IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MAKING HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman,
for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MAKING HORSE-SHOES."
A communication from abroad by Augustus Seeley, of New York City, in
the United States of America.
Sealed the 8th August 1864, and dated the 8th June 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th June 1864.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MAKING HORSE-
SHOES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to facilitate the manufacture of horse-shoes.
To this end the shaping die or mould is mounted or formed upon one of a
pair of rolls and provided with a movable front piece of such form as in the
first instance to act as a nipper to close upon and hold fast the bar of iron
presented to the machine while a suitable length is being cut off to form a
blank; and then to hold fast the severed portion or blank while it is being
partially bent and shared. When by the rotation of the rolls the blank has
arrived within their grip and it no longer requires to be held fast, this part of
the shaping die is so arranged as to be thrown back to allow greater space in

page_text: the mould for the spreading of the iron under the swaging action of the rolls
in passing between them. Upon the surface of the lower pair of rolls is
formed a counter die curved somewhat like the contour of the finished shoe.
Near oue end of this roller a cam is formed, suitable for operating a pair of
shears or other cutting instruments for severing into lengths the bars of iron
fed to the machine. The upper roll carries the combined shaping and
swaging die with its movable front piece or finger. This finger is mounted
upon a rock shaft which passes through the roll longitudinally and extends
beyond the end thereof, where it is formed into a crank. This cranked end
of the rock shaft rests upon a cam surrounding the journal of the upper roll
and attached to the frame of the machine. During the rotation of the rolls
the rock shaft is so operated by this cam as to cause the iron to be grasped
and released at suitable intervals by the movable front or finger of the shaping
die. When the smaller diameter of the cam is presented to the crank shaft,
this part of the die is caused to recede by the action of a spring fixed in a slot
cut through the upper roll. After a blank of suitable length has been cut off
as above described it is carried by the rotation of the rolls between two
inclined rocking arms hinged at their lower ends to the frame of the machine
and furnished with antifriction rollers which project into irregular shaped
annular grooves formed in the periphery of the upper roll. The object of
these arms is to bend the blank around the shaping die just before the action
of the swaging die begins. The blank having passed between the rolls the
finished shoe is discharged on to a fixed table provided to receive it. The
rolls are geared together and may be driven in the ordinary manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th December 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for. Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alfred. Vincent Newton,. Her special license that I, the said Alfred
Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,

page_text: the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MAKING HORSE-SHOES," being a communication from
Augustus Seeley, of New York City, in the United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Vincent
Newton, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
and until by the rotation
Upon the surface of the
The object of this Invention is to facilitate the manufacture of horse-shoes.
To this end the shaping die or mould is mounted or formed upon one of a pair
of rolls and provided with a moveable front piece which acts as a nipper to seize
the bar iron fed to the machine and retain a fast hold of the severed portion
or blank while it is being partially bent and shaped,
of the rolls the blank has arrived within their grip.
lower roll is formed a counter die curved somewhat like the contour of the
finished shoe. The moveable front piece or finger of the shaping and swaging
die carried by the upper roller is mounted upon a rock shaft which passes
longitudinally through the roll and extends beyond the end thereof, where it is
formed into a crank which resting upon a fixed cam surrounding the journal
of the upper roller is actuated thereby during the rotation of the rolls. The
iron is thus grasped and released at suitable intervals by the moveable front
or finger of the shaping die. When a blank of suitable length has been cut
off as above described it is carried by the rotation of the rolls between two
inclined rocking arms furnished with antifriction rollers which project into
curved annular grooves formed in the periphery of the upper roll, and the
blank is thus bent around the shaping die just before the action of the
swaging die begins.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 shews in front elevation the improved
machinery for making horse-shoes; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section in

page_text: the line X, X, Fig. 1 looking towards the right hand, and Fig. 2 is a similar
section looking towards the left hand; similar letters of reference in both
views indicate corresponding parts.
A, A, represent the frame which carries the bearings for the rolls B, B¹.
This frame is made of cast iron or of any other suitable material of sufficient
strength to sustain the strain necessary for the operation of making horse-
shoes. In the lower roll B is sunk the counter die C, and a cam a formed.
on its surface serves to operate the cutter 6 which is attached to a curved
bar D carrying a bowle at its lower end in contact with the cam a. This
bar D has at its fulcrum a pin projecting from the framing A, and in com-
bination with the stationary cutter C it causes the cutter b to cut off the
blanks to the required length. The swaging die E is carried by the upper
roll B. Two curved grooves d, d, at the sides of this die, and in the surface
of the roll B', form the guides for the vibrating arms e, e, which hold the blank
after the same has been cut and bend it around the mould or shaping die F.
In bending the blank around the mould it is necessary to allow the same a
certain amount of play, so that it can spread under the action of the swaging
die, and if the iron is bent through the action of the front of the shaping.
mould or die itself it will lie close up to the mould, or at least to the front of
the mould, and no chance is left to the same to spread. In order to avoid
this difficulty the front of the mould is made moveable, and it is so arranged
as to recede and give to the iron room to spread under the action of the
swaging die E. The front f is attached to an arbor g that passes through'
the interior of the roll B¹. One end of this shaft extends beyond the end'
of the roll and forms a crank h, which by sweeping over a stationary cam i
on the side of the frame A keeps the front f up. A spring j attached to the
front f, and operating in the interior of the cylinder B', has a tendency to
throw the front back as soon as the crank h is released from the cam i. This
cam is furnished with a shoulder k, in passing which the crank his suddenly
released, allowing the front f to recede through the action of the spring j,'
and the shoulder k is in such a position that the front is thrown back just
before the action of the swaging die on the blank begins.
By these means can be accomplished in a simple and effective manner'
what otherwise requires a complicated machinery, and at the same time the
front can be made to project far enough to afford a good hold on the blanks
without interfering with the action of the swaging die. After the horse-shoes
have been completely formed by the action of the rolls B, B', they are taken
up by the clearer H, from whence they are removed and put away in any
convenient receptacle.

page_text: Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improved Machinery
for Making Horse-shoes," as communicated to me from abroad, and explained
the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that
under the above in part recited Letters Patent, I claim constructing horse-
shoe machinery in the manner and for the purpose above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Eighth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
o Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)