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US 5,988,967 AGranted
Horseshoe nail and horseshoe nail forming process
AssigneeAjax Cooke Pty. Ltd.
InventorJeffrey Dudley Jones
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AssigneeAjax Cooke Pty. Ltd.
InventorJeffrey Dudley Jones
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A nail for fixing a shoe to a hoof includes a head, and a shank extending from the head generally along a centerline and terminating in a tip. A reaction region is formed in the shank adjacent the tip and has a flattened profile having front and rear surfaces interconnected by respective edge surfaces. In the reaction region the front surface is convexly curved to incline the front surface relative to the centreline of tho shark The edge surfaces converge relative to each other towards the tip, whereby, on forcing the nail into the hoof, the reaction region is adapted to produce a resultant force on the nail. The resultant force is caused by engagement of the reaction with the hoof. The resultant force is adapted to predispose the nail to bend about the rear surface of the reaction region Also disclosed are processes for forming a horseshoe nail.
A nail for fixing a shoe to a hoof, the nail including a head, and a shank extending from the head along a longitudinal axis and terminating in a tip, the shank having a flattened profile having spaced front and rear surfaces interconnected by respective edge surfaces, wherein the shank includes a reaction region adjacent the tip and a bending region intermediate the reaction region and the head, and wherein the shank at the bending region exhibits a predetermined variation in microstructure with the microstructure at the region of the front surface differing from the microstructure at the region of the rear surface of the shank, so as to produce, on forcing the nail into a hoof, a resultant force adapted to predispose the nail to bend at the bending region about the rear surface of the shank.
A method of forming a nail for fixing a shoe to a hoof, the nail having a head, and a shank extending along a longitudinal axes from the head and terminating in a tip, the shank having a flattened profile having front and rear surfaces, and the method including the steps of:
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