Improvements in Protecting Bands or Straps for Horses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1891--Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Protecting Bands or Straps for Horses.
A communication from EDUARD WILHELM MÜLLER, Fire Brigade Inspector,
and JOHANN FRIEDL, Riding Master, both of Vienna, in the Empire of
Austria.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
The bands or straps hitherto employed for protecting certain parts of the foot or
leg of a horse from injury by collision with or friction against the other foot or leg
have in most cases been made of cloth or leather. They have however been found
insufficient in practice, the materials named not being sufficiently yielding or
pliable, while on the other hand the usual preparatory treatment to which they are
submitted renders them incapable of exactly fitting the shape of the part of the
foot to which the band or strap is applied; in addition to which their shape is
liable to change under atmospheric influences, while owing to the motion of the
horse they are frequently displaced.
To obviate these drawbacks and to afford the horses the greatest possible
protection from the injuries mentioned above it is proposed to manufacture the
bands or straps of vulcanized indiarubber, by means of moulds which are obtained
by taking a casting from the foot of the animal direct. The portion liable to
collision or friction is strengthened by being made thicker than the rest, so as to
form a rubber pad. The strap or band is also provided with a number of holes
perforations or equivalent device admitting air to the protected portion of the foot.
By means of moulds indiarubber in a soft plastic state is moulded to the
desired shape under pressure. The vulcanizing process is then completed in a
steam bath and the rubber band thereby becomes incapable of any alteration in
shape other than such as its elasticity admits of.
The protecting bands thus obtained and the shape size and strength and colour
of which may be varied as required are hereupon finished by being lined with
leather or otherwise and provided with fastening straps or cords buckles etc. so as to
be ready to be applied to the horse's foot.
These bands designed to protect the different joints of the horse's foot and leg
offer the following main advantages :-
1. As they are made exactly to fit the part of the foot or leg to which they are
to be applied, they remain securely fastened thereto notwithstanding the motion
of the horse or any contact with shock against the other foot, while on the other
hand they in no way interfere with the free movement of the protected limb as
they exercise no strain or pressure thereon which of course would be most
objectionable.
2. Owing to the indiarubber pad provided at the spot liable to collision or
friction, not only is that particular part efficiently protected from injury but any
wound or swelling that may have been produced before will be assisted in healing
by the said pad without interfering with the every-day work of the horse.
3. The sweating unavoidable under the usual indiarubber covers or sheaths is
here obviated by suitable perforations.
4. The bands being of a pleasant appearance it need not be feared to make use
of them in connection with even the most elegant equipages.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant..
SIS DA
[Price 8d.]
W. P: THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Protecting Bands or Straps for Horses.
A communication from EDUARD WILHELM MÜLLER, Fire Brigade Inspector,
and JOHANN FRIEDL, Riding Master, both of Vienna, in the. Empire of
Austria.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., 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 bands or straps hitherto employed for protecting certain parts of the foot or
leg of a horse from injury by collision with or friction against the other foot or leg
have in most cases been made of cloth or leather. They have however been found
insufficient in practice the materials named not being sufficiently yielding or pliable
while on the other hand the usual preparatory treatment to which they are submitted
renders them incapable of exactly fitting the shape of the part of the foot to which
the band or strap is applied; in addition to which their shape is liable to change
under atmospheric influences while owing to the motion of the horse they are
frequently displaced.
To obviate these drawbacks and to afford the horses the greatest possible
protection from the injuries mentioned above it is proposed to manufacture the
bands or straps of vulcanized indiarubber by means of moulds which are obtained by
taking a casting from the foot of the animal direct.
A strap made in accordance with this invention is represented in the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation and
Fig. 2 a horizontal section on line - of Fig. 1.
From inspection of the drawings it will be seen that this protecting band assumes
the natural shape of the part of the horse's foot or leg which it is desired to protect.
The portion liable to collision or friction is strengthened by being made thicker than
the rest, as shown at a, so as to form a rubber pad. The strap or band is also pro-
vided with a number of holes 6 perforations or equivalent admitting air to the
protected portion of the foot.
By means of moulds indiarubber in a soft plastic state is moulded to the desired
shape under pressure. The vulcanizing process is then completed in a steam bath
and the rubber band thereby becomes incapable of any alteration in shape other
than such as its elasticity admits of.
The protecting bands thus obtained and the shape, size strength and colour of
which may be varied as required are hereupon finished by being lined with leather
or otherwise and provided with fastening straps or cords buckles etc., so as to be
ready for application.
These bands designed to protect the different joints of the horse's foot and leg
offer the following main advantages:-
1. As they are made exactly to fit the part of the foot or leg to which they are
to be applied, they remain securely fastened thereto notwithstanding the motion of
the horse or any contact with or shock against the other foot, while on the other
hand they in no way interfere with the free movement of the protected limb as they
exercise no strain or pressure thereon which of course would be most objectionable.
2. Owing to the indiarubber pad provided at the spot liable to collision or friction,
not only is that particular part efficiently protected from injury but any wound or
swelling that may have been produced before will be assisted in healing by the said
pad without interfering with the every-day work of the horse.
3. The sweating unavoidable under the usual indiarubber covers or sheaths is
here obviated by suitable perforations.
4. The bands being of a pleasant appearance it need not be feared to make use of
hem in connection with even the most elegant equipages.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
The manufacture of protecting bands or straps for horses of vulcanized india-
rubber by shaping soft plastic rubber in moulds cast directly from the parts of the
foot or leg of a horse which the band or strap is designed to protect and then
vulcanizing the piece so moulded; whereby a band or strap is obtained exactly
corresponding in shape to and fitting the particular part of the animal's foot or leg
it is to protect so that it will not shift thereon while the portions liable to receive
shocks assume the shape of pads.
1001
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.