Improvements in Machines for Making Horse-shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Making Horse-shoes.
We, THOMAS ALLWOOD, Contractor, of Auburn, and VERNUM ANTHONY
BAILEY, Clerk, of Phenix, both of Rhode Island, United States of America, 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 machines for making horse shoes, and is illustrated
in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the machine.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the machine.
Figure 3 is a separate side view of the traveller.
Figure 4 is a top view of the forming plate, detached.
Figure 5 is a top view of one of the sliding blocks detached.
Figure 6 is a diagram of the lower plate and the forming plate, and
Figure 7 represents the lower end of the traveller, enlarged.
The object of this invention is to provide simple mechanism for forming a
horse shoe and at the same time properly shaping the face and making the
crease or score for the nails, which can be operated by hand, and is inexpensive
in order to bring it within the reach of blacksmiths generally. The construc-
tion and operation are as follows:
A heavy cast metal bed plate D, of about 13 inches by 16 inches is secured 10
a frame of timber or a stone A by bolts a, a, at the corners. In the centre of
the bed plate a square hole is made to receive the post B, which preferably
made square above the plate D, and is extended down through the hole in the
plate and bed A, in a bolt form, and is held fast by a nut e, fitted on its lower
end. A forming plate c, see Figure 4, has a square hole made in its centre of
the same size as the hole in the bed plate D, and it is placed between the bed
plate and a shoulder on the post B, so as to be held down firmly on the plate I),
by the post B, when the nut c, is screwed up. A top plate G, of the same
dimensions as the bed plate 1), has a hole made in its centre to fit on the upper
end of the post B, and rest on a shoulder on the post, and a nut m, is fitted on
the end to screw down on the plate and hold it. The plate G, is planed off on
the top and underside and finished smooth, a curved groove s being made through
it of the same form as the outline of the three curved sides of the forming plate c.
so that part of the plate G, that is inside the grooves, is of exactly the same
size and shape and is held directly over the forming plate c.
A traveller J, shewn separately in Figure 3, is made with a square portion at
its lower end and is provided with a slot y, made through from front to back
in which a vertical roller 1, is held with changeable washers o, o, on a pin h.
The periphery or face of the roller j, is made in the same shape it is intended
the face of the shoe shall be when finished. That part of the lower end of
the traveller outside the slot g, is extended down to the plate 1), and rounded,
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page_text: and a horizontal roller f, is fitted to turn on it to form the outer side of the
shoe b.
A portion of the post B, and traveller J, midway between the plates D) and G,
is made round and a horizontal lever H, has two bearings P, P, made near one
end to fit on the round parts of the post and traveller; it is immaterial whether
the end bearing is on the post as shown in Figure 1, or on the traveller and
the inner bearing on the post. Above the shoulder of the lever bearing the
post is made flat as at n, and curved to fit the groove s, in the plate G, so as
to slide snugly in it, and two blocks v, v¹, see Figure 5, are fitted to go on the
flat part n, of the traveller, one above the plate G, and one below, and a nut d,
is fitted on the upper end of the traveller to screw down on the upper block vl,
and draw the two blocks together to fit the plate G, closely but not tight enough.
to prevent their sliding on the plate, a check nut being put on above the nut d,
to prevent its working loose.
Changeable washers y, are placed between the lower block V, and the shoulder
of the traveller by which the distance between the lower end of the traveller and
plate D, can be regulated for thick or thin shoes.
In operation the lever H, is moved around so as to bring the traveller a little
in front of the corner of plate c, the hot bar of metal b having been cut to the
proper length for a shoe, is placed as shown in the diagram, Figure 6, then
the traveller is moved around in the slot s, by the lever H, and roller f, and will
bend the bar edgeways around the three sides of the plate c, at the same time
the roller, will roll the upper side of the bar into the shape the shoe should
take when made. When the traveller has been carried by the lever H, around
the plate c, a little beyond the other corner of the plate and off the other end
of the bar, the shoe can be lifted off the plate c, and the lever H, swung back
to the starting point to go over the same operation with another bar. Different
sizes of the forming plate c, are made for different sizes of shoes, and the washers
on the side of the roller j, can be changed to accommodate larger or wider shoes,
rollers f, of different sizes being provided for the same object. The washers y,
before mentioned, at the upper shoulder of the traveller J, can be changed in
order to allow the traveller to be raised to roll shoes of different thickness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. In a machine for making horse shoes the combination of a bed plate, a
removable forming plate to shape the shoes on, a post passing down through
said forming plate and bed plate and rigidly secured below, a lever having a
bearing on said post and a traveller having a bearing in said lever, and an
upper plate fast to the upper end of said post for guiding the traveller around
said forming plate, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for making horse shoes, the combination of a bed plate, a
removable forming plate to shape the shoes on, a post passing down through said
forming plate and bed plate and rigidly secured below, an upper plate made
fast to the upper end of said post, and provided with a slot made through it
agreeing with the shape of said forming plate, a traveller having its upper end
fitted to slide in said slot, and having a slot made in its lower end, a vertical
roller held in the end slot to shape the face of the shoe, a horizontal roller
held on the lower end of the traveller to shape the outer side of the shoe, and
means for moving said traveller in the slot in the upper plate, substantially as
described.
3. In a machine for making horse shoes the combination of a forming plate
to shape the shoe on, a traveller to pass around said plate provided with a hori
zontal roller to bend the bar into shape, a vertical roller held in a slot in the
lower end of said traveller, changeable washers on the side of said vertical

page_text: roller to vary its distance from the centre of said forming plate, a post rigidly
held on top of the plate, a lever having bearings on said post and traveller,
substantially as described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.