US1374848A - Horseshoe-calk - Google Patents

Description

NESS:

E. T, GOWING.

HORSESHOE CALK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1920.

1,374,848. I Patentd Apr. 12, 1921.

Team/ W INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST GOWING, OF EVANS MILLS, NEW YORK, AS SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 OREN S. PIGKARD, 0F EVANS MILLS, NEW YORK.

fiipecification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Application filed March 20, 1920. Serial No. 367,323.

To all 10 ham it may concern B it known that I, EnNEsr T. GowINo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evans Mills, in the county of Jefierson and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Calks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse/shoes, particularly to horseshoes of the type provided with detachable calks; and has for its object the provision of a single detachable toe calk which is so constructed and mounted upon the shoe as to be strong and rigid owing to the engagement of the shoulders thereon with the body of the shoe, which will be incapable of twisting as the calk is attached at two different points, which will be strong and durable, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horseshoe'equipped with my calk,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken transversely through the calk and forward portion of the shoe, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the calk.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates a horseshoe of the type ordinarily provided with holes B within which are secured the shanks of removable calks. Horseshoes of this type are well known and it is common to provide them with toe calks formed in two sections. The great drawback to this construction has been that the toe calks become twisted or that one may be lost, which will result in throwing the weight of the horse to the side of the foot. 7

In carrying out my invention I provide a toe calk 10 which is formed as an elongated bar, wedge-shaped in cross-section, as shown, and having formed upon its wide edge a pair of shanks 11 which are tapered and which are driven into the holes B at the forward end of the shoe. Around the holes B the shoe is formed with enlargements or my calk it will be seen that the calk 10 being a single integral member cannot twist andit will also be apparent that it will not easily be lost, as even if one end were to become loose the weight upon the shoe would cramp the other end so as to hold the calk sub stantially rigid or at least sufliciently so as to prevent loss. It will therefore be observed that the calk will be strong, especially in View of the fact that the projection 12 engages between the bosses and thus reduces any lateral strain in either direction.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:'

In combination with a horseshoe having its forward portion provided with spaced holes surrounded by bosses arranged in spaced relation and having tapered sides,

of a toe calk formed as an elongated bar between said shanks with a projection engaging against the under side of the shoe between the bosses, the ends of the projection being inchned and conformlngly engag ng the bosses at the confronting portlons thereof.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

ERNEST r eowrNG.

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