US363225A - Detachable horseshoe - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

0'. V. GESCHKE.

DETAOHABLE HORSESHOE. N0. 363,225. Patented May 17, 1887.

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CHARLES V. GESOHKE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. I

DETACHABLE HORSESHOE.

.GPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,225, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed February 23, 1887. Serial No. 228,469. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES V. GEsoI-IKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use .the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a supplemental horseshoe adapted to be readily secured in place over the ordinary shoe, so that in the event of a freeze up a horse may be almost instantly equipped with sharpened calks without the necessity for skilled labor, and without the long delays which are often unavoidable in getting a horse sharpened in the usual way.

It is of course essential that a shoe of this class shall be light, strong, readily attached, capable of adjustment at both toe and heel, and sure to remain in place when once attached.

With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel construction of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, numbers being used to indicate the several parts.

Figure Us a bottom plan view of my improved supplemental shoe; Fig. 2, an elevation of one half of a shoe, the other half being removed, the fastenings shown insection 011 the line 00 .90, and the hoof and ordinary shoe indicated in dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the shoe complete.

My improved supplemental shoe is made in two wholly independent parts, each of which is indicated by 1, each part being provided with a base-plate, 2, an inwardly-inclined side flange, 3, an inwardlyinclined toe-piece, 4, a heel-piece, 5, a half-socket, 6, to receive the toe-calk of an ordinary shoe, and a socket, 7, (see dotted lines,) to receive one of the heelcalks of an ordinary shoe. The exact shape of these parts is not of the essence of my invention. The toe-pieces are made thick and heavy enough to stand the hard usage to which the shoes are subjected, and the heel-pieces extend, preferably, a short distance back of the hoof,to give strength to this portion of the shoe. One of the half-shoes is provided with dowel-pins 8, and the other with sockets 9 to receive them.

10 denotes a screw at the toe of the shoe, passing through one toe -piece and partly through the other, and 11 a screw at the heel, passing through one heel-piecc and partly through the other.

12 denotes the calks, any number of which may be used, and which may be arranged to suit thejudgment of the manufacturer.

13 denotes an opening through the shoe at the bottom, each half-shoe being cut away to form a portion of it.

The shoes may of course be made of any suitable 1naterialas, for example, malleable iron-or they may be forged from iron or steel.

In use the ordinary shoe rests upon the base-plate, the calks resting in the sockets. The toe-pieces clasp the front of the hoof, and the side flanges clasp the sides thereof, the rear ends of the ordinary shoes passing under the flanges, the sockets therefor being clearly indicated by dotted lines at 14 in Fig. 1.

The applicationof my improved shoe requires but an instants time, and no skilled labor. Each half'shoe is placed in properposition, the dowel-pins engaging their respective sockets, and screws 9 and 10 are tightened up until the half-shoes are firmly clamped in place. The holes for the screws are indicated by 15. In practice the screw-holes in the half-shoes that receive the points of the screws are threaded, and the screw-holes in the other half may or may not be threaded.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A supplemental horseshoe made in independent parts which clasp and inclose the hoof of an ordinary shoe and are provided,respcctivcly, with dowel-pins and sockets to receive them, and screws engaging both parts, whereby they are tightened up in use.

2. A supplemental horseshoe consisting of independent parts each of which is provided with an inwardly-inclined side flange, an inwardly-inclined toe-piece, and a heel-piece, and screws 10 and 11,engaging said toe-pieces and heel-pieces,whereby the shoe is ad j ustably secured in place.

3. A supplemental horseshoe consisting of an ordinary shoe, and sockets to receive the oalks of an ordinary shoe, and screws 10 end 11,- whereby the independent parts are ad ustably secured in place. 5

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES V. GESOHKE.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woos'rER, .O. E. RUGGLES.

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