IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSESHOES
Year: 1885

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I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co:- Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of the invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HORSESHOES" (a communication to me from abroad by François Dejean of
Molembeeck St. Jean, in the Kingdom of Belgium) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to shoes used for the purpose of shoeing horses or other
animals, and it has for its object an improved method of making such shoes so that
they are lighter and more durable than horse shoes as ordinarily made, whilst the
animal using them is saved from shock or jar.
It is preferable that the construction should be somewhat modified where the
shoes are to be used in winter when the roads are slippery with ice, to that used
in summer, provision being made in the former case for roughing studs or screws.
The improved shoe consists of a bar of iron of the usual shape in plan to fit the
horse to which it is to be applied. In the lower side of this bar is formed a longi-
tudinal groove or recess in which is fitted and fixed a band of hard india rubber
prepared before hand and of such thickness that its lower edge projects a short
distance below the face of the iron.
Holes for the nails of the usual kind pass through the india rubber and through
corresponding holes in the iron shoe, and the weight of the latter is further
reduced by its inner edge being bevelled or chamfered off both on the upper and
lower sides.
The shoe is provided with a toe piece in front in the usual way.
Where the shoe is to be fitted with roughing studs for the winter, the groove
containing the india rubber is not brought back quite to the points of the heel,
which are provided with holes into which pointed or other studs can be screwed or
rivetted.
Where roughing studs are not required the groove and the india rubber contained
in it may be carried back to the ends of the shoe.
By the method of construction described, the iron of the shoe preserves the india
rubber from wear whilst the india rubber in turn preserves the iron.

page_text: The iron shoe may be of malleable cast iron or it may be forged or stamped in
wrought iron in the ordinary way. The india rubber may be made separately and
inserted into the grooves after the shoe has been made, or it may be cast in the
groove during or after the manufacture of the iron shoe.
One or more india rubber bands may be used, and the groove may be divided
into two or more parts of such size and shape as to allow the shape of the shoe and
the position of the holes for the studs (if the latter are to be used) to be arranged
to suit the horse to which the shoe is to be fitted, and all the feet or the fore feet
only of the animal may be shod with the improved shoes.

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I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co:-Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to
me from abroad by François Dejean, of Molembeeck St. Jean, in the Kingdom
of Belgium) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawing (that is to say) :-
This invention relates to shoes used for the purpose of shoeing horses or other
animals, and it has for its object an improved method of making such shoes so that
they are lighter and more durable than horse shoes as ordinarily made, whilst the
animal using them is saved from shock or jar.
It is preferable that the construction should be somewhat modified where the
shoes are to be used in winter when the roads are slippery with ice; to that used
in summer, provision being made in the former case for roughing studs or screws.
The improved shoe consists of a bar of iron of the usual shape in plan to fit the
horse to which it is to be applied. In the lower side of this bar is formed a longi-
tudinal groove or recess in which is fitted and fixed a band of hard india rubber
prepared beforehand and of such thickness that its lower edge projects a short
distance below the face of the iron. Holes for the nails of the usual kind pass
through the india rubber and through corresponding holes in the iron shoe, and the
weight of the latter is further reduced by its inner edge being bevilled or chamfered
off both on the upper and lower sides.
The shoe is provided with a toe piece in front in the usual way.
Where the shoe is to be fitted with roughing studs for the winter, the groove
containing the india rubber is not brought back quite to the points of the heel,
which are provided with holes into which pointed or other studs can be screwed or
rivetted. A blank space may also be left for a similar stud in front, the india
rubber being in two parts.
Where roughing studs are not required the groove and the india rubber contained
in it may be carried back to the ends of the shoe.
By the method of construction described, the iron of the shoe preserves the india
rubber from wear whilst the india rubber in turn preserves the iron.
The iron shoe may be of malleable cast iron or it may be forged or stamped in
wrought iron in the ordinary way. The india rubber may be made separately and
inserted into the grooves after the shoe has been made, or it may be cast in the
groove during or after the manufacture of the iron shoe.
One or more india rubber bands may be used, and the groove may be divided
into two or more parts of such size and shape as to allow the shape of the shoe and
the position of the holes for the studs (if the latter are to be used) to be arranged
to suit the horse to which the shoe is to be fitted, and all the feet or the fore feet
only of the animal may be shod with the improved shoes.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention, figure 1 shewing
the lower face of a shoe in which the india rubber A is in two pieces so as to leave

page_text: a space in front into which a roughing stud can be fixed at D when necessary, two
similar studs being also fixed at the heel of the shoe at D, D.
Figure 2 shows the lower face of a similar shoe in which the india rubber A is
in a single piece and is brought back to the ends of the shoe, the spaces for studs
being omitted both at the heel and the toe of the shoe.
Figure 3 is a section through the shoes shewn in figures 1 and 2, B being the
lower bevel at the inner side of the shoe, and C the upper bevel. F is the nail
passing through the india rubber A. The toe piece of the shoe is shewn at E. The
bottom of the groove in which the india rubber fits may be flat or inclined in either
direction in either its width or length.
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
1. The shoe, having a single or divided recess or groove to receive a band of
india rubber, the bottom of the groove being either flat or inclined in any
direction, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The shoe having a bevel upon the lower as well as the upper face of its inner
edge, substantially as described and shewn.
3. The use, in horse shoes, of one or more strips of india rubber fitted in a groove
or recess, and held by nails passing through the india rubber and the shoe, the
india rubber being either cast in a recess or made separately and fitted in, with or
without holes for the nails.