by which the same is to be carried into
practical effect may be thoroughly understood I will now describe them in detail
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as part of
this specification and read therewith.
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page_text: Fig. 2 is a side elevation corresponding therewith and
Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1.
A is the shoe and a the ordinary nail holes.
BB BB are the anti-slipping pads of any suitable material. These are shewn as
rectangular in plan. They are always tapered in elevation being thereby adapted to
be let into the shoe from the back flush with the back face thereof and project for a
suitable distance beyond the outer face of the shoe. They are preferably disposed in
the relative positions illustrated but these positions as well as their number may be
varied provided that no pad-hole be made in the middle of the toe, inasmuch as its
presence there would interfere with the farrier drawing the clip or elevating the
shoe in a case of tendency to stumble. Their shape also and that of the holes in
which they fit may be varied in plan to any extent as may be desired or deemed
advisable.
I wish to point out particularly as a feature and advantage of any invention that
the pads are detachable and that they can therefore be taken out so as to allow of the
shoe being warmed by the farrier and properly fitted to the foot instead of the foot
being fitted to the shoe; for it is clear that if the pads were not removable, their
presence in the shoe would prevent the latter being warmed in which case there
would be nothing for it but for the farrier to fit the foot to the shoe.
CCC are short transverse grooves sunk in the face of the shoe and their purpose
is to increase its anti-slipping properties. Their number and position may be varied
but it will be observed that they do not cross the shoe.
I wish to draw attention to the fact that these grooves are all transverse, even
those at the toe, they being all produced by stamping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination in a shoe of tapered holes therein adapted to receive anti-
slipping pads from the back face of the shoe with detachable anti-slipping pads
adapted to project beyond the face of the shoe as set forth.
2. The combination in a shoe of tapered holes therein adapted to receive anti-
slipping pads from the back face of the shoe with detachable anti-slipping pads
adapted to project beyond the face of the shoe and transverse grooves as set forth.
Dated this 19th of August 1889.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.