Improved Horseshoe.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Horseshoe.
I, JAMES MASLEN, of 835 Columbus Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive horseshoe
capable of being readily applied and detached from the hoof.
By this invention the horseshoe consists of a metal plate, of the usual horseshoe
shape, to the underside of which a sole of leather, rubber, wood or other substance
may be attached by screws or other means. On opposite sides of the shoe are
upwardly projecting flanges having perforations through which screws may be
passed into the side of the hoof to hold the shoe in place thereon. These lugs
may be hinged to the edges of the shoe if desired instead of being formed integral
therewith.
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I, JAMES MASLEN, of 835 Columbus Avenue, New York, N.Y. U.S.A. Inventor,
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 horse-shoes, and the object of my
invention is to produce a simple inexpensive horseshoe which may be adapted readily
for different purposes, such as for use on draft horses or trotting horses, which may
be worn without injury to the hoof, which may be easily applied and removed,
and which is very durable.
To these ends my invention consists in certain features of construction and
combination of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.
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Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the views.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved shoe as applied to a horses hoof, the
shoe being provided with a sole.
Fig. 2 is a similar view with the sole removed.
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Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the shoe with the sole applied to the hoof.
Fig. 4 is a-similar view of a soleless shoe.
Fig. 5 is a plan-view of the shoe.
Fig. 6 is a plan view of the shoe and shows also the outlines of nuts embedded in
the sole.
Fig. 7 is
detail side elevation of the shoe with the sole.
Fig. 8 is a similar elevation, but with the shoe provided with caulks.
Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a shoe with a double leather solc.
Fig. 10 is a side elevation of a shoe provided with a thick rubber sole.

page_text: Fig. 11 is a detail cross section showing the manner of applying the sole to the
bed plate.
Fig. 12 is a similar section, but showing also the means of attaching a caulk.
Figs. 13 and 14 are detail transverse and longitudinal sections showing the
manner in which a nut is held in the rubber or leather soles.
Fig. 15 is a side elevation of a modified form of the bed-plate and attaching
flanges, the same being shown applied to a hoof.
Fig. 16 is a plan view of the bed plate; and
Fig. 17 is a cross sectional view of a modified form of bedplate as applied
to a hoof.
The shoe embodying my invention is provided with a light bed plate 10 which is
preferably of steel, and which may be made of any necessary size, this plate having
on opposite edges upwardly extending flanges 11, which are adapted to fit against
the hoof 12, and in which are holes 13 to receive fasteuing screws 14, by which the
flanges and the bed-plate are attached to the hoof.
The screws are of such a length that they will not penetrate through the shell of
the hoof, and in applying them they are placed diagonally, as shown in Fig. 1, but
two screws being placed in each flange, and when the hoof is pared down and the
bed plate reapplied, the screws are placed in the opposite pair of holes, and thus
the destruction of the hoof is prevented.
Instead of having the flanges 11 made integral with the bed-plate 10, they may
be hinged as shown in Figs. 15 and 17. For a very light shoe no sole is used, the
bed-plate being used alone as shown in Fig. 2, but for heavier use, the shoe
is provided with a sole 16, which is fastened to the bed plate by means of screws 17
projecting downward through the bed plate and into the sole.
The sole may be of metal, or leather, rubber or any suitable material. If leather
or rubber is used a nut 18 is embedded therein, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 13 and 14,
and the screw 17 made to enter said nut.
Fig. 9 shows a sole made up of two layers 19 and 20 of leather and in such
construction the nut may be embedded in the upper layer. If a caulk 21 is used,
it may be of any desired shape and it is applied by means of the screw 17, which is
made longer so as to project downward through the sole and into the caulk, and the
caulk is also provided with a transverse hole 22 beneath the screw, through which
a pin may be passed to tighten it.
It will be seen from the above description that this shoe may be easily applied to
a hoof, or as easily removed and it will be understood that may be made of any
necessary size or shape and of any suitable material.
The soles 16 may be made of steel sharpened for use on ice or packed snow.
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
claim is :-
(1.) A horseshoe, comprising a bed plate having upwardly-extending perforated
flanges hinged thereon, substantially as specified.
(2.) The combination with the bed plate, of a detachable sole thereon, removable
caulks, and fastening screws extending through the bedplate and sole and into the
caulks substantially as specified.
(3.) A horseshoe comprising the metallic bedplate to fit the hoof and provided
with countersunk screw holes, the sole formed of yielding material having dovetail
or under current recesses in its upper face, dovetail nuts in the said recesses and
flush with the upper face of the sole, and screws passed down through the apertures
in the bed plate into the said nuts, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 24th day of January 1896
W. H. MUNNS,
Applicant's Agent.