Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in horse-shoes intended for receiving
insertions or pads of felt, cork or the like to prevent the slipping of horses
especially on asphalt, to protect the under part of the hoof against injuries from
below, to prevent snow getting pressed into the shoe and to allow of curing or
improving narrow-heels.
In the annexed drawing:
Fig. 1 is a view from below,
Fig. 2 is a section on line - and
Fig. 3 is a section on line y-y of Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 detail.
The novelty in this horse-shoe is the arrangement and form of the cavity in the
shoe, so that the narrowed or dovetail direction of the inner-faces of the walls of
this cavity gives a good and secure fastening to the pad. This fastening of the
pad is also secured by the whole construction of the shoe and especially by the two
pointed, slightly upwardly bent pins on the inner border of the heels and by
the pointed, slightly forwardly inclined cap on the inner border of the toe of
the shoe.
The inner-side of the exterior wall a of the box-like horse-shoe is inclined
inwards, in order to secure a good fastening of the enclosure by means of the dove-
tail direction thus given to the inner-side of the exterior wall. The inner-wall b
projects only a little above the bottom surface of the cavity.
On the toe-part of the shoe the bottom-surface is augmented in thickness so that
a hollow may be made to receive the head of the nail to be knocked in and that on
the nails being worn it is impossible to tear off the shoe.
Upon the inner-wall 6 are provided at the sides the pointed projections b¹ and on
the front on the inner border of the toe-part the pointed, somewhat forwardly
inclined cap 6. The piece c arranged on the inner-wall and projecting inwards
carries a conical pin c, and such pins a³, a are also provided on the returned parts
of the outer wall a at the heels.
On the inner-wall b are also provided the pointed, upwardly and inwardly bent
projections d, d.
In order to render it possible to direct the nails properly in spite of the inclined
direction of the inner side of the outer-wall, there are provided in this wall a
hollows a', the under edges of which, Fig. 1, are inclined, so that the nail can be
driven in. Upon the shoe are also provided toe and side clips e and e¹.
The enclosure which consisting of felt, cork or the like fills the whole
interior of the shoe, that is to say reaches from one side of the outer-wall to the
other, is fastened in the horse-shoe by pressing it into the pins a and between the
outerwall and beating it down by means of a wooden hammer or the like, so that
the points of a, b and c penetrate into the enclosure. In this position the
enclosure is immovably kept, but it can easily be changed at any time.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I
claim is :-
An improved horse-shoe intended for enclosure of felt, cork or the like,
characterized by the co-operation of the inwardly inclined inner surface of the
outer-wall, of the low inner wall provided with points, of the pins a³ and of the
somewhat upwardly bent and inwardly inclined pointed projections d and b³, of
the thickening of the toe-part and of the hollows in the outer-wall provided with
inclined under edge, in order to effect a good foundation for fastening of and ready
exchange of the enclosure, to prevent the nails being torn off and to allow the
latter to be driven properly.
Dated this 16th der of Santambor 1806
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.