Year: 1886

page_text: I, JOHN ERNEST BINGHAM, residing at Walla Walla, in the County of Walla
Walla, and Territory of Washington, in the 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:
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This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse shoes,
and consists substantially in the same, as constructed, and attached, & in such
other details as will hereinafter be distinctly described, & pointed out in the
claims. The invention has for its object to, provide a sectional horse shoe that
will freely adjust or conform itself to longitudinal and lateral growth or expan-
sions of the hoof; & such other objects as will hereinafter more fully appear.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
45.
Figure, 1, represents a plan view of a horse shoe embodying the principles of my
invention; and
Figure, 2, is a perspective view of one of the side pieces and a portion of the toe
piece by which the construction of the joint is more clearly indicated.
Reference being had to the several parts by the letters marked thereon,
A, represents the toe piece having nail holes, a, a, a, as shown, the said toe piece
being of any suitable form to suit the contour of the hoof. B, B, represent the
two side pieces which complete the formation of the shoe, the same being also
provided with nail holes as indicated by the letter, b. The inner end of each of
these side-pieces is cut away for a short distance, and at a suitable angle, as
represented at, c, while extending inwardly from the said side pieces is a tongue or
projection, d. The underside of the said pieces, B, B, for a short distance from
their inner ends, is cut away or slotted out as will appear from an inspection of
figure, 2, at, e, wherein a difference in the thickness is shown, & the object of
which construction will appear from the description hereinafter given. Each end
of the toe-piece is mortised out, as indicated at, f, while in the thinner portion
thereof thus formed an elongated slot or nail hole, g, is provided. These slots tend
toward each other in the direction of the toe of the shoe and are slightly oblique
or inclined to the contour or edge of the shoe, as shown The said toe piece is also
formed at its ends with a projection d', mortised or cut from beneath as shown

page_text: at, e, & designed to exactly fit upon the projection, d, of the side pieces, thus
forming a perfect joint. The manner of joining the toe and side pieces is by so
fitting them together as that the ends, e, e, of the latter will be received into the
mortises, f, of the former thus bringing or causing the projections, d¹, to overlap
the lugs or tongues, d. A nail being driven into the animal's hoof through the
upper holes, b, of the side pieces and the slots, g, of the toe piece will act to
movably connect the parts, as will be apparent; the remaining holes, a, and, b,
being for the reception of nails to secure the parts to the hoof. A rivet may be
employed through the elongated hole, g, and the hole, b, so as to movably connect
the parts, but I prefer to employ a nail as described, passing into the hoof in the
usual manner. From the foregoing description it will be seen that upon any
forward extension of the animal's hoof, from growth, the toe piece, by virtue of its
movable connection with the side pieces, and its attachment to the hoof at the toe,
will be caused to adjust or accommodate itself to such extension. In like manner,
when an extension of the hoof occurs by growth either at the heels or sides, the
side pieces will likewise adjust themselves. So also when the foot is brought into
action, the side pieces will freely permit the hoof to expand & contract naturally
at the heels. Occasionally in practice I form other of the nail holes in the shoe
somewhat elongated, as I have shown by dotted lines might be done at the points
marked, 1, 2, and, 3, 4. This has been found to possess the advantage of tending
or aiding in allowing the freer action of the parts of the hoof, and in accom-
modating the shoe thereto, while. at the same time maintaining the connection
between the hoof and the shoe. It is also apparent that the usefullness of the
elongated hole is not necessarily dependent upon the special style of joint herein
shown, but that the same would operate the same in allowing the shoe to adjust
itself, were there no joints, or different joints employed.
I prefer however to employ the joint herein illustrated.
And the
The purpose of the lap joint between the parts is to obviate any tendency to
twist or turn when the animal is traveling over uneven surfaces.
widening inwardly of the shoe at the joint is also to counteract any tendency of
the sidepieces to twist or turn. The upper or hoof surface of the shoe is formed
with a number of irregularly arranged chisel-shaped projections, n, which are
designed to penetrate the sole and "bars" of the foot when the shoes are attached.
These projections are from about one sixteenth to one eighth of an inch in height
according to the size of the shoe, and I have found in practice that the best results
are obtained by arranging the straight or vertical sides of the projections to face
the peripheral border or side of the shoe. I have found that in shoes of the
present character it is the tendency of the several pieces. to twist or slip outwardly,
the securing nails for the shoe to the hoof having much less holding power in this
direction than in the opposite, and by facing the vertical side of the projections
I outward they keep the pieces from slipping in that direction and tearing out the
nails, while the nails securely hold the shoe against the hoof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
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1st. In a horse shoe, the combination of the toe piece formed at each end with
an enlarged elongated nail hole or slot, slightly oblique or inclined to the contour
of the shoe, & two side pieces having each a nail hole near its forward end which
registers with the holes of the toe piece whereby a self-adjustment or conformity.
to longitudinal and lateral growth or expansion of the hoof is obtained sub-
stantially as described.
2nd. In a horse shoe, the combination with the toe piece having nail holes &
formed at each end with a mortise, f, alot, g, & tongue, d, of the side pieces cut
out as at, e, & having tongue, d, the said side pieces each having holes one of which
registers with the slot in the toe piece, substantially as described.

page_text: 3rd. As an article of manufacture a horse shoe constructed of three pieces, each
having on its upper or hoof surfaces a series of raised projections having one side
perpendicular to and facing the peripheral border of the shoe, substantially as
described.
4th. A horse shoe constructed of a toe piece & two side pieces movably con-
nected together, as shown and described, each of said pieces being provided on
their hoof surfaces with a number of raised projections having one vertical side
which faces the outer border of the shoe, substantially as described.
JENSEN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.