IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSESHOES
Year: 1843

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HOME, of Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day of August, in the seventh year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Home, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said James Home, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said James Home, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSESHOES;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said James
Home, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her
said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part Letters Patent, as in and by
the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Home, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to

page_text: Figure 1 represents an under side view of a shoe constructed according to
my Invention, and suitable for the foot of a horse; Figures 2 and 3 are
sections taken at the dotted lines a, a, and b, b, in Figure 1. This shoe, at
its under or inferior side, consists of two surfaces, one at c, c, at the outer edge
of the shoe, and which corresponds with the crust of the horse's foot; and it is
on this projecting surface or ridge c, c, on which the horse treads, and by
which the crust of the foot is protected and supported. The thin plate or
surface d, d, is a continuation of and extention beyond the surface c, c; it is in
contact with the foot, being attached to the crust, and in no way differs in the
inner surface from the common shoes. The plate d, d, extends towards the
centre of the foot, and may be varied according as it may be required to give
protection to a greater or less extent to the sole of the foot. It will thus be
seen that the ridge or surface c, c, may be considered as a continuation of the
crust of the foot of a horse, whilst the plate d, d, which extends towards the
centre of the foot, but not in contact with the sole, gives protection to the
sole, and, although thin in its substance, gives stiffness to the shoe. The
surface or ridge c, c, is fullered at e, e, principally to receive the heads of the
nails, and such fullering will also aid in preventing the slipping of the horse.
f is a toe piece of steel.
Figure 4 shews the inferior or ground surface view of another shoe con-
structed according to my Invention; Figures 5 and 6 shew two sections
taken at the dotted lines g and h, in Figure 4. This shoe is made similar to
that at Figure 1, excepting towards the heels or hinder parts thereof, where
there are shewn to be angular projections i, i, inclining from the external or
outer edge of the shoe towards the centre of the foot. These projections are
of steel or iron formed on or affixed or welded to the heels or hinder parts of
the shoe, and in such manner that they slightly protrude beyond or rise from
the ridge or surface c, c. I would here state, that although I prefer these
projections i, i, to be in combination with the other improvements of construc-
tion of shoes herein described, they may be used with other constructions of
shoes. There are shewn to be two angular projections i, i, on each side of the
shoe, but this number may be varied as well as the shape or form or direction
of each projection. By these arrangements the shoe, when in use, will tend
materially to prevent the horse from slipping on wood pavement or other
surfaces. e, e, are fullerings, as in the former shoe. f is a steel toe piece. In

page_text: making these shoes I prefer that the iron should in the first place be well
hammered, and the bars from which the shoes are to be made be formed or
forged into the section, Figure 7, and then bent or bended into the form of a
shoe, and fullered in or on the edges, as is shewn, or the shoe may simply be
punched to receive the nails.
Figure 8 shews the under side or inferior ground surface view of another
shoe according to my Invention, and Figures 9 and 10 shew sections at the
dotted lines and k in Figure 8. The only difference in this shoe from that
shewn at Figure 4 is, that the steel toe piece f and the projections i, i, project
or rise above the level of the ridge or surface c, c; and this shoe is suitable
for dray or other horses intended for harness work. The shoes shewn in the
Drawings are proper for horses having a due concavity of the soles of the
fect, but in cases where the soles are more or less convex the upper or
superior surface of the shoc must be accommodated thereto.
It will be found that these constructions of shoes for horses will allow of the
shoes for the horse being made lighter than are used when made after the
common construction.
In witness whereof, I, the said James IIcme, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Enrolled the Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-four.