US665050A

US665050A - Open-toed horseshoe.

Info

Publication number: US665050A
Application number: US621300A
Authority: US
Inventors: Irving J Bayless
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-02-23
Filing date: 1900-02-23
Publication date: 1901-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 1918-01-01

Description

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRVING J. BAYLESS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

OPEN-TOED HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,050, dated January 1, 1901. Application filed February 23, 1900. Serial No. 6,218. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING J. BAYLESS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Open Toed Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes and to a novel method of constructing the shoe proper, which consists in leaving the front end of the shoe open until after it has been conformed to the shape of the horses foot, so that such conformation can be effected without any changes in the heel portion of the shoe and all necessary modifications from the normal form, as produced by the dies, be accomplished by proper bending up or other manipulation of the toe portion.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the under side of a completed horseshoe constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an edgewise front view. Fig. 3 is a similar view before the divided front sections of the shoe are welded together. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the rear portion of the shoe, the under side being upward, on the line IV IV of Fig. l.

The shoe is formed with a bar portion 1, extending entirely across its rear end, the same being integral with or rigidly secured to the The front portion of the shoe as it comes from the dies is entirely open, with wedge-shaped terminals 2 3, as shown in Fig. 3, in which figure, however, the terminals are shown as having been brought partially together preparatory to welding. This method of manufacturing the shoe makes it possible for the blacksmith to fit the shoe to the hoof by bending in or out the toe-sections without disturbing the heel portion.- After the toesections 2 3 have been welded together the calk at and tip 5 are added. The inner edges of the shoe, including'the bar, are provided with an outward bevel, as shown at 6 in Figs. 1 and 4:, to prevent the accumulation of snow or other matter. The shoe is provided with the usual grooves 7 for receiving the nailheads.

The pad or cushion 8 is preferably of rubber, but may be of any preferred material suitable for the purpose. It is secured to the under side of the bar portion of the shoe by forcing it into an inwardly-beveled seat or recess 9, formed in the body of such bar portion and extending into it a suitable distance. The general form of such recess will of course correspond to that of the pad, which may be of the shape shown in Fig. 1 or any preferred modification of it, the intention being to have the pad underlie and support the greater part .of the rear portion of the animals hoof. One of the margins or sides of said recess, preferably the rear one, is cut vertically or at a right angle to the under surface of the bar, as shown at 10, Fig. 4; but the other three margins are cut with an inward bevel, as shown at 11, so that when the pad is once placed in position it will be held therein by its own elasticity.

The front and side margins of the pad are beveled outwardly to fit the inward bevel of the corresponding portions of the recess. To insert the pad within the recess, it is only necessary to cramp it up slightly and insert the beveled margins first, after which the vertical margin will fit into the recess and abut against the vertical margin of the recess in an obvious manner.

After being once placed in position the pad will be secured from falling out by its own elasticity and needs no other fastening. When worn out, the remnant may be removed by reversing the movements employed in inserting it.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A horseshoe comprising a bar portion integral with or attached to the rear ends of the side portions, and side portions severed from each other, and provided with wedge-shaped terminals, at their front ends, adaptingthe shoe to be fitted to the hoof from the heel forwardly, and said terminals to be weldedtogether thereafter, substantially as set forth.

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

IRVING J. BAYLESS.

Witnesses:

M. L. LANGE, K. M. IMBODEN.