Improvements in and relating to Automatically Impregnating the Hoofs of Shod Horses or other Draught Animals with Grease, Oil, Unguent, or the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Automatically Impregnating the
Hoofs of Shod Horses or other Draught Animals with Grease,
Oil, Unguent, or the like.
I, MARTEN HINRICHSEN, of Husum, in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany, Royal Circuit-Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a device adapted to provide for the automatic impreg-
nation of the hoofs of shod horses, or other draft animals, with grease, oil, unguent,
vaseline or the like, during the time they are in their stalls; and the object of the
invention is to protect the hoofs of the animals against becoming too dry, or
absorbing too much water, as well as against the influence of urine, dung
and dirt.
I attain this object by attaching a sole of felt or other soft porous material
intimately impregnated with grease, unguent, vaseline or the like, under the hoof,
between the sides of the shoe, by means of a metal plate which engages by suitable
projections under the shoe at the toe, and is, at its rear end and close to the quarters of
the latter, provided with a strap adapted to be passed round the hoof and buckled
in front.
The impregnated felt sole is adapted to fill out the space between the said metal
plate and the hoof, and it is preferably formed so as to accomodate itself to the
quarters of the hoof. The metal plate is shaped in conformity with the inner
contour of the shoe, and may be preferably bent upright at its rear end in such a
manner, that when the straps are tightened, the face of the upward bent metal
plate will stand a certain distance apart from the quarters of the hoof, so that the
latter may in no way be injured or compressed by the metal plate.
Dated this 4th day of March 1892.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Automatically Impregnating the
Hoofs of Shod Horses or other Draught Animals with Grease,
Oil, Unguent, or the like.
1, MARTEN HINRICHSEN of Husum, in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany, Royal Circuit-Veterinary Surgeon, 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 consists of a device adapted to provide for the automatic impreg-
nation of the hoofs of shod horses, or other draft animals, with grease, oil, unguent,
vaseline, or the like during the time they are in their stalls; and the object of
the invention is to protect the hoofs of the animals against becoming too dry,
or absorbing too much water, as well as against the influence of urine, dung
and dirt.
1 attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in
which-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the fetlock and hoof of a horse with my improved
device attached to the hoof.

page_text: Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, a perspective view of the raised hoof from behind,
and a sectional side elevation corresponding with Fig. 1.
Figs. 4 and 5 are, respectively, detailed views in perspective of a metal plate
and an impregnated sole of soft porous material to be attached to the hoof.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A sole 1 of felt or other soft porous material intimately impregnated with grease,
unguent, vaseline or the like, is attached under the hoof, between the sides of the
shoe by means of a metal plate 2 which engages by suitable projections 3 under
the shoe at the toe, and is, at its rear end aud close to the quarters of the latter,
provided with ears 5 for the reception of a strap or straps 4 adapted to be passed
round the hoof and buckled in front.
The impregnated felt sole is adapted to fill out the space between the said metal
plate 2 and the hoof, and it is, preferably, formed so as to accommodate itself to
the quarters of the hoof, as is more particularly illustrated by Fig. 3. The metal
plate 2 is shaped in conformity with the inner contour of the shoe, and may
be, and preferably is, bent upright at its rear end in such a
manner that
when the straps are tightened, the face of the upwardly bent metal plate will
stand.a certain distance apart from the quarters of the hoof, so that the latter may
in no way be injured or compressed by the metal plate.
When employing the described means, other preparations for the renewal of the
shoeing may be entirely obviated and several diseases of the hoof (windgall, narrow-
heels and the like) prevented. The moderate pressure exerted upon the bottom of
the hoof by the impregnated sole during the time the animals are in their stalls,
corresponds with the natural pressure of soft ground, and it produces besides a
permanent greasing of the lower face of the hoofs, which results are of the greatest
importance in view of the preservation of the hoofs and the increased usefulness of
,,the animals.
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
A device for automatically greasing the hoofs of shod animals during the time
they are in their stalls consisting of a sole of felt or other porous material placed
under the hoof between the sides of the shoe and impregnated with any oily or
greasy substance, a metal plate engaging by suitable projections under the shoe
at tlie toe and a strap or like means for attaching the latter to the hoof, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of Decembar 1902.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.