Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
COMPLETE STETICATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoes.
We, FREDERICK WILLIAM BACH, Gentleman, of 370 West 58th Street;
ADAM EMIL SCHATZ, Lawyer, of 61 Park Row, and EMIL RINKE, Importer,
of 45 West 4th Street, all of the City of New York, County and State of New
York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of our invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to Improvements in Horse Shoes; and the object of our
invention is to produce a horse shoe having a plurality of calks arranged thereon
in such a way as to give the shoe a strong grip on the ground so as to prevent the
horse wearing it from slipping in any direction, and also to construct and arrange
the calks in such a way that they will enable the horse to get a good footing when
either pulling or backing. Another object of the invention is to so construct the
calks that they will not be liable to injure the horse's legs or feet (technically called
'calking").
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In our invention the shoe is provided on opposite sides with a series of calks
which are arranged diagonally and the outer portions of which are ahead of the
inner portions, thus spreading the effective bearing points of the several calks over
a comparatively large surface. The calks are not continued to the outer curve of
the horse shoe, but terminate a suitable distance before the same.
To this end our invention consists in certain features of construction and
combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
both the views.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe as applied to the hoof of the
horse, the view showing the under side of the shoe and the arrangement of the
calks thereon; and
Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the shoe.
The shoe 10 shown in the drawings, is of the customary shape and may be made
of any suitable weight, material or style, and it has the usual heel calks 11 and toe
calk 12. The shoe is provided with a series of calks 13 which are arranged
diagonally on the sides of the shoe between the heel calks and the toe calk,
any necessary number being used, although two or three on a side are usually
employed, as shown.
The calks 13 are of wedge shape, when viewed in cross section, as will be seen
by reference to Figure 1, and these calks are arranged with their outer ends ahead,
as this gives a better bearing surface and enables the horse to get a better grip on
the ground. The calks are spaced in order to prevent ice or other foreign matter
from sticking between them." It will be noticed by reference to the dotted lines
in Figure 2 that the calks 13 are not placed radially as regards the center of the
shoe, but the calks are set at slight angles to each other so that each may bear in
a slightly different way on the ground, and slipping is thus effectively prevented,
even on very smooth surfaces, such as ice or asphalt.
The sharp edges of the calks 12 and 13 extend only to within a distance from
the outer edge of the horse shoe, so that the sharp edges of the calks cannot injure
the horse when the shoe of the left foot strikes against the right hoof, or vice versa,
as it often occurs when the horse turns to the right or left, (technically called
"calking").

page_text: We have shown the invention as applied to a shoe having a nail groove, but it
will be obvious that the invention is also applicable to horse shoes made without a
nail groove.
We are aware that it is not new to provide a shoe with calks placed between
the toe calk and heel calks, but what we claim is the peculiar way in which the
calks are placed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is,―
A horse shoe provided on its under side with a toe calk and heel calks, and a
number of wedge-shaped side calks between the heel and the toe, said calks being
spaced to prevent foreign matter from sticking between them, and placed diagonally
at an angle to each other and with their outer ends ahead, the lower edges of the
said side calks terminating interiorly of the outer edge of the shoe, substantially
as described, whereby the horse is protected against injury by the outer ends of
the calks, as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of Apr 1
F. W. BACH,
A. E. SCHATZ,
E. RINKE,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.