An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
We Comte MAURICE D'AMILLY of 63, Avenue de l'Alma, and JUSTIN
CAILLET, of 146, Rue Cardinet, both in Paris, France, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to further improvements in the horse-shoe constituted by a
steel band surrounding a soft packing or core, forming the subject of a former
application for Letters Patent No. 10,269 of 1890.
In the said application the rope core or packing is described as being secured to
the walls of the shoe by means of rivets which transfix the rope core.
The object of our present improvement is to dispense with the use of rivets,
which is accomplished by making the inner faces of the steel strip bevelled or
inclined with regard to each other, as shewn in the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 of which represents a plan, and Figure 2 a cross-section, of the same, so
as to enclose a space of dovetailed form in which the width between the walls a a is
less at the upper, than at the under, side of the shoe and through which the nails
are inserted.
By this means, the two parts of the shoe are firmly secured together and to the
foot of the animal, the connection being consolidated by wear by reason of the
inclination of the inner walls of the shoe.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1890
UTE. MAURICE DAMILLI.
J. CAILLET.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Fatent Agents.
UTE. MAURICE DAMILLI.
J. CAILLET.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Fatent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Horse-shoes.
We, Comte MAURICE D'AMILLY of 63, Avenue de l'Alma, and JUSTIN
CAILLET of 146, Rue Cardinet, both in Paris, France, 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 :-
Our invention relates to further improvements in the horse-shoe constituted by a
steel band forming the inner and outer walls of the shoe the intermediate space
being filled with a soft packing or core, forming the subject of former Letters
Patent No. 10,269 of 1890 wherein the rope core or packing is described as being
secured in position between the parallel walls of the shoe by means of rivets which
transfix the rope core.
The object of our present improvement is to provide a means of securing the rope
core or packing which will allow of the nails for fastening the shoe to the hoof
being inserted at any point according to the condition of the hoof and which avoids
the use of rivets and rivet holes as well as of nail holes.
Reference is to be had to the drawing left with our Provisional Specification,
Figure 1 of which represents a plan, and Figure 2 a cross-section, of the improved
shoe which, by the absence of the rivets before referred to, is so flexible that it may
be bent cold to the shape of the hoof.
As shewn in Figure 2, the inner faces of the steel strip a a are bevelled or
inclined with regard to each other so as to enclose a space of dovetail form, the

page_text: width between the walls a a being less at the upper side next the hoof than at the
under side of the shoe which comes in contact with the ground. The shoe is
securely fastened to the foot of the animal by nails driven through the rope core or
packing at any suitable points and the packing becomes more tightly wedged in the
dovetailed space when the shoe is in wear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
A horse-shoe constituted by a steel band bent to the external and internal
contour of the shoe and containing a rope packing or core wedged in the dovetailed
space between the oppositely-inclined faces of the band so that the entire shoe is
secured to the hoof by nails driven through the packing, without the use of nail
holes, as specified.
Dated June 1
COMTE MAURICE D'AMILLY.
J. CAILLET.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.