US1019493A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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G. B. KYLE. HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED 1111.3, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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GEORGE B. KYLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed. January 3, 1911. Serial No. 600,402.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. KYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a new and useful horse shoe formed of two sections removably connected, one of said sections carrying calks and independent resilient bearings for each of said calks.

It further consists of a new and useful fastening means for connecting the front of the sections.

It further consists of other novel features of construction all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In thehorse shoes now in use, in which calks are used, it has been found ditiicult to keep the calks in sharpened condition and attempts have been made to provide a cushion for the shoe to render the same easier on the horse. In the shoes heretofore known, as far as I am aware, where the same have been formed of two sections, it has been found difficult to hold the sections firmly with respect to each other especially where the cushion has been placed between the same. My invention is designed to overcome these defects and in the drawings I have shown one embodiment thereof which will operate successfully in practice, but it will be evident that the arrangement of the parts may be varied, other instrumentalities may be employed, and changes may be made in the construction,

and I do not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exact form as herein shown and described, but desire to make such changes as may be necessary.

Figure 1 represents a perspect've view of a horse shoe embodying my invention showing a portion of one of the sections, broken away. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on line 0cw Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view on line y-y Fig. 2. Fig. 4. represents a perspective view of one of the calks employed. Fig. 5 represents bottom plan view of a portion detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a horse shoe embodying my invention and formed of the two sections, 2 and 3. The

which will section 2 in the present instance is the inner, main or permanent section which is adapted to be secured to the hoof of the animal, in any suitable manner, and is provided with a pin 4: preferably at the toe portion thereof, said pin having an elongated head 5 thereon, the inner wall of which is inclined at 6. 7 designates openings formed in the section preferably adjacent the heel portion thereof and at such a point that they will be situated back of the hoof 8 of the animal when the section 2 is secured in position.

The section 3 in the present instance is the removable outer or auxiliary section which is adapted to be removably connected with the other section 2. As here shown the section 8 is provided with an elongated slot 9, preferably at the toe portion, and extending at right angles to the elongated head 5 of the pin 4 when the parts are assembled, said slot being adapted to pass said head when the section 3 is properly placed. Therefore it is understood that, as shown, when it is desired to connect. the sections, the auxiliary section 3 is placed so that the slot 9 will pass the head 5 after which the section 3 is turned on the pin until it coincides with the permanent section 2, that is, until it is in operative position, at which time the wall of the head 5 engages the walls of the slot 9 to lock the toe portions of the sections together. I preferably form the walls of the slot in clined at 10 to form with the inclined walls 6 of the head 5, a wedging action to tightly draw the sections together. The head 5 is preferably formed so that it does not projectbelow the plane of the outer face of the auxiliary section.

11 designates slots formed preferably in the heel portions of the auxiliary section 3, and through which are adapted to pass the headed bolts 12 which also pass through the openings 7 in the section 2 and are engaged by nuts 13 whereby the heel portions of the sections are secured together said bolts and nuts serving as means for securing the sections together at these points.

At suitable points in the section 3, I provide openings 14 the upper portions of which are enlarged to form countersinks 15, a portion of the walls of which are preferably inclined as at- 16.

17 designates removable calks which are freely carried in the openings 14 and which calks are, preferably, enlarged to provide heads 18 thereon a portion of the walls of which, are suitably inclined as at 19, to engage the inclined walls 16 of the counter sink in the section 3, whereby it will beunderstood that the calks can be dropped into the openings let and cannot pass therethrough. In the faces or upper portions of the heads 18, of the calks, I provide seats 20 which are preferably depressed and curved and are adapted to receive and hold the resilient bearings 21. As here shown the bearings are formed of rubber balls, it being noted that these are of suitable size, in order that, when the sections are drawn and locked together, said balls will be suitably compressed and form an independent resilient bearing for each calk. It will be noted that the top of the head 18 of each calk, when in a countersink 15, terminates, or is situated, a slight distance below the plane of the inner face of the section 3, forming a space 22, so that movement of the calks is permitted and thereby the balls 21 serve as resilient bearings for the calks, the effect of which is evident.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A horse shoe formed of a main and an auxiliary section, the main section being adapted to be secured to the hoof, a pin and an elongated slot common to said sections, said pin having an elongated head, and said slot being adapted to pass said head in one position of said auxiliary section and said head engaging the walls of said slot when the auxiliary section is turned to coincide with said main section, and means for securing the heel portions of said sections together.

2. A horse shoe formed of a main and an auxiliary section, the main section being adapted to be secured to the hoof, a pin and an elongated slot common to said sections, said pin having an elongated head, and said slot being adapted to pass said head in one position of said auxiliary section and said head engaging the walls of said slot when the auxiliary section is turned to coincide with said main section, the Walls of said head and said slot being inclined whereby the sections are drawn tightly together at the toe portion, and means for securing the heel portions of said sections together.

GEORGE E. KYLE.

Witnesses:

WM. CANER WVIEDERSEIM, JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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