US852887A - Horseshoe. - Google Patents

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No. 852.887. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

J. J. LLYNES. HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1 1906. v

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JOHN JOSEPH LYNES, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

I HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

Application filed November 1, 1906. Serial No 341,628.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JOHN J OSEPH LYNES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to a horseshoe provided with detachable toe and heel calks; and the objects are to construct the'shoe that any one or all of the calks may be detached or attached without removing the shoe from the foot. Further the shoe is so constructed that it may be worn as a slipper or flat shoe in good weather, or may be worn with the calks for slippery weather or for heavy draft purposes. By leaving the fastening springs attached to the shoe after removing the calks, I provide very substantial gripping means, and also means for reducing the jar on the foot when striking hard surfaces. They also save the nail heads from wearing out.

In the drawings'Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shoe; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the shoe; Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the heel of the shoe with the calk removed; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the heel calks Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the toe calk; Fig. 7 is a sectional detail through the toe of the shoe andcalk, and Fig. 8 is a sectional detail through the heel of the shoe and calk.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

a designates the shoe formed in the usual shape, and provided with the regular nail holes a.

b designates the toe calk, formed with a top flange 6 adapted to engage in a reduced section a formed along the top front edge of the shoe. Extending rearwardly and laterally from the toe calk b are fastening lugs b shaped to conform with the front edge of the shoe.

c-c designate the heel calks, formed with I on the underside of the flange 0' of the heel calk c, is a rib 0 adapted to engagein a groove or channel a formed in the top face of the seat a the engagement of the rib c in the channel a prevents the heel calks from twisting on the end of the heel. Formed through the lugs I), are circular openings 1),

adapted to register with circular openings (1 formed through the shoe. Formed through the flanges c and c of the heel calks, are circular openings (3 adapted to register with elongated openings a, formed through the heels of the shoe.

d d designates fastening springs shaped to conform with the sides of the shoe, and adapted to fasten the toe and heel calks to the shoe. Each end of the fastening spring is turned up at right angles to form a fasten- ,ing pin (1 and (Z respectively. The pin d passes through the openings 12 and a in the toe calk and shoe respectively, and the pin (1 passes up through the openings 0 and a in the lug heel a and lug 0 respectively. The center part of the fastening spring is flattened to adapt it to engage under a lip a formed on the inner bottom edge of the shoe. The flattened section (1 of the fastening spring d, is sprung under the lip a after the pins (1 and d have been inserted and driven home in their respective openings.

a designates an opening formed through the front face of thelip a to permit an instrument to be inserted for the purpose of forcing the spring out of engagement with the lip, whenever it is desired to remove the fastening spring, for the purpose of detaching or changing any of the respective calks.

e designates a toe plate, riveted tothe top face of the shoe by a series of rivets f, passing through the shoe and into a base plate 9, placed on the under side of the shoe. The toe plate 6 is provided with a toe cap 6, eX tending upward from the front edge, and adapted to be bent inward against the toe of the hoof. The toe plate conforms with the front edge of the shoe, and with its relation with the reduced section a forms a pocket for the flange Z) ofthe toe calk.

To remove any of the calks from the shoe, the fastening spring (1 is forced out of engagement with the lip (V, by inserting an instrument through the opening a. When the spring has been disengaged from the lip M, the spring may be removed, which withdraws the pins d and d from the respective calks, when the calks may be removed from the shoe. To fasten the'calks to" the shoe the springs (Z are placed with the pins (1 and d in the respective openings, in the calks, and are driven home, and the flattened section of the spring is sprung under the lip (H, by which the spring is firmly held. Any suitable shape of calks may be used in connection with the shoe, and the shoe may be used with or Without calks, and any or all of the calks may be attached or detached without removing the shoe from the hoof.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. 'lhe combination With a horseshoe, of a detachable toe calk, aflange formed integral with said toe calk, said flange adapted to engage in a pocket formed in the front edge of said shoe, fastening lugs formed integral with said calk, said. lugs engaging with the under side of said shoe, of detachable heel calks engaging over the heel portions of said shoe, fastening springs adapted to fasten said toe and heel calks to the shoe, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a horseshoe, detachable toe and heel calks, fastening lugs and flanges formed integral with said toe and heel calks, fastening springs for attaching said calks to the shoe, said springs having their ends adapted to pass through the said lugs and flanges into said shoe, a li formed on the edge of said shoe, said 'astening springs adapted to engage under said lips, a toe plate with. toe cap formed therewith riveted to the toe portion of said shoe, substan tially as described.

3. In combination with a horseshoe, detachable toe and heel calks, fastening lugs and flanges formed integral with said calks,

openings formed through said lugs and flanges, a fastening spring, the ends of said fastening spring adapted to pass through the openings in said lugs and flanges into said shoe, a lip formed on the edge of said shoe, said fastening spring adapted to engage under said lip, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a horseshoe, detachable toe and heel calks, fastening lugs formed integral with said toe calk, fastening flanges formed integral with said heel calks, openings formed through said lugs and flanges, said openings registering with corresponding openings in said shoe, fastening springs, the ends of said springs adapted and passing through said openings, lips formed on the edges of said shoe, said fastening spring engaging under said lip, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a horseshoe, of a detachable toe calk, fastening' lugs formed.

integral with said calk, openings formed through said lugs, of detachable heel calks, flanges formed integral with said heel calks, said, heel calks adapted to engage over the heel portions of said shoe, openings formed through said flanges, of fastening springs having their ends'adapted to engage in the openings in the said lugs and flanges in the toe and heel calks and openings inthe shoe, substantially as described.

Signed at Toronto, this 6th day of June JOHN J OSEPH. LYNES. In the presence of J. TJLOFTUS, CLARA WELSH.

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