New or Improved Apparatus for Manipulating and Setting Horse Shoes and for other similar Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 7th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
New or Improved Apparatus for Manipulating and Setting
Horse Shoes and for other similar Purposes.
I, THOMAS DICKSON RICHARDSON of North Greenwich, Cubitt Town, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The new or improved apparatus forming the subject of my present invention,
consists, firstly of an anvil and vice combined together in such manner as to form a
useful tool for manipulating horse shoes and other objects, and secondly, to apparatus
for setting or bending to the required shape horse shoes or other similar articles, such
setting or bending apparatus being used either in combination with an anvil or with
an anvil and vice combined as above mentioned, or separate and distinct therefrom as
may be most convenient for the particular class of work to be done.
I effect the combination of the anvil and vice in the following way: form one
side or end of the anvil so that it shall act as the fixed jaw of a vice, and in the lower
part of the anvil and more or less at right angles to the side or end thereof forming
the said fixed jaw I form a rectangular or other suitably shaped hole into which I fit
the tail or guide bar of a moveable vice jaw adapted to act in concert with the fixed
jaw formed by the side or end of the anvil. The aforesaid tail or guide bar of the
moveable vice jaw is free to slide to and fro end wise in the hole in the anvil under the
action of a screw which works in a nut secured in the anvil so that by turning
the said screw the moveable jaw is drawn away from or pressed towards the fixed jaw
on the anvil so as to admit of inserting and holding horse shoes or other articles
between such jaws as in an ordinary parallel vice.
The setting or bending apparatus consists of a bracket on the upper face of which is
formed a guide way in or on which a sliding piece, preferably of steel, is free to move
to and fro under the action of a screw working in a nut formed in or secured to the
said sliding piece. This sliding piece is of wedge shape at one end, and of more or
less V or hollow curved shape at the other end. Suitable stops are placed on the
bracket opposite to the ends of the sliding piece. When it is desired to open out or

page_text: separate the sides of a horse shoe, for example, the latter is laid on the bracket with
the rear ends of its sides opposite the wedge shaped end of the sliding piece, the front
end of the shoe bearing against the corresponding siop on the bracket, and the wedge
shaped end of the sliding piece is then forced by the screw between the rear ends of
the sides so as to open them out as may be required. When it is desired to close in
the sides or to bend them to a sharper curve the horse shoe is placed on the bracket
with the rear ends of its sides opposite the V shaped or hollow curved end of the
sliding piece, the front end of the shoe bearing against the corresponding stop on the
bracket, and the V shaped or hollow curved end of the sliding piece is then forced by
the screw against the ends of the sides bending them inwards, or to a sharper curve as
may be desired.
This setting or bending apparatus may be fixed to the side or end of the anvil or of
the anvil block, whether the anvil is combined with a vice as above described or not;
or it may be fixed to a bench, a wall, or any other suitable support.
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T. D. RICHARDSON.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Manipulating and Setting
Horseshoes and for other similar Purposes.
I, THOMAS DICKSON RICHARDSON, of North Greenwich, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying three sheets of
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
:-
The new or improved apparatus forming the subject of my present invention
consists, firstly, of an anvil and a parallel sliding vice combined together in such
manner as to form a useful tool for manipulating horseshoes and other objects, and
secondly, to apparatus for setting, or bending to the required shape, horseshoes or
other similar articles; such setting or bending apparatus being used either in
combination with an anvil, or with an anvil and vice combined, as above mentioned,
or separate and distinct therefrom, as may be most convenient for the particular class
of work to be done.
In the Drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a side elevation of apparatus con-
structed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the
anvil and vice combined, and Figure 3a plan of the apparatus for setting or bending
horseshoes or other similar articles.
I effect the combination of the anvil and vice in the following way:- form one
side or end A of the anvil A so that it shall act as the fixed jaw of a vice, and in the
lower part of the anvil, and more or less at right angles to the side or end thereof
forming the said fixed jaw, I form a rectangular or other suitably shaped hole into
which I fit the tail or guide bar 13 of a moveable vice jaw B1 adapted to act in concert
with and parallel to the fixed jaw A' formed by the side or end of the anvil. The
aforesaid tail or guide bar B, of the moveable vice jaw B', is free to slide to and fro
endwise in the hole in the anvil under the action of a screw C which works in a nut D
secured in a dovetail recess in the anvil by a pin E or otherwise, so that by turning
the said screw by the handle the moveable jaw B is drawn away from, or
pressed towards, the fixed jaw A on the anvil A so as to admit of inserting and
holding horseshoes or other articles between such jaws as in an ordinary vice.
A spring C, surrounding the screw and bearing at one end against the nut D and
at the other against the moveable jaw B₁, may be employed if required to assist the
outward movement of the latter. Figure 4 is a transverse section through the tail or
guide bar B, the screw C, and the nut D.
The setting or bending apparatus consists of a bracket or table F on the upper face
of which is formed a guide way G in or on which a sliding piece EI, preferably of
steel, is free to move to and fro under the action of a screw I working in a nut J
formed in or secured to the said sliding piece II. This sliding piece is of wedge shape
at one end, and of more or less V or hollow curved shape at the other end. Suitably

page_text: shaped stops K and I are formed on or secured to the bracket F opposite to the ends
of the sliding piece H. When it is desired io open out or separate the sides of a
horseshoe, for example, the latter, shown at P in Figure 3, is laid on the upper
surface of the bracket F with the rear ends of its sides opposite the wedge shaped and
of the sliding piece H, the front end of the shoe bearing against the corresponding
stop K on the bracket, and the wedge shaped end of the sliding piece H is then forced,
by turning the screw I by means of the hand wheel M (not shown in Figure 1)
between the rear ends of the sides of the horseshoe so as to open them out as may be
required. When it is desired to close in the sides of a horseshoe or to bend them to a
sharper curve, the horse shoe, shown at P¹ in Figure 3, is placed on the upper surface
of the bracket F with one of its sides opposite ilie V shaped or hollow curved end of
the sliding piece H, and its other side against the corresponding stop L on the
bracket, and the V shaped or hollow curved end of the sliding piece H is then forced
by the screw against the sides, bending them inwards, or to a sharper curve as may
be desired.
This setting or bending apparatus may be fixed to the anvil block N as shown in
Figure 1 or to the side of the anvil A, whether the anvil is combined with a vice as
above described or not; or it may be fixed to a bench, a wall, or any other suitable
support.
Figure 5 is an elevation, and Figure 6 a plan, of an arrangement in which the
table F of the setting or bending apparatus is cast or formed with the anvil A and
the brackets F, supporting the said table F, are secured to the anvil block N.
Similar letters of reference relate to like parts in all the Figures of the Drawings.
In the Specification of a Patent granted to me, dated 19th June 1884, No. 9184, is
described, and in the Drawings annexed thereto is illustrated, a combined anvil and
vice in which the vice jaw is hinged and is operated by a lever or treadle and I make
no claim herein to any such combination.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
First The combined anvil and parallel sliding vice constructed and arranged as
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 4 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Second-The setting or bending apparatus consisting of a bracket or table F, the
sliding piece H operated by the screw I, and the stops K and L, all constructed,
combined and operating as herein before described, and illustrated in Figures 1, 3, 5
and 6 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Third The combination of the setting or bending apparatus forming the subject of
the second claim clause hereof, with an anvil, or with an anvil and vice combined,
substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 1, 5 and 6 of the
Drawings hereto annexed and for the purposes specified.
Dahi instay of June 1887
T. D. RICHARDSON.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London,
Agent.