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US 4,089,160 AGranted
Horseshoe bending apparatus and vise
OwnerBud A. Beastoninventor
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Abstract
A horseshoe bending apparatus having a multi-purpose forming plate whereby steel bar stock segments may be pulled around the outside edges of one side of the forming plate to form a rounded shoe conforming to the shape of a horse's front hoof. The stock may also be pulled around the opposite side of the forming plate to form an elliptical shaped shoe conforming to a horse's rear hoof. The apparatus includes clamping means used as a work vise for finishing out a horseshoe.
Claims9
A horsehoe bending apparatus for forming horseshoes from strip bar stock and comprising:
- (a) stationary frame means;
- (b) form support means pivotally carried by the frame means, a forming plate carried on the support means and having a portion of the outer edge thereof in the shape of the inner periphery of the desired horseshoe, a pair of oppositely disposed guide plates carried by the support means on opposite sides of the forming plate for providing a channel around the outer edge of said forming plate for receiving bar stock therein;
- (c) a bending stop member secured to the frame means and spaced from the forming plate, said stop member having a groove therein in a plane parallel to that of the forming plate;
- (d) bar stock engaging means carried by the form support means for selective engagement with one end of the bar stock;
- (e) means for rotating the engaging means with respect to the stationary frame means in a plane parallel to that of the forming plate;
- whereby upon rotation of the engaging means, the bar stock segment is pulled through the bending stop member groove and is bent around said shaped portion of the forming plate outer edge to form a horseshoe.
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