Year: 1886

page_text: I, GEORGE URQUHART of 6, Derby Street Mayfair, in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the shoeing of horses, and other animals, and consists in
an improved construction of combined metal shoe and elastic pad for preventing
slipping and for facilitating the cure or alleviation of lameness and disease of the
foot and leg of the animal.
The metal shoe is of the usual construction, except that it does not extend back
to the heel of the foot, and that its heel ends are bevelled or undercut to make
such a joint with the elastic pad, which is correspondingly bevelled or shaped, that
the metal shoe will assist to retain the said pad in position. The elastic pad
extends completely across the heel, and beneath the frog of the animal's foot, and
is of a form corresponding to the shape of the natural parts upon which pressure
would come. It is composed of India Rubber or a compound thereof, and is
cemented to a sole of leather which covers the entire sole of the foot, and is inter-
posed between the wall of the hoof and the metal shoe, the nails passing through
both, so that the sole and pad are permanently secured in position.

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I GEORGE URQUHART, of 6 Derby Street, Mayfair, in the County of Middlesex,
Farrier, 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 :—
My invention relates to the shoeing of horses, and consists in an improved
construction of combined metal shoe and elastic pad for preventing slipping and
for facilitating the cure or alleviation of lameness and disease of the foot and leg of
the animal.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein figure 1. is a side elevation and figure 2 an underside view of
one form of the combined shoe and pad. Figure 3 is an underside view of a
combined shoe and ring pad. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts
in all the figures.
The metal shoe a is of the usual construction, except that it does not extend
back towards the heel of the foot, beyond the point where the bone of the foot
terminates and the soft cartilage begins, and that its heel ends are bevelled or
undercut as at b to make a joint with the elastic pad c which is correspondingly
bevelled. The elastic" pad c extends completely across the heel, and if desired
beneath the frog of the animal's foot, and is of a form corresponding to the shape
of the natural parts upon which pressure would come. It is composed of india-
rubber or a compound thereof, and is cemented to a sole of leather d which is
interposed between the wall of the hoof and the metal shoe a the nails passing
through both, so that the sole and pad are permanently secured in position. The
sole d may either cover the entire sole of the foot as in figures 1 and 2, or, it may
be cut out of ring form as in figure 3, in which case the form of the elastic pad
might be modified as shewn so as not to cover the point of the frog.
By bevelling or undercutting the heel ends of the shoe a as shewn, the metal
presents an obtuse angle which is not so liable to cut through the leather sole, and
the form of the joint renders the bearing continuous and assists in holding the pad
more securely in position.
I am aware that it has been heretofore proposed to combine pads with horse-
shoes and I do not lay claim to such combination generally, but what I do
claim is:-
The herein described combined elastic pad and horse shoe when constructed and
combined substantially as herein described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 12th day of November 1886.