191 - Jules BARBAIX de BONNINES (baron) (1822 - 1885) [1] [2]

BARBAIX de BOBINNES belonged to the Dutch, later Belgian, noblesse and was residing in Gand.

He had invented a novel horse shoe system for which he had obtained a patent in France on 21 February 1877 [2]. Soon after, on 12 March 1877, he applied in Luxembourg for a corresponding brevet d'importation under the title of:

Sytème de ferrure à glace

(Hufbeschlag mit Eisnägeln)

The introduction to the patent description summarises the invention as follows:

Cette invention a pour objet de permettre de ferrer instantanément à glace les chevaux, sans modifier les fers à cheval actuellement en usage, quel que soit le système de fer. Elle consiste à placer sous le fer à cheval une plaque d'acier dans laquelle sont fixés les clous à glace, et qui est maintenue solidement en place au moyen de vis vissées dans une autre plaque d'acier, interposée et fixée entre le fer et la sole du pied du cheval.

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The patent was granted on ____ 1877.

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191 - Jules BARBAIX de BONNINES (baron) (1822 - 1885) [1] [2]

BARBAIX de BOBINNES belonged to the Dutch, later Belgian, noblesse and was residing in Gand.

He had invented a novel horse shoe system for which he had obtained a patent in France on 21 February 1877 [2]. Soon after, on 12 March 1877, he applied in Luxembourg for a corresponding brevet d'importation under the title of:

[1] FamilySearch database

[2] Wikipedia

[2] FR patent No 117,244

(18/02/2021)