IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES, SHOE HEEL AND TOE TIPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Luke Anderson, of Newtown, in the County of
Worcester, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES, SHOE HEEL AND TOE TIPS,
AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Sealed the 23rd January 1866, and dated the 3rd August 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Luke Anderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
August 1865.
I, LUKE ANDERSON, of Newtown, in the County of Worcester, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES, SHOE HEEL AND
Tox TIPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows, that is to say -
This machinery consists of a pair of steel rollers mounted in standards,
the top roll being grooved on the face to receive the non. In this groove
are dovetailed cutters, kept in their places by collars at each side, and kept
tight by screw nuts; these cutters are for the purpose of cutting off the
lengths required for each article. Plugs are also formed in the groove to
make the countersinkings necessary for the nails, each length or blank of
iron thus cut off and countersunk passes from the rolls on to a disc or table

page_text: partially revolving in a reciprocating motion half round, and back upon a
vertical shaft or spindle, the head of this spindle carries a template of the
form required to be given to the horse shoe or tip by suitable guides. The
blank is held in position whilst by the revolution of the disc it is bent round
the template, and thus caused to assume the required form, after which by the
action of a cam upon the main shaft of the machine working levers attached
to the template spindle, the template itself is withdrawn through an opening
in the disc, and thus allows the shoe or tip to fall.
The machine may be driven by any suitable power, and may be geared in
any suitable manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Luke Anderson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
February 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Imp
ANDERSON, of Newtown, in the County of Worcester, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by IIer Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Der heirs and successors, givo and grant unto me,
the said Luke Anderson, Iler special licence that I, the said Luke Anderson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I., the said Luke
Anderson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during tho
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Butain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES, SHOE HEEL AND TOE TIPS, AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others), that I, the
said Luke Anderson, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly 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 Luke Anderson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This machinery consists of a pair of steel rollers mounted in standards, the
top roll being grooved on the face to receive the iron; in this groove are
dovetailed cutters kept in their places by collars at each side, and kept tight
by screw nuts; these cutters are for the purpose of cutting off the lengths
required for each article; plugs are also formed in the groove to make the
countersinkings necessary for the nails; each length or blank of iron thus
cut off and countersunk passes from the rolls on to a disc or table partially
revolving in a reciprocating motion half round and back upon a vertical shaft
or spindle; the head of this spindle carries a template of the form required
to be given to the horse shoe or tip by suitable guides. The blank is held in
position whilst by the revolution of the dise it is bent round the template,
and thus caused to assume the required form; after which, by the action of
a cam upon the main shaft of the machine working levers attached to the
template spindle, the template itself is withdrawn through an opening in the
disc, and thus allows the shoe or tip to fall. The machine may be driven
by any suitable power, and may be geared in any suitable manner.
I will now proceed to describe the machine in detail by the aid of tho
accompanying Drawings, in all the Figures of which similar letters of reference
apply to similar parts
(a, a), aro a pair of steel rollers working between standards (b, 6), the
upper one of these rollers having a groove (c) sunk in its face to receive the
metal of which the shoe or tip is to be formed; in this groove (c) are inserted
pegs or punches (2) driven securely into holes drilled in the groove of the
roller, these pegs are to form the holes or countersinkings in the shoe or
tip by which it is to be put on. (d, d, d,) are three cutters dovetailed into the
upper roller across the groove (c) ; they are kept in place by the collars (e, e),
at each side, which collars are tightly screwed up by the nuts (f,f); these
cutters are for the purpose of cutting off the requisite length of metal to form
each shoe or tip. (g) is a head or template on the upper end of a vertical
spindle; this head is the shape of the inside of a shoe or tip. (h) is a hollow
spindle fitted on the outside with a cup (i) at one end, and a pinion by which
motion is given to the head (9), at its other end (j) is a plate screwed on the
cup (i), and having a hole in its centre fitting the head (9), so that when the
shoe or tip is formed the head (g) drops into the cup (2), thus leaving the
shoe or tip free (k) is a roller employed to press the metal close up to the
head (9); and (2) is a lever connected at one end to the spindle upon which
the head (9) works, and is actuated by a cam (m) at its opposite end, thus

page_text: governing the raising and lowering the head (9); (n) is a crank plate
working a slide (o) by means of the connecting rod (p) and two levers (9, 9),
and by which the head (9) is turned; (r, r), are adjusting screws by which
the position of the under roller may be varied to admit the insertion of
another size of upper roller; (s) is a slide used for raising and lowering the
spindles (9 and h); (t, t), are a spur wheel and pinion driving the top
roller, so that upon each revolution of the roller it will punch and cut off
three lengths of metal, each of which will in turn be received upon the
plate (), and be formed round the template or head (g) into the shape
requisite for a shoe or tip; (u) is the driving pulley by which the machine is
worked.
I have thus described and Hlustrated a machine capable of turning out
three shoes or tips for each revolution of the upper roller, but it will bo
obvious that by increasing the diameter of the upper roller any reasonable
number of the articles may be equally as well produced at one revolution,
whilst by altering the section of the groove in the upper roller and the form
of the head or template (9) articles of other shape than shoes or huises, and
shoe heel, and toe tips may also be produced.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I claim without limiting myself to
these precise details, the arrangement and combination of the soveral
mechanical parts or appliances herein described and illustrated, forming
machinery to be used in the manufacture of horse shoes, shoe heel, and too
tips, and other similar artioles substantially as herein more fully set forth and
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Luke Anderson, have horeunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
LUKE (L.s.) ANDERSON.