Farriery – Shoes – Fastenings
Patent
1986-08-27
1988-05-17
Swiatek, Robert P.
Farriery
Shoes
Fastenings
54 82, A01L 300
Patent
active
047444223
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a horse hoof shoe which is mountable with belts and consists of a hoof shaped bottom part with walls, a cap and two straps. The cap continues on each side in the form of a strip engaging the wall of the bottom part. Loops are tipstretched on the rear side of the cap for receiving the belts.
A hoof shoe of this type can be strapped to the hoof of the horse and can be adjusted, so that there is no need to nail it or bond it to the hoof.
A hoof shoe of the aforementioned type is known from (DE-OS No. 32 23 187), wherein at each side of the cap on the upper side thereof a strip is tipstretched engaging the wall. At the rear wall of the cap, on the lower side thereof, loops are formed from receiving two buckle straps which are disposed in the form of a cross. Apertures are provided in the lower and upper area in the wall of the hoof shoe. Detailed particulars concerning the guiding of the buckle straps can be taken from the mentioned state of the art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention consists in a further development of the mentioned state of the art with respect to a sufficient solid support on the hoof.
This object of the invention is solved in accordance with a hoof shoe which horse hoof shoe comprises a front part having a horse shoe-like bottom portion and a wall portion upwardly extending from the bottom portion, a rear part formed as a cap and having a rear portion and a least one strip portion extending forwardly from the rear portion and engaging the wall portion, two upper loops and two lower loops provided on the rear portion of the rear part, two belts extending through the upper loops and the lower loops in a crosswise manner and also partially extending over the front part and each having one end arrested on the wall portion of the front part and another end located above the one end, and a tensioning device arranged at a front side and at a center of the wall portion of the front part and connected with the other ends of the belts, the tensioning device being self-locking and having a rotary button formed so that by rotation of the rotary button the belts are pulled forwardly or pushed rearwardly in a stepless manner without use of an additional tool. The subclaims contain alternative measures, which are particularly efficient with respect to the mentioned object.
In a hoof shoe in accordance with the invention, a particularly good support is obtained on the hoof, in particular due to the straps, which make it possible by turning the rotary button to obtain a gradual given high tension of the belts. In view of the fact that the tensioning device itself is self-locking, the tension of the belts is maintained. Only by a desired turning of the rotary button in the counter direction can the tension be released, that is, only if the hoof shoe is to be removed. The tension in the belts results in a uniform pressure on the rear wall of the cap due to the cross wise arrangement. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention the connection between cap and front part is made on each side by two strips which are tipstretched on the cap, an upper strip and a lower strip, which both engage on the wall, whereby the belts support on the strips and exert a contact pressure thereon when they are subjected to a tension. The lower strip is displaceably received by a loop which is tip-stretched on the wall. The upper strip supports freely on the wall, but has itself a loop through which the belt is guided. Thereby a connection remains between the cap and the front part of the hoof shoe even during the releasing of the belts, because at each side the lower strip is received by a loop of the wall. The cap may be adjusted more to the rear or more to the front by displacement. The maximum of the rear displacement is fixed by an abutment on the lower strip.
The connection between the lower belt and the wall is performed by a screw which can be released. Holes are provided for the screw either on the belt or in the wall, or i
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Striker Michael J.
Swiatek Robert P.
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