Improvements in Horseshoe Pads for the Prevention of Slipping and also to Assist the Wear of the Ordinary Iron Shoe.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th May, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Horseshoe Pads for the Prevention of Slipping and
also to Assist the Wear of the Ordinary Iron Shoe.
I WILLIAM BEALE of 33 Totteridge Road, Battersea, in the County of Surrey
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a rubber ring fitted round the inside of the iron shoe
connected with the ordinary pad and fastened on the foot by means of a ring of
rubber, leather, or substitute for same between the shoe and the hoof.
The whole is made at one operation and the centre of the hoof is left open so as
to prevent decay of hoof and to give free access of air.
The hind shoes have simply a rubber toe pad which is fixed between the shoe
and hoof in the manner before described.
Dated this 18th day of August 1892.
WILLIAM BEALE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horseshoe Pads for the Prevention of Slipping and
also to Assist the Wear of the Ordinary Iron Shoe.
I, WILLIAM BEALE of 33 Totteridge Road, Battersea, in the County of Surrey,
Builder, 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 relates to non-slipping pads for horse shoes (and by the term
horse-shoe I mean the well-known metal shoe for horses or other draught animals
such as mules) which pads have been found not only to prevent slipping or
lessen the liability to same-but also tend to considerably prolong the wear of the
metal shoe.
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to fully describe same with reference to the
drawings hereunto annexed.'
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the under or wearing side of my shoe or hoof pad for
horses or other animals.
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 1-1 Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an edge view looking at the back end in the direction of the arrow a
Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the under or wearing side of a pad constructed
according to my present invention for the bind feet of horses or other animals.
Describing first the pad for the front hoofs and referring to Figs. 1 to 3 :-
a is the frog pad made of india-rubber or imitations thereof or of any other
suitable elastic material.
b is an extension of a and forms a complete ring or ridge running all round just
inside the metal shoe (the latter is not shown) and the edge or wearing surface
thereof c-and similarly the wearing surface d of the pad a (see Fig. 2)-lies just
flush with the metal shoe or may project beyond the metal shoe.
e is the flange or extension piece running all round and formed advantageously
of rubber with a strong canvas insertion therein-this flange e lying all round

page_text: between the metal shoe and the hoof the ordinary nails of the horse shoe passing
through this flange e and consequently holding and thereby firmly securing same
between the shoe and the hoof.
The upper side or non-wearing side of the frog pad a is curved or shaped (as
shown in Figs. 2 and 3) so as to correspond or approximately fit the contour of the
frog of the animal's hoof at the point where such frog pad comes in contact with
the frog or hoof.
The parts a band e are advantageously all moulded and vulcanized together so
as to form one strong and entire piece the canvas or other strong fabric or
material inserted in e forming a sufficiently strong support in connection with
the metal shoe to hold these pads thus constructed upon the hoof of the animal.
Referring now to Fig. 4:-
a is the frog pad or heel piece and e is the flange both formed arranged and
mounted as and for the purposes previously described.
The only difference in the pads for the hind hoof being that the pad around the
inside of the shoe does not extend all round but such pad g extends up one side only
and terminates at the toe at about the point h.
Also these pads for the hind hoofs are made "rights" and "lefts" that is to say
the part is placed down one side for the right hind hoof and down the other
side for the left hind hoof, the object of these side strips gh being mainly to
prevent lateral slip which as is well known is so liable with the hind feet.
The whole of the central part of the animal's hoof is left uncovered so that
free access of air to (i.e. ventilation of) the hoof is not detrimentally interfered
with.
It will thus be seen that my complete pad consists of a heel piece or frog pad a
flange piece (having a strengthening material or insertion therein) running all
round between the metal shoe and the hoof and held by the ordinary nails of the
horse-shoe and an inner ring of rubber or equivalent running all round close against
the inside wall of the metal shoe for the front feet and only partially round for the
hind feet-all moulded and vulcanized together so as to form a solid whole in one
single piece complete ready to fix on the animal's hoof in the manner described.
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 :-
1. An elastic non-slipping and wear-resisting pad for horse shoes consisting of
the arrangement and combination of a heel or frog pad a web or flange to lay
between the shoe and the hoof and a canvas or other suitable strengthening
insertion in such web or flange to receive the ordinary shoe nails therethrough and
an inner ring or ridge running all round close against the inside wall of the metal
shoe and leaving a large central opening to permit free access of air to the middle
part of the hoof thus shod all the said parts being moulded and vulcanized into
one solid complete "pad" ready to be fixed on the hoof-substantially in the
manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figs: 1, 2
and 3 of the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. An elastic non-slipping and wear-resisting pad for horse shoes consisting of
the arrangement and combination of a heel or frog pad a web or flange to lay
between the shoe and the hoof and a canvas or other suitable strengthening
insertion in such web or flange to receive the ordinary shoe nails therethrough and
an inner ring or ridge running partially round close against the inside wall of the
metal shoe and leaving a large central opening to permit free access of air to the
middle part of the hoof thus shod all the said parts being moulded and vulcanized
into one solid complete "pad" ready to be fixed on the hoof substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in Fig. 4 of the
drawings hereunto annexed.
3. The improved construction of horse shoe pads for the prevention or lessening

page_text: of slipping and also to assist the wear of the ordinary metal shoe arranged combined
and acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 18th day of May 1893.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.