US198824A - Improvement in horseshoes - Google Patents

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E. L. TEVIS. Horseshoe.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN L. TEVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHO ES. r

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,824, dated January 1, 1878; application filed December 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concemu Be it known that I, EDWIN L. TEvIs, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- E Figure 1 is a bottom-plan view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line as a", Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows detached views of the toecalk; Fig. 4, detached views of the heel-calks.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing the toe-calk with a curved flange at its rear section, which laps over and fits the inside arch of the shoe, and a faceplate, which will provide a close fit between its inside face and the front of the toe of the shoe, both the face-plate and shoe being provided with grooves, which register when brought together, the calk being held in position by means of a common shoe-nail or wedge, which is driven and rests in the grooves.

My invention further consists in constructinglthe heel-calks with a tenon, which fits in a mortise made in the shoe, and a face-plate, which fits closely to the face of the heels of the shoe. Both the face-plates and these calks are provided with grooves, which register when brought together, the calks being held in position by means of a common shoe-n ail or wedge, which is driven and rests in the grooves.

The construction and operation of my invention are as follows:

Ais the shoe, which is formed with a groove,

1 a, at the toe, and grooves a a and mortises a a at the heels. B is the toe-calk, which is provided at its rear with a curved flange, B

and face-plate B as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The curved flange B fits the inside archof the shoe, extending around and embracing the top of the same, while the faceplate B closely fits the front of the toeof the shoe.

For convenience in readily attaching and removing the'toe-calk, thefiange B is curved from the point b to the point W, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the inside wall of the shoe being also curved to fit the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The face-plate B is provided with a groove, b, which registers with the groove a when the calk is attached to the shoe, said calk being held in position by means of the nail d.

To attach the toe-calk, the flange B is passed up" around the inner wall of the shoe until the flat section b of the flange rests on the upper face of the shoe. The face-plate B is then pushed up, its inner face and the outer wall of the shoe forming a tight 3' oint. The grooves ab having registered, the nail d is driven in and clinched, and the calk issecurely fastened.

To remove the calk the nail is driven out, when the calk will partially fall by its own weight.

The face-plates G O closely fit the front of the heels-of the shoe, and are provided with grooves c c. When the calks O G are attached to the shoe the tenons G (1 enter the mortises a a while the grooves a a register with the grooves c c, the calks being held in position by means of the nails d d.

To attach the calks, the tenons C C are inserted in the 'mortises a a and the faceplates 0 .0 are caused to form a tight joint with the front of the heels of the shoe. This causes the grooves a a and c c' to register, when the nails d d are driven in and clinched.

To remove the calks the nails are driven out.

Both the toe-calk and the heel-calks are constructed out of one piece of metal.

, These nailsareheldinpositionbytheirpoints being bent over or clinched, and can easily be removed by a hammer and ordinary nail-punch or nail.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A horseshoe, A, provided with a groove, a, the toe-calk B, constructed out of one piece of metal, and provided with a curved flange, B formed as shown, and face-plate B the latter being provided with a groove, 1), and

nail d, the whole constructed, combined, and

(1, the "whole constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of November, 1877.

EDWIN LAWRENCE TEVI S.

Witnesses COLEMAN P. FIsHER, A. CHAS. MGCATTA.

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