Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 27th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
1, JEAN BAPTISTE MOLAS of 4 Rue de FIndustrie, Courbevoie, Seine, France,
Farrier do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
My invention consists in the combination with or addition to a horse shoe of a
caoutchouc or elastic pad or block at and near the heel, this pad or block being
connected to the shoe by means of a transverse bar whose ends fit into recesses or
grooves in the shoe and are held by rivets, nails, screws or similar devices. The
elastic pad or block projects below the metal of the shoe and forms the bearing surface
at the hinder part or heel.
According to one way of carrying out the invention the elastic pad or block is
formed or fixed around a bar of steel, wrought iron or other metal which is then
placed across the shoe, its ends which project from the pad fitting into recesses or
grooves formed for the purpose in the upper face of the shoe. The connection of the
bar to the shoe is assured by means of nails, rivets or like devices.
According to another way the elastic pad or block is made removable from the
transverse bar which may then be permanently fixed by nails or otherwise to the shoe.
The elastic pad or block in this case has a slit or opening to allow of its being slipped
on to or off the transverse bar. When the pad or block is thus made removable it
can be taken off and again replaced at will according to the nature of the roads on
which the horse has to travel.
The fixing of the removable pad or block to the shoe can be assured by means of
one or more curved steel bands embedded in the thickness of the caoutchouc-One
end of the steel band projects behind the pad in the form of loops or rings; the line
followed by the band is from these loops or rings horizontally through the upper part
of the pad to a point in front of the aperture for the transverse bar, then round this

page_text: aperture and back horizontally through the lower part of the pad at the back of which
its other end projects. When the pad has been slipped on to the transverse bar this
end of the steel band is passed through the loops or rings and the pad is thus firmly
fixed to the transverse bar.
Another way of fixing the transverse bar is to bend the "sponges
of the shoe.
The sponges may be dispensed with when the transverse bar extends over the whole
width of the heel.
Instead of the transverse bar there may be two lugs or projections one on each side
of the shoe to hold the elastic pad or block between them
J. C. MEW BURN
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
JEAN BAPTISTE MOLAS, of 4 Rue de l'Industrie, Courbevoie, Seine, France,
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 consists in the combination with or addition to a horse shoe of a
caoutchouc or elastic pad or block at and near the heel this pad or block being
connected to the shoe by means of a transverse bar whose ends fit into recesses or
grooves in the shoe and are held by rivets, nails, screws or similar devices. The
elastic pad
or block projects below the metal of the shoe and forms the bearing surface
at the hinder part or heel.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 represent one way of carrying out the invention, Figure 1.
being a longitudinal section of the shoe, Figure 2 a view of the upper side or face and
Figure 3 a view of the under side or face. In this modification an elastic pad or
block is formed or fixed around a bar of steel, wrought iron or other metal which
is then placed across the shoe, its ends which project from the pad fitting into recesses
or grooves a, a formed for the purpose in the upper face of the shoe. Figure 4 is a
section on the line MN of Figure 3 showing one end of the bar fitted into the recess
or groove d. The connection of the bar to the shoe is assured by means of nails,
rivets, or like devices d.
Another way of carrying out the invention is shown in Figures 5 and 6. In this
modification the elastic pail or block is made removable from the transverse bar b
which may then be permanently fixed by nails or otherwise to the shoe. The elastic
pad or block in this case has an opening e to allow of its being slipped on to or off the
transverse bar. When the pad or block is thus made removable it can be taken off
and again replaced at will according to the nature or state of the roads on which the
horse has to travel.
The fixing of the removable pad or block to the shoe can be assured, as seen in
Figures 7 and 8 by means of one or more curved steel bands, embedded in the
thickness of the caoutchouc. One end of the steel band projects behind the pad in
the form of a loop or ring : the line followed by the band is from the loop or ring
horizontally through the upper part of the pad to a point in front of the aperture for
the transverse bar, then round this aperture and back horizontally through the lower
part of the pad at the back of which its other end projects. When the pad has been
slipped on to the transverse bar the end of the steel band is passed through the
loop or ring and the pad is thus firmly fixed to the transverse bar.
"
Another way of fixing the transverse bar & to the shoe is represented in Figures 9
and 10. Here the ends of the bar enter slots or recesses in the inner edge of the
shoe. The slot s at one side is of the same width as the shoe while the slot t at the
other side is longer to allow the bar to be slipped in. When the bar with the pad.
or block c is in place a blow of a hammer and chisel or tool at the side of the slot t

page_text: will secure them. Or if it is desired to allow for the removal of the pad for certain
journeys a mail can be employed. The pad or block may also be formed with
wings or lateral extensions as seen at e, Figures 11 and 12 to overlap the shoe;
this will be of advantage for horses with tender feet.
Another way of fixing the transverse bar is to bend the sponges of the shoe.
The sponges may be dispensed with when the transverse bar extends over the whole
width of the heel.
Instead of the transverse bar there may be two lugs or projections one on each side
of the shoe to hold the elastic pad or block between them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim, in
respect of horse shoes, is :-
1. The combination with or addition to a horse shoe of a caoutchouc or elastic pad
or block at and near the heel connected to the shoe by means of a transverse har
whose ends fit into grooves or recesses in the shoe and are held by rivets, nails or
similar devices, substantially as set forth.
2. The several arrangements of horse shoe with elastic pad or block as hereinbefore
described and represented in the annexed drawings.
J. U. MEW BUKA,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.