US1032552A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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E. LEWIS & G. .BROADHURS'L HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION 'FILED PBB.13,1911.

Patented July 16, 191:2.

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.nLIAsLEWIs Ann GEORGE -BnoAnHURs'rQ or Tuinen HAUTE, INDIANA.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we', ELIAS Lnwrs and GEORGE BuoAnHURs'r', citizens of the United States', and residing at Terre- Hafute, inthe county of Vigo' and State of Indiana,A have invented a new and Improvedl Horseshoe7V of which the following is a specification.

Our invention, which relates to improvements in horse shoes, morevparticularly has for its object'to provide a simple and economical construction of the toe and calk por- -tions'of the shoe and our said invention consists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement of the parts hereinafter de,-

scribed, specifically pointed outvin the ape pended claim and illust-rated 'i'nv lthe accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1is a perspective view-of a horse shoe that embodies our invention. an inverted plan view of the front. endof the shoe with the toe calli* member applied. Fig'. 3, is a transverse section thereof nn the line 3-3 on Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a, longitudinal section of the toe ca'lk and' the shoe taken on the line .lf-eon Fig.-3. Fig. 5,' is 'a perspective view or" the toe end of the shoe with the oalk removed 'and formed with the preferred formof saddle lug. Fig. 6, is a pervspective view of one of the heel ends ofthe shoe. Fig. 7 is a similar'view of one form of the heel calks. Fig. 8,. is a perspective in section and Fig. 9,

view of a modified form of toe-calk, partly is asimilar view of a shallowor bluntcalk. 1 l v The'horse shoe body E llis of the conventional form and at the toe and heel ends it has lugs for receiving the calk members ywhich aredetachab'ly secured and in such manner that when worn they may be readily removed and replaced by' new ones.

As is best shown in Figs. 2,3 and el, the toe end of the shoe has a lug-A integral with the shoe body that extends transversely' and nearly the full width ofthe said toe end of the shoe and in the preferred construction the loweredge has a Vshaped groove a. that forms a saddle seat for the correspond-- ingly shaped bearing portion l) of the toe calk D as is best shown in Fig. 3. The toe calk l) is'ot a size to extend'over the full length of the lugA and at the opposite sides .it is longitudinally recessed as at (Z-cl whereby to form side l'lauges or bars d2 and the lower edges of the said recesses taper up-.

wardly as at (Z3 andmerge at o to form th l V shaped bearing lportion 'of the calk that.

l l Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 2, is

Patented July 16, 1912. V Application f iled February 13.1911. Serial No. '608,188.

-rests in the saddle seat or groove a in the toe lug, and d5 indicates the-longitudinal socket in the calk tor receiving the lug A and with the said Asockets Z5 the side recesses d-d communicate .to provide a transverse pasvturned over ends of the pins which can bethen readily punched out of the lugs.

The' heel calks D are constructed like the toe calks, and tne heel lugs A are also-alike thedugs A except theyhave but a single locking aperture,'see Figs'. (l, and 7.

Instead of forming the calk members with the V shaped bearing, portions they may be formed with the saddle seats as indicated by ZG on Fig. 7. W'hen thus formed, the lugs A-,4A- on the shoe vare Correspondinglyv shaped to fit into the said sea-ts (ZU.

The calks may be made with sharp edges' as in Fig. 3 tor winter use and instead of making high calks they may be ot a shallow depthandv very blunt tread face as isshown' in Fig. 9.

From theforegoing taken in connection with the drawing thel complete construction of our improved horse shoe and the advan tage thereof will be readily apparent.

By reason of the manner in which the calksy are attached to the shoe body, as shown and described, the said calks can be readily r-emoved and replaced at any time or place, where or` when it becomes necessary, thereby making it possible for a set of slices to last much longer, reducing the shoeing exj pense to the minimum, as well as relieving the horses foot of the danger of injury, in ci` dent to too frequent removal and replacing of the shoes.

What we claim is: i

'As an improvement in horse shoes; the shoe body having a pendent and transversely apertured lug, the lower edge of which has a V-shaped hearing, a calk having a ylongitudinal .socket whereby to lit lover the shoe lug. the base of the said socket having a V- shape' whereby to engage the V-hearing on the lug, the upper end ot' the said calli having-'poljtions 'fo-ratwise enaging and being bendable upv vertile upper bear? the shoebody at each side of' the lug, the' ing portions of the calli.

" sai'dealk having elongated-slots in its sides 'ELIAS LEWIS v I lthat, open into the aforesaid longitudinal GEORGE BROADHURST.` 5"socket-,=and tiexible pins foi' .engaging the `Witnessesz v apertures inthe lugfhe ends ofv the Said DANIEL V. MILLER,

Vpins extending tin'ongh theslots in thecalk 1rELLIE GARDNER.

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