US693263A - Nailless horseshoe. - Google Patents

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UNITED v STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MAX GOLDBERG, OF SANTACLARACUBA.

NAILLEss HoRsEsHoE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,263, dated February 11,1902.

Application filed December 10, 1901. Serial No. 85,402. (No model.) v l To all whomv t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MAX GOLDBEEG, a citi' purpose of my improvement is t' provide a strong and effective joint-seat for pivoted parts, and the precise improvement therein will be set out in the claims appended hereto in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa top view of the shoe. Fig. 2 isa bottom View of the same. Fig. 3 is a section taken through theA joint-seat of the pivoted parts on the dotted line a. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the pivoted parts on the line b looking at the joint-seat. Fig. 5 shows the joint-seat plate in perspective, wherein is seen'the supporting and holding parts for the pivoted ends of the shoe part-s. Fig. 6 is an end view of the joint-seat plate. Fig. 7 is a section of the same.

The pivoted shoe parts l l are provided with the usual heel-calks 2, and at its outer edge each part is formed with comparatively thin plates 3, which stand upward from the top of the shoe and when bent inward upon the sides ofthe hoof form binders and give a firm hold thereon when the shoe is properly fitted to and clamped upon the hoof.

As a means of connecting and supporting the pivoted shoe parts I provide a novel jointseat consisting ot' a plate 4, conforming to the 'curve of the toe end of the shoe and having on its under side Inediately of its length an abutment 5, which stands across the plate and at each side of which abutment the ends of the shoe .parts are seated and pivoted upon the plate, so that the ends of the shoe parts abut against and are supported by this jointplate abutment. For this purpose the proj ection of this abutment 5 from theseat-forming surface of `this joint-plate is equal to the thickness of the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, and the abutment joins and stands inward from a vertical wall 6, which" projects from the toe edge of the seat-plateand, together with the abutment, gives a firm walled support, as in Figs. 2, 5, and 6, to the pivoted ends of the shoe parts and relieves the pivot-` forming set screws 7 of undue `force and strain which would otherwise result from the sudden thrusts of the toe parts of the horses foot upon the ground. This toe-wall 6 of the joint-seat plate has also formed thereon a toecalk 8, the base of whichl underhangs the under side of the seat-forming surface of the plate and forms a recess or a space 9, into which the end of each shoe part fits, as in Figs. 2 and 3, and gives a firm holding function of the calk upon the ends of the shoe parts, thus relieving their pivot-forming setscrews of wear and preventing any looseness between the ends ofthe shoe parts and their seating-surface upon the joint-plate. At its toe edge and mediately of its length the joint-'forming plate has a binder-clip 10, which is bent over and upon the front part of the hoof. This manner of constructing theiseatforming plate gives it the function of a housing for the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, while it is rendered strong and stiff by the abutment 5, by the toe-wall 6 joining the abutment, by the calk 8 and the groove 9, and by the binder-clip 10 standing up from the top of the joint-plate along itstoe edge.

Looking at Figs. 6 and 7 it is seen how the pivoted ends of the shoe parts are set within the recess 9, against the vertical side of the abutment 5, against the vertical wallG, and upon the shoulder 12 of the calk which underhangs the under surface of the joint-plate, and it is these housing parts that receive the full force of the tread of the horse and relieve the pivoted end parts of m uch of this force.

Looking at Fig. 2 it will be noted that the toe-calk crosses the space between the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, that the abutment closes said space, and that the setscrews are on each side of said abutment and are spanned by the calk, so that the pivotscrews are within the protecting functions of the calk and of the abutment.

A tightening screw-bolt ll connects the heel endsl of the shoe parts, the threaded end of the screw engaging one end of one ofthe shoe parts, so that when the shoe is properly set upon the hoof its binder-clips are drawn tight around and upon the hoof by setting up the screw-bolt.

I claiml. In a horseshoe and in combination with clamping shoe parts, a seat-forming plate to which the shoe parts are pivoted, having as integral parts an abutment standing cross- Wise mediately of the length of the plate, a Wall projecting from the toe edge of the plate crossing and joining said abutment, and a calk projecting from said abutment and Wall, constructed and arranged to form a housing and support for the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, and means for binding the latter when lll USG.

2. In a horseshoe and in combination with l clamping shoe parts, a seat-forming plate to which the shoe parts are pivoted, having an integral vertical toe-Wall and a call; forming a shouldered recess to receive and support the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, and means for binding the latter when in use.

3. In a horseshoe and in combination with clamping shoe parts, a seatforming plate to which the shoe parts are pivoted, having as integral parts an abutment, a toe-Wall crossing said abutment, a oalk forming an extension of the toe-Wall, these three parts comprising a walled housing and support for the pivoted ends of the shoe parts, and a binderplate forming an extension of the calk, and

means for binding the shoe parts when in use.

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

lli MAX XS GoLnnERe.

mark Witnesses:

GUY H. JOHNSON, A. E. II. JOHNSON.

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