US1316571A - Planogbapm co - Google Patents

Description

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.I7, |917.

Patented Sept. 23

1919. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

T. E. GIBBS.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED I\ue.I1. is-I'I.

PatentedSept. 23, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

:UNITED STATES PATENT OFFRE...

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npgncationmea Agust 17,1917. serial No. 186,761.

new and useful' Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This 'invention relates to improvements Ain horseshoes, andthe objects ofthe invention are to facilitate giving to the. shoe the desired amount of cushioning best adapted to suit the well working of a horse, to permit Aof the cushion pad being readily removed and replaced to`suit the"conditions of the work which the horse is performing, to preform of' shoe in use, Vto obviate slipping and generally to adapt the shoe to better perform the functions required` of it.

With the aboye'and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and' set forth in the following specification and drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View ofthe under side of an improved form of horseshoe.

Fig. Qis a longitudinal section ofk the same. 1

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. i Fig. 41 is a perspective viewl of thewbase plate carrying'the heel calks and also the pad or cushion. j

Fig. 5 is aplan View of the under side of light draft form of shoe provided with the improved pad` or cushion."

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the Same.

Fig. 7 is a plan view 0f the under side of a light draft form of shoe showing a revolving pad mounted' thereon.

iice'l?) therethrough, while the rear ends of the shoe are provided with orifices 14, the object of which will be made clear hereinafter. Operatively mounted on the rearof the shoe A is a rubber or like pad B carried by "a base plate 15, which is provided on its upper face with a cylindrical boss 16 adapted` to embrace the boss 12 on the plate 11 and an orifice 17 extends through the plate 15 to permit of the screw 18 being threaded into, the orifice 13, so holding the plate 15 in assembled position with the shoe A.

rEhe plate 15 is provided on its under face with an annular flange 19"eoncentrically arrangedaround the orifice 17, and adjacent to this flange a pair oforifices 2O are provided so that the rubber forming the pad B and which is molded laround the plate 15 will pass through these orifices 20, and so connect that part of the rubber' located between the plates 15 and 11, with that part which is located below the plate 15 Vthus making the pfad B homogeneous throughout. The pad B` isformed with a pocket 9 which surrounds the annular flangeA 19.

On the ends of the plate 15 a pair of calks 21 are secured having projections 22 designed to engage with the orifices 14 in the `shoe A, while the points of the calks extend just beyond the face of the pad B, so that the cal'ks are protected and the horse is not likely to calk itself when working.

When pressure is brought to bear on the shoe, namely when the shoe is on the ground, the pad B will become compressed and the calks 2l will thus be able to engage with the surface of the road, and so perform the functions usually performed by the calks at present used on horseshoes` Referring now to that form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 and (i, A1 represents a shoe provided with renewable` toe calks 28 of the usual type used on buggy or carriage horses. Therear of the shoe is provided with an integral plate 24, which is provided intermediate of its length with a boss 25 having a threaded orifice 26 therethrough, the said boss'being embraced by the cylindrical boss 27 formed on the upper face of the base plate 28, which is embedded in thrubber or like material forming the pad i. i i

The plate 28 is provided with a plurality of orifices 29 and is furtherprovided on its lower face with an annular flange() concentricallyarranged around the orifice 31 which extends through the plate 28 and so permits of the screw 32 being threaded into the oritice 26 to thus hold the plate and rubber pad B in assembled position on the shoe.

The pad B is thus formed with a pocket 8 surrounding the annular flange 30. 4By providing the orifices 29, the rubber molded on the plate 28 is uniformly connected both above and below the same, so lthat there is no liability of the rubber breaking when the shoe is in use.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, the shoe A2 is provided with the usual toe calks 33 and is formed with the transversely extending plate 34C formed integral with the rear end of the shoe.

This plate is provided intermediate of its length with the boss 35 having a threaded orifice 36 therethrough, which boss is designed to be embraced by the cylindrical boss 37 carried by the plate 38. This plate is provided on its lower face with an annular flange 39 concentrically arranged around the screw 10, which is threaded int-o the orifice 36 to hold the plate 38 and rubber pad B2 in position.

The plate 38 is embedded in rubber forming the pad B2, which is molded or otherwise secured therearound, and the pad B2 and plate 38 are capable of revolving, the

' pad being provided with a concentric pocket 7 `surrounding the annular flange 39. The assembling of the several parts will be readily understood from the foregoing description.

When a shoe such as is illustrated in Figs.

1 4 is in use the pad B and plate 15 embedded therein are secured to the shoe by means of the screw 18, and when pressure is brought to bear upon the pad B, the desired yield is given and the cushioning effect is thus transmitted to the shoe.

During this compression of the rubber B forming the pad, the calks 21 engage the surface of the road thus performing the functions usually performed by calks at present in use, but eliminating any possibility of calking of the horse taking place. The pocket 9 when the pad is compressed will give an excellent grip on the road owing to the fact that a partial vacuum will be formed therein and thus slipping will be almost entirely eliminated.

In replacing lthe pad it is only necessary to enter the projections 22 into the orifices 14, whereupon the cylindrical boss 16 will embrace the boss 12 of the plate 11, and on threading the screw 18 into the orifice 13 the pad will thus be secured in the desired assembled position'with the shoe.

by re-threading the screw 32 in the ori'ce 26.` The pocket 8 in the pad'B will perkform the functions above described with respect to the pad B.

i Referring now to that form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, the pad B2 has, like the othersabove described, the desired resiliency which givesto fthe shoe the cushioning eifect when pressure is brought to bear upon the said pad.

The pad B2 and plate 38 may be removed by removing the screw 40, and the new pad and plate mounted on the shoe A2 by threading the screw 40 in the orifice 36.

In this form of the invention, however, the pad B2 andplate 38 can be rotatedin a horizontal plane so that should there be any tendency of the pad to wear unduly on one side, this is readily rectified by Vrotating the pad into a new position, so that a uniform Y fication anddrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What 1 claim as my invention is:

1. A pad for horseshoes comprising a cupshaped member having an annular flange extending around the base thereof, a base plate, resilient material molded around the base-plateto form a pad, and a pocket in the under face ofthe said material, said flange being closely surroundedby said material, and the walls of said pocket fitting snugly around said cup member, the cup being lower than the material and being secured to the base plate. Y

2. The .device of claim 1with diametrical extensions on-the flange and calks carried by the extremities thereof. i

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Y 1 THOMAS EDWARD GIBBS.

Vitnesses:

` HOWARD C. INGRAM, r

JULIAN-S. MARQUIS.

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