US1144790A - Horseshoe toe-calk. - Google Patents

Description

G. ROBINS.

HORSESHOE TOE CALK.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZL 1915.

' 1,144,790. Patented June 29, 1915.

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HonsnsHoE TOE-CALK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

AppIication filed March 27, 1915. Serial N 0. 17,488.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen ROBINS, a

citizen of theUnited States, residing at. tate Jackson, in the county of Jackson and I of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Toe-1 Calks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings. y I

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements intoe calks for horse shoes and as its principal object aims toprovide a device of this character which is simple in construction and isso designed that it will be durable in service, being capable of withstanding any strain to which it may be subjected,

A further and more specific object of. the

invention is to provide a toe calk which is accompanied by a holder wherein it is removably seated and by means of which it be easily and quickly applied to or removed from the toeportion of the shoe.

Another object ofzthe invention is to so arrange the holder that it may be readily applied to the shoe, without: requiring any material changes in the constructionthereof, it being only necessary to drill three threaded bores in the toe portion of the shoe.

The above, and other incidental objects of asimilar nature, which willfbe hereinafter more specifically treated] are accomplished by such means as, are illustratedin the ac companying drawings, described in the following specilicat-ion, andlthenmore particularly pointed out in the claims whichar'e appended hereto and form part of this application.

With reference 'to' the wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views. of which similar reference. numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a bottom face view of the toe portion of a shoe equipped with the improved toe calk; Fig. 2-is a section on the'line22, of Fig. 1;.l1ig. 3 is a detail perspective viewof the co-acting clip membersin disassembled relation to each other; Fig. 4 is a detail perholder. It will be noted that the fin is relatively thin, as compared to the member 11 and that the longitudinal edge portions of the adjacent face of this member constitute shoulders which are adapted to bear against the lower edges of the holder 11. This holder consists of a pair of co-acting' clips or-jaws 13 and 14:. The member 13 which is shown in detail inFig. 8 includes a body 7 portion 15 which is adapted to bear against the lower face of the shoe, an upstanding flange 16, and a pair of laterally extending lips 17, The flange 16 is longitudinally curved and isadapted to bear against the curved edge of the portion of the shoe, while the lips 17 are adapted to bear upon the upper face of the shoe on opposite sides of the tip 18 thereof. The terminals of the f body plate 15 are provided with apertured. lugs 19 through which screws 20 pass into,

the threaded bores 21 formed in the shoe. An aperture 22 is also formed in the body plate 15 to receive the screw 23 which is threaded into a receiving bore formed in the shoe. Depending from the lower face of the body plate 15, isa socketplate 24lwhich is three-sided, being'open inthe rear. The front wall of the socket plate is provided with three spaced apertures 25, 26 and 27 The clip .14: includes a channel-shaped body portion 28 which is adapted to embrace the inneredge of the toe portion of the shoe and a socket plate 29 which is Patented June 29, 1915.,

adapted to close the rear side of the socket plate 24, as shown in Fig. 1.

When thetoe piece 10 is to be attached to the Slice, the clip 13 is first applied inner face of the shoe and the flange 16 7 against the outer edge thereof; 'The fin 12 of the toe piece is then inserted in the socket plate 24 and the socket plate 29 is applied.

A pair of screws 30 and 31 are then passed through the openings and 27, through the fin and into the threaded bores 82 and 33 of the plate 2-9: It will be; seen that these screws serve not only to hold the fin ithin the socket formed by the" members 2& and 29, but that they also serveto hold the channel-shaped body portion in proper engage ment with the shoe. An additional screw 34 may be tihreaded' thronghthe bore 2'6 of the 24 into the central threaded bore 35" o't the fin From the foragin description and upon reference to the drawings, it will now be seen that the toec'alk is'of relatively simple design and that it is adapted for speedy appli'c'a'tio'n to or removal from the horse shoe.

It win the be thee-ted that the only.

necessary in the conventional horseshoe is to provide the same 'W1th three threaded, bores.

If desired, the modified form of toe piece shown in Fig S may be substituted for the inr'ii 10. This,modified toe piece consi'sts in a rectangular plate ofsteel or similar' nfietal which is' provided With a centrally located threaded opening 36 and the terminally disposed apertures 37 and 38. lhe apertures 38am adapted to receive the scre s 30 and 31, while the threaded- 36 is adapted to receive the screw 3 L; The lovve'r edge of the modified toe piece is chamfer'ed, producing a sharp cut ting edge shown in Fig; 5. I I p It is new to be noted that the holder, consi'sting of. the tvvo c'o-acting clips ld'and 14:

maybe employed with equal ehicienc'y in holding either 1306 piece of the ty eshovvn ihFig. 4 or of the type shown in Fig.5. The first; mentioned toe piece is designed for =use, tinder ordinary conditions, While the seond i'nentioned toe piece is adapted particularly for use on extremely slippery surfaces,as when a, sheet of glass forms on a road or street; following ,a rain.

rednction to practiceit has been found that the forth of thisinvention illustrated in the draivings, and referred to in the above description as the preferred embodiment, is the night eflicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent With the adoption of this device Will necessarily vary, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that varioiis minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required. Withoiit sacrificing any of the advantages of tening devices passing through the socket plates and fin for securing the fin in position for connecting the socket plates.

2. A toe calk for horse shoes including a toe member and a holder for adjustablysecuring the toe; member to the horse shoe, said holder including apair of co-ac'ting clip members, one of said clip members being adapted" to em'b'ra-ce the outer edgeof the slice, the other of said clips being adapted to embrace the: inner edge of said shoe, a sub-- stantially U-shaped socket plate. depending from the first clip, and a straight socket plate depending from the second clip, said socket clips being adapted to mate, forming rectangular socket adapted to receive the toe member, and fastening members passing through the socket plates and toe member; for detachably securing the toe member thereto and for connecting the socket plates. I

3. AQtoe calk for-horse shoes; includin a pair of co-acting clips adapted to embrace the toeportion of a horseshoe, mating socket plates depending from the clips one of said socket plates being substantially U shaped nd th tther of said sochet lates being fiat being disposed between the end Walls of the U-shaped socket plate to de fine in connection therewith a substantially U-shap'ed socket, a fin inserted in the socket,

socket plates and fin.

Y A toe call for horse shoes including a pair otco-ac'ting' clipsfwhieh embrace the toe portion of a horse shoe, a substantially U-shap'ed socket plate the e ding from that clip ax hi'ch embraces the r al-ward edge ot the vand fastening devices" passing'through the shoe, a lane achet platedependingfrom that clip vvhi fih embrac'e's the rear edge of the toe' ortioh of the shoe, said second socket plate being disposed between the side walls of thefi st mention d socket plate,

rear ivardly extending lugs formed onthe first mentioned lip, and faste in devices for securing said lugs to the shoe,the bottom portion t the second mentioned clip engaging atits terminals against said lugs, whereby itishfe'ld against transverse movement pt-n the Shea 5. A toecalk for horseshoes including pair of co-acting clips adapted to embrace the toe pertiqh 0f the horse shoe, mating socket plates de endin from the clips, said 7 socket, a toe member, a longitudinal fin risplates defining a substantially rectangular for securing the same against withdrawal from the socket. In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ROBINS.

10 ing from the toe member, said fin being disposed within said socket, the lower edges of the plates defining said socket being disposed to rest upon the upper face of the toe member, and fastening devices passing through a wall of the socket and into the fin Witnesses LEO HORNE, CASPER HAELUGLE.

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