Means for Attaching the same.
Year: 1886

page_text: WŁAD
WAY
Means for Attaching the same.
We, FREDERICK WARD and SYDNEY ASLINE WARD both of Park House, Sheffield
in the County of York Merchants do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CALKS FOR HORSE SHOES AND MEANS
FOR ATTACHING THE SAME 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 the construction of sharpening bits or calks such as are
attached to horse shoes during frosty weather, the object being to obtain a very
simple method of securing such "bits" without screws, wedges, pius, or other
similar loose appliances.
It consists in making the sharpening bits of a V shape in cross section, and
fitting them in corresponding undercut grooves, and in order that our invention
may be clearly understood we annex a sheet of drawings illustrating same, in which
the same letters of reference indicate the same or similar parts in any of the figures
in which they occur.
Fig. 1, represents an applicance with our improved sharpening bit, attached to a
horse shoe.
Fig. 2, is a side view of same.
Fig. 3, represents in various positions, a short length of the material from which
the improved bits are made for the toe.
Fig. 4, represents the shorter bit for the heel.
Fig. 5, shows a bit attached to a shoe.
In carrying out our invention, we forge, roll, or otherwise shape, or produce, the
V shaped material (preferably steel)-of a shape and cross section similar to that
shown in Fig. 3 or thereabouts, and we saw or otherwise cut it to the desired
lengths for the required purpose.
These lengths may be either hardened and tempered or if the steel is of a
sufficiently hard nature, these processes may be dispensed with, and the steel left
in its original state.
The appliance A, B, consists of two principal parts A and B; the part marked A
is provided with two claws, a, a, and a screwed shank, b, fitted with a nut and
elastic washer, c and d. The part B is provided with a central boss through which

page_text: the shank, b, passes, and a right and left hand arm, e, e, terminating with claws
which clip the sides of the shoe.
Across the two claws of A, at f, and also across the arms of B, we make undercut
or dovetail slots, rather smaller in size than the base of the triangular or V shaped
bits g, and into these slots we drive or force the V bits to the desired position; this
operation compresses the two sides of the V shaped and elastic steel bit, and the
power of its resistance causes it to hold against the sides of the slot with great
power, thus requiring no screws, pins or other devices to hold or retain it in its
place.
If however in some instances or cases it is desirous to use additional means a
slightly tapered wedge, key or pin may be driven into the hollow interior of the
V bit, or the end of the V bit may be sightly expanded.
In the drawing Fig. 1, we have shown the V bit at the toe made to extend across
from one arm to the other, but this is not absolutely necessary, as a separate bit
may be used in each arm if desired.
Although we have shown the improved bit in connection with an appliance or
attachment to be secured to the ordinary horse shoe when occasion requires, it can
be used with great advantage on the shoe alone, in which case similar undercut
grooves would be made in the underface of the shoe, as before described and as
shown in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed and carried into
practice, we declare that what we claim is:-
1st. The construction and use of sharpeners for attachment to horse shoes, made
from V shaped material substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
2nd. The combination of the elastic V shaped bits, with an appliance such
as that marked A, B, for the purpose specified and substantially as herein before
described and illustrated.