IMPROVEMENTS IN BAR IRON FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Stephen Busk, of Pancras Lane, in the City of
London, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BAR IRON
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."-A
communication from abroad by Stanley Peter Youle, of Rio
Janeiro, in the Empire of Brazil.
Sealed the 19th April 1870, and dated the 4th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Stephen Busk at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th November 1869.
I, STEPHEN BUSK, of Pancras Lane, in the City of London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BAR IRON FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," to
be as follows:-
This Invention consists in rolling bar iron with grooves on one side
or face and a flange or projecting edge. The iron is rolled in the
ordinary manner, and the holes for the nails (when the iron is made
into shoes) are punched in the grooves which have been rolled in the
bar. By this means the holes may be made with greater facility than

page_text: heretofore, and the heads of the nails when the nails are driven into the
hoof will be partially countersunk, and be protected from being unduly
worn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Stephen Busk in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 4th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, STEPHEN
BUSK, of Pancras Lane, in the City of London, Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Stephen Busk, Her special licence that I,
the said Stephen Busk, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Stephen Busk, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BAR IRON FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," being a com-
munication from Stanley Peter Youle, of Rio Janeiro, in the Empire
of Brazil, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Stephen
Busk, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Stephen Busk, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing,
and to the letters marked thereon (that is to say) :-

page_text: The object of this invention is to facilitate the manufacture of horse-
shoes by the use of a novel preparation of bar iron which is provided
with grooves on one side or face, and a raised flange or projecting
edge on the other. The width of the bar corresponds to the width of
face the shoe is intended to possess. The iron is rolled in the ordinary
manner of rolling bar iron, and the section of the iron may vary some-
what to suit varied requirements. In general, however, it will accord
with the accompanying Figure,
a
where a is the flange
or projection formed on the outer edge of the bar, and intended to form
a wall around the hoof of the horse; b, b, are grooves forming guide
lines for the nail holes. The holes for the nails are punched (when the
iron has been made into shoes) through the hollow grooves at any
required distances apart. These grooves allow of the holes being made
with greater facility than heretofore, and they serve when the nails have
been driven into the hoof to protect to a considerable degree the heads
of the nails after the manner of countersunk holes.
Having thus set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improvements
in Bar Iron for the Manufacture of Shoes for Horses and other Animals,"
and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to
be understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I
claim, the means above described for facilitating the manufacture of shoes
for horses and other animals.
In witness whereof, I, the said Stephen Busk, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Third day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.