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(No Model.)

G. D. LYNCH.

HORSESHOE.

No. 451,332. Patented Apr. 28,1891.

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NITED TATES GEORGE D. LYNCH,

IVILLARD G. JAMES, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,332, dated April 28, 1891. Application filed August 15, 1890. Serial No. 362,095. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsfield, in the county of Pike and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in horseshoes. Devices of this character as ordinarily constructed provide no means whereby the jar upon the horse incident to travel over pavements, turnpikes, and hard roads is relieved.

It is the primary object of my invention to provide a construction which will secure the above-named desirable ends in a simple and efficient manner; and with this object and others in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the shoe proper.

.Figr3is a plan view of the under spring;

and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View on the line x at, Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the shoe proper provided at its heels with apertured calks a a, and also provided upon its under face, between the heels or toe or upon the quarters, with inwardly-extending meeting bevels a a, thelatterhavingthe usual nail-holes (l/ & The toe of the shoe proper is provided with a re-enforcement or enlargement a the function of which will appear hereinafter.

The letter B indicates an under spring conforming in shape to the shoe proper and provided at its ends or heels with tenons b 1), which fit into the rectangular apertures of the calks. This spring is curved downwardly at opposite points beneath the quarters of the shoe proper, as indicated at Z) Z), while its central portion, or that portion which registers with the toe of the shoe, is provided upon its outer edge with clamping-lugs b b and upon its inner edge with a similar lug 19 all of said lugs extending upwardly and adapted to 5 5 firmly clamp the re-enforced or enlarged portion of the toe of the shoe, so as to securely connect the parts. This spring is furthermore provided with two or more nail-holes b,

which register with corresponding holes a in the toe of the shoe.

From the foregoing description the construction of my improved horseshoe will be readily understood.

It will be seen that the two sections when secured together form a most comfortable and yielding shoe, and the dirt is prevented from clogging between the sections by reason of the inwardly-extending meeting bevels upon the under face of the shoe proper, which serve to deflect the dirt or throw it aside when it enters between the sections. 1

In adjusting the device to a horses hoof the shoe proper is first secured in position, after which the spring may be readily inserted by passing the tenons through their appropriate apertures in the calks and clamping the front portions together. The nails are then driven through the registeringnail-holes in the spring and shoe.

I claim that my device will relieve the jar upon the horse to such an extent as to prevent stiffness of the joints; also relieve horses that are afiiicted with corns or analogous maladies, and, if desired, can be employed as 8 5 a substitute for toe-weights in speed-horses. Furthermore, my invention is exceedingly simple in construction and readily adjusted to the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and, desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a horseshoe, the combination, with the shoe proper having apertured heel-calks, of aspring bowed or sprung beneath the quarters of the shoe and provided with end tenons fitting in the apertures of the calks, substantially as set forth.

2. In a horseshoe, the combination, with the shoe proper having apertured heel-calks,

the re-enforced or enlarged portion of the toe of the shoe, said toe and the corresponding 15 part of the spring being also provided with registering holes for the reception of nails, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. LYNCH.

Witnesses:

CHARLEY EVANS, WIL IAM E. HECK.

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