US1206183A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

Description

j. WATSON.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I3. I9I5.

1,206,1 83. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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JAMES WATSON, 0F MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JAMES PULLAR, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Application led December 13, 1915. Serial No. 66,404.

To all 'whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WATSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Manchester, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to horse Vshoes and particularly to horse shoes of cast, malleable metal.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is an underneath plan of a horse shoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken through the shoe; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section thereof upon the line 4-4 of F ig. 1.

Horse shoes as commonly constructed at the present time are hand or drop-forged and are provided with toe calks separately constructed and welded on during the process of manufacture. This renders the shoe expensive to make and involves a number of manipulations. Preferably, but not necessarily, the Vshoe to which my invention is applied is formed at a single operation, the body including the toe calk and the receiving portion for the heel calk being integral and cast of malleable metal. The shoe may be of any suitable metal land may be dropforged or otherwise constructed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I have therein represented the horse shoe as having a toe portion 1 and sides 2, 3. The shoe is provided with a toe calk 4 which, while it may be of any suitable construction, preferably extends entirely across the width of the shoe at the toe thereof and is of substantial width measured in the direction of the length of the shoe, so as to enable the horse to climb hills readily. The toe part of the shoe at the upper side thereof is provided with a toe clip 5. Any suitable' means may be provided for securing the shoe to the hoof of the horse. I have herein represented the shoe as provided with suitable holes 6 for the reception of the usual nails.

At the heel end of the shoe, the sides .2, 3 are inwardly turned toward each other, the

fiat upper faces 7, 8 of the sides 2, 8 being continued inwardly in the same plane as indicated at Qand 10, so as nearly to'meet. This construction is shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 4. Each of the inturned portions 9, 10 is provided with a iange 1l, 12 which extends around three sides of such inward extension. This construction is shown most clearly in Fig. 1. I thus provide a socket integral with the shoe and composed of the two flanges 11, 12 extending, in the preferred construction of the shoe, across the entire width thereof.

I am aware Vthat it has heretofore been proposed to provide heel calks extending across the entire width of the shoe. So .far as I am aware, however, in such cases a separate receptacle or support has been provided to receive the heel calk, the same being secured to the shoe. Such construction is objectionable not only in that it increases the cost of the shoe but adds to the liability of separation of the parts in use.

In my shoe, all parts are integral excepting the heel calk itself, which as stated is inserted in the socket formed by integral portions of the shoe.

The heel calk may be of any suitable material. Herein for the purpose I have represented a strip 13 of leather or other suitable material forming a base or support for the heel calk proper and extending across the entire Vwidth of the shoe in the preferred construction thereof. Upon said base 13, Iposition within the socket the heel calk proper herein represented as composed of a number of strips 14 of canvas or other suitable material which, if desired, may be impregnated with rubber or rubber-bearing material.

The said strips are secured in very close contact witheach other and are tightly gripped by the ianges 11, 12, which thus surround them upon all sides. It is not essential that the leather or other strip be employed as the strips 14 might rest directly upon the material of the shoe itself. Preferably, however,

DI employ the base 13, so as to provide a continuous support for the strips 14 throughout the width of the shoe.

The heel pad thus provided keeps the horse from slipping particularly when going down hill and insures a perfect safeguard in this respect. Y

It will be observed that in my construction it is Yunnecessary to provide lugs, pins or other parts extending transversely into or through the calk material of the heel, the calk material being tightly gripped and positioned by the surrounding flanges 11, 12. The shoe is so cast or constructed that the sides 2, 3 not only resist strain tending to separate them but they actually tend to compress by inivard stress the strips of calk material 14. This inward stress is substantially counterbalanced by the resistance aorded by said calk material 14, and hence an evenly balanced construction results. Moreover the calk material 14 is thoroughly protected by the surrounding flanges 11, 12. For best results the calk material 14k should extend slightly or for a sufficient extent beyond the lower edges of said flanges 11, 12, so that the said flanges themselves Will not Contact with the pavement or road even after long continued use of the shoe.

lt will be observed that they shoe is exceedingly simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture. lt is, however, extremely strong and endurinO.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment ofl my invention, l desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

Claims:

l. A horse shoe constructed of a single piece of metal and having a toe calk, the sides of the shoe having their heel extremities provided With inwardly turned extensions integral therewith and terminating in proximity to each other, each of said extensions having spaced, substantially parallel, side flanges extending transversely of the shoe and terminating in proximity to each other, each also having an outer flange extending along the side thereof, thereby to provide two open ended, calli-receiving sockets at the heel end only of the shoe and calk material extending from side to side of the shoe, supported in said sockets and confined therein by said flanges.

2. A horse shoe having a metallic toe calk integral With the body, each of the sides having inwardly turned extensions integral with the heel portions of said sides, each of said extensions comprising base portions 9, l0 and a flange normal to the adjacent base portion, each of said flanges extending about three sides of the adjacent base portion, thereby to provide tWo open-ended receiving sockets facing each other, the flanges of said base portions extending into proximity to each other and together With said base portions being integral With the body of the shoe, and strips of calk material inserted edgeWise in said sockets and extending transversely Vof and being of substantially the full width of said shoe, said sides of the shoe being initially formed and positioned to cause the portions of the said flanges forming the outer ends of said receiving sockets to compress by inward stress said strips of calk material, the resistance of said strips effecting an evenlyT balanced construction.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES WA'rsON.

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