Improvements in Pads for Horses to Prevent Capped Elbows.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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... Improvements in Pads for Horses to Prevent Capped Elbows.
RICHARD HEATH! Upper Row Mirfield Moor, Mirfield Yorkshire Coachman
to T. W. Brooke Esq. Field Head Mirfield do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
To prevent and to cure tumours and abscesses that grow at the point of the
elbow of horses and frequently when they double their fore feet up under them,
the large calkins' of the shoes then just come in contact with the point of the elbow,
and my invention is to prevent them, and to cure them when grown, by fastening
the rupper cushion. around the horses foot when left for the night. The pad is made
to go around the foot not under like a boot would, and something like half circle.
The pad is made of india-rubber and to buckle round the foot.
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Improvements in Pads for Horses to Prevent Capped Elbows.
I, RICHARD HEATH, of Upper Row, Mirfield Moor, Mirfield, Yorkshire,
Coachman, 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 has reference to means for preventing capped elbows, or abscesses
forming on the elbows of horses in cousequence of the abutinent or contact of the
calkings or extremities of the shoes therewith when the animal is laid down, and
consists of a pad or cushion composed of india rubber or other suitable yielding or
soft material or substance and provided with straps and buckle by which to secure
it to the foot. The said pad or cushion covers or protects the calkings or extremities
of the shoes and serves the purpose of a buffer between them and the elbows of the
horse and thereby avoids the evils named.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood reference is hereinafter
made to the accompanying drawings illustrative thereof, wherein
Figs. 1 and 2 shew my improved pad or cushion applied to the foot of a carriage
and cart horse respectively as seen from the underside.
Fig. 3 shews the position in which the pad is secured on the foot;
Fig. 4 is detached view to Fig. 1 and shews an additional method of securing
the pad to the feet of carriage horses or animals used for light work.
Letter a represents the foot of the horse and 6 the shoe. The pad or cushion is
shewn at c and is preferably made of india rubber on account of its suitability for
the purpose and its lasting qualities, but other suitable soft or yielding material or
substance may be employed instead of india rubber if desired. To the pads care
secured straps d and e, the latter provided with a buckle f, by which such pad is
easily fastened in position on the foot a as shewn. On the underside of the pad
and inclining inwardly is a stub or projecting heel piece c' which is adapted to pass
between the calkings or heels of the shoes and tends to maintain the said pad in
position on the foot, but as an additional means for preventing displacement of the
pad when applied to the feet of carriage horses or animals whose shoes are not

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turned down at the heel as in the case of heavy draught horses, I provide a bar or
splinter g of wood or other light material or metal rounded or. wedge shaped at
each end and attached to the pad by means of a strap h, which said bar or splinter
when the pad is attached to the foot is placed between the shoe and wedged against
the inper sides thereof as shewn at Fig. 5.
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By means of a pad or cushion such as herein before described applied to the foot
so as to form a buffer between the calkings or extremities of the shoes and the
elbows of the horse when the animal is laid down, capped elbows or the formation
of abscesses or other injuries previously done to the elbows by the shoes are
avoided, and existing lumps or sores are cured or allowed to heal up.
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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 *
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Firstly. A pad or cushion for attachment to the feet of horses to prevent capped
elbows or.abscesses, forming thereon substantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The combination with a pad or cushion, for horses to prevent capped
elbows and meang for attaching same to the foot, of the stub or inclined abutment o
thereon adapted to fit between the heels of the shoes in manner and for purposes.
substantially as herein shewn and described.
Thirdly. The combination with a pad or cushion for horses to prevent capped
elbows, of a bar or splinter 9 attached thereto in manner and for purposes
substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 2nd do of Jan 180s