Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 13th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 11th Feb., 1887.
I, WILLIAM BODY of Wittersham, Ashford, Kent, Farmer and Grazier, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to an india rubber Horse Shoe which obviates in one instance
the necessity of using an iron shoe and can be removed momentarily when the horse is
not travelling, it can also be used when the horse is shod with an iron shoe.
The invention consists of an india rubber bottom piece moulded to form to fit over
or round the frog and the hoof with a ledge or projecting rim rising up the front and
around about level where the nails are clamped, said projection having an edging under
which a steel band, chain or other appliance can be drawn and nipped tight to retain
the rubber shoe. The band is connected by studs (screw or other) which pass through
the heel part of the hoof, this being cut away from the inner side for the purpose.
The stud or studs may work eccentrically to obtain the grip or fixing.
The above is preferably used without an iron shoe particularly with
horses with tender feet but a light iron shoe may be affixed on it.
If the india-rubber shoe is used with an iron shoe, the frog portion or pad has a front
plate and two side wings partly embedded in it, the projecting parts taking under the
iron shoe to fix the rubber shoe in place.
young
horses or
If the rubber frog be divided or made thin in the centre a swivel or other bar can be
contracted from the rear to reduce the width of the pad so that it enters easily and also
expanded to fix the rubber shoe in position.
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The screw appliance may be worked from the rear.
Shoes constructed, according to my invention, of india rubber or like material enable
the horse to go easily over all sorts of roads and rough or slippery ground without
slipping, or tripping and said shoes being fastened securely to the hoof or iron shoe
they offer no impediment to the free movement of the horses feet.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Body.

page_text: I, WILLIAM BODY of Wittersham, Ashford, Kent, Farmer and Grazier, 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 relates to an india rubber horse shoe which obviates the necessity of
using an iron shoe and can be removed momentarily when the horse is not travelling;
it can also be used when the horse is shod with an iron shoe. Shoes constructed
according to this invention of india rubber, or like material enable the horse to go
easily over all sorts of roads and rough, or slippery ground without slipping, or
tripping, and said shoes being fastened securely to the hoof of iron shoe, they offer no
impediment to the free movement of the horse's feet."
The manner of carrying this invention into effect will be understood by reference to
the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view and Figure 2 a
transverse section of an india rubber shoe consisting of a sole A with sloping upper
rim or side B formed to fit over and grip the hoof, or ordinary iron shoe. The side B
has at its upper portion a recess, or circular groove C. Figure 3 is a perspective view
of the same shoe seen from below.. This form of shoe is suitable for flinty ground
where there is danger of injury to the frog. Figure 4 shows a shoe having a portion
cut away at D for the frog, and Figure 5 a similar shoe in which is a curved metal
strengthening piece E. The grip of the shoes upon the ground may be increased by
Toughening the whole, or a portion of the bottom of the sole A, or by forming
projections F thereon as represented at Figure 6.
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Figures 7 and show one mode of fastening the india rubber to the hoof G by
means of a band H of steel, or other metal. One end of the band H which rests in the
groove C is secured to the hoof G by a nail I, the centre is slotted at J to take over
the pin or mail K, the other end of the band H being attached to the adjustable
screw for the purpose of tightening up the band when necessary. Figures 9 and 10
are two views of an india rubber shoe, for use when the horse is shod with iron shoes.
The sole A has a centre, pad M in which is arranged a metal plate N (for taking
under the toe of the iron shoe) and two rods, or bars P, Q, one of which can be screwed
through a bearing R by turning the square S with a suitable key, this expands the
pad M and grips it in the iron shoe, which then lies between the flange portion A of
the sole A and the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I claim is:-
The employment of horse shoes made of india rubber, or similar material (in
addition to or without the ordinary iron shoe) constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown on the annexed drawings.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Body.