US808933A - Rubber horseshoe. - Google Patents

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vPATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

A. LANG, A RUBBER HORSESHOB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1905.

PATENT oEEroE.

ABRAM LANG,l OF EDEN, NEW YORK.

RUBBER HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed August 16,1905. Serial Noi 274,355.

a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to the class of non-slipping horseshoes consisting of a rubber tread or plate applied to the under side of the usual iron shoe and provided with a strap for fastening the same to the horses hoof.

Considerable difliculty has heretofore been experienced in securing the fastenings of the strap to the tread or plate in such manner that they will not tear out under the severe strains and rough usage to which the shoe is subjected.

, It is the principal object of my invention to provide the shoe with efficient means for iirmly and reliably anchoring such fastenings in its rubber treadplate.

A further object is to so construct the anchoring devices that they are adjustable t'o tread-plates of different sizes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved shoe. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the rubber treadplate. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sections in lines 3 3 and 4 41, Fi 2.

Similar letters of reerence indicate corresponding parts throu hout the several-views.

A indicates the ru ber tread-plate of the shoe, which bears against the under side of the ordinary iron-horseshoe and preferably has the general contour of the same, as shown.

B indicates the attaching-strap of the rubber plate, which is adapted to encircle the animals hoof and provided with a buckle B or other suitable means for tightening it, this buckle being conveniently arranged at the front of the shoe. The strap B is connected with the rubber plate A by metallic clips C, provided at their upper ends with loops c, througli which the strap passes. The upper edges of these loops are inclined to follow the oblique, position of the side portions of the strap B, and said edges are preferably convex or curved, as shown, to facilitate slippage of the strap through the loops in tightening the same. The lower ends of the clips are provided with eyes c, by which they are swiveled to anchor-rods D, molded orl embedded in the rubber plate A, so as to permit the clips to swing laterally on the plate and allow the attaching-strap to accommodate itself to the horse s hoof. The lanchor-rods are arranged lengthwise and horizontally in the side portions of the rubber plate, and the portionsdthereof, to which the clips C are pivoted, extend across recesses e, formed in the lateral edges of the plate, these recesses being of the proper width and depth to receive the eyes c of the clips. As shown in Fig. 2, the portions d of the anchor-rods are preferably offset or bent outwardly beyond their remaining portions, so as to confine the clips against lateral displacement on the rods. These anchor-rods may be widely varied in construction. They could be bentfrom a single length of comparatively heavy wire extending around the side and toe portions of the rubber pl ate but they are preferably sep arate members and constructed as shown in the drawings. From an inspection of Fig. 2 it is seen that each anchor-rod consists of a piece of wire doubled upon itself, with its looped end toward the adjacent heel of the plate A and the free portions d d2 of its branches bent substantially at right angles to its side portions and embedded in the toe portion of the plate. portions d d2 of the two anchor rods are arranged side by side, so as to overlap each other, the ends of one rod preferably alternating with those of the other, as shown. By this construction the two anchor-rods or members canbe adjusted toward or from each other to iit rubber tread-plates of different sizes, avoiding the necessity of constructing special rods for each size. This separate or disconnected construction of the two anchor rods also permits the same to spread more or less with the rubber plate in expanding the same within reasonable limits to iit differentsized hoofs.

The lateral or longitudinal portions of the anchor-rods D are preferably reinforced by tie-rods E, arranged lengthwise between. the two members of the doubled rods and provided at their ends with eyes e', which einbrace their looped rear ends and their transverse front branches cZ, the portions of the anchor-rods encircled by the eyes being indented, as shown, to interlock the eyes there- The disconnected endy IOO with.` The central or intermediate portions A of these tie-rods and the adjacent portions of the anchor-rods lie against one another and are tied together by bands or clipsf.'

By the construction described the rods D have a comparatively large area and present IIO numerous bends, shoulders, or {corrugations which firmly anchor the same in the rubber plate A and effectually resist withdrawal or tearing out of the rods under the strains to which they are subjected.

As shown in Figi the rear clips C are somewhat shorter than the front ones to give the side portions of the securing-strap B the necessary drop or inclination to allow the rear portion of the strap to bear against the lower rear side of the horses foot.

The shoe shown in the drawings has two clips C at each side; but a greater or less number may be employed, if desired.

I claim as my invention- 1. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber treadplate provided with recesses, an anchor-rod embedded in said plate and extending across said recesses, a strap adapted to engage the horses hoof, and connecting members attached attheir upper ends to said strap and at their lower ends to the portions of the anchor-rod arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth.

2. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber treadplate provided in its edge with recesses, an

.anchor-rod embedded in the plate andexvtendmg across said recesses, an attachingstrap adapted to embrace the horses hoof, and clips having their lower ends arranged in said recesses and pivoted to said anchorrod and provided at their upper ends with loops through which said strap passes, substantially as set forth,

3. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber treadplate, separate anchor-rods embedded in said plate and arranged along opposite sides thereof, said rods being provided at their front ends with transverse branches embedded in the toe portion of the plate, an attaching device adapted to engage the horses hoof, and means for connecting said attaching device with said anchor-rods, substantiallyT as set forth.

4. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber plate provided with recesses, an anchor-rod embedded therein and composed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself and extending across said recesses, an attaching device adapted to embrace the horses hoof, and clips connected at one end to said attaching device and at their opposite ends to the portions of said anchor-rod arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth.

5. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber plate provided with recesses, separate anchor-rods embedded lengthwise in said plate near opposite edges thereof and each composed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself and extending across said recesses, the free ends of said doubled wires being arranged transversely in the toe portion of the plate, an attachingstrap, and clips connecting said strap with the portions of the anchor-rods arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth` 6. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber plate provided with recesses, an anchor-rod embedded therein and composed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself and extending across said recesses, a tierod extending lengthwise of the anchor-rod and engaging the end portions thereof, an attaching device adapted to embrace the horses hoof, and clips connected at one end to said attaching device and at their opposite ends to the portions of said anchor-rod arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth.

7. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber plate provided with recesses, separate anchor-rods embedded lengthwise in said plate near opposite edges thereof and each composed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself and extending across said recesses, a tie-rod arranged lengthwise between the members or branches of each anchor-rod and connecting the end portions thereof, an attaching-strap, and clips connecting said strap with the portions of the anchor-rods arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth.

8. A horseshoe, comprising a rubber plate provided with recesses, separate anchor-rods embedded lengthwise in said plate near opposite edges thereof and each composed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself and extending across said recesses, a tie-rod arranged lengthwise between the members or branches of each anchor-rod and connecting the end portions thereof, a band surrounding the intermediate portions of the branches and the tie-rod of each anchor-rod, an attachingstrap, and clips connecting said strap with the portions of the anchor-rods arranged in said recesses, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 10th day of August, 1905.

ABRAM LANG.

Witnesses:

C. F. GEYER, E. M. GRAHAM.

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