Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
Improvements in Horse-shoes.
I, CRUTCHER DUTY SHEPHERD, of Orlando, in the County of Orange, and
State of Florida, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in farriery, and the objects in view are
to produce a horse-shoe that shall be extremely light and of great strength and
durability; which is adapted to receive calks, both plain and sharp, or other
securing devices, as may be desired.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following
description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the
claims.
Referring to the drawings:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse-shoe embodying my invention, the
same being inverted and provided with sharp calks for use in slippery weather.
Figure 2 is a similar view, the sharp calks being replaced by ordinary plain
calks.
Figure 3 is a transverse section through the toe-calk and shoe.
Figure 4 is a similar view through the heel-calk and shoe.
Figure 5 is a detail in perspective of the toc-calk.
Figure 6 is a similar view of a plain toe-calk that may be employed.
Figure 7 is a detail in perspective of one of the heel-calks.
Figure 8 is a perspective view in detail of a clip that may be employed.
Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.
In constructing the shoe 1, I provide upon its under side a channel 2, which
extends throughout the length of the shoe, and in the bottom of said channel form
a series of nail holes at each side of the center.
In the toe of the shoe and seated in the channel is the toe-calk 4. This calk
may be plain upon its opposite sides and therefore adapted for ordinary use, or
as shown, may be plain upon one side and spiked upon the opposite side. In the
which
present instance the spike portion consists of the sharp longitudinal ridge
at its ends terminates in transverse ridges 6, disposed at right angles to the
longitudinal ridge, and I have found this to form an effective calk for slippery
weather. The toe-calk and the opposite walls of the shoe are provided with a
transverse bolt-hole designated as 9 and 10, respectively, in the calk and shoe,
and through the same is passed a bolt 11 whose head is countersunk in the
front side of the toe of the shoe and whose rear end is provided with a nut 12.
These
In the recess 2 at the heels of the shoe, heel-calks 13 are scated.
calks are blocks of metal, upon one side of which sharp points or spikes 15 are
formed, the same being off-set from one side, thus leaving a plain surface 16.
The calks exceed in length and width the depth of the channel or recess, and
are secured in position by means of transverse bolts 17, which pass through
perforations 18 and 19 formed in the walls of the shoe and the heel-calks
respectively, said bolts having nuts 20 at their inner ends.
It will be obvious that the toe and heel-calks may be simply plain calks if
desired, though I prefer to form them with spike or pointed portions in order that
they may serve the double function specified.
In slippery weather in order to provide the horse with suitable spikes it is
simply necessary to remove the bolts of the shoe and so manipulate the calks as
to expose their pointed ends, reinsert the bolts, and subsequently apply the nuts

page_text: On the other hand when ordinary weather prevails and it is not desired to provide
the shoe with spikes but merely with the ordinary calks, the bolts are removed
and the smooth or plain portion of the calks exposed, subsequent to which the
bolts are reintroduced in the openings and the nuts applied. It will be seen
that the nail-heads are preserved from contact with the ground and the shoe from
wear.
If desired, a U-shaped clip 21 may be substituted for the toe-calk. This clip
I have shown in detail in Fig. 8. The same is curved in cross section so as to
adapt it to engage under and embrace the toc of the shoe, and its front wall
extends up above the shoe in front of the hoof where it is perforated, as at
22 and 23. for the reception of the toe-bolt 11, before described, and also for a
screw, the latter being inserted into the hoof of the animal.
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
1. The hereindescribed shoe having a U-shaped channel upon its under side,
cubical toe and heel-calks removably fitting the channel and having perforations
aligning with perforatious in the wall of the shoe, and bolts passed through the
perforations of the calk and shoe and provided with nuts, substantially as specified.
2. The hereindescribed shoe channelled upon its under side and having reversible
heel and toe-calks, one side of each calk being provided with a spike and the
opposite side plain, said calk exceeding in width the depth of the channel and
bolts having nuts passed removably through the wall of the shoe and the calks,
substantially as specified.
3. The toe-calk for shoes having the longitudinally bevelled central ridge
terminating in the transverse end ridges, substantially as specified.
Dated this 11th day of December 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.