US2043359A

US2043359A - Horseshoe

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Publication number: US2043359A
Application number: US21145A
Authority: US
Inventors: Swanstrom Otto
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-05-13
Filing date: 1935-05-13
Publication date: 1936-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 1953-06-09

Description

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HORSESHOE Filed May 13, 1935 2 SheeLS-Sheeb 1 www, fm@ fd@ Jun@ y l o. SWANSTRQM Mafia I HORSESHOE Filed May 15, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented June 9, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

My invention has for its object the provision of a resilient horseshoe of rubber or other suitable material in which is embedded a horseshoe shaped metal reinforcing plate having striking lugs extending outwardly Vthrough the body to facilitate the bending of the reinforcing plate to adjust the heel portions of the shoe toward or from each other to fit different shaped hoofs.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following specification.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and dened in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the improved horseshoe;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with some parts broken away and sectioned;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved horseshoe with some parts broken away and sectioned;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the improved horseshoe; and

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are detail views in section taken on the linesl 5 5, 6 6, 1 1, 8 8, and 9 9 of Fig. 2.

The improved horseshoe includes a resilient body I0, preferably of rubber, but may be of any other suitable resilient material, and a horseshoe shaped metal reinforcing plate II embedded in said body or, in other words, the body I0 is molded around the reinforcing plate Il. This reinforcing plate II is relatively thin, in respect to the thickness of the body Ill, is of substantially a constant width, and is positioned in the body I0 close to the upper surface thereof so that there is only a relatively thin thickness of rubber on the upper face of said plate.

Formed with the toe portion of the reinforcing plate II is a plurality of relatively large holes I2 and in each end portion of said plate is a like hole I3. The holes I2 are, as shown, five in number and one thereof is directly back of the upstanding clip I4 on the toe of the reinforcing plate Il and two on each side thereof. These holes I2 and I3 are filled with rubber at the time the body I0 is molded and said rubber forms a bond between the sections of the rubber above and below the reinforcing plate I I and also materially assist in holding said plate against strain to shift edgewise in the body Ill. The clip I4 is also faced with rubber within which it is molded.

Formed in each wing of the body I0 and the reinforcing plate II is a series of nail holes I5. The sections of the nail holes I5 in the body Ill extend inwardly from each face of said body and terminate short of the faces of the reinforcing plate II. During the molding of the body I8 around the reinforcing plate II the nail holes in said plate are filled with rubber and it will thus be seen that the metal reinforcing plate II, at the nail holes I5, is covered with rubber and 10 thereby'protected from rust up to the time the shoe is placed on a horses hoof and at which time nails are driven through the rubber filling the intermediate portions of the nail holes I5.

The sections of the nail holes I5 in the tread l5 side of the body Ill are shaped to receive the heads of the nails, not shown. Each wing of the body I0 is recessed at the respective series of nail holes I5, as indicated at IB, to materially reduce the thickness of the body I0 under the reinforcing plate Il and surrounding the nail holes I5. The tread face of the body I0 is ila-t and continuous from the toe to the heel of each wing and the thickness of the body I0 below the reinforcing plate I I is progressively decreased from the heel of each -wlng to the toe to tilt the hoof-engaging surface of the body I0 and give the same the proper pitch.

Formed with the inner edge of each wing of the reinforcing plate Il is a striking lug I'I and a like lug I8 is formed with the outer edge of the respective wing. These striking lugs I'I and I8 are located on the heel porti-on of the reinforcing plate II with the lugs I8 rearwardly of the lugs I1, see Fig. 2. Said lugs I'I and I8 extend outwardly through the body I8 and their outer ends are exposed and flush with the respective surfaces of the body I0.

The purpose of the lugs I1 and I8, which is the primary object of this invention, is to afford striking surfaces which may be struck with a hammer or otherwise to cold bend the reinforcing plate I I and adjust the heel portions thereof toward or from each other to nt the body I8 to a hoof. To facilitate the bending of the reinforcing 45 plate I I each of its wings is weakened on the respective side of the toe of the shoe by forming in the outer edge of the respective wing a long notch I9. Back of each notch I9 are two of the holes I2 which facilitate the bending of the reinforcing 50 plate II at the respective point. Obviously, the notches I9 determine the bending points of the reinforcing plate II.

The lugs I1 and I8 afford rigid contact points for the jaws of a vice or an anvil when bending 55 the reinforcing plate Il, if found necessary to use the same.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 9 it will be noted that the curve of the toe portion of the body ID l is flattened to increase the thickness of the wearing surface of the body I between the recesses I6 and on each side of the toe, as indicated at 20. This wearing surface extends substantially straight from the tread surface of the body l0 to the tops of the recesses I6 and from there are tapered to the hoof-engaging surface of the body l0.

The drawings illustrate a commercial form of the invention, but it wil be understood that the same is capable of certain modications as to details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed.

What I claim is:

l. A horseshoe, the body of which is formed from resilient material, a horseshoe shaped metal reinforcing plate embedded in the body; and striking lugs on at least one of the edges of the reinforcing plate at the heel portions thereof and extending outwardly through the body, the ends of the striking lugs being substantially flush with the respective surfaces ofthe body.

2. A horseshoe, the body of which is formed from resilent material, a horseshoe-shaped metal reinforcing plate embedded in the body, and striking lugs on the inner and outer edges of the reinforcing plate at the heel portions thereof and extending outwardly through the body, the ends of the striking lugs being substantially flush with the respective surfaces of the body.

3. The structure dened in claim 2 in which the striking lugs on each heel portion of the reinforcing plate are positioned, the one in advance of the other.

4. The structure defined in claim l in which the reinforcing plate at its outer edge portion on each side of its toe is provided with a long notch to dene the bending point of the respective Wing of the reinforcing plate in adjusting its heel portion toward or from the other wing of said plate, said reinforcing plate having transverse holes inwardly of its notches through which the body material extends.

5. A horseshoe, the body of which is formed from resilient material, and a horseshoe shaped metal reinforcing plate embedded in said body, said plate being relatively thin in respect to the thickness of the body and with its upper face close to the upper face of the body, each wing of the body and the reinforcing plate having a series of nail holes, the body at each series of nail holes being recessed to reduce the thickness of the body material under the reinforcing plate, the tread of the body being substantially flat and continuous from the toe to the heel of each wing, the curve of the outer surface of the toe portion of the body between the recesses being attened to progressively increase the transverse thickness of the wearing surface of the body on each side of the toe.

6. A horseshoe, the body of which is formed from a resilient material, a horseshoe-shaped metal reinforcing plate secured to said body with its edges covered thereby, and striking lugs on said edges extending outwardly through the body with their ends substantially flush with the respective surfaces of the body.

OTTO SWANSTROM.