Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1899
CUM LEIE
Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
I, ARTHUR GEORGE BRYANT, 40, Glamorgan Street, Ponteanna, Cardiff, Egg
Merchant, 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 relates to improvements in shoes for horses and other animals
and the object is to provide a shoe which will prevent the slipping of the horse
or other animal wearing it. It provides a lighter shoe and a safer footing than
any other. It is also intended to do away with the present system of frosting
which is hurtful to the animal because of its not giving him an even bearing.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following
manner making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a
plan, Fig. 2 a side view, Fig. 3 an end view and Fig. 4 a front view of a shoe
made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 5 a section through AA of
Fig. 1. The toe of the shoe a is provided with a tooth band two similar
teeth are arranged on each side of, but a short distance from, the tooth b.
The shoe is also provided with a tooth d at the end of each branch of the heel.
The teeth b and c have the sloping sides somewhat curved as at e but the slop-
ing sides of the teeth are preferably without curve. The toe tooth b allows
the animal to get a grip when going forwards and the curve "teeth c provide
the grip when the animal is turning round. The dimensions of the teeth would
be arranged according to the work which the animal wearing the shoe is required
to perform. The lighter the work the lighter the teeth may be. The actual
thickness of the shoe need not exceed one half that of an ordinary shoe. The
height of the teeth must be such as to give the horses foot an even bearing.
The teeth may be formed on the shoe in any suitable manner, but preferably
by putting the metal from which the shoe is to be made through a pair of
rollers of such shape that the teeth will be formed by passing the metal through
them. I may here remark that in the case of an old and used shoe of the
ordinary kind it will be found that in the majority of instances the outside
edge is worn quite thin while the inside edge is very little worn.
With my
improved shoe the toe and immediately adjacent teeth will be continually
undergoing a process of sharpening until worn out and thus give the animal a
practically fresh grip every day. The shoes are attached to the animal's hoof
in the ordinary manner by nails, or by any other means.
I do not confine myself to the precise shape or exact number or disposition of
the teeth as shown on the drawings as some variation therein is possible without
departing from the essential feature of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. Providing horses and other like animals shoes with downwardly projecting

page_text: teeth of triangular vertical section substantially as described in the above speci-
fication and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with horse and other animals like shoes of downwardly
projecting teeth of triangular vertical section substantially as described in the
above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. Horse and other-animals like shoes constructed substantially as described
in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of February 1899.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.