US352261A - Peters - Google Patents

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G. H. PERKINS.

FARRI BR'S ANVIL. No. 352,261. Pa tented'N0v. 9-, 1886;

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,261, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed August 9, 1886. Serial No. 210,438. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PERKINS, of the city and county of Providence,and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farriers Anvils;

and I do hereby declare that the following anvils, they have been deyised by me with.

special reference to their use in connection with shoeing horses. Under ordinary circumstances anvils as heretofore employed by farriers serve a fair purpose; but from long practical experience and wide observation I feel warranted in stating that during the rush of business following asudden freeze and during icy weather much valuable time is wasted because of the inconveniences attendant upon the use of ordinary anvils, and this waste is not only a loss to the horseshoer, but also to the owners of animals requiring attention. So, also, in shops attached to the large stables of horse-car companies is this waste specially noticeable. With a view to obviating said inconveniences and the consequent loss of time, I have, as I believe for the first time, so constructed an anvil with its essential parts that the farrier;comm en cing on a bar-blanl ,0r a shoe as bought in the market, can develop all its parts without once changing his position with relation to any portion of the anvil; and, more than this, said several parts have been specially organized with relation to position, so as to enable their occasional usein the progress of work without undue twisting or turning by the farrier. In my anvil I have for. the

' first time, so far as I know, located the horn at the rear side and projecting therefrom, instead of at one end of the anvil, and hence all bending can be done without moving from the front side of the anvil, and at all times the shoe is sidewise to the workman, instead of edgewise, and hence his eye can readily gage the progress of the work. I have also for the first time provided at the front side of the anvil a lateral recess centrally beneath the face, so that, in squaring up the edges of shoe heels ,an angular vertical face, as heretofore, longer than the width of the largest shoes at their heels, so that the smith, holding with his tongs in his left hand a shoe with its heels bent over to form rudimentary calks,can,without changing place and with his arm in a natural and easy position, place the bottom of the shoe against said vertical face, and, with the bent heels resting on the anvil-face, readily and convenientlydevelop the calks by hammering. I have also provided adjacent to said angular face, sometimes in line therewith and at others rectangular to the front face of the anvil, a clampingjaw operated by a treadle, to enable the smith to conveniently clamp a shoe for bending heels or developing toe-lips.

I am aware that combined anvils'and Vises have heretofore been devised in great variety of construction and arrangement, and also that a clamping-j aw operated bya treadle has been heretofore combined with an anvil; but mine essentially differs from any prior contrivance known to me in that while my clamping-jaw is controllable by a treadle-lever for rapid use, thus leaving both arms of the smith free'for other duty,'said' jaw can also be so controlled and operated that a vise-screw can be and is applied thereto, thus affording facilities for.

filing, which is usually the final operation on a shoe.

I have also so organized thetreadle lever and clamping-jaw that heavy compression at the jaws can be obtained and easily maintained with comparatively little pressure by the foot. I have also provided the jaws with a central puncturingstud, by which a shoe at its toe can be more securely held in forming a toe-lip, and without deforming the lateral contour of the shoe,than is possible with such vises or clamping-jaws as have heretofore been combined with anvils.

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struction and combination deemed novel will be specified in the several clauses of claim hereunto annexed.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2v are respectively front and rear elevations of my farriers anvil complete. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively end and top views thereof. Fig. 5 is alateral sectional view of a portion of the anvil with a shoe in position for squaring the edges of one of its heels. Fig. 6 illustrates a calk-swaging block for use at the an gular vertical face. Fig. 7 illustrates a plain shoe as usually bought for use by farriers. Fig. 8 illustrates a shoe with its heels preliminarily bent; Fig. 9, a shoe with doll heelcalks developed from said bends; Fig. 10, a shoe with sharp heel and toe calks and a toe- In its best form the anvil A is integrally mounted upon a cast-iron pillow-block, B, the

' steel face a of the anvil, and also the horn,

being preferably separately constructed, but firmly merged with the casting, in a'manner well known. anvil-block, in which case the anvil A is constructed in the usual form at its foot for enabling itto be properly secured to the block. The front side of the anvil is shown in Fig. 1, and there is below the face at the front side the recess b, for receiving one heel of a horseshoe, while the other, resting edgewise and corn tra lly on the anvil-face, can be squared up by hammering, and without change of position by the smith. At the rear side of the anvil the horn c is located, so that the smith, still in position, can place a short bar of iron or a shoe thereon and proceed with bending it into form, and as the shoe is fiatwise toward him he can readily observe as to symmetry without lifting it from the horn and holding it flatwise, as when said horn is located at the end of the anvil.

At one end of the anvil there is, as heretofore, a vertical face, d, angular with relation to the front side of the anvil, against which a shoe may be conveniently held sidewise and with heels upward, as in developing a calk from a bent heel. This face at is preferably in the form of a detachable steel block, as shown, and for developing blunt calks said block has a plain rectangular edge; but fordeveloping sharp calks a block, d, as shown in Fig. 6, is used, that being provided with incline-bottomed matrices, as at d, for enabling a sharp calk to be promptly and evenly formed, or a dull calk as easily drawn and sharpened. Adjacent to said angular vertical face d, and at the end of the anvil, the clamping-jaws e and f are located. The jaw e is stationary, and is preferably in the form of a detachable block of steel. For some purposes this block may have a rectangular edge, as for ordinary heelbending. Without impairing it for that purpose, it may also have a matrix, 6', as shown,

Some farriers prefer a wooden for conveniently and promptly developing a toe-lip on the upper front edge of a shoe. This latter can also be provided in a block, which is also provided with the matrices d, (shown in Fig. 6,) whenever the bent heels are to be at once developed into sharp calks.

In forming a toe-lip there is much liability of vertical displacement of the shoe while clamped, and hence I have provided the jaw 6 with a slightly-projecting puncturing-stud, c of hard steel, which so engages with the shoe near its toe as to firmly support it against all downward displacing tendencies. This stud, being short and centrally located, in no manner interferes with the proper control of a shoe for heel-work. Said stud may be detachably or permanently fixed in the block of said jaw, and in the oppositejaw,f, a hole is provided to receive it, thus enabling the clamping-jaws to be used for close gripping, if

desired. For forming toe calks, one or more matrices are provided, ,of suitable form, in a jaw-block; or one of the matrices (1 may be used.

The movable jaw f is preferably also provided with a detachable steel-face block, f, in the usual manner, although its face may be integral with the leverf, which has a strong pivotal joint at f, and has at its lower end on its inner side a longitudinally inclined or angular face at f.

A retractile spring, 9, below the pivot serves to hold thejaws normally open. Opposite said angular face f there is a vertical bearingblock, it, on the side of the anvil-block, and between said block and face a vertically-slid ing wedge, i, is interposed, and guided by side flanges, i, which partially embrace said block.

A treadle-lever, k, occupies an angular slot within and near the bottom of the anvil-block,

having at one end a treadle, k, and at the other end it is pivoted to said sliding wedge, so that by pressure of the foot on the. treadle the jaws are closed with heavy compressing force, and said pressure can obviously be easily maintained by a minimum exertionof foot power. A spring, it, maintains the treadle in a normally-elevated position, and hence the clamping-jaws are always open and always ready for immediate use. Now, while filing is being performed, various positions must be assumed by the smith, and hence the treadle cannot be always relied upon; and I have therefore provided the lever f below its pivot with a transverse screw, Z, tapped through said lever, or in a steel block fitted therein, and arranged to abut with its inner end against the coincident portion of the anvil-block, or preferably against a hardened-steel abutment, l, secured thereto. -The inner end of the screw being slightly rounded, it can be readily made to do heavy duty with comparatively little friction.

To suit special desires,I sometimes so place' Fig. 3; and I also sometimes place the line of the clamping-jaws on an angle corresponding with the angular face d, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, it being obvious that the wedge mot-ion will readily admit of a wide variation in the position of the several parts. In lieu of the springs shown,weights can obviously be used, or the parts themselves weighted, so as to maintain the jaws in a normally-opened position.

The face of the anvil is provided with the usual hole, m, for receiving the shanks of cutters or swaging-tools,and also with the hole a, for receiving the end of anail-hole punch. A hook, 0, on the back of the jaw f serves as a convenient support for tongs and other tools. While I prefer to embody all of the novel features in one anvil, substantially as shown and described,certain portions thereof may obviously be employed independently of others. Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The farriers anvil provided with a central recess beneath the anvil-face and at its front side, substantially as described, for the free reception of one heel of a horseshoe while the other is being squared up on the anvil-face.

2. A farriers anvil having a shoeheel-receiving recess beneathits face at its front side, and a horn projecting from its rear side and substantially at right angles thereto, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with an anvil,of clamping-jaws, a treadle for putting said jaws into prompt service, and a vise-screw for operating independently of said treadle in the use 7 wedge to their normal positions, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the anvil recessed beneath its face centrally at its front side, and

having the angular vertical face at one end, the horn projecting from its rear side, and the clamping-jaw operated by a treadle, substantially as described.

6; The combination, in a farriers anvil, of a pair of clamping-jaws and a central puncturing-stud projecting from one of said jaws, substantially as described, whereby a shoe may be securely held against vertical displacement while forming a toe-lip or a toe-calk.

CHARLES H. PERKINS. Witnesses:

CHARLES R. STARK, J OHN L. WInooX.

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