Improvements in Shoes for Horses or other Draught Animals.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses or other Draught Animals.
I, GEORGE RICHARD NUNN, of The Mount, Higher Broughton, Salford, in the
County of Lancaster, Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide a horse-shoe which will be less liable to slip
upon pavements than the ordinary shoe at present in use, and which can be made at
less cost and without increasing the bulk or weight of the shoe as is the case in
other forms of shoe designed for the same object.
It consists essentially in forming an iron shoe with one two or more, preferably
three-tapering or inclined slots cut through from the bottom to the top and pro-
viding therefor a block or blocks of indiarubber or other soft material of shape
corresponding to the slots into which they are inserted from the top or back of the
shoe.
In carrying out the invention I construct a shoe of ordinary shape and cut or
form in it three slots. These slots pass preferably through the shoe and are tapered
or inclined from the top to the bottom or from the back to the front so that the
slot is longer or wider at one side than the other. Into this slot from the inside I
place a block or piece of rubber or other soft material to fit the contour of the slot
which being larger at the inside than the outside the rubber cannot pass through.
The rubber is held in position by the horses hoof against which it lies. I at
present prefer to make the slots with inclined ends or sides and the rubber tapered
to fit therein but if found desirable the slots may be formed with a groove round
them and the rubber with a flange or projection to correspond therewith to more
securely hold the latter in position.
The shoe is made with nail holes and will be attached to the hoof with nails in
the usual way or by any other suitable means.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1891.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoes for Horses or other Draught Animals.
I, NINA NUNN, of Bexhill-on-Sea, in the County of Sussex, Widow and
Executrix of George Richard Nunn, deceased, late of The Mount, Higher
Broughton, Salford, in the County of Lancaster, 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 :--
This invention is designed to provide a horse-shoe which will be less liable to
slip, or render the animal less liable to slip-on pavements or other smooth
surfaces, than the ordinary shoe at present in use; and which can be made without
materially increasing the bulk weight or cost of the shoe one or other of which is
an objectionable feature in other forms of shoe designed for the same purpose.
It consists essentially in forming the shoe with one, two or more-preferably
three-slots cut through and tapering or inclined from the top to the bottom of the
shoe and filling such slots with inclined or tapering blocks of rubber or other
similar material of corresponding section to the slots into which they are inserted
from the top or back of the shoe the narrow face projecting through to come upon
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page_text: drawings in which as an example a horse-shoe with three tapering slots are shown.
Fig. 1. front elevation of horse shoe.
Fig. 2. section on line -x.
Fig. 3. section on line y-y.
Fig. 4. section on line z-z.
Fig. 5. section on line v-v.
Fig. 6. perspective view of rubber block C.
The shoe A is constructed of any ordinary or required shape and in it are
formed by cutting punching or otherwise three slots B. The slots B are cut right
through the shoe from top to bottom and the sides thereof are tapered or inclined
in one plane throughout their length to form slots which are wider or larger at the
top or upper side of the shoe than at the under side or tread. The slots B are
filled with blocks of rubber or other material softer and more liable to wear
than the metal of which the shoe is composed. The block C of rubber or other
material is made of the shape shown in Fig. 6. to fit the internal contour of the
slot B so that when placed in the slot from the top or upper side of the shoe it
completely fills the slot but cannot pass through it.
It is obvious that the shoe may be provided with only one slot and rubber block
placed near the toe; or with two such slots and blocks one placed at either side;
or with a greater number placed at intervals round the shoe.
It may be made with nail holes a to be attached to the hoof in the ordinary way.
with nails or it may be attached by any other suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that horse-shoes have hitherto been made with channels or recesses filled with
rubber hemp lead and other materials and also that blocks of rubber of hour-glass
shape have also been inserted and such do not form part of this invention but I
declare that what I claim is :-
1. Shoes for horses or other animals formed with one or more slots cut through
and tapering from the top to the bottom (broader at the top than at the bottom)
and filled with a tapering block (such as C) of rubber or other material inserted
into the slots from the back of the shoe substantially as described and shown.
2. Shoes for horses or other animals constructed as herein described and shown.
'Dated this 22nd day of September 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.