Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Dile of Application, 18th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 31st Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I, HARRY GILLBANKS, of Glenthorne, 143, Croxted Road, Dulwich, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication from abroad by Alfred Rospini, of 10, Via Mansoni, Milan, in
the Kingdom of Italy, Gentleman,) to be as follows:-
My invention relates to horse shoes of that class which is provided with pads of
india-rubber or other soft or yielding material for the purpose of reducing concussion
and affording a firm foothold.
A horse shoe constructed according to my present invention may be made of
malleable iron or steel and is provided with pads of yielding material (preferably
of india-rubber) which extend over almost the whole of the wearing surface of the
shoe with the exception of a portion at the front, the shoe being made solid at this
point in order to withstand the blows or shocks to which it is. subjected. These
pads are introduced into grooves or recesses formed by flanges on the internal and
external edges of the shoe, the said flanges being inclined inwardly so that the
grooves or recesses are of a dovetailed shape. The portions of the pads which are
located in the grooves or recesses are made of a corresponding shape so as to prevent
them from becoming displaced or falling out.
The nails for fixing the shoes are driven prior to the application of the india-
rubber or other pads.
In some cases I find it advantageous to form a recess in the solid front part of
the shoe into which a pad of india-rubber or the like can be inserted.
Dated the 18th day of March 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I HARRY GILL BANKS of Glenthorne 143 Croxted Road Dulwich in the County
of Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention being a com-
munication from abroad by Alfred Rospini of No. 10 Via Manzoni Milan in
the Kingdom of Italy Gentleman and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to horse shoes of that class which is provided with pads of
india rubber or other soft or yielding material for the purpose of reducing con-
cussion and affording a firmer foothold.
A horse shoe constructed according to my present invention may be made of
malleable iron or steel and is provided with pads of yielding material preferably of
india rubber. These pads are introduced into grooves or recesses formed by flanges
at the inner and outer edge of the shoe the said flanges being inclined inwardly
so that the grooves or recesses are of a dovetailed shape. The portions of the
pads which are located in the grooves or recesses are made of a corresponding shape
so as to prevent them from being displaced or falling out.
In every case the nails for fixing the shoes are driven through the bottom of the
grooves before the introduction of the india rubber or other pads.
A portion of the front or toe of the shoe is left solid in order to withstand the
blows or shock to which it is subjected or instead of being left solid this part of
the shoe may be lightened by fashioning therein a groove or cavity smaller than
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page_text: the groove for the reception of the india rubber pads. This solid or partly solid
part of the shoe may be shifted to the right or left of the centre as the case may
be to suit the going of the horse.
Fig. 1 is a plan of a shoe constructed according to my invention with a solid
front or toc.
Fig. 2 is a section of the same shoe at the line A. B. a is a groove for the
reception of the india rubber pad b. b. shows the india rubber pad in position cis
the solid front or toe.
Fig. 3 is a plan of a shoe constructed according to my improvements with the toe
or front lightened by the introduction of the groove or cavity d. Similar letters of
reference are applied to similar parts.
The groove or cavity d may be undercut or dovetailed and filled with india-rubber
or other yielding material but is preferably left unfilled as it is found in practice to
become choked with earth or other material of the road and thus a firmer hold is
afforded.
Having now particularly described the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that I do not claim broadly the use of
india-rubber or elastic pads in horse shoes but what I do claim is
First. The improved horse shoe having inclined or dovetailed grooves or recesses
through which the nails are driven and the solid front or toe as hereinbefore
described and shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Secondly. The improved horse shoe having inclined or dovetailed grooves or
recesses through which the nails are driven and the recessed front or toe herein-
before described and shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Dated this Eleventh day of December One thousand eight hundred and
HY. GILLBANKS.