IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES
Year: 1884

page_text: Horse 4068.
I CARL ROBERT WEDELIN of 53 Södra Hamngatan Gothenburg in the Kingdom
of Sweden Engineer at present residing at the Royal Hotel Blackfriars in the City
of London do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES."
The object of my Invention is to manufacture of horse shoes or the like from
hot bar iron or steel so that the metal is entirely punched into the perfect shoe
form without requiring reheating or the necessity for removal from one machine
to another.
I construct a machine adapted to receive (preferably direct from the rolls) into
a spout or guide made for the purpose a bar of hot iron of suitable section for the
manufacture of horse shoes. This spout is continued into a further spout formed
in different parts sliding one on another so as to present at different times different
lengths of spout according to whether the parts are in line or otherwise and it is
also provided in some of its parts with knives or cutters so as that when the
requisite length of the hot bar is automatically measured by the relative position
of the parts of this spout it shall be automatically cut off by the sliding of one
part of the spout out of line with the other part or parts. I provide also a pressing
arrangement whereby any "rag" formed by the cutting of the bar as described
may be pressed back into the bar and any bend in the bar be straightened.
I prefer to arrange the spouts in an inclined position so as that the bar may pass
into the required positions by gravity.
In continuance of this spout I provide an arrangement of any convenient form
whereby any piece of iron entering the machine which is too short for the
formation of such a shoe as the machine is adapted to make may be rejected that
is to say for instance the last piece of any bar not exactly devisible into the
requisite lengths.
The lengths of bar as cut and pressed pass into a second spout or channel (also
preferably inclined downwards) one by one when each length of bar is retained by

page_text: suitable device such for example as a spring until a pair of rollers hereinafter
referred to is in a position to receive it at which time a pressing piece is caused by
suitable gearing to press against the end of the length of bar with such force as to
overcome the resistance of the retaining device and following the length of bar for
a short distance it enters it into the grasp of the rollers.
I am aware that it has been proposed to use rollers for forming the blanks of
Horse Shoes so as to give varying section to the different parts but hitherto
I believe the object has not been attained, or but in a slight degree. I believe the
deficiency of effect arises from the fact that if the groove in which the iron is
placed be not uniform in section in one direction it cannot be a tight groove with
a tightly fitting projection or the machine would look itself and yet without a
tight groove and tightly fitting projection what is called a "fin" on the pressed
iron is under high pressure produced and the shoe blank is thereby more or less
spoiled for further operations. Now I by my Invention produce a tight groove to
which I can apply very heavy pressure but with no tendency to lock the machine
and yet with no room on for "fin" as follows. I roll the iron between two rollers
which touch each other at one corner of each so that the tightness of the groove is
due to the pressure of faces on the end of one roller against faces on the end of the
other roller which faces I make each in one plane throughout and exactly at right
angles to the axis of revolution of the rollers and I arrange that by end pressure
the faces are kept absolutely touching.
I find that with this arrangement of rollers I can arrange the section in all parts
so as that the length of bar on emerging from the nip of the rollers shall not
follow either roller but shall come out as a straight or approximately straight bar.
The piece of hot iron thus thickened in parts in one direction and reduced in
another direction as may be desired is passed into a channel or spout (preferably
inclined downwards) whence it passes on a removable bottom into a position
between two cheeks and underneath two small pressing rollers and over a mandrel
of the shape which it is desired to give to the inside of the shoe. It is there held
by a spring or other convenient retaining device until by the movement of the
parts of the machine described as being above it it is laid on the mandril and
sufficiently supported by the checks and rollers last referred to when the spring or
other bolding arrangement is removed. It is by the continued movement of these
parts of the machine and the pressure on the mandril pressed up between the
cheeks into a part which it more nearly fits and when it begins to bend it enters
a part which it accurately fits and is there firmly held so as to prevent the warping
which would be apt to occur in the part of the bar forming the toe of the shoe if
it was unsupported. By the continued movement of this part of the machine, the
rollers (which I prefer to use so as to reduce friction) produce the first bending of
the bar in the direction required. I do not however effect the entire binding of
the shoe by means of this pressure which would be attended by inconvenience but
after the shoe is bent slightly by that described pressure I apply other direct
pressure from each side and so arrange the sequence of movements in the machine
as that the supporting cheeks before described are pulled off the bent iron while
it is still firmly held upon the mandril by the direct side pressure I have
described; thus I overcome any tendency which might exist for the sticking of
the iron in the channel in which it was bent or the distortion of the shoe on its
withdrawal from it.
While the shoe is on the mandril and after the pressing pieces by which it was
formed are withdrawn I cause a die to advance having on its face projections for
nail holes and for what is called the crease or either of them, and which die presses
the hot iron against a matrix or face bearing projections and recesses as required
which matrix or face is within a recess smaller than the whole length of the shoe
if heels are to be formed on the shoe by this means the requisite counterpart is
formed or presserved and at the same time if required the heels of the shoe are also
bent. I complete the heel and by the pressure of another die following that last

page_text: described and in a direction paralel to it and if extra pieces be required on the
toes of the shoe I may use a third die. When the dies are withdrawn the hind
face (or what I have called the machine) is caused to slide forward on the mandril
on which the shoe was formed pushing the shoe before it which then drops off into
a receptacle provided for it. And it will of course be understood that each part
of the machine having performed its function is returned automatically to its first
position and that while one part of the machine is performing one function on one
piece of hot iron another part is performing another function upon another piece of
iron and so on.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said Carl Robert Wedelin.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of
Horse Shoes.
I, CARL ROBERT WEDELIN of 53 Södra Hamnyatan Gothenberg in the Kingdom
of Sweeden Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
The object of my Invention is to manufacture horse shoes or the like from hot
bar iron or steel so that the metal is entirely finished into the perfect shoe form
without requiring reheating or there being necessity for removal from one machine
to another.
I construct a machine adapted to receive (preferably direct from the rolls) into a
spout or guide made for the purpose, a bar of hot iron of suitable section for the
manufacture of horse shoes. This spout is continued into a further spout formed
in different parts sliding one on another so as to present at different times different
lengths of spout according to whether the parts are in line or otherwise, and it is
also provided in some of its parts with knives or cutters so as that when the
requisite length of the hot bar is automatically measured by the relative position
of the parts of this spout it shall be automatically cut off by the sliding of one part
of the spout out of line with the other part or parts.-I provide also pressing
arrangement whereby any "rag" formed by the cutting of the bar as described
may be pressed back into the bar and any bend in the bar be straightened.
I prefer to arrange the spouts in an inclined position so as that the bar may pass
into the required position by gravity.
In continuance of this spout I provide an arrangement of any convenient form
whereby any piece of iron entering the machine which is too short for the
formation of such a shoe as the machine is adapted to make, may be rejected
that is to say for instance the last piece of any bar not exactly divisible into the
requisite lengtha.
The lengths of bar as cut and pressed, pass into a second spout or channel (also
preferably inclined downwards) one by one when each length of bar is retained by
suitable device, such for example as a spring, until a pair of rollers hereinafter
referred to is in a position to receive it, at which time a pressing piece is caused by
suitable gearing to press against the end of the length of bar with such force as to
overcome the resistance of the retaining device, and following the length of bar for
a short distance it enters it into the grasp of the rollers.
I am aware that it has been proposed to use rollers for forming the blanks
of Horse Shoes so as to give varying section to the different parts but hitherto
I believe the object has not been attained, or but in a slight degree-I believe the
deficiency of effect arises from the fact that if the groove in which the iron is
placed be not uniform in section in one direction, it cannot be a tight groove with

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a tightly fitting projection or the machine would lock itself, and yet without a
tight groove and tightly fitting projection, what is called a " fin on the pressed
iron is, under high pressure produced, and the shoe blank is thereby more or less
spoiled for further operations. Now I provide a tight groove to which I can apply
very heavy pressure but with no tendency to lock the machine and yet with no
room for "fin" as follows:-I roll the iron between two rollers which touch each
other at one corner of each so that the tightness of the groove is due to the pressure
of faces on the end of one roller against faces on the end of the other roller, which
faces I make each in one plane throughout, and exactly at right angles to the axis
of revolution of the rollers, and I arrange, that by end pressure, the faces are kept
absolutely touching. I find that with this arrangement of rollers I can arrange
the section in all parts so as that the length of bar on emerging from the nip of the
rollers shall not follow either roller but shall come out as a straight or approxi-
uately straight bar.
The piece of hot iron thus thickened in parts in one direction and reduced in
another direction as may be desired is passed into a channel or spout (preferably
inclined downwards) whence it passes on a removeable bottom into a position
between two cheeks, and underneath two small pressing rollers and over a mandril
of the shape which it is desired to give to the inside of the shoe-It is there held
by a spring or other convenient retaining device until by the movement of the
parts of the machine described as being above it, it is laid on the mandril and
sufficiently supported by the cheeks and rollers last referred to when the spring or
other holding arrangement is removed. It is by the continued movement of these
parts of the machine and the pressure on the mandril, pressed up between the
cheeks into a part which it more nearly fits, and when it begins to bend it enters a
part which it accurately fits, and is there firmly held so as to prevent the warping
which would be apt to occur in the part of the bar forming the toe of the shoe if
it were unsupported. By the continued movement of this part of the machine the
rollers (which I prefer to use so as to reduce friction) produce the first bending of
the bar in the direction required. I do not however effect the entire bending of
the shoe by means of this pressure which would be attended by inconvenience but
after the shoe is bent slightly by that described pressure I apply other direct
pressure from each side and so arrange the sequence of movements in the machine
as that the supporting cheeks before described are pulled off the bent iron while it
is still firmly held upon the mandril by the direct side pressure I have described;
thus I overcome any tondency which might exist for the sticking of the iron in the
channel in which it was bent, or the distortion of the shoe on its withdrawal
from it.
While the shoe is on the mandril and after the pressing pieces by which it was
formed are withdrawn, I cause a die to advance having on its face projections for
formning nail holes and for what is called the "crease," or either of them, and which
die presses the hot iron against a matrix or face bearing projections and recesses as
required which matrix or face is within a recess smaller than the whole length of
the shoe if heels are to be formed on the shoe by this means the requisite counter-
part is formed or preserved, and at the same time if required the heels of the shoe
are also bent. I complete the heel end by the pressure of another die following
that last described and in a direction parallel to it, and if extra pieces be required
on the toes of the shoe I may use a third die. When the dies are withdrawn the
hind face (or what I have called the matrix) is caused to slide forward on the
mandril on which the shoe was formed, pushing the shoe before it which then drops
off into a receptacle provided for it. And it will of course be understood that each
part of the machine having performed its function is returned automatically to its
first position and that while one part of the machine is performing one function on
one piece of hot iron another part is performing another function upon another
piece of iron and so on.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now.
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to

page_text: the several figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line C¹¹ of figure II.
Figure II is a plan of a part of the machine.
Figure III is a section taken on the line D" of figure II.
Figure IV is a section taken on the line E" of figure II.
Figure V is a section taken on the line F" of figure I.
Figure VI is a section taken on the line Q" of figure I.
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Figure VII shews a horse shoe with calks as made by the machine.
Figures VIII, IX, X are enlarged details of the mechanism for bending the
rolled lengths into horse shoe form and making the lateral formations therein and
thereon in making shoes with calks.
Figure XI is an enlarged detail of a modification shewing the arrangement when
making shoes without calks.
Figure XII is an elevation and transverse section of a strip or blank cut from
the bar before being submitted to the action of the rollers in the machine and
figure XIII shews an elevation of the said strip or blank after it has been acted
upon by the said rollers but before it is bent into the horse shoe form. The section
at the left hand is taken on the line 1, 1, and the section on the right hand is taken
on the line 2, 2.
Figures XIV, XV are details of the mechanism for bending the strips or blanks
into the horse shoe form. The bar from which the shoes are to be made is prefer-
ably taken direct from the rolling mill whilst still hot and is caused to enter a
straight spout or guide a Figure I, II which may be advantageously lined with a
non conducting material such as fire clay charcoal dust or the equivalent.
For the purpose of so introducing the bar the last rollers in the rolling mill may
be situated at the upper end of the spout or guide a so that the bar is pushed into
the spout by the rolling mill. If the locality or other conditions will not admit
such an arrangement then the spout or guide a can be made movable so that it is
placed before the last track of the rolling mill and there receives the hot bar and
the said spout or guide is afterwards moved to the position relatively with the
machine shewn in the drawing.
b Figures I II III is a slider which is moved backwards and forwards in the under
cut recess in the bed c in a direction across or transversely to the spout or guide a.
The slider b is provided with a knife d and the bed c is provided with a fixed
counterpart e of the knife. By this arrangement the cutting of the bar into lengths
suited each for the formation of a horse shoe is effected. On the slider bis firmly
fixed a spout guide f and also another spout or guide g which can be adjusted
lengthwise and fixed by means of the slot and screw h.
The bed c is also provided with a spout or guide i which can be adjusted length-
wise and fixed by means of the slot and screws k k.
The drawing shews the slider b at one end of its movement when the spouts or
guides and g jointly make a continuation of the spout or guide a.
In consequence of the inclination at which the spont is placed the hot bar
which is introduced into the spout slides down by gravity until the lower end of
the said bar is checked by the side of the spout or guide i which forms a stop or
bottom to the spouts or guides a f g so that the bar cannot slide further down when
the parts are in the position shewn. By the transverse reciprocating movement of
the slider b the knives de cut off that piece of the hot bar which is between
the said knives and the stop 2 which piece is of suitable length to form a horse
shoe blank.
By the movement of the slides the spouts or guides f g are brought in line with
the spout or guide i and the blank passed down from the spouts or guides fg and
into the spout or guide i.-m and n (figure II) are two projections which by means
of the bar o are fixed to the spring p so that they move in approximately the arc
of a circle described from the point where the spring is fixed.

page_text: When the blank is cut off the knife d presses the blank against the projection m
so that the blank is arrested by the said projection during the continued motion of
the slide b against the projection m and thus is prevented from sliding down into
the spout or guide i before the other projection n by the continued motion of the
slider is acted upon by the side of the spout or guide g so as to force back the
projection m from its bearing on the upper end of the blank so that the said blank
can slide down into the spout or guide i.
9, 9 are two lugs or supports fixed on the bed c, and ris a bent plate movable
round the centre pins carried by the said lugs or supports 9 q. tis a bent arm
which is fixed to the slider b-When the slider b is in the position shewn in the
drawing the bent plate is situated in the position shewn by the full lines in
Figure IV but when the said slider moves forward in order to effect the cutting of
the bar then the arm t presses against the upper projection u on the bent plate?
so that the plator is thereby moved into the position shewn by the dotted lines in
Figure 1V.
In this position the lower part of the bent plate r forms the bottom of the lower
portion of the spout or guide i and also the bottom of the upper portion of the
spout or guide v.
It is when the parts are in this position that the projection m leaves its hold of
the upper end of the cut off blank which then slides down into the spouts or
guides i and von the bottom formed by the lower part of the bent plate rand
thenco through the continuance of the spout and guide v towards the other parts
of the machine. When the slider b has returned to the position shewn in the
drawing the bent plate is pressed back to the position shewn in the drawing in
full lines which may be effected by a spring fixed to the said plate and by this
means the bottom of the lower part of the spout or guide i and the upper part of
the spout or guide which was formed by the said bent plate is withdrawn and
the bar situated in the spout a continues to slide down until it is stopped by the
stop and a new horse shoe blank is cut off at the next movement of the slider b
and the already described operations are repeated and so on at each stroke of the
slider b. is a pusher attached to the slider b so that it reciprocates with it and
when the knife d cuts off a blank the lower end of the next blank is straightened
by the said piece ¹¹ pressing against the opposite side of the spout or groove
fixed to the bed c.
I may here state that whereby the movements of the parts described the iron
bar has been cut up into blanks which have slidden down through the spout into
the other parts of a machine, it may happen that the last piece of the bar is too
short for making a horse shoe, in such a case the upper end of the said last piece
of the bar does not reach up to the projection m so that the said projection m is
not able to bear upon and retain the upper end of the said piece of the bar and
thus keep it until the bent plater has been brought into position to form the
bottom of the spouts as aforesaid and consequently the said piece of bar slides at
once through the spout and as there is no bottom to support it, it falls to the
ground or into a receptacle placed to receive the short pieces. Thus any pieces
too short to make a shoe are never passed into the other parts of the machine and
damage to the machine is prevented. If shorter or longer horse shoe blanks be
required the stop is moved up or down and is fixed in position by the screws k k.
Underneath the spout or guide v is a rod or pusher which has a reciprocating
movement along the spout or guide a' situated under the spout or guide v the
lower end of the said pusher moving between the points y and z (figure 1).
b' figure II is a spring fixed to the side of the lower end of the spout or guide a¹
so as to obstruct the passage through the same. As each blank leaves the spouts
or guides ƒ and g and slides down in the spout or guide v as above described it
falls into the spout or guide a¹ in front of the end of the pusher -when the
said pusher is in its highest position with its end at the point y and the blank
passes down the spout a¹ until the lower end of the said blank bears against the
spring b¹ and the said blank is retained by the said spring but immediately after

page_text: this the pusher & on its downward movement presses against the upper end of the
blank and pushes it past the spring b¹ and down between the rollers c' and d³.
The rollers o' and d¹ make a revolution and the pusher and the slide 6 make a
stroke at the same time, their operating mechanism being so arranged together or
timed that each time that the rollers make a revolution a blank falls from the
spouts fand g exactly in time to be forced to the grip of the rollers by the pusher.
The office of the rollers c' d' is to shape the blank (figure XII) to the form it is
to have before bending that is to say of the requisite thickness and thinness and
difference in breadth at different parts for example as shewn in figure XIII.
To effect this the groove by which the shaping of the blank is effected is made
on the end of the rollers as shewn by figure VI so that the rolling into shape is
performed partly by the pressure of revolution of the rollers and partly by the
lengthwise pressure of the ends of the rollers against each other. Figures I and VI
show how the groove in both the rollers is to be shaped in order to give the horse
shoe blank the shape shewn in figure XIII.
Although it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to this shape as the
blanks may have any other desired or suitable shape given to them by corre-
spondingly varying the shape of the groove between the rollers as already
mentioned the blanks are always fed by the pusher to a certain point e¹ and f¹
on the rollers so that the blanks are caught by the rollers and carried between
them and partly round them in the said groove formed between them to the
points gand the remaining portion of the periphery of the rollers being idle.
The advantage of making the groove between the rollers in the position shewn
instead of between the peripheries of superposed rollers as is usual is that the groove
by my improved arrangement is fully closed during the entire rolling process (as
shewn in figure VI) so that no "fins" are formed on the blanks and further by
making the side of the track inclined (as shewn at figure VI) the rollers allow
the blank to slip immediately it leaves the groove so that the blank leaves the
rollers in a straight course. If the groove were made in the periphery of the rollers
as usual the blank would follow the movement of one of the rollers and would be
curved instead of issuing in a straight line. In order to give the necessary pressure
of the ends of the rollers against the blank when rolling, the roller shafts are pressed
upon by screws j¹ (Figure VI.)
As shewn by the drawing the grooves are made in rings k' k' (6gure VI) fixed
by screws to the rollers so that the grooves can be renewed easily when worn or
when a different section or size of shoe is to be made.
When the blank leaves the rolles it slides down an inclined guide (figure 1)
which guide has fixed sides and bottom at the upper part but at the lower part in
continuance of the same the sides m¹ and n¹ and the bottom o' (figures V, VIII
and IX) are moveable, The sides m¹ and n¹ form cheeks having between them a
plate or filling p¹ and all are carried by a reciprocating slide q¹ so that they partake
of the movement of the said slide.
The plate or filling pt is at its lower side concaved to correspond with the shape
which the shoe is to have at the toe or mid part as shewn by the dotted line in
Figure IX and on each side of this concave portion a roller 171 (figure IX) is
mounted. The moveable bottom o' is a bent plate which is centred upon pins s¹
in lugs on a fixed part of the machine so that the said plate forms the bottoin of
the lower end of the guide l' when the plate is in the position shewn in full lines
in figure VIII.
When the cheeks and filling piece move downward the rods 2¹ fixed in the side
of the said cheeks, press against an arm y¹ on the bent plate o' so that the said
plate is moved to the position shewn by the dotted lines in figure VIII and i
retained there until the cheek n' has returned to its highest position again (i. e. that
shewn on the drawing) When the plate o' is in the position shewn by the dotted
lines in figure VIII then of course the lower part of the guide has no bottom. In
continuation of the part of the guide formed by the choeks m' and n¹ is a shor

page_text: guide piece t' (figure 1) having fixed sides. The bottom of this spout consists of a
part of the above described bent plate o¹.
In the lower part of the guide piece t¹ is a square moveable piece u³ which can
be moved backwards and forwards by the adjusting screw v¹ in the direction of the
spout., figures I, V, VIII, IX, X, XI is a mandril or anvil the outside of which
is of a form corresponding to the shape of the inner side of the shoe to be made.
When the blank has left the rollers c and d¹ it slides through the fixed spout
and afterwards between the moveable cheeks m' n¹ and on to the movable
bottom o¹ so that it rests at its lower end against the moveable piece u¹ which con-
stitutes a stop for it. The slide q¹ together with the cheeks m¹ n' and filling
piece p¹ then move downwards and in their descent the bottom o' is moved to the
side as shewn in dotted lines in figure VIII as hereinbefore described.
The blank which now rests between the cheeks m¹ n¹ accompanies the said
cheeks in their descent until the middle of the said blank touches the upper part of
the mandril or anvil ¹ and it is, by the further descent of the said slide and
checks, bent over the said mandril or anvil by the rollers 11 During this band-
ing the blank is pressed between the cheeks m' and n¹ up between the rollers gol
and into the recess there between, until it bears against the filling piece p¹ so that
the toe of the Shoe receives its proper shape from the interior surface of the said
filling piece and being confined on all sides cannot be distorted-After this bending,
the levers a (figures I and V) are brought to bear one from each side, against the
ends of the blank, to force them against the mandril or anvil and finish the shaping
of the shoe into the curved form. The steel bearing pieces b" fixed to the said
levers form the adjustable and removeable bearing surfaces of the said levers a¹¹—
At each side of the mandril is a rod c¹ (see Figure XV.) each affixed by an arm d"
to the lower end of a rod ell capable of a movement of partial rotation. To
the upper end of each of the said rods e" is affixed an arm ƒ" on which a spring
bears.
When the movable bottom o¹ is turned to the side as shewn by the dotted lines
in Figure VIII the said springs force the rods el cl to press on the sides of the
blank and force it against the check m¹ so as to retain the said blank in position
and prevent it from falling, and the said rods c c continue the pressure on the
blank whilst the rollers are operating on the blank and until they begin
forcing it over the mandril or auvil the said rods c pressing the blank during
the first part of the descent against the cheek m² and during the next part of the
descent against two turned down bars g" g" (figure XIV) provided for the purpose
so that the blank is thereby kept in its position against the rollers till the
bending round the mandril or anvil has commenced.
When the blank has in this manner been bent round the mandril or anvil x¹ the
rollers, cheeks m² m² and slide q', return to their former position (i. c. that
shewn in the drawing) the levers all all continuing during this movement still to
exert such pressure upon the sides of the shoe as to counteract any tendency
which may exist for lifting the shoe from the mandril When this object is accom-
plished the levers all al also return to their former position and the parts are then
ready to receive and afterwards operate upon another blank from the rollers c¹
and The blank which has been bent incantime remains on the mandril or
anvil ' as shewn at 8" Figures VIII and IX and when the slide q' arrives at its
highest position the wedge shaped pieces 1" (figures V and XV) formed thereon
press against the arms ff" and return the rods col to their normal position so
that they do not hinder the next blank from sliding down the guide. At this time
the rods ¹ on each side of the check n¹ have ceased to bear on the small arm y¹ on
the moveable bottom o¹ and a spring moves this bottom back to the position shewn
in full lines in figure VIII. The stop u¹ is adjusted by the screw v³ so that the
middle of the blank is caused to take up its position just over the middle of the
mandril or anvil ¹ so as to insure that one half of the blank comes on each side of
the said mandril or anvil - (Figures I. V. VIII, IX is a former through which
a hole k¹¹ is made of same shape as the shoe. In this hole is placed a bottoni

page_text: swage¹¹ (figures V VIII) which has its end shaped to correspond to the upper side
and top bevil of the shoe being formed-The said swage is attached to the
slide mil (figure V) and reciprocates with it, at the swaging of the shoe the swage 711
and slide m rest against the fixed piece, "1-0" is a swage which is attached to
the slide 2 and reciprocates with it. The said swage o¹¹ is provided with crease
pieces and punches to make the grooves and punch or partially punch the nail holes
in the shoe and the rest of the said swage that is to say the bottom of its face is
shaped to correspond to the shape of the underside of the shoes being made.
q" (figures V and X) is another swage attached to the slider" and reciprocating
with it. This swage q¹¹ consists of two projecting square rods of the same shape
as the ends of the calks of the shoc. Only one of these rods is shewn on the drawing
as the other is cut away by the line of section.
When shoes with calks are being made the blanks are cut off to such a length
that after the shoe has been bent around the mandril or anvil by the action of
the rollers º¹¹ and levers all a¹¹ the ends s'" of the blank project, and from these
projecting ends the calks are bent up. The swage oll approaches and pushes the
bent shoe into the hole in the former where the said shoe is swaged against the
swage and thus the necessary grooves and nail holes are formed in the said shoe
-At the same time the ends 811 of the shoe are bent up as shewn at in figure ✗
by being forced against the fixed part u" (figure X) on the lower side of the
former Just after the swage o has acted, the swage q" follows and squeezes
or swages the bent shoe ends t¹ so that the calks are thereby perfected. The
swages o and q¹¹ then retire and the swage 11 advances over the mandril or
auvill and forces the completely formed shoe from off the said mandril or anvil,
the said shoe falling upon the floor or into a receptacle placed to receive it.
The machine thus cuts the bars into blanks and afterwards acts upon all tho
blanks so cut, the said machine performing different functions upon different blanks
as they pass through its several parts, and shoes are thus continuously produced
from the bars fed into the entry spouts or guides of the machine.
The former i mandril or anvil ¹¹ swages (11 011 ql rollers and cheeks m¹
and n¹ with the middle piece p² are easily substituted by similar parts of larger or
smaller size to make larger or smaller shoes as may be required. The section of
the groove of the blank forming rollers c' d' and of the subsequent receiving parts
can of course be varied in accordance with the shape of the shoe to be made.
If shoes without calks are to be manufactured the lengths of bar forming the
blanks are cut off a little shorter and the operating parts of the swages 9" are
made so much longer that they squeeze the lower ends of the shoe as shewn in
Figure XI-There are also provided on these operating parts projecting pieces vll
which cut off and even the lower ends of the shoe-For this purpose the former ill
is altered, the projecting part u¹¹ (figure X) for bending the calks being dispensed
with as also shewn in figure XI.
If it be desired to form a special piece or pieces on the toe or curved part of the
shoe a special swage may be used it being situated opposite to the toe or curved
part of the shoe and being operated in substantially the same way as that in which
the swages o" and q" are operated. If extra metal be required for the said special
piece or pieces the blanks are rolled by the blank shaping rollers with the requisite
extra amount of metal at the required parts.
I have now described how the horse shoes are formed by the different parts of
the machine, I will now describe the most convenient means with which I am
acquainted for imparting the necessary movements of the operating parts premising
that I do not necessarily limit myself to any particular mode of giving the said
movements. The slider b may conveniently be operated by the following means
On the said slider b is placed a roll A which engages in a curved slot C in a slider B
(figures II and III) which reciprocates transversely to the movement of slider b
and so imparts the necessary movement to the slider 6-The slider B is reciprocated
from the upper roll or shaft P by the eccentric E (figure II) and eccentric rod F.

page_text: The feeding rod or pusher x (figure 1) may conveniently be operated by a rod G
fastened at one end to the said pusher the other end of the said rod G being
attached to an arm H on one end of shaft I (Figure II). On the other end of the
said shaft I is placed another arm K which is attached to one end of the rod L the
other end of which rod L carries a roll M which works in a cam groove N in
the disc O on the end of the upper roller shaft P.. The said cam groove N is so
shaped that when the roller shaft revolves the groove N imparts a reciprocating
motion to the rod I the arms K and H and the connecting rod G which latter
gives the pusher the required reciprocating movement at the proper times. The
shafts P and D of the rollers c¹ d' are geared together by the equal pinions Q and R
(Figure VI) one on each shaft so that the rollers c' d' have equal velocities.
The whole machine may be driven by any suitable motor arranged to operate by
any suitable gear upon one of the roller shafts. In the arrangement shewn in the
drawings the gearing consists of a pulley S mounted on the shaft T which carries
a pinion u gearing with the wheel W fixed upon a shaft X on which also is fixed a
pinion Y which gears with the wheel Z on the upper roller shaft P and thus gives
the rollers their movement. The pinion Y also gears with the wheel A¹ (Figures I
and V) on the shaft B¹ and gives the shaft its movement. The wheels Z and A¹
have the same number of teeth so that the shaft B¹ makes the same number of
revolutions as the rolling shafts P and D.
The shaft B' imparts movement to the shaft E' (Figure V) by means of the bevol
wheels C and D¹ which have the same number of teeth and therefore the shaft E¹
makes the same number of revolutions as the shaft, B¹ and as the rolling shafts P
and D. On the shaft B₁ is fixed a cam disc H¹ (Figures I and V) in which is a
cam groove I' and at the side of which is a cam piece K' (Figure 1).
On the slide L¹ is arranged a rounded head M' and a roll N¹ which engages in
the cam groove I' and thereby has a reciprocating movement imparted to it. As
the shaft B¹ revolves, the arm K' bears on the head M¹ of the slide L' and
thereby depresses the said slide, the upward motion of which is obtained by the
groove I operating on the roll N¹. The slide L' imparts its upward and downward
reciprocating notion to the lower bending levers all by the connecting rods F¹ F.
The slides q' and G¹¹ receive their motions from the double cam disc Q¹ (Figure V)
by rolls and by rounded slide heads carried by the said slides engaging in their
respective cam grooves and arms as hefore described.
The bottom swage 7" and slide m¹¹ obtain their motion from the slide G¹¹ by
means of the connecting rod W₁ and the bell crank lever X' as clearly shewn in
Figure V.
The slides p¹¹ and 711 carrying the swages o" and 2¹¹ obtain their motion from
the excentrics Y and Z on the shaft E and the rods A and B. If a third
swage be used for shaping the toe of the shoe as aforesaid it may be operated in
the same manner.
All the operating machanism is so arranged and timed that the motions of the
different parts of the machine are executed at the proper relative times during the
operation of the machine.
The herein before described guides or spouts which lead the bar, and blanks from
one part of the machine to another may be of any suitable inclination to allow of
the action of gravity.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be. performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. In a horse shoe making machine the arrangement for cutting off blanks
from the entering bars consisting in a combination with the guides or spouts (with
a part moveable out of line with the other part or parts) of the projections m
and n the moveable bottom r of the spout or guide through which pieces too short
fall away and a cutting device substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated

page_text: by the accompanying drawings whether or not the piece 211 for straightening the
blank be used in combination therewith.
Second. In a horse shoe making machine the arrangement for bending the
blanks consisting in the combination of the rollers the cheeks m² and n¹ and
filling piece p¹ (having internally the shape of the mid part of the shoe) between
them so that the blank is confined whilst being bent upon the mandril to prevent
distortion substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Third. In a horse shoe making machine the arrangement of the moveable rods c¹¹
and fixed rods gl and the moveable bottom o¹ for carrying down and conducting
the blank to the mandril or anvil substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Fourth. In a horse shoe making machine the combination of the cheeks (between
which the shoe is carried down) with levers which bend in or bear upon the lower
parts of the shoe the said cheeks and levers being so relatively arranged and
actuated that whilst the cheeks are being withdrawn after the blanks are bent the
said levers still exert a pressure to retain the blank on the mandril or anvil
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Fifth. In a horse shoe making machine the arrangement of double or triple
swages or pressing tools and cooperating parts for forming the creases and nail
holes or prints and also for formning the calks or for squeezing or shaping the ends
where calks are not to be made on the shoes all substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Sixth. In combination with the arrangement claimed by the last preceding
claiming clause the swage 11 arranged so as to dislodge the formed shoe from the
mandril or anvil substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Seventh. The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the
horse shoe making machine arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.