Chain – staple – and horseshoe making – Horseshoe making – Processes
Patent
1993-02-25
1994-06-14
Jones, David
Chain, staple, and horseshoe making
Horseshoe making
Processes
59 36, 72 7, 36447401, B21K 1502
Patent
active
053199189
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a horseshoe.
Factory-made horseshoes and also hand-forged horseshoes are known. Factory horseshoes are neither better, nor more durable than the best hand-forged horseshoes, but have the advantage that a proven model can be copied. They have a uniform shape, a planar support surface and save valuable time on the part of the blacksmith by reducing manual work.
It is known from the textbook by J. Hickmann "Der richtige hufbeschlag", BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft, to manufacture factory horseshoes either by drawing a piece of iron bar or flat steel bar around a block or ingot, or by punching or stamping in a die. A disadvantage of horseshoes manufactured in this way is that the nail holes on each shoe are vertically punched in the same way and size. Vertical nail holes provide the blacksmith with little clearance when driving in the nails. It is therefore necessary in the case of such horseshoes to subsequently make holes manually, which obviously leads to disadvantages. As all the nail holes are at the same distance from the edge of the horseshoe, the advantages of fine and coarse nailing are lost which make it possible to solve the specific problems of certain horses.
As horseshoes constitute a mass produced article, which must be inexpensive, only certain standard horseshoe shapes and sizes can be manufactured.
The tendency is to make horseshoes as light as possible. They must protect the hoof and give it an adequate hold, whilst at the same time being strong enough not to twist, bend or break. Particularly in the case of race horses, it is necessary to use extremely light horseshoes.
In the case of factory horseshoes made from aluminium, the problem arises that aluminium cannot be readily shaped, as is possible with wrought iron shoes. Therefore in the case of factory-made horseshoes, the blacksmith must select from the standard sizes and shapes a shoe which is closest to the shape and size of the hoof which is to be shoed. However, only a relatively limited accuracy of fit is then obtained. It also does not allow adequate account to be taken of the type of horse involved, its size, its weight and what type of work it carries out. Adequate account cannot be taken of the gait and build of the horse. It is scarcely possible to meet the very different requirements made on race, hunting, polo, carriage and riding horses. Even less is it possible to correct faulty hoofs through the shoeing operation. Faulty hoofs are in particular those which are abnormal or deformed due to the hoof position or leg position of the horse. Numerous other influences can also lead to faulty hoofs and this can only be inadequately counteracted by the use of factory-made horseshoes.
The object of the invention is to provide a method for the manufacture of a horseshoe, which enables the latter to be economically made from a particularly lightweight material, which can be adapted in optimum manner to a random hoof if the latter has irregularities.
According to the invention this object is achieved in that on each hoof which is to be shoed, measurement or recording takes place of the hoof dimensions essential for an individually adapted shape of a horseshoe, that a predeterminable horseshoe shape is established from the essential hoof dimensions, whilst taking account of any irregularities present, that from the essential hoof dimensions a number favourable for the physiologically optimum fitting of the horseshoe to the hoof and the corresponding position of the nail holes in the horseshoe are fixed, that the hoof parameters essential for the shape and the nail holes of the horseshoe are fed into a memory of a control means for a manufacturing machine, that the stored hoof parameters are used for guiding the movement of a manufacturing tool, that the desired predetermined horseshoe shape, including the nail holes is worked from a piece of solid material, that the horseshoe is manufactured from a random, predeterminable material, which is suitable for working and that through the method
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