An Improved Appliance for Bending Horse-shoes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1891-Accented 2nd Oct.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Bending Horse-shoes.
I, ELIEL WARRY, of Pembroke House, Shirehampton, in the County of
Gloucester, General Smith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows
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The
The improved appliance for bending horse shoes constituting this invention
consists of a grooved cam secured on a spindle carried in bearings over a grooved
bed-plate, the groove in the bed-plate being directly below that in the cam.
bed-plate is flat and the groove therein is straight. The cam, which is shaped
circumferentially to correspond approximately with the curve of a horse shoe in
the rough or unfinished state, is fitted with an eye, socket, clip, or the like. To
the spindle on which the cam is secured is connected a hand-lever for turning the
spindle and the cam. The mode of using the appliance is as follows. A bar
of a length suitable for a shoe of a given size is, while red hot, placed in the
groove in the bed-plate and, passing under the cam, is engaged at one end in
the eye, socket, or clip thereof.
The cam is then turned on the face of the bed plate by actuating the hand-
lever and the bar is thereby bent to the shape of a shoc in the groove in the
cam. It is readily removed by means of tongs and, being still red hot, the
necessary nail holes may at once be punched therein.
Two or more cams of equal or different size may be carried on the same
spindle and a corresponding number of shoes produced by one actuation of the
hand-lever, the bed-plate being furnished with grooves accordingly.
Dated this 11th day of November 1890.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Bending Horse-shoes.
I, ELIEL WARRY, of Pembroke House, Shirehampton, in the County of
Gloucester, General Smith, 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 :-
The improved appliance for bending horse shoes constituting this invention
consists, of a grooved can secured on a spindle carried in bearings over a grooved
bed-plate. The cam is divided into a series of divisions shaped circumferentially
to correspond approximately with horse-shoes of different sizes. The bed-plate
is divided and grooved to correspond with the cam.
turned on a fixed spindle by a hand lever. Shoes are bent or turned in the
The latter is free to be
appliance by placing the strip or strips of iron therefor, while red-hot, in a
groove or grooves of the bed plate, one end of the strip or strips being passed
through and secured in an eye in the cam.
spindle through the medium of the hand lever, bending the strip or strips of
The cam is then turned on a fixed
iron accordingly. The shoe or shoes thus formed, being still red-bot, may at
once be punched for the necessary nail holes.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 represents a side clevation of my improved appliance for bending horse.
hoes.

page_text: Fig. 2 is also a side elevation, but showing the position after the cam a has
been turned in bending a shoe or shoes.
Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2, and
Fig. 4 is a plan of the appliance.
The appliance consists of a cam a grooved as shown and mounted on a fixed
spindle s carried in the standards c of the bed plate supported on legs e. The
cam is free to be turned on the fixed spindle s by the hand lever. The cam
is divided into parts of different diameter and both it and the bed plate are
provided with variously sized grooves, but each groove in the cam corresponds
to that immediately below it in the bed plate. The mode of using the appliance
is as follows. To simplify description the method of dealing with one shoe only
may be set forth, it being understood that the same conditions apply to bending
more than one shoe at one turn of the cam. The cam a having been brought
to the position shown at Fig. 1, the strip of iron which is to constitute the shoe
is placed, while red-hot, in the proper groove according to the weight and
dimensions of the shoe required. One end of the strip is made to bear against
the movable and adjustable gauge by which the length of the limbs of the
shoe is regulated. The strip is then clamped by the movable clamping screw h,
or equivalent device, and the cam is turned by means of the hand lever to
the position shown at Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Accordingly, the strip is thus bent to
correspond with the shape of a horse-shoe. After having been unclamped it is
readily removed by means of tongs and, being still red-hot, the necessary nail
holes may at once be punched therein.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An appliance for bending horse-shoes, consisting of a grooved cam such as a
centred above a correspondingly grooved bed plate such as d over which the
cam is free to be turned through the medium of a hand lever such as f, or its
equivalent, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accom-
panying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 10th day of August 1891.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.