An Improved Material for Horse-shoe Pads, Brake Blooks, Boot Soles, and the like, and Process of Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1895-Accepted. 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Material for Horse-shoe Pads, Brake Blooks, Boot
Soles, and the like, and Process of Manufacturing the same.
I, WILHELM MÜLLER, of 4 Bettina Strasse Frankfort-on-the-Main in the
Empire of Germany, Coachman, do hereby declaro the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My improved material made from felt as hereinafter more particularly described
is capable of being treated like metal: hammered, cut, rivetted, bored, ground or
smoothed, lacquered or polished and even screw threaded, whilst remaining elastic
and impervions to moisture.
As this material may be made of any dimensions, and resists the influences of any
weather, it may be employed for all objects which, in addition to strength, require a
certain lightness and clasticity, such as horse-shoe pads or insertions, brake blocks,
boot soles or the like, and affords great advantages by its durability. In the use of
the material, for instance as a pad or insertion for horse-shoes, its property of
absolute imperineability to horses' urine and of thereby always keeping the hoof
dry, comes into full play, and further its lightness and elasticity give the horse an
extremely sure foothold at any pace and over any sort of pavement.
Ordinary felt obtains the valuable properties herein before mentioned by being
placed, either in sheets, or cut into anitable pieces ready for use, in a mixture
consisting essentially of amber, colophony, Veuice turpentine, brown shellac,
refined camphor and sandarach rosin, which mixture is dissolved in benzine, spirit
or other like acting solvent, or a mixture of the same.
After the felt bas been thoroughly saturated with this preparation, it is removed
from the solution, the surplus liquid allowed to drain off and the material thus
prepared allowed to dry in the niг.
Dated this 5th day of March 1905
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Material for Horse-shoe Pads, Brake Blooks, Boot
Soles, and the like, and Process of Manufacturing the same.
I, WILHELM MULLER of 4 Bettina Strasse, Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the
Empire of Germany, Conchman, 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 improved material made from felt as hereinafter more particularly described
is capable of being treated like metal: hammered, cut, rivetted, bored, ground or
smoothed, lacquered or polished and even screw threaded, whilst remaining elastic
and impervious to moisture.
As this material may be made of any dimensions, and resists the influences of any
weather, it may be employed for all objects which, in addition to strength, require a

page_text: certain lightness and elasticity, such as horse-shoe pads or insertions, brake blocks,
boot soles or the like, and affords great advantages by its durability. In the use of
the material, for instance as a pad or insertion for horse-shoes, its property of
absolute impermeability to horses' urine and of thereby always keeping the hoof
dry, comes into full play, and further its lightuess and elasticity give the horse an
extremely sure foothold at any pace and over any sort of pavement.
Ordinary felt obtains the valuable properties hereinbefore mentioned by being
placed, either in sheets, or cut into suitable piecos roady for use, in a mixture
consisting essentially of amber, colophony, Venice turpentine, brown shellno,
refined camphor and sandarach rosin, which mixture is dissolved in benzinc, spirit
or other like acting solvent, or a mixture of the same.
After the felt has been thoroughly saturated with this preparation, it is removed
from the solution the surplus liquid allowed to drain off and the material thus
prepared allowed to dry in the air.
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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. An improved material for horse-shoo pads and other purposes consisting of
ordinary felt saturated with a mixture of amber, colophony, Venice turpentine,
brown shellac, refined camphor and sandarach rosiu dissolved in benzine or spirit,
or other like acting solvent, or a mixture of the same, and then dried.
2. The process of manufacturing an improved material of the kind described,
consisting in saturating ordinary felt with a mixture substantially of amber,
colophony, Venice turpentine, brown shellac, refined camphor and sandarach rosin,
dissolved in benzine or spirit or other like acting solvent, or a mixture thereof,
and then drying for the purpose of making the felt resistant, elastic and
impermeable.
Dated this 2nd dow of December 1905
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.