US842316A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907. J. P. HOPPBSGH.

HORSESHOE. APBLIUATION FILED JUNE 22.1906.

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l JOHN P. HOPPESCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed June 22,1906. Serial No. 322.823.

To (LU whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. HoPrEsoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes and I do hereby declare that the Jfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, and more particularly to that class of horseshoes adaptedto afford a resilient tread.

Heretofore though rubber pads have been I lations of snow compacted inside of the shoe.

This is a serious fault with most shoes and proves very dangerous. Furthermore, the usual types of shoe, either plain shoes or barshoes, do not sufficiently protect the frog of the foot, which is likely to be injured by stones wedging into the shoe or by nails which penetrate the frog, disabling the horse. K

The obj-ect of this invention is to provide a resilient shoe adapted for satisfactory use on asphalt and all other streets and so constructed as to enable worn-out portions of the shoe to be discarded, while permitting those less worn to be retained for future use.

It is a further object of the invention to afford a resilient and practicallyimpervious shield covering the frog to protect the same from injury and filling the shoe and adapted to prevent anaccumulation of snow within the shoe.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a shoe embodying my invention. Fig.- 2i s a bottom plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 I of Fig. 2.

As shown in said drawings, A indicates a horseshoe of steel or/other suitable metal or material, provided with a toe-calk a2 of any suitable kind and the ends or heels of which are relatively short and are recessed on the under side to receive the heel-plate. This is stamped or formed in any suitable manner from a suitable plate to a shape to complete the external contour of the shoe, extending the same back sufficiently to support the heel, said bar or plates comprising relatively flat wings B, which lit to the end of the shoe A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4L, and on the inner side incline rearwardly to the main body of the plat-e, which is stamped to afford a transverse external upturned Harige Zi and an oppositely-disposed internal upturned flange b2, providing between the same a chamber or seat to receive the rubber or other resilient bar or pad C. This may be secured in place by riveting to the heel-plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by means of pins or wires c, which extend therethrough and engage in the flanges b and b2 of said plate, or both the rivets and pins or wires may be employed, if preferred. Said heel-plate is secured in place by means of screw-bolts a3, which extend through longitudinally-slotted holes (L in the ends o i" the heel-plate and are threaded into the shoe.

The upper ends of the screws are riveted down on the shoe, and the heads a4 are shaped to afford supplemental heel-calks, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which are of less height than the thickness of the rubber bar or pad.

A resilient pad is engaged within the shoe and positioned to protect the frog. This, as shown, consists of a thick layer D of leather, rawhide, or other suitable resilient but practically impervious material, on which, as

shown, is laid a pad d of resilient material,

such as rubber, preferably vulcanized on a base fabric d2 of canvas or other material, to prevent deforming by stretching. On the upper side of said layer D is secured a -V- shaped plate d3 of steel or other suitable niaterial and which is engaged to the pad by means of rivets d4, which extend therethrough and through all layers of the pad. Said plate d3 at its apex projects forwardly to engage Within and upon the toe of the shoe, and at the rear or heel end of the pad the leather layer D and the ends of said plate extend upon the lateral wings B of the heelplate, thus affording a positive support both at the front and rear end of the pad when the shoe is nailed to the hoof and filling the shoe, while protecting the frog.

The operation is as follows: The shoe may be of any suitable form and the heel-plate when secured in place with the rubber bar therein affords a transverse cushion which reduces the jar or concussion of the -horses feet when on the pavement or hard road and at the same time prevents slipping. The

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heel-calks a4 (the heads of the bolts a3) remain of considerably less height than the cushion, thus insuring a non-slipping contact with the pavement or road.

The shoe may of course be used without the protecting resilient pad below the frog.

` Vhere so used, however, the plate d? projects forward over the shoe sufficiently to rest on the toe of the shoe and on the heel-plate. The pad can thus never be displaced except by removal of the shoe or the heel-plate and owing to its construction not only protects the frog from injury but prevents stones wedging in the shoe and also the accumulation of snow from balling in the shoe.

Obviously details of construction may be varied without departing from the principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. A. horseshoe provided at the heel with a transverse bar removably engaged thereto, a resilient pad engaged to said bar and of approximatelythe same length, and removable means engaging the bar to the shoe.

2. A horseshoe embracing .a short rigid steel shoe, a transverse bar bolted to the heels and affording in its lower face a recess, a cushion bar or pad rigidlysecured in said recess and equal in length to said bar and bolts securing said bar in place on the shoe, the heads of said bolts affording callrs.

3. A device of the class described einbracing a relatively short horseshoe, a transverse steel plate boltedthereto and projecting rearwardly therefrom and affording a channel on the under side thereof, a rubber pad or bar engaged in said channel and wires extending transversely through said pad and engaging the sides of the channel.

4. In a device of the class described a steel plate affording a bottom channel adapted to be engaged to or detached from the shoe, a cushion-bar engaged therein and wires eX- tending transversely through the cushionbar and engaging at each side ofthe channel.

5. In a bar-horseshoe a protecting-pad engaged within the shoe to cover the frog, and embracing an inner resilient layer of leather, an outer resilient layer of rubber, a layer of canvas between said resilient layers, a V- shaped metal plate riveted on the inner side of the pad with its apex projecting forwardly pad securely engaged to said plate and eX- tending the entire length thereof, and means engaging the plate and shoe together affording calks for the back of the shoe.

7. In a device of the class described the combination with a shoe ofa metallic plate therefor having a channel or recess therein, inwardly-projecting wings on said plate, a resilient pad riveted to the plate, a resilient pad closely tting the center of said shoe adapted at the rear thereof to rest on said wings and a metal plate securely engaged to the pad adapted to support the same on the toe of the shoe.

8. In a device of the class described the combination with a shoe provided'with a toecalk of a heel-plate adapted to be removably engaged to the shoe and flanged to afford a channel or seat, a resilient pad fitted in said channel, a resilient pad conforming -with the inner contour of the shoe and resting at its rear on said wings and a plate engaged to said I pad adapted to support the front end thereof.

9. In a device of the class described the combination with a shoe of a metallic heelplate engaged thereto, a resilient pad riveted and wired to said plate, a protective pad fitted in said shoe and resting on said plate and shoe, said pad comprising a layer of leather, canvas and an outer layer of rubber, a metallic plate engaged to the leather layer and rivets fastening said layers and plates together.

10. In a device of the class described the combination with a shoe having recessed ends, of a plate havin@V inwardly-projecting wingsv or fianges integraItherewith adapted to fit the recessed ends of said shoe, said plate flanged at the sides and back, a resilient pad engaged therein, bolts engaging the plate and shoe together affording calks for the back of the shoe and a resilient pad for the center of said shoe adaptedl at its rear to rest on said wings and a plate engaged to and projecting from the apex of said pad adapted to support the front end thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v JOHN P. I-IOPPESCH. lVitnesses K. E. HANNAH, WV. WV. WITHENBURY.

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