Improvements in and connected with Boots and Shoes for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Boots and Shoes for Horses
and other Animals.
We, CHARLES JACKSON, of Alcester House, Kings Heath, Warwickshire,
Engineer, and HERBERT HALL MULLINER, of 300, Broad Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Carriage Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists in providing boots and shoes of horses and other animals
with pneumatic treads or soles (hereinafter all referred to as pneumatic treads) so
as to lessen the concussion on the feet. The said pneumatic treads may each
consist of an inner inflatable pad or cushion and an outer covering of a shape
suitable for the underside or lower part of the hoof or of the shoe fixed thereto
the said pad or cushion being made of india rubber or of india rubber compound
and provided with an air inlet valve for connecting to a pump for inflating the pad
or cushion which latter is enclosed by the outer covering suitably formed of india
rubber and canvas insertion or other suitable material so as to prevent puncture.
In order to secure the said pad or cushion and its outer covering to the hoof of
a horse or other hoofed animal we may make the shoe in the form of a metallic
plate or rim of a shape corresponding with the hoof and secured thereto by nails or
by other means and made with an undercut downwardly projecting edge or edges
all round.
The said outer covering is made with a wired or thickened edge or edges adapted
to fit in and around the undercut edge or edges of the plate or rim, so that when
the inner pad or cushion and the outer covering are in position on the plate or rim
and the inner pad or cushion is inflated, the wired or thickened edge or edges of
the outer covering will securely engage with the undercut edge or edges of the
plate or rim and thus be secured thereto. By first deflating the pad or cushion it
and the outer covering can readily be removed from the metallic shoe and applied
thereto when required.
In another arrangement of this invention we dispense with the said metallic
plate or rim and the outer covering is made deep enough to extend some convenient
distance up the animal's hoof and enclose the lower part of the same and the said
pad or cushion. As the hoof is larger at the tread the outer covering is very
readily secured by a strap or wire, or clamp or the like fixed to the upper edge of
the outer covering and surrounding the hoof; and the ends of the strap, wire,
clamp or the like being connected together so as to be readily disconnected when
the outer covering and pad are to be removed from the hoof.
Dated this 8th day of June 1805
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Boots and Shoes for Horses
and other Animals.
We, CHARLES JACKSON, of Alcester House, Kings Heath, Warwickshire,
Engineer, and HERBERT HALL MULLINER, of 300, Broad Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Carriage Builder, 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 :-
This invention consists in providing boots and shoes of horses and other animals
with pneumatic treads so as to lessen the concussion on the foot, the said pneumatic
treads being constructed and applied to the said boots and shoes in the several ways
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of a horse's hoof and shoc with this invention
applied thereto;
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional elevation of the same shoc and pneumatic tread ;
Fig. 3 is a plan of the shoe and pneumatic tread separate from the hoof;
Fig. 4 is an elevation and Fig. 5 is a plan of the pneumatic tread separate from
the shoe;
Fig. 6 is a side elevation and Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation of a horse's hoof
with a pneumatic tread applied thereto and made in the form of a boot for fitting
over the ordinary shoe; and
Fig. 8 is a plan of the said boot.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5 both inclusive A is the horse's
hoof, Bis the pneumatic tread and is the horse shoe nailed or otherwise
fixed to the hoof. The pneumatic tread consists of an inflatable pad or cushion B
to come against the ground and an outer covering 61 62 the upper portion of
which is made of soft india rubber and of a shape and thick enough to fit against
the underside or lower part of the hoof A. The lower stratum of this outer
covering is made of strong rubber and canvas insertion and solutioned or vulcanized
to the upper soft rubber part b' and the inflated part B so as to prevent the tread
expanding out of its proper shape when inflated as hereinafter described. The
inflatable part B projects some little distance below the bottom of the shoe C to
come in contact with the ground and is provided in the heel E with an ordinary
air inlet valve for connecting to the air force pump to inflate the pad. The shoe Č
which is nailed or otherwise suitably fixed to the hoof has an undercut down-
wardly projecting edge call round the inside edge of the shoe forming a groove c²,
and the part of the pneumatic tread B is made with a projecting wired edge b*
corresponding with and adapted to fit into this groove c² of the shoe C as shewn in
Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The wire D which is embedded in the said wired edge b' is made
in a hooped form as shewn in Fig. 3 corresponding with the shoe and the parts of
the wire D which correspond with the heel part of the shoe are provided with
means by which they can be forced apart into the groove c³ when the pneumatic
pad is in position against the hoof so that when the pad or cushion B is inflated the
wired or thickened edge of the outer covering will securely engage in the
groove and with the undercut edge c' of the rim or shoe C and thus be effectually
secured thereto; and the parts d' d² can also be brought towards each other again
when the pad is required to be removed from the shoe. For these purposes various
means may be employed such for instance as shewn in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 where the
ends of the parts d'd of the wire D are connected together by two links E' E'
which are jointed together at e¹ and to the ends of the wire D and are each made

page_text: with a shoulder at e² so that when the central joint e¹ of the links is pushed inwardly
the parts of the wire D will be forced apart into the groove c² to secure the
pad to the shoe when inflated as shewn in Fig. 3. The joint el goes slightly past
the straight so that the shoulders will meet together and thus form a lock and
then when the joint e' is pulled in the opposite direction that is outwardly as shewn
in Fig. 5, the parts d' d' of the wire D are brought towards each other so that the
pad can then when deflated be removed from the shoe. There is a cavity & cut in
the stiff part 2 to allow of the heel parts and the parts d¹² of the wire D coming
towards each other when removing the pad from the shoe as aforesaid.
In another arrangement of this invention shewn by Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the outer
covering of the pneumatic pad is made deep enough to extend some convenient
distance up the animal's hoof and enclose the lower part of the same and the ordi-
nary shoe to secure the pad or cushion thereto. 68 is the part of the outer covering
which encloses the shoe and hoof. This is made with two pockets at the back
which fit on to the heel parts of the shoe C. The front portion 68 of the outer
covering is made hollow as shewn and provided with a valve I for connecting the
inflating pump. To fix the boot on the hoof as shewn the part 68 of the outer
covering has first to be deflated and then the boot can be placed in position on the
hoof with the heels of the shoe C entering the pockets 67. The front part is
now inflated drawing the pockets on to the heels of the shoe and as the hoof
is larger at the tread the outer covering is now firmly secured thereto; but can
easily be removed when the front part 68 has been deflated.
This invention is constructed for use on the hoofs of mules and other draught
animals similarly as above described for use on horses' hoofs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination with a metal horse shoe or other like animal shoe having an
inner groove and undercut edge, of a pneumatic tread fitting within the shoe and
made with an inflatable pad to come against the ground and a thick rubber or like
covering shaped to fit against the underside of the hoof round the frog and also
having a stiff canvas or like insertion part 2 made with a wired or thickened edge
engaging in said groove in the shoe, all substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5 both inclusive of the accompanying drawings.
2. The hereindescribed improved pneumatic tread for horse shoes and other like
animal shoes, said pneumatic tread being shaped to fit within the shoe and made
with an inflatable pad to come against the ground and a thick rubber or like cover-
ing shaped to fit against the underside of the hoof round the frog and also having
astiff canvas or like insertion part made with a wired or thickened edge to
engage in an inner groove in the shoe, all substantially as herein before described
nd illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5 both inclusive of the accompanying drawings.
3. The hereindescribed improved pneumatic tread for horses and other draught
nimals said pneumatic tread being shaped to fit within the shoe and made with an
nflatable pad to come against the ground and a thick rubber or like covering shaped
o fit against the underside of the hoof and also made with an upper inflatable
art shaped to enclose the lower part of the hoof and with two pockets 667 to
ake on to the heels of the shoe, all substantially as herein before described and
lustrated by Figs. 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.