AN IMPROVE- MENT IN SHOES FOR HORSES, MULES, OR OTHER ANALOGOUS HOOFED ANIMALS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SHOES."
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean François Régis Badiou and François Bernard,
of Paris, France, Gentlemen, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN SHOES FOR HORSES, MULES, OR OTHER ANALOGOUS HOOFED ANIMALS,
AND IN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean François Régis
Badiou and François Bernard at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 23rd September 1869.
We, JEAN FRANÇOIS RÉGIS BADIOU and FRANÇOIS BERNARD, of Paris,
France, Gentlemen, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES FOR HORSES, MULES, OR OTHER ANALOGOUS
HOOFED ANIMALS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SHOES," to be
as follows:-
The Invention relates to improvements in shoes for horses, mules, or
other hoofed animals of the same description, and to an apparatus for
manufacturing such shoes.
In the annexed Drawing Fig. 1 shows a side, and Fig. 2 a vertical
longitudinal sectional view of a horse's hoof provided with our improved
:

page_text: shoe; this latter is made of iron rolled into the required shape, viz.,
provided over its entire length and part of its width with a rib or
patten e, which forms the lower part of the shoe and rests on the ground,
above which latter the peripherial parts a and b of the shoe are thus
kept sufficiently elevated for preventing the heads 8 of the nails inserted
through the holes provided in the outer periphial part a, and by
means of which nails the shoe is affixed to the hoof are prevented from
coming in contact with the ground and thus become worn off as is the
case in horses' shoes hitherto commonly made use of. If required the
upper periphial part 6 may be dispensed with and the shoe rounded off
at the inside in the manner as shown by the dotted lines j, k, of Fig. 2.
Both ends of the shoe may be bent round inward and forged into a sort
of caulk m, and the front part of the shoe be provided with a lip or
⚫ toe d.
Fig. 3 shows a plan view of our apparatus for manufacturing either
our improved or other descriptions of horses' shoes. For this purpose a
straight piece H of iron rolled into the above described or any other
suitable shape, and of the required length for forming a shoe, and
having its ends, if wished, forged into caulks m, is by the aid of a
pressing screw G, a pressing lever, or other suitable means fixed with
one of its ends and with the rib or patten e upwards against a steel
matrix D, the outer periphery of which corresponds with that of the
curved shape to be given to the shoe, and which matrix is kept in
position on a horizontal steel bed or table B by means of a screw bolt C,
the upper end of which bolt serves as a fulcrum for a lever L to turn
on. The lever L is provided with a screw bolt P forming the fulcrum
for a bent lever M, N, the arm N of which carries a roller R turning on
a pivot r, the periphery of which roller corresponds with the outer shape
of the piece H of rolled iron. By causing the lever L to move round
the screw bolt C and at the same time pressing by means of the lever
M, N, the roller R against the outside of the piece of iron H this
latter will become applied round the outside of the matrix, viz., as
represented in Fig. 3, and thus bend into the shape of a horse shoe.
The holes for the nails are then punched out in the part a, whilst a
slit S provided in the bed plate B allows of advancing the matrix D for
forging, if required, the toe d.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean François Régis Badiou and François Bernard
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd March 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JEAN
FRANÇOIS RÉGIS BADIOU and FRANÇOIS BERNARD, of Paris, France,
Gentlemen, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Twenty-third day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Jean François Régis Badiou and François
Bernard, Her special licence that we, the said Jean François Regis
Badiou and François Bernard, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said Jean François Régis Badiou and François
Bernard, our 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 "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES FOR HORSES, MULES, OR OTHER ANALOGOUS HOOFED ANIMALS,
AND IN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SHOES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Jean François Régis Badiou and
François Bernard, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, 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 we, the said Jean François Régis Badiou and
François Bernard, do hereby declare the nature of our said 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 improved shoe for horses, mules, or other
analogous hoofed animals, and to apparatus for manufacturing sach
shoes.
One of the conspicuous features of this improved horses' shoe is that
the holes for the nails by means of which the shoe is secured to the hoof

page_text: are situated much nearer to the outer circumference than in ordinary
horses' shoes, and in such direction as to force the nails to enter into the
central part of the wall or horny outer part of the hoof, thus preventing
the risk of pricking the vital or inner part of this latter, whilst a sort of
rib or pattern is provided at the lower surface of the shoe, which increases
the durability of this latter, and prevents the head of the nails from
coming into contact with the ground and thereby becoming rapidly
worn out.
In the here annexed Drawings, Fig. 1 shows a view from underneath,
and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a horse's hoof pro-
vided with one of our improved shoes. The shoe S is made of iron
rolled into the required shape, viz., provided on one side over its entire
length and part of the width with a rib or patten e, which is to form
the lower part of the shoe, and is to rest on the ground, above which
latter the peripherial parts a & 6 of the shoe are thus kept sufficiently
elevated for preventing the head of the nails (to be inserted through the
holes t provided in the outer peripherial part a) by means of which the shoe
is affixed to the hoof of coming in contact with the ground and thereby
becoming rapidly worn off, as is the case with horses' shoes hitherto
commonly made use of, and the lower surface of the outer peripherial
part a forms with the front part of the patten or rib e an angular
recess, as may be readily observed from the Drawing. The upper
surface 6' of the inner peripherial part 6 is made sufficiently slanting so
as to prevent this surface 6' touching the hoof, the shoe requiring to rest
only against the wall or outer horny part of the hoof and not against
the inner or vital part of this latter. We also prefer to provide our
shoe with a toe or lip d, though, if wished, this latter may be dispensed
with.
The Figs. 3 & 4 respectively show an elevation and a top view on a
scale of about 1/4 of the natural size of our machine for manufacturing
either our improved or other descriptions of horses' shoes. In these
Figures various parts are represented as partly cut off, and in Fig. 3
the shoe is shown in cross sectional view. Fig. 5 represents a vertical
cross sectional view over the line X, X, of Fig. 4 at about 1/, natural
size of part of the machine and of a shoe. In these Figs. 3, 4, & 5, the
same letters refer to corresponding parts.
The machine consists of a wrought iron, or other suitable frame A
fixed on, a bed plate inserted in the ground. On this frame A is fixed by

page_text: means of screw bolts and nuts f,f,f,f, a table B of steel or cast
iron, in the centre of which table a steel matrix D may be fixed in
position by means of a screw bolt and nut f', and another screw bolt Ọ
passing through the table B and the matrix D, and which bolt C by
means of its shoulder F and the nut R keeps the matrix firmly secured
to the table B. The curved shape of the matrix must correspond exactly
with that of the shoe to be manufactured. A bar H of rolled iron of the ⚫
required shape and length for making a shoe is pressed with one of its
ends against the matrix D, as shown in the Drawing, by the effect of
the short arm G of a lever L, which latter may be caused to turn freely
on a bolt V, and the short arm G of which is curved into a sort of scroll
or eccentric head. M is a lever turning freely on the bolt C, to which
lever M another lever N is connected by means of a bolt P.. The
lever N is made into a T-shape, viz., provided with two arms N¹ & N³,
consequently if the lever M be caused to turn round the bolt C, and the
lever N, whilst following this motion, be pressed with the arm N₁ against
the bar H, this latter will become firmly applied against the matrix D,
and thus assume a curved shape corresponding with that of the said
matrix. According to the position in which the matrix D and the
levers L, M, & N are applied to the table B, the arm N' or the opposite
arm N° may be caused to exert their pressure against the bar H. Each
of these arms is provided at the end with a steel pressure roller O turning
on a spindle p in the said arms N¹ & N*. Two holes 9 & 9' are provided
in the table B for altering if required the respective positions of the
matrix D and pressing levers L, M, & N.
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We wish to observe that although we prefer by far to perform the
bending of the bar H by means of our above-described machine, this
might be done in the usual manner by forging, hammering, or other
similar means. The bar H having been bent in the required curved
shape corresponding with the matrix D, and whilst the same is still held
in position against this latter on the table B, the holes for the nails are
pierced by hand in the outer circumferential part a, or these holes might
be pierced in the said part a after the shoc has been withdrawn from the
matrix D and table B, and, if wished, the shoc be provided with a toe d
in any suitable manner.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner
in which the same is or may be put into effect, we declare that we do
not intend to restrict or limit ourselves to the precise details of what has

page_text: been hereabove described and illustrated in the annexed Drawings; but
what we consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the
Invention secured to us by the above in part recited Letters Patent is,―
lly. A horse's shoe provided at the under side with a projecting rib or
patten e, and having its nail holes t situated in the outer peripherial or
depressed part & in such manner as to prevent any deviation of the
nails and forcing them to enter in the wall or horny outer part of the
hoof of the animal for which the shoe is destined.
2ly. The general arrangement and combination of parts of the above-
described machine for bending a bar of iron into the shape of a horse's
shoe.
In witness whereof, we, the said Jean François Régis Badiou and
François Bernard, have hereunto set our hand and seal, this
.Nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
HIGNETTE, J.
BADIOU. (L.S.)
BERNARD. (L.S.)
M. Vétérinaire.