Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 6th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
We, Dr. FERDINAND GRÜNBERGER, Lawyer, of Anastasius-Grun Gasse 27,
Vienna XVIII, EDUARD TÜCHLER, Farrier, of Tiefenbachgasse 50, Vienna, XIV,
and ISIDOR KLEIN, Merchant, of Kaiser Josefs Strasse 32, Vienna II, Empire of
Austria, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to horse shoes and to the fixing of toe and heel calks
therein; these are slid into a slot in the horse shoe and are simultaneously
fixed by introducing a filling piece into the hollow calk. The invention relates
also to a bar shoe of which the bar is so made as to receive similar calks and to
be itself fixed in the same manner as the above mentioned insertable toe or heel
calks. The calk may be a hollow cylinder, which is arranged on a slide plate in
such a manner that it can be introduced through a slot in the shoe and slid to its
place. For this purpose the slot at the place of introduction is large enough
to receive the calk in spite of its projecting parts but at the fixing place it is
diminished in such a manner that the projections prevent its withdrawal vertically.
The hollow chamber of the calk is filled with a block or piece of caoutchouc or
any other suitable material, which possesses a sufficient solidity and a certain
elasticity. This filling serves to render the tread of the horse more elastic, whilst
part of it reaches into the diminished part of the slot, in order to prevent after its
introduction also a horizontal displacement of the calk.
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It is of advantage, to combine the hollow calk simultaneously with an edged
calk which may be a little lower, in order to give to the shoe a secure hold coupled
with elastic treading.
The toe is either made as usual, or it can equally be hollow and appropriate for
receiving the filling, or finally it can in the same manner, as before described, be
slid in and out and fixed by the filling.
If the advantage of sliding it out or in is not required only the advantage of the
elastic and fixed calks, one can also fix the hollow calk with the filling and the
edged calk on the horse shoe, or the two kinds of calk separately, that is, next to
one another on the shoe.
The free ends of the shoe may be connected by a bar which is introduced into
slots in the shoe in the same manner, as has been above described with regard to
the calks and which can be fixed either by the filling of the hollow calks fixed on
the bar or by screwing in the edged calks.
On the bar are arranged one, two or more hollow calks with fillings which are
especially intended to provide ease for sensitive horses, especially to those which
suffer from wind galls, by keeping the inflamed places free that is to say relieving
them of pressure since by means of the bar the ends of the shoe are held firmly
and the hoof is prevented from spreading.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
We, Dr. FERDINAND GRÖNBERGER Lawyer, of Anastasius-Grun Gasse 27,
Vienna XVIII, EDUARD TÜCHLER, Farrier, of Tiefenbachgasse 50, Vienna, XIV,
and ISIDOR KLEIN, Merchant of Kaiser Josefs Strasse 32, Vienna II, in the Empire
of Austria, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
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This invention relates to horse shoes and to the fixing of toe and heel calks
therein. These are slid into a slot in the horse shoe and are fixed by introducing
a filling piece into a hollow provided in the calk. The invention also relates to
a barshoe in which the bar is so made as to receive similar calks, and to be itself 1
fixed in the same manner as the above mentioned insertable toe or heel calks;
finally the invention relates to horse shoes with fixed plugs or calks for the purpose
of avoiding concussion and hoof inflammation.
In the annexed drawing.
Fig. 1 shows a front leg shoe provided with the said calks and having the usual 1
toe.. The calk 1 may be in the form of a hollow cylinder, and arranged on a slide
plate 2 in such a manner that it can be introduced through a slot 3 in the shoe 4
and slid to its place. For this purpose the slot 3 at the place of introduction is
large enough to receive the calk in spite of its projections 5, but at the fixing place
it is diminished in such a manner that the projections 5 prevent the withdrawal of
the calk vertically.
The hollow chamber of the calk 1 is filled with a block or piece 6 of caoutchouc
or any other suitable material, which possesses a sufficient solidity and a certain
elasticity. This filling serves to render the tread of the horse more elastic whilst
the pin 7 reaches into the diminished part of the slot 3, in order to prevent by its
friction after its introduction a horizontal displacement of the calk.
It is of advantage, to combine the hollow calk 1 simultaneously with an edged
calker 8 which may be a little lower in order to give to the shoe a secure foot hold
coupled with elasticity of tread.
The toe 9 is either made as usual or it can be hollow and appropriate for
receiving the filling, or finally it can in the same manner as before described, be
slid in and out and fixed by the filling.
If the advantage of exchangeable calks is not required, but only the advantage
of the elastic and fixed calks, the hollow calk 1 together with the edged calk 8
shown in Fig. 1 can be fixed with the filling on the horse shoe in any suitable
manner or the two kinds of calk can be fixed separately, that is to say, next to one
another on the shoe, as shown in Fig. 2 of the annexed drawing, on which figure
there is also shown on a front shoe a hollow toe 10 with fillings 6.
Figs. 3 and 4 show (independently of the toe arrangements) the previously
mentioned bar on a front and on a back shoe.
The free ends of the shoe 4 may be connected by a bar 11, which according to
Fig. 3 is introduced into slots 3 in the shoe 4 and which can be fixed either by the
filling 6 of the hollow-calks 1 fixed on the bar, or as shown in Fig. 4 by screwing
in the edged calks 8.
On the bar 11 are arranged one, two, or (as in Fig. 5) more hollow casks 1 with
fillings 6, which are especially intended to provide ease for sensitive horses,
especially to those which suffer from wind galls, by keeping the inflamed places
free, that is to say, by relieving them of pressure, since by means of the bar 11
the ends of the shoe are held firmly and the hoof is prevented from spreading, also

page_text: the bar helps towards giving foot hold. By this means slipping or concussion
is efficaciously prevented.
Fig. 6 shows a spanner for operating the calks or bars.
In order to utilize the said advantages for shoe irons in which however exchange-
able calks are not required, Fig. 7 shows such a shoe with fixed hollow calks 1 and
filling 6, fixed in any suitable manner in which also the toe 9 can be either cupped
or provided with rubber fillings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
In improvements in horse shoes.
1. Exchangeable calks and toe pieces made hollow and having plates 2 and pro-
jections 5 which are introduced into and may be displaced from contracted slots 3
of the shoe and fixed by introducing the filling in block 6 of the calk or toe.
2. Bars connecting the ends of the shoe and carrying hollow calks 1 with filling
in blocks 6, which bars may be either connected with the shoe by means of screw-
in calks 8 (Fig. 4) or introduced and slid in after the manner of the calks 1 as
specified under Claim 1 by means of contracted slots 3 in the shoe 4 and are fixed
by introducing the filling block 6 and are thereby connected with the shoe.
3. A horse shoe (Fig. 7) with fixed hollow calks 1 with block filling 6 or with
fixed hollow toes and filling blocks 6.
Dated this 6th day of January 1898.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicants, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.