US829949A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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No. 829,949 PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

S. V. CLARK. 1

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1906.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR- I $0. 1 Cyan)? ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed November 24,1905. .Serial No. 288,912.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS V. CLARK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 1426 Sandusky street, Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horseshoes; and the invention has for its object the provision of a novel attachment which can be easily and quickly secured to a shoe to prevent an ani mal wearing the shoe from slipping upon ice or the like smooth surfaces.

My invention aims to provide an attachment which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and free from all danger of being injured by constant use.

Briefly described, my improved attachment consists of a plate, which conforms substantially to the shape of a shoe to which it is attached. The plate is provided with depending calks which are adapted to engage in a smooth surface and prevent an animal wearing the attachment from slipping or falling upon said surface.

have devised novel means for securing my improved attachment to the shoe of an animal, whereby the same can be easily and quickly detached in case it is desired not to use the attachment.

The construction entering into my attachment will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved attachment, as applied to a shoe. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view of the attachment as applied to a shoe. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the attachment applied to a shoe. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the attachment-fastener which I employ for securing it to a shoe.

To put my invention into practice, I preferably construct my improved attachment for horseshoes of steel or a material similar to the ordinary type of shoes at present used. The shoe 1 which I use in connection with my improved attachment has its heel-calks I The toe of the shoe is provided to the shoe, conforms substantially to the shape of the shoe, said attachment or plate being provided with a depending toe-calk 9 and heel-calks 1O 10. The rear face of the toe of the plate or attachement 8 is beveled, as at 11, to engage the beveled edge 7 of the transverse lug 6. The outer edges of the plate or attachlnent adjacent to the heels thereof are cut away, as at 12 12, to permit of the lugs 4 of the shoe engaging the plate or attachment 8. The inner edges of the plate or attach ment 8 adjacent to the heel-calks are recessed, as at 14 14, and in order to secure the plate or attachment to the shoe I employ fasteners 19.

Each fastener consists of a pin 20, having an angularly-disposed stem 21 and a flat proj ection 22, the projection being in alinement with the pin 20. A fastener is placed in engagement with the heels of the plate or attachment 8 and the shoe 1 by inserting the pins 20 in the pierced lugs 5 5 of the shoe. This, however, is accomplished before placing the attachment or plate 8 in engagement with the shoe, and when said attachment is placed in position the stems 21 of the fasten ers 19 are adapted to extend upwardly through the recesses 14 14 of the attachment, while the flat projections 22 lie between the attachment and the shoe proper. This position of the fastener is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and the stems 21 are adapted to be bent downwardly in engagement with the attachment, as indicated by the dotted lines 23 in Fig. 4, whereby the shoe will firmly hold the attachment at its heels, while the transverse ridge 6 will prevent the toe of the attachment from becoming separated from the toe of the shoe, owing to the beveled engaging faces 7 and 11. The toe and heel calks 9 and 10 10 of the attachment may be hardened and sharpened to engage smooth and indurate surfaces, and it will be impossible for an animal wearing shoesequipped with my improved attachment to slip or fall upon such a surface.

Such changes in the construction of my inproved attachment as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a horseshoe having a depending transverse ridge, depending lugs carried by the heels of said shoe, of a plate adapted to fit upon said shoe, dependlng toe and heel calks carried by said plate,

I said plate adjacent to its heels being recessed to receive said lugs, the toe of said plate engaging said transverse ridge, fasteners lying between said plate and said shoe, and engaging some of said lugs, and having stems extending through notches in said plate, said stems being bent over into engagement with the underneath face of said plate, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a shoe having depending lugs, a depending ridge, a plate engaging said lugs and said ridge, fasteners inserted between said plate and said shoe and engaging some of said lugs and having stems extending through notches in the plate and engaging the underneath face of said plate, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a horseshoe, of depending lugs carried by said shoe, a plate adapted to fit upon said shoe and engaging said lugs, depending calks carried by said plate, fasteners inserted between said plate and said shoe and engaging some of said lugs, each fastener having a stem extending between the inner surface of the lug and the edge of the plate to a point below the lower edge of the lug, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature 40 in the presence of two witnesses.

SILAS V. CLARK.

l/Vitnesses O. KLos'rERMANN, E. E. POTTER.

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