US1027410A

US1027410A - Horseshoe.

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Publication number: US1027410A
Application number: US64194811A
Authority: US
Inventors: William M Fletcher
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-08-02
Filing date: 1911-08-02
Publication date: 1912-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 1929-05-28

Description

W- M. FLETCHER.

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' Patented May 28,1912.

A To all whom it may concern:

WILLIAM iv FLETCHER, or IBINGRI-IAMTON, NEW YORK.

'Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. FLETCII ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of horseshoes which are provided with detachable calks having shanks which fit into apertures in the shoe proper.

In horseshoes of this class it has been customary heretofore to have the parts which secure the calks to the shoe project and I have found in practice. that such projecting parts are apt tobe broken when the horse is .tramping over rough pavements or else bent so as to make it difficult to remove and replace the calks when these are worn out. n

The object of my invention is to overcome this difficulty by so constructing the members which hold the calks in place that these members shall not project beyond the shoe, and by providing guards for protecting and partly inclosing the means which keep the said members from slipping out of their normal places.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification in which Flgure 1 is a bottom view of a horseshoe constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and looking inv the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 3 is an elevation looking from the toe of the'shoe, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view showing a modified form of heel calk.

In the drawings, the body A of thehorse-v shoe is provided with suitably arranged vertical holes B B for'receiving the shanks C C of the calks D D, these shanks and the holes for the same being preferably oblongin section. The shoe is also provided with horizontal Miles E E passing through the walls of the shoe on opposite sides of each of the vertical holes B B, these horizontal holes being preferably round in section and of uniform diameter. I also provide holes F F in each calk, these holes corresponding in diameter to the holes E E in the shoe and being so placed as toaline or.

H v Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May Application fi1ed August 2,1911. Serial No. 641,948.

register with the holes E E whenthe calks are slipped into their normal places. Tubular fastening pins G G are slipped through these alined holes E F E and E F E,

these pins being preferably of steel and not long enough to project beyond the edge of the shoe at each end. Through the bore of proach close to each other within the bore of the tubular pin.

It will readily be seen that by my construction the retaining members H H are protected against mechanical injury by being run in the grooves and that the tubular fasteningpins themselves are entirely inclosed within the shoe and calk, thereby protecting them from injury. When it is desired to replace the calk, the wires H II can easily be pried out with any sharp tool, thereby releasing the pins G G which can then be driven out with a nail.

For heel calks I have found a single such through the single calk as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to cover by Let'- ters Patent is 1. A horseshoe including a shoe body pro vided with a vertical perforation and with horizontal perforations opening into the vertical perforation; a calk having a shank to fit the vertical perforation, said shank having a perforation alining with the horizontal perforations when the shank is positioned in the aforesaid vertical perforation;

a tubular pin passing through the alined openings in the shank stern and'shoe body and a retaining member passing through the tubular pin and around an adjoining part of the shoe body to hold the said tubular pin in place. i

2. A horseshoe including a shoe body provided with a Vertical perforation and with horizontal perforations opening into the vertical perforation; a calk having a shank to fit the vertical perforation, said shank having a perforation alining with the horizontal perforations when the shank is positioned in the aforesaid vertical perforation;

a tubular pin passing through the alined In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set openings in the shank stem and shoe body; my hand, this 18th day of July A. D. 1911, 10 and a retaining member passing through the 1n the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

tubular pin and around an adjoining part of the shoe body to hold the said tubular pin WVILLIAMM' FLETCHER in place, there being grooves in the shoe Witnesses: body to receive the retaining member so as ARTHUR J. RULAND,

to protect it from injury. J. F. LOUGHLIN.

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

. Washington, D. G.