US757445A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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No. 757,445. PATENYTED APR. 19, 1904. J. FISHER 6; A." GARRODI.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION IILED nun. 31. 1903.

JacoZ' Fisher avwewtow Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB FISHER AND ALBERT CORRODI, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,445, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed March 31, 1903.

'10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, J ACOB FIsHnR and AL- BERT CoRRoDI, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horseshoes, and has for its object to provide the same with removable calks and in particular for applying the removable calks to the heel portions of the shoe in cooperative relation with the common or ordinary integral calks in such a manner as to be effectually braced thereby.

It is furthermore designed to provide for reversing each calk when one end thereof has become worn or broken and also to accomplish this reversing of the calks without removing the shoe.

Another object of the invention is to provide for attaching the calks to any ordinary shoe without altering or changing the same in any manner whatsoever beyond forming an opening therethrough for the reception of a fastening to secure the calk thereto and also to have the fastening arranged so as to obviate loosening and displacement thereof.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the ac-- com panying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being under stood that changes in th'e form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of an ordinary horseshoe having the present form of removable heelcalks fitted thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken through the heel portion of one side bar of the shoe in its normal position, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures ofthe drawings.

For the purpose of adequately illustrating .Serial No. 150,407. (No model.)

the application of the present form of calk there has been shown in the accompanying drawings a horseshoe 1 of common or ordinary form and in an inverted position. This shoe is provided with any ordinary or prefered form of toe-calk 2, while the heel portions of its side bars are bent or formed into the usual integral heel-calks 3.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a calk-body 4, one for each heel portion of the shoe and substantially rectangular in form,the middle of the body being comparatively thick and its opposite end portions tapered to form sharp blade-like terminals 5 and 6. Through the thick middle portion of the calk an opening 7 is formed, and through this opening is inserted the stem portion 8 of a T-shaped fastening, the head 9 of which fits in the angle between the sides of the calk, bears against the latter, and is bowed or rounded, so that its end portions may snugly embrace the opposite side edges of the calk.

To fit the present form of calk to a shoe, the stem of the fastening 8 is passed through the opening 7 of the calk and then through an opening 10, which is formed through the shoe in a diagonal direction at the juncture of the integral calk 3 and the adjacent side bar of the shoe. The outer or upper end of the stem 8 is of a length to project through the opening 10 and has its projected end portion screw-threaded for engagement by a nut 11, which is adapted to be set against the heel of the :shoe, and thereby draw the calk snugly into the angular seat formed by the integral hgel-calk 3 and the adjacent side bar of the s oe.

It will here be noted that the lower or pendent member of the calk 4 projects below the integral calk 3 and. is inclined forwardly, so as to take into ice and slippery roadways when the foot of an animal is planted upon the ground.

When the lower end portion of the calk has become worn or broken, the fastening 8 may be withdrawn and the calk reversed, so as to bring the end portion 6 into position for use. When not required, it will of course be understood that the calks may be removed, as the latter are intended for use only when the slippery condition of roadways make them necessary.

In addition to being removable and reversible each calk is efiectually braced by the adjacent integral calk 3, whereby there is little or no strain upon the fastening 8, and hence breaking and loosening of the latter are practically precluded. Furthermore, as the head 9 of the fastening is located upon the under side of the shoe and the nut 11 at the top of the shoe and in rear of the animals hoof said nut is not subjected to blows, and thus loosening of the fastenings is furthermore guarded against.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a horseshoe having an integral heel-calk, of an angular doublepointed removable and reversible calk fitted in the angle between the shoe and the integral calk, a headed fastening intermediately piercing the removable calk and also passing through the shoe at the juncture thereof with the integral calk, the head of the fastening being at the lower end thereof and lying against the front of the removable calk, the upper end of the fastening being projected externally of the shoe and screw-threaded, and aremovable nut fitted to the screw-threaded end of the fastening.

JACOB FISHER. ALBERT CORRODI. In presence of A. L. PHELPs, W. L. MORROW.

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