US1278628A - Horseshoeing appliance. - Google Patents

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F. J. FRANCE L P. F. CHAUN.

HORSESHOEING APPLIANCE.

.A `APPLICATION FILED OCT. ll, 191].

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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FLOYD J. FRANCE AND PETER E. CEAUN, 0E QUINCY, MICHIGAN.

I-IORSESHOEING APPLIANCE.

Application led October 11,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be 1t known that we, FLOYD J. FRANCE and PETER F. CRAUN,` citizens of the United States, residing at Quincy, 1n the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoemg Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

to farriery and has improved rIhis invention relates more especial reference to an horseshoeing appliance.

The invention has for its dominant object to provide av hoof supporting device adapted for use by farrier-s, whereby a horses foot will be supported in a manner and position such as will allow shoeing thereof in a rapid and efficient manner.

Another` object of the invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned whereby the hoof of a' horse will be resiliently supported, thereby allowing the shock incident to the nailingof the shoe upon the hoof to be fully absorbed.

The foregoing together n with additional advantageous details andl arrangement of parts of the preferred embodiment of my invention will be clear from the specic descriptionhereinafterV contained, whenl read in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part thereof, wherein said embodiment of' theinventioIi" is illustrated for the purpose of facilitating a full understanding of the present improvements.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the improved support;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough;

Fig. 3 is a detail partly in section showing the modified form of accessory; and

Fig. 4 is a detail in elevation of another modified form of accessories.

Having more particular reference to the drawings and in connection with which like reference characters will refer to corresponding parts in the hollow standard, the lower extremity of which is externally screw-threaded and received in a multiple-legged stand 2. Over lthe upper end of the tubular standard 1 there Specfcation of Letters Patent.

several views, 1 represents a PatentedSept. 10, 1918.

1917. 'serial N. 195,955.

tening` devices are passed through the lower end of the cap 3 into engagement with the standard 1, serving as means for securing the cap thereto.

Slidably received in the hollow standard 1 is a shaft 7, substantially rectangular in cross-section and hafing one marginal edge thereof provided with a series of teeth v8, the purpose of which will bevv subsequently obvious. The. upper end 9 of the shaft receives thereover a head 10, the upper end of which is rounded as at 11. To resiliently support the head 10 upon the upper end of the shaft 7 a coiled spring 12 is arranged upon the reduced end 9 and, as shown'in Fig. 1, engages the under side of thetop' of the said head 10. Slots 13 are formed in the lower portion of the head 10 at opposite points and receive the extremities of pins carriedupon the ad'- jacent portion of the shaft 7, thus limiting the movement of the head with relation to the shaft. Upon the outer sides of the head 10 there are formed a plurality of diagonally disposed ribs 14, which ribs serve as means for securing accessories hereinafter fully described in position upon the shaft 7. p

A support 15 having a concaved upper portion is provided andv carries acollar 16, the inner surfaces of which are provided with other diagonally disposedribs 17 adapt-- ed tobe engaged with the ,ribs 14 formed upon the head 10 when the support is turned into engagement therewith. There is also providd'a bracket 18, the same having formed upon the upper end of the vertical hank thereof a rest 19, while the lower end of the shank is provided with a collar having diagonally disposed ribs 2O formed upon its inner surface, which ribs may be engaged with the ribs 14 on the head 10 by turning the same thereupon. The bracket or support 1S serves as means for facilitating the handling of bars of iron, it of course being understood that one en of a bar is arranged upon the anvil at which the farrier is working while the other end is arranged upon the rest 19 of the support. In this way, the services of a helper will be dispensed with.

In Fig. 4 there is disclosed another modified form of attachment 'for the appliance, the same including a shank 21 having a ratchet face 22 formed upon one marginal edge thereof, the teeth of which are adapted to be engaged by the pawl 4. The upper extremity of the shank 21 is bifurcated to provide'bearing members and receive a roller 23 therein, the said roller having trunnions arranged upon the opposite ends of the same. WVith this attachment, bars of iron may be readily handled by a' singleinan, one end of the bar resting upon the anvil and the other end resting upon the roller 23. Thus, when it is desired to move the same forwardly it is only necessary to roll the bar of iron.

When using the improved horseshoeing appliance, the shaft 7 is permitted to lower in the hollow standard l, whereupon the lower end of the head l will rest upon the top of the cap 3, thus forming a rigid support therefor. The horses leg is now placed upon the rest-l which has been previously v turned into engagement with the head l0 i and the old shoe removed and the hoof pared I that .the new shoe will or trimmed in order seat flush thereon. Subsequent to the trimming of the hoof it is desired to placethe new shoe thereon, whereupon the shaft 7 is raised to the proper height in the standard and the pivotal pawl 4 engaged with one of 'the teeth 8 formed on the said standard.

By -so adjusting the shaft, it will be appreciated that a resilient support will be provided for the leg of the horse and as a consequence, all shock transmitted to the hoof of the animal during the nailing of the shoe thereon will be absorbed by the spring l2.

After the shoe has been placed on the hoof and it is desired to le or rasp the same to remove the surplus portions ofthe hoof, the shaft 7 is again lowered into the standard and the rest l5 disengaged from the head 10, whereupon the hoof of the horse may be placed upon the rounded surface 11 of the said head Vand supported thereon during the rasping of the same. l

*said positions in the standard, a head With our improved appliance, it will be' readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that ywe eliminate the heretofore laborious work incident to horseshoeing operations, wherein the farrier supported the horses leg in a position to allow the placing of the shoe upon the hoof.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification, and such modification as is within the scope `of our claims we consider within the spirit of our invention.

l. A device of the character described, including a hollow standard, a'shaft movably received in the standard having a series Vof teeth formed upon one edge thereof, a pivoted pawl on the standard engageable with teeth for securing the shaft in adjusted slidably shaft, resilient means interposed between the head and the adjacent end of the shaft, and a restidetachably engaged with said head. l,

2. A device vof the character described, including a hollow standard, legs for supporting said standard, a shaft movably received in the standard and having a series of teeth formed upon one edge thereof, a pivoted pawl on the standard engageable with the teeth on said shaft, a head upper end slidably received on the upper end of said shaft, resilient means interposed between said vhead and the adjacent end of said shaft, and a rest detachably engaged with the head. y

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures hereto.

supported on said FLOYD J. FRANCE@ PETER F. oRAUN.-

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