Improvements in and relating to Horse Shoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application. 5th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Horse Shoes.
I, ROBERT ABELL of Elm Tree House, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby in the
County of Derby, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide or effect certain improvements in and
relating to machine or hand made horse shoes to enable them to receive and hold a
spring plate, segment or curved piece of elastic or resilient metal or composition
carrying studs or "calkings" as they are technically called, to prevent slipping.
In describing my invention reference will be had to the accompanying sheet of
drawings which will be deemed to form a part of this Specification.
Figure 1 is a plan of a horse shoe manufactured according to my invention
shewing the non-slipping device attached.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the same on line a. a. of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan of a piece of rolled metal which may be used in the
manufacture of my improved shoe.
Figure 4 is a cross section of the latter on line b. b.
In carrying out my said invention I form the horse shoe A of such a section on
the inside edge B that it will receive or engage a plate, segment or curved piece of
elastic or resilient metal or composition C of corresponding section which is sprung
inwards and upon being released, recoils and clips on to the said inside edge B of
the shoe, which is preferably made of a splay or bevil or of some section nearly
approaching a splay or bevil, from the bottom inside edge D sloping upwards and
backwards or outwards to the top inside edge E, thus forming an acute angle with
the ground surface of the shoe.
I may if desired effect a further improvement by forming projections or stops F
at the heels of the shoe to form abutments for the spring plate, segment or the
like carrying the calkings, so as to minimise the risk of the said spring plate,
segment or the like being gradually worn, loosened and pushed out at the back of
the shoe by the continual forward motion of the animal.
Figures 3 and 4 illustrate a portion of a continuous bar of metal which may be
rolled for the manufacture of my improved shoe it will be seen that the general
section (see Figure 4) is of a rhombus or rhomboidal form the inner and outer.
edges B and G respectively sloping outwards; when a portion of this bar of metal
is cut off to form a shoe groove or "fullering" is formed round the two sides
where the nails are driven through as shewn by dotted lines on Figure 4, this
drives the metal to the bottom outside edge of the shoe which will thus be made to
assume an approximately vertical position. As the groove or fullering is not
required at the toe of the shoc I leave this solid in the rolled bar as shewn at H
Figures 3 & 4, so that when the shoe is completed the whole of the outer edge will
assume an approximately unbroken vertical position. The stops F may also be
formed in the rolling of the bar.
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. The improved horse shoe having its inner edge splayed upwardly and
backwardly or outwardly substantially as and for the purposes described and

page_text: 2. The improved horse shoe having its inner edge splayed upwardly and back-
wardly or outwardly and being provided with stops or abutments F substantially
as and for the purposes described and illustrated.
3. The improved section for a continuous bar of rolled metal to be used in the
manufacture of horse shoes substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicant.