Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 13th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct., 1887
I DAVID NEILL of 89 Byars Road, Hillhead Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Horse-Shoer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention comprises a new or improved construction of composite metallic and
ubber or other equivalent horse-shoe suitable for being secured to the hoofs much as
at present by ordinary horse-shoe nails passed through suitable holes in the metal
part of the shoe; which improvements will render such shoes softer and less severe
on the horses feet on causeyed streets or roads and be less liable to slip, than they
have been as heretofore constructed.
The nature and novelty of the invention consist in forming the metal part of the
horse-shoe of a channel or U shape, but otherwise bent substantially to the usual
horse-shoe shape; having the outer flat surface part of the channel iron and shoe of
about the same width as an ordinary horse-shoe, and fitted to bear against the horse's
hoof much in the same manner as ordinary horse-shoes are fitted. Thus the open
channel of the shoe would project downwards and be filled with good mixtures of
vulcanized india-rubber, or other equivalent elastic material, to form the bearing
plantar surface of the shoe, projecting considerably beyond the edges of the channel-
iron. The channel-iron might be rolled in lengths of the various sizes, weights, and
strengths suitable for the different classes of horse-shoes, that is light for riding
horses, medium for carriage and tramway horses, and heavy and broad for dray and
cart horses; and the channel-iron would be cut into suitable lengths and bent into
the horseshoe shape as shoe iron is frequently done by the Farriers or in shaping
machines for the purpose. In so bending and shaping the channel iron shoe, the
edges of the channel might be slightly bent in so as to form a dovetail shaped channel
to hold the india-rubber or elastic plantar material very secure so that it could not

page_text: come out with friction and wear. In some cases, as for dray horses, the front edge
of the channel iron might project down to give a better holding catch in the joints
of the causey in frosty weather and projecting calks may be secured by stems in
sockets formed in solid parts at the ends of the heels of this channel shaped shoe,
preferably by cross pens or nails sunk in slots below the level of the shoe next the
hoof. The nail holes would be punched in the channel iron through the bearing sole
of the shoe close to the outer rim; and for getting the nails better driven home,
pieces might be cut out of the outer vertical channel rim opposite the nail holes for
being able to drive home the ends of the nails by the head of a hammer or drift for
the purpose.
Dated this 14th dow
SD1000

page_text: Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I, DAVID NEILL, of 89 Byars Road, Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Horse Shoer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon; that is to say:-
This invention comprises a new or improved construction of composite metallic and
rubber or other equivalent horse-shoe, suitable for being secured to the hoofs of horses
and other like footed animals, much as at present, by ordinary horse-shoe nails passed
through suitable holes in the metal part of the shoe; which improvements will render
-such shoes softer and less severe on the horses or animals feet on causewayed streets
or roads and be less liable to slip, than they have been as heretofore constructed.
And in order that the nature and novelty of my said invention, and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into effect or practice may be properly understood,
have hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of Drawings, in which the same
reference letters are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where
shown. Figure 1 represents an elevation showing my improved construction of
composite metal and rubber shoe as attached to the fore-foot of a horse. Figure 2
represents an inverted plan of the shoe as detached from the hoof but with the rubber
in it, and Figure 3 represents a corresponding transverse sectional elevation of the
shoe, as taken on the line 1 1 of Figure 2. Figure 4 represents an elevation
showing a modified construction of my said improved shoe, from that shown in
Figure 1, as attached to the hind foot of a horse, in which calks C and D are shown
fitted, and Figure 5 represents an inverted plan of the horse shoe shown in Figure 4,
and Figure 6 represents a transverse sectional elevation of the same shoe as taken on
the line 2 - 2 in Figure 5: Figure 7 represents a side and edge view of the heel
calks D, D', and Figure 8 represents a side and edge view respectively of the front
or toe calks C, C².
Referring to these Drawings:-My invention and mode of performing it, consist
in forming the metal part A A³, of the horse-shoe of a channel or U-shape, as seen
particularly in Figures 3 and 6, but otherwise bent substantially to the usual horse
shoe shape as seen in Figures 2 and 5. The flat surface part of the channel iron A A¹,
out of which the shoe is formed is about the same width as ordinary horse-shoes, and
is formed and fitted to bear flat against the under side of the horse's hoof at H, and
secured by nails e as shown, and toe and one, two, or more side clips e¹, much in the
same manner as ordinary horse-shoes are fitted. Thus the improved open channel a
of the shoe projects downwards from the bearing thin web a', preferably with. the
outer wall a of the channel a thick to give a good wearing effect all round the outer
part of the shoe, and the inner wall a³ of the channel a left more for holding the
india-rubber B within the channel a which would be of a slightly dovetailed form,
with a thin bearing flat web a' at the bottom of the channel a. The channel a is
tightly filled with the best mixtures of vulcanized india-rubber B, and stretched to
get it inserted after or while being cut off to the proper lengths of previously prepared
bands, formed to the proper size and shape of section to hold firmly in the channel a
so as to form the main bearing planter surface at B₁ of the shoe, projecting con-

page_text: siderably beyond the lower wearing edges a¹, a³ of the channel iron, as seen
particularly in Figures 1 and 3, which gives great holding power to this shoe on the
ground, even when worn down towards the metal bearing parts a², a³, as from its
elasticity it always projects beyond the worn metal. The channel iron A A¹ might
be rolled in lengths of the various sizes, weights, and strengths suitable for the
different classes of horse-shoes, that is, light for riding horses, medium for carriage
and tramway horses, and heavy and broad for dray and cart horses; and the channel-
iron would be cut into suitable lengths and bent into the horse-shoe shape as shoe iron
is frequently done by the Farriers, or in shaping machines for the purpose. In so
bending and shaping the channel iron shoe, the edges a³, a³ of the channel a might
be slightly bent in, so as to make the channel of a dovetail shape and close in the heel
ends at A¹ to hold the india-rubber B or elastic planter material very secure so that it
could not come out with friction and wear. In some cases, as for dray horses, the
front edge of the channel iron at A' might be made to project down to give a better
holding catch in the joints of the causeway in frosty weather; or otherwise projecting
toe calks C Figure 8, might be fitted by their stems C₁ and vertical recesses formed
in a strong part of the shoe formed at this part A*; and heel calks D may be
similarly secured by stems D' in sockets formed in solid parts at the ends of the heels
of this channel shaped shoe A A¹. These solid parts A A*, for punching holes for
securing the calks Ċ C¹ and D D¹ would be welded into the channel a when forging
the shoe for calks; and the calks would preferably be secured by cross pins or nails c
driven from the outside and sunk in slots, and driven through holes in the calks,`
below the level of the shoe next the hoof H, and have their ends clenched or bent up
on the inside a³, of the shoe at c¹; and the projecting ends of the stems might be
inserted hot so as to burn small recesses for themselves in the underside of the hoof
before driving in their securing nails c. The nail holes would be punched in the
channel iron through the bearing sole a¹ of the shoe close to the outer rim a³ within
the channel; and for getting the nails quite driven home to the bottom of the
channel a the heads of the nails might be inade smaller for this purpose, so as to be
able to drive home the ends of the nails by the head of a special hammer or drift for
the purpose. The metallic part of these improved horse shoes may be rolled in a
channel form to the desired sizes in bars out of malleable iron or steel, or they may
be cast in malleable cast steel much as other channel bar iron is formed, and the
dovetail shape is given to the channel while bending and shaping the shoes, the clips
being either drawn out of the thick outer walls a³, or cast on when made in malleable
cast iron or steel.
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 :-
First. The construction or arrangement and combination of the parts of composite
channel metal and rubber horse shoes, substantially as herein described, in reference
to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. In horse shoes, the forming of the metallic part of a channel or U-shape
to receive pieces of bands of the best vulcanised india-rubber which will stretch and
so be inserted into the V grooves to form the planter bearing surface, all substantially
as herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Third. In composite channel metal and rubber horse-shoes, the making of the
channel whether all round the shoe or in segments, of a dovetail shape widest in the
inside for stretching, inserting and retaining the rubber, all substantially as herein
described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 12th day of Santambar 1007.