US56310A - Improvement in horseshoes - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. WILKINSON, OF PAWTUOKET, RHOD ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 56,310, dated July 10, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. WILKINsoN,

of Pawtucket, Providence county, State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved Bolling Toe-Calk for Horseshoes, 8vo. 5' and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make andnse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical central section of a shoe having my improved rolling toe-calk, taken in the line a: m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken in the line y y, Fig. 4, and shows a modiication of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the said modification.

Similar letters of reference in the different iigures indicate corresponding parts.

A horse always Works more comfortably and freely with old shoes on when their toes have Vbeen well rounded on the front edge by wear;

and the object of this invention is to so modify the construction -of shoes as to secure the desirable advantages of this feature, and at the same time retain all of the biting qualities of a new shoe. This I accomplish by taking the toe-calli from the front edge of the shoe, where it has been placed heretofore, and placing it at the rear edge of the ybar of the shoe, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, Fig. l, is the bar of the shoe, and a a are the ordinary heel-calks.

The toe-calli b, instead of being placed at the front edge, as usual, is dropped back to the rear edge of the bar A, as shown in Fig. l, and this practically gives the round toe.

The calk b may be formed on the shoe and be a part of the same; but I prefer to form the calk separately and rivet it to the shoe, as shown, by rivets c c, so that the calk may be readily renewed when worn, and the whole shoe not necessarily condemned.

The calli-plate B is turned up over the front edge of the shoe A and forms a slight toe-clip, b. This not only gives the toe-clip, but gives the calk, a hold of the front edge of the shoe and helps to secure it firmlyl in place.

In Fig. 3 the calli-plate B is made to take hold of the rear edge of the shoe, also, as shown, by the lip or upward projection b2, Fig. 3, and when made in this manner the rivets are relieved of much strain.

b3, Fig. 3, shows a secondary calk, located higher up and forward of the main calk b, and the said secondary calk is brought into action by the rolling motion of the foot.

By this mode of construction I produce a shoe which is simple, comfortable, and efficient, and which is more correct in principle than heretofore.

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

1. The combination of the two callis b and b3 with the plate B, when connected with and attached to the shoe in the manner described.

2. Locating the toe-call; at the inner edge of the shoe, when constructed and applied in the manner described.

ALBERT S. WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. REND, W. W. BLODGE'IT.

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