US411405A - Horseshoe-anvil - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. E. WESGOTT.

HORSESHOB ANVIL.

No. 411,405. Patented Sept. 1'7, 1889.

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LEVI E. IVESCOTT, OF CUMBERLAND MILLS, MAINE.

HORSESHOE-ANVIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,405, dated September 17, 1889.

Application filed April 13, 1889. Serial No. 307,128.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LEVI E. WEscorT, of

Cumberland Mills, in the county of Cumber land and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Anvils; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in horseshoe-anvils Ithas been found by experience that the calks of a horseshoe, in order to produce the best results, should have a perfectly straight ltaper when sharpened, and not have their sides-one or bothcurved, and it is also found desirable that the opposite sides of the taper should be oblique and gradually apzo proach each other, rather than one side 3o hammer will shape the calk into the desired 4o tion to be shaped.

form.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the anvil and its attachments in side elevation, showing a shoe held thereby with its calk resting on the swage in posi- Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the shoe-holding jaw in released adjustment and the swage removed from its seat. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, and Fig. 4 represents a modified form of swage.

A represents a base or pedestal, from which uprises a standard B. The standard B may either be formed integral with the base or it may be formed in one or more parts and firmly secured to the base. In the present instance 5o it terminates at the top in a heavy metal head h, adapted to withstand the blow of the ham- The standard B has pivotally secured (No model.)

thereto below the head b a curved lever C, one end of whic'h c is so shaped that when its operating end c is depressed itsgrippingface c'2 will abut against the outer face of a swage D, projecting above the top of the head b, or against both the head l) and the upwardly-extended portion of said swagc. The end of the part c of the lever C is re-enforced back of its gripping-'face c2, as shown at c3, and the said lever is held normally in released adjustment by means of a spring E, connecting its part c with the standard B.

The lever C is operated to grip the shoe between its face and the swage by means of a lever F, pivoted at one end, as at f, in the standard, and projecting forwardly into a convenient position for receiving the foot of the operator. The lever F is connected with an intermediate lever G, pivoted, as at g, in the standard B by means of a link or connecting-rod II, which loosely connects the free end of the lever .G with the lever F at a point intermediate of its fulcrum and its free or operating end. In the same manner the end of the part c of the lever C is connected with the intermediate lever G by a link or connecting-rod h. By this construction a powerful grip is obtained without extending the arms of a lever to an unwieldy and inconvenient length.

In the head b and on the rear side thereof a socket I is formed to receive a swage D and allow the same to project a short distance above the top of the head, as shown. The top d of the swage D is beveled, as shown, to give the proper taper to the calk, and for the purpose of giving different tapers, as the demands of the shoe may require, interchangeable swages D are furnished and provided wit-h different angles of bevel. I find it convenient to form the socket I dovetailin cross-section, as this serves to retain the swage in position.

The shoe K, with its calk k resting on the beveled end of the swage, is securely held in position by downward pressure on the footlever F, and by striking the exposed face of the calk a sharp square blow it will be forced into the desired form. The re-enforced end of the lever C will serve to counteract the tendency, if any there be, for the calk to slide on the beveled end of the swage, and

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all the smith will be obliged to observe is that he make the exposed surface of the calli the proper bevel, as the lower surface will conform to the bevel of the end of the swage. A calk can thus be shaped at a single blow in many instances, and in every instance much quicker and more perfect than by the ordinary method.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth.

I have shown in Fig. 4 one of several different forms which the swagesemployed may assume, the same being simply constructed to give slightly-varied degrees of taper or to afford a better grip for the shoe, as the requirement may demand.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with asuitable support and a removable swage seated in the top of the support, of a vibrating lever pivoted to the support, the upper end of the lever being in position to abut against the removable swage, and a foot-lever pivoted to the support and connected with the said vibrating lever, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a suitable support, a lever pivoted in said support and provided with a horizontal arm and with an upwardly-extending arm, a swage removably seated in the top of the support, the upper end of the swage being horizontally opposite the upper end of the upwardly-turned arm of the lever, a foot-lever pivoted to the support, and a connectio'n between the foot-lever and the horizontal end of the first-named lever, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a suitable support, a swage removably'seated in its head, a lever pivoted to the support and provided with an upwardly-extending gripping-arm, a footlever pivoted to the support, an intermediate lever pivoted to the support, connections be tween the intermediate lever and the gripping and Vfoot levers, and a spring for holding the gripping-lever in released adjustment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEVI E. VESGO'IT.

Witnesses:

HENRY BLATCHFORD, W. C. FARLEY.

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