AN IMPROVED HORSE-SHOE
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Harris Lake, of the Office of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of.
"AN IMPROVED HORSE-SHOE." A communication from abroad by Charles
Jean Baptiste Peillard, of Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Harris Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July 1878.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Office of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED HORSE-SHOE." [A communi-
cation from abroad by Charles Jean Baptiste Peillard, of Paris, France.]
This Invention is designed to provide a horse-shoe which will have various
advantages not possessed by any other horse-shoes as heretofore constructed.
Amongst the advantages resulting from the use of my improved horse-shoe are
the following, that is to say:-It leaves full liberty to the naturally elastic play or
movement of the foot, encourages its normal development in young horses, and
prevents those diseases which are the result of rigidly binding up the horny
covering; it also diminishes the violence of the shock upon the ground, and con-
sequently the too sudden re-actions upon the joints of the horse, the latter thereby
being more at his ease, and more free in all his movements.
I obtain these advantages by constructing the horse-shoe in two parts, these
being united in following a line which is partly straight and partly semicircular,
as will be seen by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which,-
Figure 1 shews an under side of my improved horse-shoe with the two parts
united and attached to the foot of a horse.
Figure 2 represents in section a part of the said shoe and foot, shewing the two
parts of the shoe separated, and the arrangement for uniting them.
Figure 3 shews an under side view of the said shoe, the two parts being
separated.
Figure 4 is an edge view of a portion of the same, the two parts being united.
Figure 5 is a similar view, the two parts being separated.

page_text: The two extremities of the semicircular section must advance far enough, one
towards the other at the point where they terminate, to prevent the two parts of
the horse-shoe from separating from right to left, and vice versa, when the male
or projecting part is placed within the female or recessed part.
A certain degree of inclination in the form of a sloping or bevelled edge is pro-
vided in the thickness of the shoe at the points where the two parts unite, which
inclination permits the separation of the same, but only in an upward direction.
The straight section is not placed in juxtaposition, and a slight division is effected
at the toe by using a file in order to allow for the natural separation at the heel
provided by nature.
The dimensions which should be given to the several parts of the section are
shewn approximately in the Drawing.
The width of the shoe at its upper part is subdivided into three equal parts AB,
BC, CD. Each of the extreme parts A B and CD forms a straight section, and
the central part BC forms the semicircular section, which constitutes the male and
female parts herein-before mentioned. In consequence of this arrangement these
parts together form a natural hinge or joint acting without the aid of any other
piece, so that the shoe is as strong and as capable of resistance as it would be if it
were in one solid piece, and at the same time it will not compress the internal
parts of the foot, and will yield to all the expanding movements of the same.
A horse-shoe constructed according to this Invention may be forged and applied
in exactly the same manner as an ordinary horse-shoe, from which it differs only
with regard to its división, although I prefer to make my improved horse-shoe
lighter than those heretofore in use, and to slightly bevel the internal edge of the
upper face, so as to prevent the sole from bearing thereon in its descending and
rising movements.
My improved horse-shoe may be steeled at its jointed end to render this part
better able to resist the wearing effect caused by contact with the ground.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Harris Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
January 1879.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Office of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED HORSE-SHOE." A communi-
cation from abroad by Charles Jean Baptiste Peillard, of Paris, France.
This Invention is designed to provide a horse-shoe which I term an
" elastic
shoe," and which has various advantages not possessed by any other horse-shoes
heretofore constructed.
Amongst the advantages resulting from the use of my improved horse-shoe are
the following, that is to say:-It leaves full liberty to the naturally elastic play or
movement of the foot, encourages its normal development in young horses, and
prevents those diseases which are the result of rigidly binding up the horny
covering of the foot; it also diminishes the violence of the shock upon the ground,
and consequently the too sudden re-actions upon the joints of the horse, the latter
thereby being more at his ease, and more free in all his movements than when
shod in the usual manner.
I obtain these advantages by constructing the-horse-shoe in two parts, which
are united or jointed together on a line partly straight and partly semicircular, as
will be seen by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which,-
Figure 1 shews an under side view of my improved horse-shoe with the two
parts united and attached to the foot of a horse.
Figure 2 represents portions of the said shoe on the foot, shewing the two parts
of the shoe separated, and the arrangement for uniting them.
Figure 3 is an under side view of the said shoe, the two parts being separated.
Figure 4 is an edge view of a portion of the same, the two parts being united.
Figure 5 is a similar view, the two parts being separated.
The two extremities of the semicircular section must advance far enough, one
towards the other at the point where they terminate, to prevent the two parts of
the horse-shoe from separating from right to left, and vice versa, when the male or
projecting part is placed within the female or recessed part.
A certain degree of inclination in the form of a sloping or bevelled edge is pro-
vided in the thickness of the shoe at the point where the two parts unite. This
inclination permits the separation of the two parts in an upward direction, and a
slight amount of play at the junction of the straight portions of the joint to allow
for the slight separation at the heel of the hoof under the tread, according to the
requirements of nature.
The dimensions which should be given to the several parts of the section are
shewn approximately in the Drawing.
The width of the shoe at its front part is subdivided into three equal parts AB,
BC, CD. Each of the parts A B and CD form a straight section, and the central
part BC forms the semicircular section, which constitutes the aforesaid projecting
or male part and the recessed or female part. In consequence of this arrangement
these parts together form a hinge or joint acting without the aid of any other
piece, so that the shoe is as strong and as capable of resistance as it would be if it
were in one solid piece, and at the same time it will not compress the internal
parts of the foot, and will yield to all the expanding or dilating movements of the
same.
A horse-shoe constructed according to this Invention may be forged and applied
in nearly the same manner as an ordinary horse-shoe, from which it differs only
with regard to its division, although I prefer to make my improved horse-shoe
lighter than those heretofore in use, and to slightly bevel the internal edge of the
upper face to prevent the bearing or pressure of the sole or concave interior part
of the horse's foot thereon in its descending and rising movements.

page_text: My improved horse-shoe may be steeled at its jointed end to render this part
better able to resist the wearing away by contact with the ground.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim, the improved horse-shoe constructed in two parts fitted together by
a circular mortise and tenon, which unite them securely, while leaving sufficient
play or freedom in the plane of the shoe to permit the action due to the material
elasticity of the horse's hoof, as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Harris Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.