Improvements in Means for Fastening and Securing Detachable Toes and Calks for Horse Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
COMI LINDT MUITIVATION!
Improvements in Means for Fastening and Securing Detachable Toes
and Calks for Horse Shoes.
I, KARL JULIUS GAITZSCH, of Knauthain, in the Empire of Germany, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As known, toes and calks of horse shoes often require to be renewed and necessi-
tate fastening devices which should be easily arranged and also secure.
The method for fastening toes or calks of any kind must be such as to render
the insertion or the removal of the same possible at any time without difficulty
and without rendering the fastening device useless, moreover this fastening device
should be protected against wearing out and damage.
These qualities and advantages do not exist with the known methods.
The insertion or removal of these known toes is so difficult that the same cannot
be effected without damage to the shoes or hoofs.
In the most favorable of the known fastening devices the same are constructed
in such a manner that they are exposed and in consequence become worn by the
step of the horse.
The subject of the present invention consists of a fastening device or holder
making possible not only an absolutely secure hold of the inserted toes or calks,
but also a quick and easy removal of the same.
For this purpose the toes and calks are provided with tongues by the insertion
of which into a housing the secure fastening of toes and calks is obtained.
In the annexed drawings Fig. 1 is an under view of the toe part provided with
a screwing in toe. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 an under
view of a horse shoe provided with screwing in calks. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal
section on the line b b of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of the same calk when fixed.
Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line cc of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an under view of the
toe of a horse shoe provided with pushed in toe. Fig. 8 is a section on the line dd
of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an under view of a horse shoe with pushed in calks. Fig. 10
is a section on the line g g of Fig 9. Fig. 11 is a view of the same calk fixed.
Fig. 12 is a section on line h h of Fig. 9. Figs. 13, 14, 15 show representations
of different forms of toes and calks. Fig. 16 is a longitudinal section through
the toe of a horse shoe showing the tongue protected. Figs. 17 to 20 show methods
for securing the toes and calks.
The toes or calks especially toes or calks for asphalte having several projections
on their underneath have on one or on several sides or in the middle a tongue z
being in one with the toe or calks themselves or adapted to them in a suitable
manner.
Suitably to this tongue za hollow is provided in the iron (the horse shoe)
in order to receive the tongue as shown in Fig. 5 and 11, avoiding any displacing
or turning of the toes or calks.
In order to make the setting free possible in a ready manner, a groove a is
arranged laterally to the hollow n the tongue z can be inserted or removed from
the hollow n by any auxiliary means.

page_text: A second groove a¹ is arranged in the longitudinal direction under the hollow n.
For pushed in calks the hollow n can be enlarged in such a manner that it
combines with the groove a Fig. 9.
As is shown in Fig. 17 the tongue z can be chamfered sideways to the toe or
calkins and can be secured against damage by a space between it and the toe or
calk as shown in Fig. 16 to 20.
By this peculiar formation of the tongue z and grooves n the toes and calks can
be secured indisplaceably and also the toes or calks being longer than the inserted
parts thereof a displacement of them cannot happen.
The fastening installation is thus absolutely secure instead of the chamfered
tongue and groove and span protecting the tongue z straight tongues and grooves
can be adapted or the tongues z of the toes and calkins can be curved.
In this case the fastening would be more and more fixed by each step of the
horse and the tongue z cannot be knocked off or broken by or become loose Figs. 5
and 11.
The formation and size of the fixing and loosing grooves can be different.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An improved means for fastening and securing detachable toes and calks
for horse shoes consisting for this purpose of a tongue z (adapted on the toc
or calkins) to be inserted into a housing n the manipulation of such toes and
calks being made easy by means of the grooves a and a¹.
2. The improved arrangement as in Claim 1 in which the tongue z and the
groove n are formed in a dove tail manner in order to secure an indisplaceable
fastening of the calks or toes.
3. The improved arrangement as in claims 1 and 2 in which the tongue Z is
protected by a space or hollow, in order to save the same against wear and
damage.
Dated this 15th day of Jul 1808
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.