Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1898
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I, LIONEL DAVIDSON SAXTON, of 318, North Broad Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in horse shoes and consists of a soft tread
shoe having flanges forming recesses for soft packing or tread, the outer flange
being bevelled outwardly and countersunk to receive the nail holes, the countersinks
extending into the wall of the flange and bevelled towards the nail holes.
It also consists of the combination of parts and furthermore. of the formation of
the heels of the shoe with their undersides raised above the underside of the
adjacent portion of the shoe forward of said heels.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of a horse shoe embodying the
invention.
Figure 2 represents a view of the inner side of the shoe, including a vertical
section on line x-x Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents a transverse section on line y-y Figure 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.
A designates a horse shoe, and B and C designate the toe and heel portions
respectively thereof.
In the under side of the shoe is a vertical groove D, which is occupied by the pad
or cushion E formed of alternate layers of canvas and elastic material, such as rubber
or rubber-product, said pad or cushion being pressed-in or pinched by the lips F
formed on a wall of the groove D, whereby it is firmly held in position.
The underside of the body has therein the recesses K, which communicate with the
countersunk-nail openings J, said recesses' extending upwardly above the tread
surface of the outer wall of the groove D, and having between them solid and
unbroken portions for contact with the street as the cushion wears away, said recesses
enabling the blacksmith or horse-shoer to drive the nails above the wearing surface
of the shoe.
The countersinks receive the heads of the nails and prevent the downward
projection of the same below the edge of said wall of the groove D, so that said heads;-
are not liable to be struck and loosened.
It will also be seen that the outer flange of the groove or recess in which the..
cushion or soft packing is fitted, is bevelled outwardly and countersunk to receive the
nail holes, the countersinks extending into the wall of said flange and being bevelled,
towards the nail holes as at K¹, whereby the nails are directed in inclined direction so
as to enter more fully into the hoof considerably above the bottom edge of the latter
and so take better hold of the same.
The heels C have their underside raised above the underside of the portion of the
body of the shoe forward of said heels, whereby the latter do not contact with the
street or road and a blacksmith is enabled to give proper frog-pressure to the foot
and said heels C may be cut-off in cases where corns exist thus relieving the
same.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A soft-tread-shoe having flanges forming a recess for the soft packing or
cushion, the outer flange being bevelled outwardly and countersinks to receive the
nail holes, the countersinks extending into the wall of said flange and bevelled
towards the nail holes.
2nd. A soft-tread-shoe having flanges forming a recess and a soft packing in said
recess, the outer flange of said recess being bevelled outwardly, and having nail
openings therein.
3rd. A soft-tread-shoe having 'flanges forming a recess and a soft packing in said
recess, the outer flange of said recess being bevelled outwardly and having nail
openings therein, said packing consisting of layers of fabric and elastic material.
4th. A soft-tread-shoe having flanges forming a recess and a soft packing in said
recess, the outer flange of said recess being bevelled outwardly and having nail openings
therein, said packing consisting of layers of fabric and elastic material, said outer
flange having countersinks which extend into the wall thereof and are bevelled towards
the nail holes.
...5th. A soft-tread-shoe having a recess in its underside, and soft packing in said
recess, and heels having their undersides.raised above, the underside of the adjacent
portion of the shoe forward of said heels.
pated this 9th day of March 1030.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.