Improvements in Shoes. or Devices for Shoeing Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, th Oct., 1896-4ccepted, 2?th Nov.. 1396
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Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1896-4ccepted, 2?th Nov.. 1396
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes. or Devices for Shoeing Horses and other
Animals.
I, ANTONIN JUILLARD, of 64 Faubourg St. Honoré Paris, in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide improved means for shoeing horses or
other animals by the use of rubber or of a special compound, the chief constitutent
element of which, is india-rubber. I will refer to it as rubber for the purposes of
the general description.
.
In the improved rubber horse shoe or shoeing device there is embedded internally,
in an appropriate situation, a metal band, indented and studded in such a way as
to be protected from wear; and it further comprises canvas strips which completely
separate the rubber from the substance of the animal's hoof. The improved device
is secured in place by means of nails which on being driven into the material of
which the device is made grip the same at its upper part, that is to say at the part
which it is most important to secure.
The improved rubber device offers the following advantages:-
1. For saddle horses, it will bring about a considerable improvement in th
condition of those animals which are afflicted with quitter-bone, ring-bone, heel-
contraction, wire-heel and other diseases, owing to the fact that the rubber imparts
to them a certain vital activity and plasticity, which will greatly improve their
pace by rendering it rapid, brisk and graceful;
2. In the case of trutters, the relief which the improved shoeing device will
cause them to experience, will render their trot extremely regular and protect them
frome racks or chaps at the knees or at the fetlocks and from similar injuries;
while as regards "stepping" horses, the india rubber will very much improve their
gait, especially on paved roadways.
3. With carriage horses, the rubber device will impart to them a considerable
animation resulting from the small weight of the shoeing;
4. As regards trained or circus horses, the rubber device will give relief to the
limbs and impart great beauty to their action or attitude in turning.
The rubber shoeing device according to one arrangement consists of a rubber
compound block; a metal band or hoop, embedded or sunk within the india rubber
compound; and strong coarse canvas strips, superposed over each other, and placed
upon the plane surface of the rubber block. The nature and density of the rubber
compound employed should be such as to meet the requirements which the improved
shoeing is intended to fulfil; it being cast in moulds of appropriate shape; its
outline corresponding to that of the animals hoof and presenting a sectional area of
more or less semi-circular shape; and its central portion being recessed, so as to
leave the sole of the hoof exposed. Apertures or perforations, are either stamped
out, or formed in casting, for the reception of the nails or "caulks."
The metal band may be wrought irou, a nalleable iron casting, cast steel,
aluminiumllor glucinium; such band being curved in the shape of an arc of a
circle, and indented or serrated on its lower edge, and provided with nippers,
situated in its centre, opposite the serrations or indentations, and with flaps or
tongues having projections or studs. The metal band or hoop is sunk in the

page_text: ubber compound in the process of casting. It is situated at the front part of the
rubber block the area of which it partly covers; the indentation being turned
towards the rubber surface which is to touch the ground while its studded flaps
secure its connection with the rubber.
The strips, of strong fabric,-of which there may be any convenient number-
are superposed and perforated; and into the perforations rubber compound is cast,
so that it spreads out between the several superposed strips and thereby fixes or,
as it were, welds them together; while there are formed a species of rubber rivets,
which assist in rendering the whole of the improved rubber shoe compact, secure
and homogeneous. The object of these canvas or cloth strips is to protect the
horny substance of the hoof from direct contact with the rubber. In casting the
improved rubber shoe, a mould of corresponding shape is employed; the perforated
canvas strips being placed at the bottom of the mould, and covered over with the
metal band, after which the rubber solution is cast into the mould. The solution
enters all the interstices of the canvas strips and metal band or hoop so that all
parts are firmly welded together and indissolubly united or incorporated with the
rubber mass. The rubber is then vulcanised by the ordinary method, and the
shoeing device thus formed will then present externally a rubber portion of
practically semi-circular configuration, a metal protecting hoop in front, projecting
nippers; a plane surface covered with canvas; and apertures or perforations for
the reception of nails or calkins. No joint or seam whatever is visible between
the metal hoop or band and the rubber compound, the parts where the metal and
rubber meet and unite being perfectly smooth and even.
Or a shoeing may be used differing from the type or form of shoe just described
in that the cross piece or plate, in the rear, is here placed lower down, so as to
ensure greater yielding and ease for the heel. In fact, this transverse portion may
be omitted altogether.
Or a membrane may be provided for connecting the parts that touch the horny
substance of the hoof. The said membrane is made slightly bulging, so that it
may not touch the foot; and it is, moreover, provided with perforations, which
serve to ensure suitable ventilation for the sole of the hoof, the air entering through
one of the perforations and issuing through the other.
When the animal puts his
foot down on the ground, the membrane referred to, yields to the pressure, owing
to the provision of grooves, and in so doing acts as a species of bellows, causing
air to enter and escape; the remaining parts of the rubber shoe being constructed
in the manner herein ahove indicated.
Or the metal band or hoop may not be indented, its flaps being connected all
along it, so as to form a species of flange, the ends of which are connected by a
cross tie. The said flange is fitted with studs and with round or square perforations
formed at certain distances apart, which perforations the rubber solution enters in
the process of casting the block, so as to reach the canvas strips and firmly fix them
to a metal hoop; while on the other hand such strips are attached to the block by
the rubber which enters the perforations therein. The sole of the hoof remains
exposed.
Or the metal band may carry in addition to the flange, clamps or staples,
surrounding the rubber block at the heel portion. In this case, the said band or
hoop is unprovided with any cross piece connecting its ends; while the perforations
in its flange, which serve for the insertion of nails or caulkins, as well as for
pouring in rubber solution (in the process of casting), are surrounded by a raised
portion or bead, forming a kind of sheath or guide for each nail and keeping the
nails more firmly against becoming loose by concussion.
The cramp-irons or staples of the hoop may be joined by means of an
internal rib.
In the two last mentioned modifications the metal boop or band is always
"welded" to the rubber, which, in all cases, is cast in a mould, at the bottom of
which canvas strips and the aforesaid metal baud have been placed, the rubber
becoming firmly welded together with the said canvas strips and metal band; the

page_text: whole constituting a perfectly solid block, incapable of getting out of shape, after
the india rubber has been vulcanized.
Dated this 4th day of January 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Shoes or Devices for Shoeing Horses and other
Animals.
I, ANTONIN JUILLARD of 64 Faubourg St. Honoré Paris in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide shoes or means for shoeing horses or
other animals with rubber or a compound, the chief constituent of which is
indiarubber. I will refer to it as rubber for the purposes of the general
description.
In the improved rubber horse-shoe or shoeing device there is embedded
internally in an appropriate situation, a metal band, indented and studded in such
a way as to be protected from wear; and it further comprises canvas strips which
completely separate the rubber from the substance of the animal's hoof. The
improved device is secured in place by means of nails which on being driven
into the material of which the device is made grip the same at its upper part, that
is to say at the part which it is most important to secure.
The improved rubber device offers the following advantages:-
1. For saddle horses, it will bring about a considerable improvement in the
condition of those animals which are afflicted with quitter-bone, ring-bone, heel
contraction, wire-heel and other diseases, owing to the fact that the rubber imparts
to them a certain activity and elasticity which will make them brisk and graceful;
and greatly improve their pace.
2. In the case of trotters the improved shoe or shoeing device will render their
trot extremely regular and protect them from cracks or chaps at the knees or
at the fetlocks and from similar injuries; while as regards "stepping" horses
the india rubber will very much improve their gait, especially on paved roadways.
3. With carriage horses the rubber device will impart to them considerable
animation resulting from the small weight of the shoeing.
4. As regards trained or circus horses, the rubber device will give relief
to the limbs and impart great beauty to their action or attitude in turning.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Figure 1 represents the treading surface of the improved shoe or rubber shoeing
device.
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Figure 1.
Figures 1 and 2 are corresponding views of the metal band or strip separated
from the rubber.
Figures 3 and 4 represent a modified arrangement of the rubber shoeing
device illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 (Figure 4 being a section on the line 4-4
Figure 3).
Figure 3 is a front view of the same form of shoe or rubber shoeing device.
Figures 5 and 6 represent another modification of the rubber shoe or shoeing
device constructed in accordance with this invention (Figure 6 being a section on
the line 6-6 Figure 5).

page_text: Figures 7 and 8 represent a further modification of the improved shoe or
rubber shoeing device (Figure 8 being a section on the line 8-8 Figure 7).
Figures 9 and 10 (Figure 10 being a side elevation) are detached views of
the metal band employed in connection with the form of shoe represented in
Figures 7 and 8.
And Figures 11, 12, and 13, 14 are views of still further modifications of the
rubber shoe or shoeing device constructed according to this invention.
The rubber shoe or shoeing device represented in Figures 1 and 2 consists of a
rubber or rubber compound block A; a metal band or hoop B, embedded or sunk
within the rubber or rubber compound block; and C, strong coarse canvas strips,
superposed one over another, and placed upon the plane surface of the rubber or
rubber compound block. The nature and density of the rubber or rubber com-
pound employed should be such as to meet the requirements which the improved
shoe or shoeing device is intended to fulfil; it being cast in moulds of appropriate
shape; its outline corresponding to that of the animals hoof and presenting a
sectional area of more or less semi-circular shape; and an opening a is provided in
the central portion, so as to leave the sole of the hoof of the animal at this part
exposed. Apertures or perforations, such as a', are provided either by stamping
out or by casting, for the reception of the nails or "calks."
The metal band B, may be of wrought iron, a malleable iron casting, cast steel,
aluminium or glueinium, such band heing curved to the shape of an arc of a circle,
as illustrated in Figures 1 and 24, and, indented or serrated on its lower edge,
and provided with nippers b, situated in its centre, opposite the serrations or
indentures, and with tongues, 6' having projections or studs 62. The metal band
or hoop B, is sunk in the rubber or rubber compound A, in the process of casting,
as will be seen, it is situated at the front part of the block A, the area of which
it partly covers; the indenture being turned towards the surface of the block
which is to touch the ground; while its studded tongues secure its connection
with the rubber.
The strips C, of strong fabric, of which there may be any desired number,
are superposed one upon another and perforated, and into the perforations rubber
compound is cast, so that it spreads out between the several superposed strips and
thereby fixes or, as it were, welds them together. There are also formed a species
of rubber rivets, which assist in rendering the whole of the improved rubber shoe
or shoeing device compact, secure and homogeneous. The object of these canvas
or like strips is to protect the horny substance of the animals hoof from direct
contact with the rubber. In forming the improved rubber shoe or shoeing device
a mould of corresponding shape is employed; the perforated canvas or fabric
strips C being placed at the bottom of the mould, and covered over by the metal
band B, after which the rubber solution is cast into the mould. The solution
enters all the interstices of the canvas strips and metal band or hoop so that all
parts are firmly and indissolubly united incorporated or connected together. The
rubber is then vulcanised by the ordinary method, and the shoe or shoeing device
thus formed will then present externally a rubber portion of practically semi-
circular configuration in transverse section, a metal protecting hoop B in front,
projecting nippers b; plane surface covered with canvas; and apertures or
perforations a' for the reception of nails or calks. No joint or seam whatever is
visible between the metal hoop or band B and the rubber compound A, the parts
where the metal and rubber meet and unite being perfectly smooth and even.
a
In the rubber shoe or shoeing device represented in Figures 3 and 4, the cross-
piece a² of the plate, at the heel of the shoe, is lower down, so as to ensure greater
yielding and case for the heel. In fact, this transverse portion may be omitted
altogether, as exemplified in Figure 3A.
In the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6, the parts that touch the horny
substance of the animal's hoof are connected by a slightly bulging part a³ which
does not come into contact with the animal's foot; and it is, moreover, provided
with perforations a', which serve to ensure suitable ventilation for the sole of the

page_text: hoof, the air passing freely through these perforations. When the animal puts his
foot down on the ground, the part a yields to the pressure, owing to the provision
of grooves, as shewn at a, and in so doing acts as a species of bellows, causing air
to enter and escape; the remaining parts of the rubber shoe or shoeing device
being constructed in the manner hereinabove indicated.
In the modification shown in Figures 7 and 8, the metal band or hoop B is
provided with a tongue b' extending all along it, so that it forms a species of flange
having its ends connected together by a cross piece 6. The said flange bis
provided with studs & and with round or square perforations at suitable
distances apart, into which perforations the rubber solution enters in the process.
of casting the block A, so as to reach the canvas strips C and firmly fix them to
the metal band or hoop B; while on the other hand the fabric strips Care
attached to the block A by the rubber which enters the perforations therein.
A metal hoop or band of this construction is shown separately in Figures 9 and 10.
In the modification shown in Figures 11 and 12, the metal band or hoop B is
provided on the flange & with rims such as d d which surround the rubber
block A at the heel portion of the shoe. In this case, the ends of the said band or
hoop are disconnected; while the perforations in its flange, which serve for the
insertion of nails or calks, as well as for pouring in rubber solution (in the process
of casting), are surrounded by a raised portion or bead e, forming a kind of
sheath or guide for each nail and serving to keep the nails more firmly in
position.
'The rims d d on the flange of the band or hoop B may be continued roun-l
the inner edge of the flange as shewn at f, in Figures 13 and 14.
In the two last mentioned modifications the metal boop or band B is firmly
connected to the rubber A, which, in all cases, is cast in a mould, at the bottom
of which canvas or like strips C and the said metal band B have been placed ;
the rubber becoming firmly connected to the said canvas strips and metal band;
the whole constituting a perfectly solid block, incapable of getting out of shape,
after the india rubber has been vulcanized.
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:-
1. Shoes or devices for shoeing horses and other animals consisting of the
combination of an india rubber block, or a compound containing india rubber,
forming the body of the shoeing device; a metal band placed round the edge of
the rubber or like block and provided with studded tongues, embedded in the said
block, to ensure its close junction and union with the block; canvas strips secured
to the plane portion of the rubber block; an opening being provided in the shoe
or shoeing device through which, when the shoe is fixed in position, a portion of
the sole of the animal's foot is exposed; and holes for the reception of nails by
which to fix the shoe in position, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In au india rubber or compound india rubber shoeing device the combination
with the rubber block A, of a practically semi-circular section, having an opening
in the centre so as to expose a portion of the sole of the animal's hoof, and a
metal band B, for protecting the front part of the rubber block A, the said band
being provided with studded tongues embedded in the rubber block and with a
projection in front, to press upon the hoof; substantially as herein before
described.
3. The combination with the subject matter of the last preceding claim, of
canvas or like strips arranged next to the plane portion of the rubber block; the
connection or union of which strips, one to another, and to the rubber block,
being provided for by means of perforations formed therein, through which the
rubber solution passes in the process of casting the block, and ensures the firan
connection of the strips to the block substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. The combination of parts constituting the shoe or device for shoeing horses,

page_text: with india rubber, substantially as herein before described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The modified form of rubber shoeing device, having a bulging membrane or
diaphragm for protecting the sole of the animals font the said diaphragm being
provided with perforations for the passage of air for ventilation substantially as
described with reference to Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
6. The modified form of rubber shoeing device consisting in providing the
protective metal band in front with a studded and perforated flange, and with a
crosspiece sunk or embedded within the rubber or like block, substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 7 to 10 of the accompanying
drawings.
7. The modified form of the india rubber shoeing device comprising a metal
band B, with a studded and perforated flange, and with cramp irons or rims d d
arranged at the heel of the shoeing device substantially as herein before described
with reference to Figures 11 and 12 of the drawings.
8. The modified form of rubber shoeing device, consisting in providing the
metal band B with an internal rib f substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 13 and 14 of the accompanying drawings.
9. The combination with either of the preceding claims of a raised shoulder or
bead round each of the nail and calk holes the said beads serving to guard the
nails or calks as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 11-12 13 and 14
of the accompanying drawings.
10. A shoe or shoeing device for horses and other animals made by placing
canvas strips at the bottom of a mould, placing a metal band over such strips, and
casting the rubber solution over the whole, so as to form the body or block A and
thoroughly unite the said canvas strips and metal band to the rubber block or body
substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 5th day of October 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inu Fields, London, W.C., Agents.