Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
RESERV
I WILLIAM ALFRED DUNN of 29 Waterloo Bridge Road Southwark in the
County of Surrey Coachman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is the construction of shoes for horses and other
draught animals which shall give a better hold or grip on wet and slippery roads and
shall at the same time reduce concussion and so remove an important factor in the
cause of lameness.
To attain the object of my invention I construct my improved shoe as follows:-I
make the shoe of the ordinary shape but I form a channel on the under side of it
throughout nearly the whole sweep of the shoe. In this channel I vulcanize a block
of rubber or analogous substance. I make the metal part of the shoe as light as is
consistent with the rigidity and stiffness of the shoe and I allow the rubber filling to
stand proud of the face of the shoe. Suitable holes are provided through both the
rubber and metal part of the shoe for the fixing nails to pass.
I prefer to make the channel to hold the rubber of a slightly narrower width at the top
than at the bottom so as to provide a better support for the rubber; this I find can be
conveniently done by closing in the side walls of the hollow shoe after the rubber
block is in place.
I sometimes find it convenient to corrugate or flute the sides of the channel in the
shoe to afford a better support for the rubber, and grip for the shoe.
I am aware that rubber pads have already been used to prevent horses slipping but
their use is attended with many disadvantages.
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1004
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
70, Chancery Lane, London W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Draught Animals.
I WILLIAM ALFRED DUNN of 29 Waterloo Bridge Road, Southwark, in the county
of Surrey, Coachman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
The object of my invention is the construction of shoes for horses and other draught
animals, which shall give a better hold or grip on wet and slippery roads, and shall at
the same time reduce concussion, and so remove an important factor in the cause of
lameness.
To attain the object of my invention I construct my improved shoe as follows:-I
make the shoe of the ordinary shape, and in the under-side of it, that is, in the part
that comes in contact with the ground I form a groove or channel throughout nearly
the whole sweep of the shoe. In this groove or channel I vulcanize a block of, rubber
or analogous substance.
I make the metal frame of the shoe as light as is consistent with the rigidity and
stiffness of the shoe, and I allow the rubber block to stand proud of the metallic
frame to the extent of an eighth of an inch or thereabouts. Suitable holes are
provided through both the rubber and metal frame of the shoe for the fixing nails
to pass.
I sometimes corrugate or flute the sides of the channel in the shoe to afford a
better support for the rubber, and grip for the shoe.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will more particularly describe
it with the aid of the accompanying drawing, throughout the several views of which
similar parts are marked with like letters of reference..
Figure 1 is view showing the underside of the shoe, Figure 2 is a view showing
section on line x, x, Figure 3 is a view on an enlarged scale showing a section
on line y, y; and Figure 4 is a view on an enlarged scale showing a section on
line z, z.
Referring to these figures ;-A-designates the metal frame of the shoe, having a
channel or groove formed in its underside, into which is vulcanized a block of rubber
or analogous substance, B. This block stands proud of the face of the metallic frame
of the shoe, so that coming into contact with the ground first, it breaks the concussion,
and also prevents the animal slipping. Suitable holes a, a, etc., are formed through
both the rubber and metal frame of the shoe for the fixing nails to pass through.
I sometimes make the sides of the groove or channel in the metal frame of the shoe
corrugated or fluted in the vertical plane to afford a better support for the rubber, and
to give the shoe a better grip on the road.
I am aware that shoes for horses have already been made with grooves or recesses
to receive blocks of rubber or analogous material, but in such shoes the rubber or
analogous material has always been fixed in the grooves or recesses in the shoes after

page_text: the shoes have been fitted to the horses feet, for the reason that hitherto it has been
deemed indispensable to heat the shoes in order to fit them, and consequently the
rubber blocks could not be fixed until after the shoes had been fitted. The blocks of
rubber have hitherto been fixed to the shoes in many ways; for instance, by passing
the fixing nails through them, by closing in the sides of the shoes, and by cementing
them into the recesses or grooves.
Now according to my invention the metal frame of the shoe is made so light that it
can easily and readily be fitted to the horses foot without heating it, and therefore I
vulcanize the block of rubber into the recess or groove of the shoe at the time it is
made, and thus the shoe is complete and ready for fixing when purchased, while the
rubber block is so firmly secured as to be practically in one solid piece with the metal
frame. The block of rubber may be vulcanized into the groove of the shoe either at
the bottom or sides thereof, but preferably at the side, or sides, so that the rubber will
remain soft throughout its whole depth.
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. A shoe for horses and other draught animals, formed with a groove or channel
in its bearing and wearing face, with plain, corrugated, or fluted sides, and having a
block of india-rubber, or analogous substance, vulcanized in the said groove or channel,
so as to form one solid piece with the metal frame of the shoe, as and for the purpose
hereinbefore set forth.
2. In a horse shoe the combination of the rubber block provided with holes for the
fixing nails, and the metal frame of the shoe provided with a channel or groove to
receive the rubber block, which is vulcanized therein, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
3. In a horse shoe formed of a combination of rubber and iron, or other metal, as
illustrated by the accompanying drawing, fixing the rubber to the metal by vulcanizing
it thereto by its vertical faces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dadth: 20th of T 1007
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.