US513936A - Ice-creeper for horses - Google Patents

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No. 513,936. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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WILLARD JONES, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

ICE-CREEPER FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,936, datedlJanuary 30, 1894.

Application filed April 20, 1 8 9 3 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLAED JONES, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers for Horses, of which the following is a specification, refcrence being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved ice creeper for horses which may be readily adjusted upon any horseshoe, while on the horse, and which will operate successfully as a means of preventing the slipping of horses in cold weather.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horse shoe with my creeper attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the creeper detached. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the Creeper; and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation thereof.

vReferring to the figures on the drawings: 1 indicates a horse shoe illustrated for the purpose of showing the features of my creeper.

2 indicates a front bridge and 3 a rear bridge. The bridges are, forvthe purposes of strength and durability, oppositely bent, as illustrated, so that the line of force of pressure upon their middle part coincides with the direction of their arms. Each of the bridges is provided with lateral shoe recesses 4 having inner sides 5 formed to correspond with the edges of the shoe, which they are designed to fit, and to form therewith a tight, close wedging joint.

5 indicates calks upon the ends of the bridges. The calks are preferably made of steel and may be made separable from the bridges and screwed into them. rlhe recesses 4 are ofsuch depth as, in practice, to bring the calks squarely under the bottom of the' shoe, while their upper lips are less extended and may be easily forced under the shoe while on the foot of the horse, without loosenening it. One of the bridges, preferably the front bridge, is provided with a smooth rnedial bearing recess '6 and the other bridge is Serial No. 471.111. (No model.)

provided with a recess 7, having interior screw threads. A bolt 8, having on one end a pivot stud 9 and provided with screw threads 10 upon the other end,is, in practice, employed to expand the bridges within a shoe and hold them securely in place. The screw threaded end of the bolt is screwed into the recess 7, while the stud 9 is seated in the recess 6. By this means the bolt is free to turn and separate the bridges, thereby forcing them toward the toe and heel of the shoe and wedging the sides 5 against the adjacent sides of the shoe.

l. In an ice creeper, the combination with two bridges adapted to extend across the horseshoe near the heel and toe, respectively, having lateral recesses with wedging sides, an extensive lower lip carryinga removable calk, and a minor upper lip, of a medial smooth recess in one bridge, and a medial screw-threaded aperture in the other, and a bolt provided with a pivot stud at one end, and screwthreaded at its opposite end engaging therewith to separate the bridges and wedge them in place, substantially as specified.

2. In an ice-Creeper, the combination with two bridges, having lateral recesses at their opposite ends provided with wedging sides, extensive calk supporting lower lips and minor upper lips, the length of the bridges from the tips of the minor lips being such as to admit of their being inserted between the inner sides of the shoe at about its middle, and a spreader adapted to oppositely wedge the bridges against the varying inner contour of said shoe, whereby the device may be applied after the heel and toe of the shoe have been struck up and the shoe secured in place, substantially as specified. j

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLARD JONES.

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