Improvements in Horse Shoe Pads.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
Improvements in Horse Shoe Pads.
I ALFRED DALES, of Blake Street, Stratford Road, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Horse Shoe Pad 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 and
accompanying drawings :-
My said invention relates to improvements in horse shoe pads, and has for its
object to provide means whereby the animal is enabled to obtain a secure footing
on slippery or greasy.pavement or ground, and to soften the impact or concussion
of the metallic shoe with the ground.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide an elastic cushion of rubber or
other resilient material shaped to fit the interior edge of the horse shoe, the open
end being closed by a solid rubber block and solutioned, vulcanized, stitched or
otherwise suitably secured to a foundation or sole of canvas, leather or other like
material. The rubber cushion is formed with an overlapping edge or is undercut
and projects to some extent above the surface of the horse shoe. The elastic
rubber cushion coming into contact with the ground in advance of the metallic
shoe enables the horse to obtain a secure footing, and also serves to deaden the
concussion of the metallic shoe with the ground. The weight of the animal
when brought to bear upon the shoe crushes the elastic rubber cushion inwards
to the level of the shoe and compresses the air imprisoned within the interior
chamber formed by the cushion, thus making the pad elastic or pneumatic in its
action.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood I will now
refer to the annexed sheet of illustrative drawings.
In the said drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved horse shoe pad, shown in conjunction with
a metallic horse shoe.
Fig. 2 is a cross section through the line Y Y Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an edge view of the horse shoe and pad.
Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line X X Fig. 1.
In
The elastic rubber cushion A is undercut or formed with an overhanging edge
or lip a and is solutioned, vulcanized, stitched or otherwise secured to a sole B of
canvas, leather or other similar material. The sole B extends beyond the outer
edge of the cushion A and thus provides a flange b upon which the metallic shoe C
is placed and the whole is nailed to the horse's hoof in the usual manner.
order to further secure the elastic cushion A to the sole B I form it with a
short projection a¹ at the base by means of which it is nipped by the metallic shoe
and thus held more securely in position. The elastic cushion of rubber A fits
around the interior edge of the metallic shoe and is of a similar form, the open
end being closed by means of a solid rubber block A'. The block A¹ may be
cross cut as shown in Fig. 1 or may be formed with channels on its outer face.
When desired the sole B may be cut out around the interior space D of the
elastic cushion A as shown in Fig. 2 so as to allow the air to have access to the
horse's hoof. If preferred however the sole B may entirely cover the hoof, as
illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.
When in use the projecting elastic rubber cushion A coming into contact with

page_text: the ground in advance of the metallic shoe enables the animal to obtain a grip
upon slippery or greasy pavement and also serves as a buffer to deaden the
concussion of the shoe with the ground.
The overhanging lip a of the elastic rubber cushion A is then by the weight of
the animal depressed inwards to, or about the level of the metallic shoe and
accommodates itself to inequalities of the ground, preventing the escape of the air
within the cavity or chamber D. The air within the chamber D is thus
compressed to some extent between the horse's hoof and the ground and thus
renders the pad pneumatic in its action.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the saine is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved horse shoe pad constructed and arranged substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In horse shoe pads of the indicated nature the elastic cushion A undercut or
formed with an overhanging lip a acting in conjunction with the solid rubber
block A¹, and arranged to project above the surface of the metallic horse shoe for
the purposes and substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 10th day of March 1897.
For the Applicant,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5 John Dalton Street, Manchester, Chartered Patent Agents.