IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Touaillon, of 72, Boulevard Sebastopol,
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Paris, France, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES."-A communication 'from Alex-
andre Guerriero Comte de St. Ange, residing at Rue du Château
d'Eau, No. 54, Paris, France...
COMPLETE -SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles Touaillon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
'Declaration, on the 23rd June 1873, pursuant to the 9th Section.
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
TOUAILLON, of 72, Boulevard Sebastopol, Paris, France, Civil Engineer,
send greeting:
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE-SHOES," communicated to me by Alexandre
Guerriero Comte de St. Ange, a person resident at Rue du Chateau d'Eau,
No. 54, Paris, France, and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto

page_text: me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, me voyal LoUCED W
for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that it is a communi-
cation.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Touaillon, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal,
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say :—
The Invention relates to improvements in the manufacturing horse-
shoes, which are illustrated in the annexed Drawings, in which Fig. 1
represents a plan view underneath of a horse-shoe made according to
the Invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.
These improvements consist in manufacturing the horse-shoes with
numerous parallel or otherwise steeled cramps and grooves, the size of
which may be modified according to the strength of the animal and the
work on which it is to be employed. This horse-shoe consists of a
steeled part a and of an iron part 6 soldered together; the latter prevents
the breaking.
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The dies of the apparatus, by means of which this horse-shoe is
stamped, are combined in such a manner that a perfect flatness on the
iron surface of the above the part of the horse-shoe marked b, (that is
to say, the face resting against the animal's foot) is produced, and that
on the steeled part below the place marked a, or that which bears upon
the ground (the cramps c and grooves d) will be so made rough as to
give the animal a firm hold and diminish its weariness, so that it cannot
fall down, slip, or swerve, while it can firmly lean upon the ground or
between the pavements when going up or down hill.
The horse-shoe made according to this Invention has the same weight
as the ordinary horse-shoe, and also it wears out much less, therefore it
is not necessary to shoe the horse so often, and the too frequent renewing
of the frush is prevented, so that the horse's hoof may grow and become
hard..
Having thus described the said Invention, and the manner of
carrying it into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details above enumerated, as these may obviously

page_text: be modified without departing from the principle of the Invention, but
what I claim is a horse-shoe consisting of a flat iron part above, and of
a grooved and hooked steel plat below, substantially as above described
and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Touaillon, have hereto set
my hand and scal, this Twentieth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
CH. TOUAILLON. (L.s.)