US911914A - Cushioned horseshoe. - Google Patents

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F. STEELMAN.

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APPLIOATIOIK FILED 00T.]`.7, 1908.

91 1,914. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

fllllll Illlillllil UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.r FRANK STEELIVIAN,` ST. PARIS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES S. BOLLIN GER AND ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL P. SMITH, BOTH OF ST. PARIS, OHIO.

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To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known'that I, FRANK STEELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paris, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Cushioned Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cushioned horse shoes. i

The object ofthe present invention is to improve the construction of cushioned horse shoes, and to provide simple, inexpensive and highly eflicient means for cushioning the heel call( to prevent soreness and lameness, and to render much easier the travel of a horse over the hard surfaces of paved streets, roads, etc. i

A further obj ect ofthe invention is to provide a cushioned horse shoe of this character, adapted to admit of easy removal oi the heel callrs Vand the cushions without taking the shoe of a horses hoof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter'fully described, illustrated inV the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the kclaims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit, or sacrificing` any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a reverse plan view of a horseshoe provided with cushioned heel callin-constructed in accordtudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on thev Vline 8-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the heel portions of the horse shoe. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the heel calli. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the cushion. i i

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the giires of the drawing.

spaced lugs 3 at the inner end of the groove andprovided also at the outer or rear end of the groove with a single lug 4, extending entirely across the rear end vof the heel portion. The longitudinal groove 2 is approximately Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedA October 17, 1908. Serial N o. 458,229.

the downward or outward movement of the pivoted heel calli.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

i semi-circular in cross section and presents a transversely concave face to the rounded rib 5 of a cushion 6, which is interposed between the heel portion of the horse shoe and a heel call; 7. rIhe heel calli 7, which may be constructed ofv any suitable material, is provided at its front end with an ear 8, pivoted between the spaced lugs 3 by a transverse screw 9, or other suitable pivot. The screw passes through registering perforations of lthe lugs 3 and the ear S, and the perforation or' one of the lugs is threaded to engage the threads of the screw. The head of the screw is preferably counter-sunk in the other lug, as shown. `The rear edges 10 of the spaced lugs 3 are vertical, and the rear lug 4 is provided at the front with spaced tortween the flanges or extensions 11 and pro- Jects into the socket or recess for limitin` 'The heel call; consists of a solid lower lonatthe top with side flanges 14, forming lateral extensions, vwhich operate in the recesses "or spaces between the front and rear lugs. ance with this invention. Fig. 21s a longii.

The front and rearledges of the side flanges movement, the shoulders formed by the lugs lare: adapted to resist any longitudinal or end thrust of the heel callr and thereby re lieve the transverse pivot of strain. The

yupper face 15 of the heel calk is concave and v v transversely curved, and the cushion 6, which Y is constructed ot' rubber, or other suitable 1 designates a horse shoe, provided in thev lower face of each of itsheel portions with.YY a longitudinal groove 2 and having a pair of material, is provided with a rounded lower .face 16, curved transversely, as clearly illus- 16 of the cushion irinly holds the cushion in place and resists any tendency o1 the cushion to niove laterally of the heel portion of the horse shoe. The cushion extends vthe entire width of the heel portion of the horse shoe, and a maximum cushioning eiiect is thereby obtained. `When the cushion becomes worn and requires renewal7 it may be readily removed together with the heel call; without taking the horse shoe ott the hoof of an animal.

Having thus fully described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A horse shoe including a heel portion provided with a longitudinal groove and having spaced lugs at the front end of the same and provided at the rear end with a single lug extending across the heel portion, a heel callr extending entirely across the heel portion and itted between the front and rear lugs and provided at its trent end with an ear arranged between the trent lugs, a pivot piercing the ear and the front lugsJ and a cushion extending entirely across the heel portion of the horse shoe and interposed between the saine and the heel calli and provided at the top Vith a rib fitting in the groove of the heel portion or' the horse shoe and interlocking the cushion w' h the saine.

2. A horse shoe including a heel portion having a longitudinal groove and provided at the inner end thereof with spaced lugs and having a single lug at the rear or outer end of the groove7 the latter being provided with a recess or soclet and having rorwardly projecting side langes, a heel call( provided at its front end with an ear to tit between the spaced lugs or the horse sl and having a lug projecting into the socket of the rear lug of the horse shoe and operating between the extensions et the said rea lug, a pivot piercing the trent lugs of t-he horse shoe and the ear of the heel calli, and a cushion interposed bet en the heel call( and the horse shoe and provided at its upper face with a longitudinal rib Fitted in groove of the horse shoe and interlocking the cushion with the same.

3. A horse shoe including a heel portion provided with a longitudinal groove and having lugs at the front and rear ends thereof, a pivoted heel call; extending entirely across the heel portion ot the horse shoe and fitted between the iront and r .r lugs and having a concave upper tace and a cushion interposed between the heel call( and the horse shoe and provided at its upil'ier taco with a rib iitting in the groove oit the horse shoe to interlock the cushion with the saine, the lower end olf the cushion heilig rounded and tilting in the concave upper tace ot the heel call.

4. A; horse shoe including a heel portion provided with spaced iiront lugs and having a rear lug. a heel calli provided with sidt` tlanges arranged between the l'ront and rear lugs and forming an enlarged top portion extending entirely across the heel portion ot the horse shoe, said heel call; being a so provided its lront end with an car iitting bctween the liront lugsj a pivot piercing the ear and the iront lugs, and a cushion cX- tending` entirely'across thc heel portion ot the horse shoe and interposed between they saine and the heel calli and interloclicd with one of 'the said parts`r whereby it is held against lateral movement.

5. fr horse shoe incuiding a heel portion pro y'ided with a longitudinal groove and having spaced front lugs and provided with a single rear lug` extending entirelyv across the heel prfrtion and provided with a sockel and having front side extensions, a heel calli provided .vith longitudinal side flanges ar ranged between the front and rear lugs and having an ear at its liront end to tit lartwccn the front tlanges, said heel calli boing provided with a, concave upper turc and having a rear lug efftending into the recess olV the rear lug of tno horse shoe, and a cushion in terposcd between the heel calk and the horse shoe and rounded at the lower il'ace to lit. the concave upper :tace oil" the heel calliY and provided at the top with a rib extending into the groove of the horse shoe. whereby thc cushion is interlocled with the latter.

ln testimony that l claiin the foregoing as iny own, l have hereto alllxed in v signature in the presence oi two witnesses.

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