US1195210A - Horseshoe - Google Patents

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F. B. 6; F. GROFF.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 9,1913.

1. 1 95m PatehtedAug. 22,1916.

ornron FLOYD B. GEOFF AND FAYETTE GEOFF, OF ST. JOI-INSVILLE, NEW YORK.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed June 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FLOYD B. Gnorr and FAYETTE Gnorr, citizens of the United States, residing at St. J ohnsville, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to new and useful improvements in horse shoes and especially to detachable calks thereof.

The main object of the invention is to produce a horse shoe that may be utilized or employed in both good and bad weather, by the non-use or employment of detachable calks.

A further object of our invention is to produce a shoe that will save expense to the owner, in that it is unnecessary to reshoe a horse, using our improved shoes, at the change of seasons, as is now generally the custom.

A further object of our invention is to produce a. shoe that will prevent undue injury to a horses hoofs, due to reshoeing them too often, made necessary by the employment of the old style of shoes now in use.

The invention therefore consists of certain structural features relating more especially to the heel and toe calks and their combination and arrangement with the shoe, substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention wherein it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made as to the detailed construction and arrangements of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention and in which drawing Figure 1, is an inverted plan view of our horse shoe. Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmental sectional views showing a toe-call: and heelcalk, respectively. Figs. l and 5 are separate or detached perspective views of a toe-calk and a heel-calk, respectively. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a modification of the calks.

In carrying out our invention, we equip the horse-shoe 1, with detachable or removable heel and toe calks, the toe call: being designated as 2, and the heel calks as 3, these Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Serial No. 772,608.

calks each being provided at the upper or attaching end with a plurality of steps, as l and P, the intermediate step d having also upwardly and outwardly flared longitudinal or forward and rearward walls as at 45 said intermediate step being dovetailed in general outline, to guard against vertical displacement or detachment. The shoe 1 is provided with sockets or recesseso in its lower surface, of conforming outline with that of the upper ends of the calks, said sockets or recesses of course being designed to receive said calk upper ends and opening laterally for the suitable insertion or attachment of the calks to the horse shoe, the lateral entrances for the toe-calks being designated as 5.

Th central top or uppermost step 4: of each calk, which has right lined lateral and top walls, serves to centralize the positioning of the calks within their sockets, said top-step it will also be observed is of such cross-section that as it is hammered or driven endwise into position in its receiving groove it will serve as a key by exerting downward pressure upon and thus wedging the other steps of the calk into locked down position in their receiving sockets.

This form or construction of calk, it is ap parent, is readily displaceable, thus providing for the detachment or-removal of the calks when the use of the same may not be required or necessary. Also the calks are readily or quickly applied to the horse-shoe when required for use, as in sleety or icy weather, all being effected without the use of additional or separate fastening, or resorting to the services of a blacksmith.

In the modification as suggested by Fig. 6, is shown a form of calk, as 7 itself employing a removable central step-forming member 8 inserted within a central orifice, or between half-calk-forming members or sections and adapted by reason of its outline to bind against the opposed walls of said sectional-calk-members, and whereby the manufacture or making of the calks is thought to be expedited, said calks being capable of being produced of scrap or waste pieces of metal.

What we claim is:

A horse-shoe equipped with heel and toe calks, said calks having stepped formations at their upper ends, said stepped formations, each forming a dovetailed tenon,itse1f In testimony whereof We afiiX our signacXtended into a relatively reduced rectangn- Lures in presence 01": tWo Witnesses.

lar top step, said horse-shoe being provided FLOYD B GPOFF with corresponding sockets for. the reception FAYETTE E of said dovetailed tenons and their rectangular extensions or steps, said top steps being Witnesses:

adapted to be driven into place and provid- L. BERKMAN, ing for the retention of said calks in place. A. E. S'roRMs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

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