Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1887
Complete specification Left, 15th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
I, THEODOR FRANZ ROBERT HERRMANN of Graskeller 21, Hamburg in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
This invention relates to horse shoes and more particularly to such as are provided
with an under surface of resilient material as rope, rubber and the like and its object
is to strengthen the shoe against the spreading of the quarters one from the other.
The improvement consists in connecting the inner edges of the quarters for a certain
distance from the toe heelward, by means of a web of comparatively thin metal
formed in one piece with the quarters and extending across from the one quarter to
the other along the back of the toe.
Dated this 18th day of November 1887
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: 1 THEODOR FRANZ ROBERT HERRMANN of Graskeller 21, Hamburg, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer 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 horse shoes and more particularly to such as are cast
hollow below to receive an under surface or layer of rope, rubber or other elastic
material. These horse shoes must not be made too thick in metal as otherwise the
elastic layer does not fulfil its purpose, and in making them thin, it has been found in
practice that they have the drawback of being, in use, especially the ends of the quarters
being apt to spread apart. A hurtful effect is therefore produced on the hoof, the
nails breaking the walls of the latter..
The improvement consists in connecting the inner edges of the quarters for a certain
distance from the toe backward by means of a web of comparatively thin metal formed
in one piece with the quarters and the toe and extending across from the one quarter
to the other along the back of the toe, which leaves the rear ends of the quarters free
for the purpose of shaping the same and yet gives sufficient rigidity to the shoe. The
rib is so arranged as not to extend down to the bottom surface. The shoe is therefore
stiffened against bending without increasing the surface of metallic contact with the
ground.
In the annexed drawing, Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the shoe, Fig. 2 is a cross
section and Fig. 3 an under plan view. A is the hollow space in the bottom surface
to receive the elastic layer within the wall m. B is the web arranged on the inner
upright wall protecting the shoe from bending. This web leaves the ends e e¹ of the
quarters free for shaping the same to the hoof.
The outer rim m of the shoe may be made thinner owing to the use of the
strengthening web, whereby the nail holes can be placed far enough to the outside to
prevent injury to the hoof by the nails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
In a horse shoe having a resilient surface substantially as set forth the web B
connecting the inner faces of the quarters and the toe substantially as illustrated and
described.