US347821A - Hoof-pad - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. MULLOY.

HOOP PAD. No. 347,821. Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM MULLOY, OF GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HOOF-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,821, dated August 24, 1886.

Application filed November 19, 1885. Serial No.183,309. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MULLOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great Falls, in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moisture or Pressure Pads for Horses Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as willeuable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuies of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices to prevent snow from accumulating on the under side of a horses hoof; and it con sists in the novel construction and arrangement ofa pair of plates pi voted to one another, and provided with a securing-flange and an expansion device, preferably a spring the ends of which are secured to each plate, which serves to force the flanges beneath the shoe and secure the plate thereto, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 is a bottom view of a horses shoe, showing my device applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the same, taken in the course of the dotted line a: a: on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the plate detached from the shoe, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the hook.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the plate, which consists of two halves, aa, which are constructed to conform to the inside curve of the horseshoe. These plates are each provided with an outer flange, b b, and are pivoted at their forward ends to one another, as at c, and each halfplate is further provided with perforations d d, in which are riveted the ends of a bowspring, e, which serves toexpand the plates and force the flanges between the shoe and under side of the horses hoof, thus securing the same thereto. A stop-lug, f, is provided on one of the plates, against which the edge of the opposite plate abuts, thus aiding the spring in keeping the twin plates from becoming accidentally displaced,aud one of said plates is further provided with a perforation, g, which is designed to receive the hooked end of a tool, h, which is used in drawing or closing the plates toward one another against the pressure of the spring, thus disengaging the flange from the shoe and allowing the detachable plate to be removed from the foot of the horse.

It will be seen from the above description, and by reference to the annexed drawings, that by my device no snow can accumulate on the under side of the hoof, and it can be readily detached from the shoe. it is durable, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

I disclaim the broad idea of using detachable pivoted wings formed for union within the horseshoe, and to be attached by expansion of said plates, with or without a spring above the plates.

I am also aware of an edgewise expansible metallic plate made in two parts, which, when united, have the approximate shape of the interior space of a horseshoe, and provided with fingers to extend over the upper inner margin of the shoe upon a hoof, and having an expansible spring, such as shown in the Patent No. 221,272, dated November 4, 1879, and disclaim, broadly, such device.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

WILLIAM MULLOY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. STIOKNEY, J AMES S. MODANIEL.

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