US427976A - Horseshoe - Google Patents

Description

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J. GURTIN. HORSESHOE.

No. 427,976. Patented Ma 13, 1890.

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J. CURTIN. 'HORSBSHOE.

Patented May 13, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CURTIN, OF ELK FALLS, KANSAS.

HORSESHOE.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 427,976, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed July 2'7, 1889! Serial No. 318,862. (No morleL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN CURTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elk Falls, in the county of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in horseshoes of the class composed of two or more pieces or sections, and it is an improvement 011 Letters Patent granted to me on the 6th day of December, 1887; and the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the toe-pieces used in combination with the side pieces or bars, all as will be hereinafter fully explained, and pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which- Figure 1 represents a top View of my shoe, showing one side bar removed. Fig. 2 is a bottom view, Figs. 3 and 4 are face views of the plates. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on line 00 00, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line y y, Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a horseshoe constructed in sections, consisting'of three parts or sections a, b, and c, of which the parts a and b are the side bars having the holes for the insertion of the nails whereby the shoe is held to the hoof of an animal. The toe portion or intermediate section consists of two halves, v

being an upper half (I, having nail-perforations, as shown, and slots 6 6, adapted to receive the lugs f f on the upper face of the lower plate. This upperhalf of the toe-section is also provided with the toe-clip f and two dowuwardly-projecting lugs or bearings g g at the outer ends of said plate, and the said bearings engage perforations h 71 in the end of each side section of the shoe, as well as engaging similar perforations t'e', formed in the outer ends of the lower plate, as clearly shown in the annexed drawings.

The inner faces of each section or half d and d are cut away, as at j j, leaving a semicircular shoulder 7e, to receive the semicircular end i Z of the side sections, which are loosely hinged to the toe-section, forming a pivotal bearing for the side sections, thus permitting the shoe to be contracted or expanded to suit the size of a hoof, and the shoe when so constructed expands with the expansion of the animals foot, and by such expansion the shoe-nails are relieved of all strain, and said shoe will or can be adjusted to any size or shaped foot by an inexperienced person. It will thus be seen thatI provide an intermediate or toe section to the shoe, which is in two parts that are removable, the same being locked together by the projecting lugs and retained to the hoof by the nails passing through them, while the pivotal bearings on the joints form a strong connection for the parts, and the toe-plate can be repaired or replaced by another when worn without removing the shoe from the hoof.

The lower half of the toe-section, as well as the heel of the side section, can be provided with calks, if desired, or the shoe can bepartly calked, and the toe-section is adapted to any size or shape of side sections. It will be furthcr observed that in connecting the sections to one another the eye on the side sections is placed over the raised bearings or lugs on the upper toe-plate, after which the under toe-' plate is placed in position, thus locking the parts together. The perforations in the toepiece are designed to receive nails similar to those driven in the side sections and into the hoof for securing the shoe thereto, and it will be seen that the lower-plate is provided with projecting lugs, and that the upper plate has slots, and when the lower plate is in position the lugs are up into the slots and serve to keep the two plates in proper position and prevent lateral strain on the raised bearings to which the side sections of the shoe are pivoted, and a shoe constructed as herein described is durable, cheap to manufacture, as well as being easy to the foot of a horse, as it permits the hoof to have its natural growth, and the toe-plate on the under side of the intermediate section, that receives the most wear, can be readily and quickly repaired or replaced by another similar plate without the person removing the shoe from the foot of the animal, thus providing a horseshoe which can be easily applied to the hoof and quickly repaired when worn.

The forward nail-perforations a in the side bars are elongated, and by such construction these holes are caused to register with the outer perforations of the lower toe-plate whet-her in a cont raeted or expanded position. Finally, it will be seen that in applying the shoe to the foot the same is placed thereon at contraction or partial contraction, so that it will expand with the expansion of the hoof, and in driving the nails that go through the oblong nail holes or slots a said. nails are driven until their heads are Iirmly embedded in the lower toe-plate, the upper'end of the nail being; firmly fastened in the hoof, leaving the nail free from contact with the bar where said nail passes through said oblong holes (K, thus providing free expansion for the side bars without touching said nail, and in construeting my horseshoe it is riveted together before fastening it to the hoof, and the pieces can be readily titted to the foot, as the parts will he made of dil't'erent sizes, large and small, to tit diltferent-sized hoofs, and when placed together they are ready to be nailed on the hoof.

'hat I claim is- In a threepart horseshoe, the eon'ibination, with the side sections provided with the semicircular perforated ends, oblong perforations, and cut away, as shown, of the plates composing the intermediate section, the upper plate having the bearing-lugs, shouldered semicircular ends, slots 0, and nail-holes, the lower plate provided with the lugs f and shouldered semicircular cutaway ends, and having the nail perforations, the whole adapted to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony' whereof .lallix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ULTRTIN.

\Vitnesses:

J. L. Drummer, T. E. RrrcHAnns.

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