Improvements in the Construction of Pads or Appliances for Horse Shoes or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Pads or Appliances for Horse
Shoes or the like.
We, HENRY STEVENSON DADE of 16 and 17 Broad Street Avenue, in the
City of London, Gentleman, and WALTER DARBY and ION DARBY both of
249 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, in the County of London, Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of pads or
appliances to shoes for horses or other draught animals to prevent slipping
and for other purposes such as prolonging the wear of the metal shoe, to deaden
jar, etc., etc.
For this purpose we arrange and construct such pads or appliances as
follows:-
The bottom or wearing part (i.e. the part which comes in contact with the
ground) of the pad is advantageously formed of a half moon or crescent shape or
other suitable shape from india rubber (or it may be of imitations or substitutes
therefor) or any other suitable or equivalent elastic material to act and serve as a
body or receiver to hold therein a series of insertion pieces for instance cork or
pieces of wood or other suitable material which are studded all over the said elastic
body and are held therein by forming or providing a series of sockets or holes
(either in an upright or other suitable direction) or of a dovetail or undercut or
other suitable form as desired so that such studs or insertions of cork or otherwise
are forced or placed iu said sockets or holes and there held either with or without
the use of suitable cementitious material as desired.
Thus the elastic body forms an elastic or flexible bed or mount for the said studs
or insertions mounted therein.
Pads thus constructed may be mounted and applied to the hoofs of horses etc.
in any desired or suitable manner for instance such specially constructed pads
or appliances may be arranged combined and mounted on metal plates of the
character set forth in the Specification and drawings of Dade's British Patent.
No. 14797 of 1892.
Or such pads may be arranged combined and mounted on the animal's hoof by
means of an appliance or device constituting the second part of this present
invention and forming the top or non-wearing part (i.e. the part which comes next
to the sole of the animal's foot).
Strong canvas or other fabric wire-gauze leather or other suitable material in the
form of a strip or sheet is arranged to extend under the ordinary metal shoe
towards and around the toe part and backwards therefrom and is held between the
shoe and the hoof by the ordinary nails of the metal shoe.
Towards the middle part (of this top or non-wearing part acting as a mount for
the aforesaid pad or wearing surface) there is a small recess cut out or formed to
clear the toe end or point of the frog and the underside of this middle part (that is.
the side thereof lying next to the hoof of the animal) is formed thicker towards the
centre and approximately of such a shape as to form a counterpart to the front
portion of the animal's hoof.
This middle part and the aforesaid strip or sheet of canvas etc. are moulded
vulcanized or otherwise strongly mounted or joined together and thus form a strong
mount or support for the pad or wearing surface which latter (before the "insertions
are placed therein) may also be moulded or vulcanized or otherwise all secured
together

page_text: When such flexible mount is in position the specially formed uppermost side
thereof being a counterpart of the animal's hoof will lie close. against same at all
points, and thus offer a strong but elastic resistance to inward pressure from the
pad or wearing surface.
Between these appliances and the animal's hoof any suitable materials or com-
position may be used as a non-conductor of heat and to prevent inflammation of the
animal's hoof for instance tarred canvas may be used.
If desired any suitable pad or wearing surface (other than that described in the
first part of this Specification) may be used and mounted in above manner.
Dated this 29th day of March 1893.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Pads or Appliances for Horse
Shoes or the like.
We, HENRY STEVENSON DADE formerly of 16 and 17 but now of 69 and
70 Broad Street Avenue, in the City of London, Gentleman, and WALTER
DARBY and ION DARBY both of 249 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, in the County
of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be parlarly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of pads or
appliances to shoes for horses or other draught animals to prevent slipping
and for other purposes such as prolonging the wear of the metal shoe, to deaden
jar, etc., etc.
For this purpose we arrange and construct such pads or appliances. as
follows:-
The bottom or wearing part (i.e. the part which comes in contact with the
ground) of the pad is advantageously formed of a half moon or crescent shape or
other suitable shape from india rubber (or it may be of imitations or substitutes
therefor) or any other suitable or equivalent elastic material to act and serve as a
body or receiver to hold therein a series of insertion pieces for instance cork or
pieces of wood or other suitable material which are studded all over the said elastic
body and are held therein by forming or providing a series of sockets or holes
(either in an upright or other suitable direction) or of a dovetail or undercut or
other suitable form as desired so that such studs or insertions of cork or otherwise
are forced or placed in said sockets or holes and there held either with or without
the use of suitable cementitious material as desired.
Thus the elastic body forms an elastic or flexible bed or mount for the said studs
or insertions mounted therein.
Pads thus constructed may be mounted and applied to the hoofs of horses etc. in
any desired or suitable manner for instance such specially constructed pads or
appliances may be arranged combined and mounted on metal plates of the
character set forth in the Specification and drawings of Dade's British Patent
No. 14797 of 1892.
Or such pads may be arranged combined and mounted on the animal's hoof by
means of an appliance or device constituting the second part of this present
invention and forming the top or non-wearing part (i.e. the part which comes next
to the sole of the animal's hoof).
Strong canvas or other fabric wire gauze leather or other suitable material in the
form of a strip or sheet is arranged to extend under the ordinary metal shoe

page_text: the animal's hoof.
DITC BIUC YY HIGH COMICS ILIGO ContacD WICH
Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 1-1 Fig. 2.
a is the flexible bed or part formed of india-rubber or its equivalent.
b is the flanged part which lies between the ordinary metal horse shoe and the
hoof.
.
cc are insertion pieces (for instance cork) embedded in the elastic bed or
holder a and held therein as shown by cementing or other suitable means.
d is a ridge or flange formed around the recess e (see Fig. 2) and shaped so-
as to form a support for the pad at that part of the animal's hoof where same
comes in contact and thus afford a means of supporting the pad a around said
recess and thereby serving to distribute the pressure on the central part of the
animal's hoof.
The flange d may be formed with a sheet or strip of canvas, wire gauze, or other
suitable material inserted therein and the whole pad (with the exception of the
parts c) is advantageously formed and vulcanized all in one part and after such
vulcanization the blocks c are mounted and secured in their places in this flexible-
bed as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A non-slipping pad or appliance for horse shoes or the like-consisting of a
flexible bed or pad to receive and hold therein insertion pieces or blocks of cork or
other suitable material in combination with means to mount and hold such pads.
upon the horses hoof and acting in conjunction with the ordinary metal shoe
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with a flexible bed or pad such as a carrying insertion pieces
or blocks such as c of a flange such as and a supporting ridge such as d
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page_text: substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated by way of example in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 21st day of October 1893.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.