Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes.
I, KARL JULIUS GAITZSCH, of Knauthain, in the Empire of Germany, Machine
Manufacturer, 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:--
This invention relates to an improved construction of horse shoes, which in its
arrangement and effect differs essentially from hitherto used horse shoes.
It has been often sought to form toe and heel calks of horse shoes in such a
manner as to increase the foothold when drawing and to prevent sliding, such
calks having great durability and being exchangeable and adapted to protect
from wear also the horse shoe or case serving for receiving and fixing the calks.
The durability of the case has been especially considered and I have constructed
it in a peculiar manner, so that as shown in Figs. 1 & 13 it is closed completely
except on one side, whereby springing open or bursting during use is prevented.
The exchangeability of the toe and heel calks as shown in Fig. 3, can be
obtained with prismatically formed pieces a, but such a construction shows the
very considerable fault, that the shoe itself, especially the so called case receiving
the toe and heel calks is more fully submitted to wear, and consequently the longer
durability of the triangular hardened and inserted steel pieces serves really no
useful purpose, as the wearing of the casing in spite of the more durable_toes and
heel calks necessitates a renewal of the whole shoe.
The new construction shown in Figs. 4 to 11 avoids completely the said fault
and offers a secure protection against the wearing of the case.
The toe and heel calks which as shown in Figs. 4-11 can be shaped differently
for different purposes of use of the horse shoes, are arranged in such a manner that
the rising surfaces of the case K are always covered and thus protected against
wear.
In Figs. 47 the calk is formed as a star with four, five or more corners.
The running surface of the case is protected and a sharp calk or toe is
obtained, which is held with several corners in a correspondingly formed guide
in the casing and by appropriate fixing means, for instance by a tapered form of
the calks or guide or by pins or springs, upsets or tapered wedges, which
driven into a groove corresponding to the wedge and run parallel with the
guiding groove, Figs. 11-13.
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The polygonal toe and heel calks can be used a considerably longer time in
consequence of their multiple running corners or edges necessitated by their
covering the casing surfaces, or the running surfaces can be formed differently
for different purposes so that according to necessity only the toe calk or the heel
calks can be adjusted in other positions.
The construction of the toe and heel calks within the casing K can vary, as
represented for instance in Figs. 3-11.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
An improved horse shoe with exchangeable toe and heel calks, in which for
protecting the case K against wear the calks consisting of steel or any other
appropriate material are formed with two, three, four, five, or more corners so that
always two of the corners, or surfaces serve for covering the running surfaces of
the case K and for protecting them against wear.
Dated this 25th day of May 1897
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agents to Applicant.