Abstract: An arcuate window treatment assembly (10) in accordance with a preferred embodiment is disclosed for decorating and/or shading a Palladian window (P). The assembly (10) broadly includes a flexible rod (12), a pair of wall-mounted brackets (14) and (16) for supporting the rod (12), a pair of upper window treatment panels (18) and (20), and a lower window treatment subassembly (22). The rod (12) is configured to cooperate with the panels (18, 20) so that the rod (12) is operable to receive the panels (18, 20) when the rod (12) is in a straight position, but sufficiently flexible, that once the panels (18, 20) are received thereon, the rod (12) can flex into an arched position thereby transferring the panels (18, 20) into a mounted position. The brackets (14, 16) slidably and releaseably receive the panel-laden rod (12) and need not be mounted to the window frame (Af). A preferred alternative arcuate window treatment assembly (100) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A non-pull cord operated Venetian blind structure includes a control rotary housing, a retaining member, a recoiling body, a rotary ring, and a rotating body wherein the control rotary housing has a protrusive portion with an annular assembly hole extending in the middle thereof, a retaining thru-hole appropriately disposed at one side thereof, and a higher/lower stepwise stop flange annularly disposed at an appropriate position therein. The retaining member has a central engaging rod extending at the outer side thereon, and an adjusting toothed block appropriately disposed therein. The recoiling body is made up of an upper board, a separation board, a lower board to form a set of first and second cord-collecting spaces thereby wherein multiple toothed blocks are annularly arranged at predetermined positions of the upper board thereon, and multiple abutting blocks with engaging hooks are annularly disposed around the periphery of an engaging cylinder of the recoiling body thereof.

Abstract: A panel pet door comprises a lower panel and an upper panel disposed above the lower panel to form the panel pet door, a pet flap inserted into the lower panel, the lower and upper panels each having a hinge mechanism on one side thereof so as to have a common hinged edge of the panel pet door, the lower and upper panels being separate, whereby they can be independently opened about the respective hinge mechanism when fitted by the hinged mechanisms within an opening in a patio door, and an upper locking member located along an upper edge of the upper panel and a lower locking member located along a lower edge of the lower panel. The hinge mechanism accommodates an outwardly protruding handle on the patio door and permits the panel pet door to be folded back fully so as to be substantially against the patio door. The panel pet door may be provided as a kit of parts.

Abstract: Adjacent panels of a folding door included opposed edges having a tongue and groove, pinch proof construction. The panels are formed of spaced sheet metal sections with an insulating form between the sections. The panels are hinged along their opposed side edges by hinges with attachable bracket and brace members for support of edge mounted rollers and reinforcing cross braces.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for batch displacement digester systems to increase tank farm vessel temperatures for more efficient delignification rates by mitigating the formation of flow channels in the chip bed, minimizing the vertical temperature gradient in the digester and segregation of returning liquors to the tank farm from the digester.

Abstract: A method is provided for treating black liquor particularly derived from non-wood pulp, by heating with an alkaline earth metal oxide in a toroidal fluidised bed reactor at a temperature of above 650° C. The method may be used alone or as part of a method of converting graminaceous raw material to pulp for paper or board, said method comprising (a) digesting said raw material with a white liquor based on sodium hydroxide and further comprising calcium hydroxide in an amount effective to substantially convert silica of said raw material to calcium silicate; (b) recovering pulp and black liquor substantially free of uncombined silica; (c) heating the black liquor in a fluidized bed reactor containing calcium oxide for catalysing conversion of organic content of said black liquor to gas and for providing recovered solids including sodium values of said white liquor and calcium oxide; and regenerating said white liquor using said recovered solids.

Abstract: A single pulp bleaching stage comprises an acid treatment, A, a neutralization treatment, n, and a chlorine dioxide treatment, D0. The AnD0 bleaching stage may optionally include washing between treatments, either between each treatment or only some treatments, represented by A-n-D0 which indicates there is washing between the acid (A) and the neutralization (n) treatments and the neutralization (n) and the chlorine dioxide (D) treatments, or An-D0 which indicates there is washing only between the neutralization (n) and the chlorine dioxide (D) treatments. The AnD0 stage can be followed by washing and further bleaching stages. Preferably, the (AnD0) stage is followed by an extraction stage Eop with caustic in the presence of oxygen and a peroxide.

Abstract: Embossing regularly textured sheets with an appropriate regular, discrete embossing pattern to improve softness can result in a combined texture that creates an interference pattern that camouflages the original texture pattern and the embossing pattern. The resulting pattern is more appealing to the eye and is more random in appearance than the initial textured sheet or the embossing pattern individually. This result is particularly advantageous for paper towels.

Abstract: An ink jet printing paper which has a degree of bulk equal to or higher than that of non-coated paper, retains the same quality as that of coated type sheet with respect to surface smoothness, sharpness of print images, ink absorbability and water resistance, and shows improved ink strike-through and cockling while being bulky. The ink jet printing paper has an ink receiving layer provided on the base paper with the base paper containing synthetic fiber having a branched form.

Abstract: A method for the production of paper which is characterized in that it employs an anionic fluorine-based oil-proofing agent and a fixing agent comprising polymer in which at least N-vinylformamide is a polymerization component and/or a derivative of said polymer; together with paper which is characterized in that it contains an anionic fluorine-based oil-proofing agent and a fixing agent comprising polymer in which at least N-vinylformamide is a polymerization component and/or a derivative of said polymer.

Abstract: The addition of small quantities of at least one additive to calcium sulfate prior to addition of the calcium sulfate to the cellulose fiber solution for paper manufacture has been found to significantly increase its opacifying capacity. Suitable additives for this invention include: kaolin, calcium carbonate, talc, titanium dioxide, aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, other silicates and/or their mixtures.

Abstract: Pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder with a specific surface area of between 5 and 600 m2/g and a carbon content of less than 500 ppm, which displays a specific dibutyl phthalate absorption of less than or equal to 1.2 g dibutyl phthalate/100 g SiO2 per m2 of specific surface area and a specific thickening action of less than 15 mPas/m2 of specific surface area. It is produced by supplying vaporous tetramethoxysilane and/or tetraethoxysilane together with air and separately hydrogen to a burner, and allowing the mixture of gases to react in a flame in a reaction chamber connected in series to the burner, and separating the solid reaction product from the gas stream by known means, the lambda value in the burner being between 0.95 and 1.5 and sufficient secondary air also being supplied to the reaction chamber that the lambda value in the reaction chamber is between 0.8 and 1.6.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from the dryer. A second fabric, which may also be permeable and defines a second moving conveyor, is also included. The first moving conveyor overlaps the second moving conveyor for a predetermined distance, and the first and second moving conveyors are configured to receive the paper web between the conveyors. A vacuum device is rotatably disposed against the first moving conveyor, and the dryer and the vacuum device are disposed relative to each other to form an open draw. The vacuum device is configured to produce a vacuum to attract the web to the first fabric for transferring the advancing web into the predetermined distance where the first and second conveyors overlap.

Abstract: A press belt having superior cracking resistance, wear resistance and pressure deflection resistance and an excellent traveling property and a method of manufacturing the same as well as a shoe press employing the same are provided. A press belt in a press comprising a rotatively traveling endless press belt and pressing means, including terminal corresponding areas (B, B?) corresponding to both ends of the pressing means in the cross direction and a central area (A) located between the terminal corresponding areas and mainly composed of thermosetting polyurethane obtained from a thermosetting polyurethane material containing a phenylene isocyanate derivative having an isocyanate group (NCO) on an end and a hardener having an active hydrogen group (H) on an end with the equivalent ratio (H/NCO) between the active hydrogen group and the isocyanate group set relatively high on the terminal corresponding areas and relatively low on the central area and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A method of the surface treatment of a mold for casting, which comprises subjecting a cavity surface of a fixed mold made by the use of a SCM420 material to first shot peening, a sulfurizing-nitriding treatment and second shot peening. The resulting cavity surface of the fixed mold exhibits a high hardness of 700 or higher in terms of Vickers hardness due to the presence of a sulfurized and nitrided layer, and further has a compression residual stress of more than 1200 Mpa and a largest height, which is a surface roughness value defined by JIS standard, of 8 ?m or less.

Abstract: A ceramic core for use in casting an article such as for example an airfoil, wherein the ceramic core has a pocket located at or near a region of the core that is otherwise associated with occurrence of a localized casting defect in the cast article. A covering is disposed on the core to cover the pocket and provide core outer surface features.

Abstract: A multiple-pass heat exchanger having opposing headers with beveled end walls, one header having nozzles on opposite sides of a separator wall for delivering heat exchange fluid at one temperature from one or more nozzles on one side of the separator wall, the heat exchanger having one set of fluid flow tubes for conveying the fluid in one direction to the other header and another set of fluid flow tubes for carrying the fluid in the opposite direction from the latter header for delivering to the header with a nozzle or nozzles for discharging the fluid from the latter header at a changed temperature. There is also disclosed a multiple systems combined heat exchanger having an opposing headers with beveled end walls, wherein at least two heat exchangers independent of each other share the respective headers which are divided from each other by separator walls.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, comprising a bank of tubes through which a gaseous medium flows and around which a liquid coolant flows. The ends of said tubes are received in tube plates and are connected to the same in a material fit. The inventive heat exchanger also comprises a housing jacket which surrounds the bank of tubes and is connected, at the end thereof, to the tube plates. A coolant flows through said housing jacket. The tubes, tube plates and housing jacket are produced from a heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant metallic alloy. According to the invention, the housing jacket comprises at least one surrounding expansion flange.

Abstract: A component of a heat pipe assembly (100) has hollow fluid transport sections (108) communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections (110); the bendable fluid transport sections (110) being bendable to deploy the transport sections (108) from a compact volume.

Abstract: A mesh-type heat pipe (10) includes a casing (12), a tube (14) located inside the casing and a screen mesh wick (16) located between the casing and the tube. The tube defines therein a plurality of through holes (142) and at least one cutout (144). The wick is held against the casing by the tube. Under the support of the tube, the wick as a whole engages closely an inner surface of the casing, thereby establishing an effective heat transfer path between the casing and a working fluid that is saturated in the wick. Meanwhile, with the cutout in the tube presented, the heat pipe incorporating such tube is easily to be bent or flattened so as to enable the heat pipe to be applicable in electronic devices with a limited mounting space for a cooling device, such as notebook computers.

Abstract: A heat pipe includes an outer pipe (10), an inner pipe (20), and a hermetic cap (30). The outer pipe has an evaporating end (12) and a condensing end (14). The evaporating end is integrally sealed and receives working fluid. The inner pipe includes an open top and an open bottom. A very narrow gap (40) is defined between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. A plurality of granules is put into the gap to form a porous wicking structure. When the evaporating end is heated by an external heat source, the working fluid is vaporized and flows up along the inner pipe to the condensing end. The working fluid condenses at the condensing end, and flows back down to the evaporating end through the gap. Because the gap is very narrow, surface tension of the working fluid and capillary action of the outer and inner pipes is enhanced.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating fin set in combination with thermal pipe includes a plurality of fin plates and each of the fin plates has at least one closed through hole at same location. Each of the thermal pipe passes through the through hole. Each of the fin plate has an accommodating section atop the through hole and used for accommodating a heat-conducting material. The heat-conducting material is placed into the accommodating section. The heat-conducting material is molten after heating the heat-dissipating fin set and the molten heat-conducting material fills a gap between the through hole and the thermal pipe, whereby a thermal conductance is provided between the through hole and the thermal pipe.

Abstract: Holding arms of a frame member of a fan F are provided so as to project in the axial direction and so as to project outward from both sides of a housing in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. Retaining projections are provided on the inner side in the front/rear direction at the tips in the axial direction extended outward from both sides of the housing, in the holding arms. The retaining projections are provided at the tips in the axial direction extended outward from both sides of the housing, of the holding arms, and positioned so that other parts in the frame member do not exist in the axial direction of the retaining projections.

Abstract: The heat-radiating member 1 shown in FIG. 1 with a tourmaline layer is formed by mixing schorl tourmaline powder having a grain diameter of 3 to 7 ?m with a liquid-form fixing agent to form a coating agent, and then applying that coating agent to the surface of a base material, which is made from a metal such as copper, aluminum or the like having excellent heat conductivity, until the density of the schorl tourmaline powder is 0.25 to 0.05 grams per cm2, and allowing it to harden. With this construction, it is possible to provide a heat-radiating member, or devices or parts themselves that can be expected to have a better heat-radiation effect than a heat-radiating member whose base material is treated with a black coating.

Abstract: An outer shell structure surrounds a heat exchange unit formed of plates, which has first to third pairs of opposite planes. The structure has opposite end walls, opposite first walls and opposite second walls, and gap closure members. The end walls are placed on the pair of first opposite planes of the heat exchange unit. The first walls having openings are placed outside apart from the pair of second opposite planes of the heat exchange unit and connected water-tightly to edges of the end walls. The second walls having openings are placed outside apart from the pair of third opposite planes of the heat exchange unit and connected water-tightly to edges of the end walls. The gap closure members close a gap between the first walls and the heat exchange unit and a gap between the second walls and the heat exchange unit.

Abstract: Coolant water is prevented from stagnating with no restriction to a mounted posture of an EGR cooler to a vehicle. The EGR cooler has tubes 3 and a shell 1 surrounding the tubes 3, coolant water 9 being fed into and discharged from the shell 1, exhaust gas being passed through the tubes 3 for heat exchange of the exhaust gas with the coolant water 9. An annular coolant-water supply chamber 11 is fitted over the shell 1 near an axial end of the shell 1. A coolant-water inlet pipe 4 is connected to a periphery of the supply chamber 11. Communicating holes 12 are formed at a plurality of peripheral positions sequentially along a portion of the shell 1 surrounded by the supply chamber 11 such that the holes have gradually reduced diameters as they are apart from the connection of the shell with the inlet pipe 4, so that the coolant water 9 may be introduced into the shell 1 substantially evenly through the communicating holes 12.

Abstract: A baffle for a heat exchanger tube extending between opposed header pipes. The baffle is a longitudinal member with a concave underside shape conforming to the convex circumferential shape of the heat exchanger tube, and has a length substantially equal to the distance between the header pipes. A lip having a convex top side shape conforming to the concave underside shape of the longitudinal member extends along one longitudinal edge of the member. Two such members can be nested together by overlaying the non-lipped longitudinal edge of a one member atop the lipped longitudinal edge of the other member. A plurality of longitudinally aligned heat vent slits extend substantially the entire length of an uppermost portion of the member.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including a plurality of longitudinal flat tubes stacked together with space between the broad sides of adjacent tubes, and inlet and outlet collecting tanks. The inlet collecting tank distributes a first medium into the tubes, and has a wall extending around the periphery of one end the stack of flat tubes over a selected longitudinal section, the wall having at least one of an inlet and outlet for a second medium distributed in the space between the stacked tubes. The outlet collecting tank receives the first medium from the tubes. Longitudinal internal inserts in the flat tubes are metallically connected to the broad sides of the associated flat tube. At least one row of cutouts is between the longitudinal ends of the internal inserts and in the selected longitudinal section, with the row of cutouts extending substantially across the broad width of the insert.

Abstract: Provided are a polyaniline-containing composition wherein a polyaniline is dispersed uniformly in water or a solvent that gives a coated film higher in conductivity and superior in strength and flexibility when the composition is coated and a production method thereof characterized by dissolving or dispersing polyaniline in a monomer mixture including a vinylpyrrolidone as an essential component and then polymerizing the monomer mixture.

Abstract: A heat transfer tube for a heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing such a tube. The heat transfer tube includes opposing top and bottom walls and end walls connecting the top and bottom walls to each other. The top and bottom walls each define a substantially planar surface and the end walls each define a generally curved surface. The end walls each including deformations formed therein to strengthen the heat transfer tube.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having a plurality of stacked tubes (131) and tanks (110, 120) formed of resin and coupled to the longitudinal ends of the tubes (131), wherein the cooling liquid flowing in a fuel-cell (10) is cooled by being passed through the tubes (131) formed of double layers including a high heat conductivity resin portion (131a) and an insulative resin portion (131b).

Abstract: A heat dissipater and a method of dissipating heat. The present disclosure relates to a heat dissipating device which dissipates heat out of an enclosure. The device comprises a housing positioned within the enclosure, wherein the housing has an intake and an exhaust. The device further comprises an air medium disposed within the enclosure. At least one air handler in communication with the housing transfers the air medium through the housing and out of the enclosure. The present disclosure relates to a method of dissipating heat generated by a component comprising disposing a housing within an enclosure, the enclosure having the component which generates heat. Next, a convection is maintained through the housing and across the component. Cooling is then performed by channeling the air out of the enclosure.

Abstract: A heat exchanging apparatus including a gas fuelled flameless heater and a heat exchanger loop. The heat exchanger loop includes a heat absorbing section which is contained within the flameless heater so that the flameless heater provides a heat source for the heat exchanger loop, and the heat exchanger loop further includes a heat transferring section for transferring heat from the heat exchanger loop to a heat sink.

Abstract: A method for making-up a wedge thread connection comprising a pin member and a box member includes applying a pipe dope to at least one of the pin member and the box member, wherein the pin member and the box member comprise corresponding wedge threads, reducing the viscosity of the pipe dope at least temporarily, and rotating the pin member relative to the box member to make-up the wedge thread connection, wherein the rotation occurs while the viscosity of the pipe dope is at least temporarily reduced. A collar to be used with a tong assembly in making-up a threaded connection between a pin member and a box member includes at least one power unit configured to temporarily reduce the viscosity of pipe dope applied to at least one of the pin member and the box member, and an inner surface having a selected diameter to correspond to an outer diameter of at least one of the pin member and the box member.

Abstract: Downhole apparatus is described having a tubular main body and at least one flow channel formed on the body. The channel has at least one non-uniform dimension. A flow guide is located adjacent an end of the channel, and the flow guide and the channel together define a flow path for flow of a downhole medium along the body. The downhole apparatus may for example be a casing reamer shoe, a drill pipe, or a motor sleeve.

Abstract: An apparatus operable is a hazardous area for controlling a choke assembly includes an air source, an air purge system in fluid communication with the air source, a remote operating panel receiving data from at least one remotely located wellbore sensor, a local operating panel in electronic communication with the remote operating panel, and an actuator coupled to the assembly to control pressure within the wellbore. The remote operating panel includes an airtight housing in fluid communication with the air purge system, wherein air from the air purge system is circulated through the housing, a plurality of operator controls for manually controlling operation of the pressure control assembly, and a display for visually displaying values of data received from the wellbore sensor.

Abstract: Methods for performing cementing operations in a subterranean zone under high temperature conditions include forming a cementing composition having a density of less than about 10.5 pounds per gallon, pumping the cementing composition into the subterranean zone by way of the well bore and allowing the cementing composition to set therein. The cementing composition includes calcium aluminate, water, and a lightweight additive having a specific gravity of less than about 0.70.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of using polymer-coated particulates in subterranean operations such as gravel packing, frac-packing, and hydraulic fracturing.

Abstract: Methods for treating subterranean formations using low-temperature fluids are provided. An example of a method is a method of treating a subterranean formation. Another example of a method is a method of fracturing a subterranean formation. Another example of a method is a method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation.

Abstract: A tubing conveyed tool for use in perforating a well bore utilizing abrasive perforating techniques. The perforating tool is particularly useful in non-vertical wells. The perforating tool is designed to permit running and setting a bridge plug, and then perforating the well bore without requiring the removal of the tool string. An eccentric weight bar can also be used to allow for directional perforating in non-vertical wells. The eccentric weight bar uses gravity to cause the bar to rotate to a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to acidic treatment fluids that comprise an acid fluid and an ester-containing quaternary ammonium compound (“esterquat”) and methods of their use. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inhibiting metal corrosion during a subterranean treatment operation comprising using an acidic treatment fluid comprising an acidic fluid and an esterquat. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of reducing sludge formation during a subterranean treatment operation formation comprising the step of using an acidic treatment fluid comprising an acidic fluid and an esterquat. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inhibiting the formation of emulsions during a subterranean treatment operation comprising using an acidic treatment fluid comprising an acidic fluid and an esterquat. Another embodiment of the present invention provides an acidic subterranean treatment fluid comprising an acidic fluid and an esterquat.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wellbore junction. The junction includes a discrete primary leg and a discrete lateral leg connected to the primary leg, at least one of the legs Yet further disclosed herein is a method for installing a junction in a wellbore. The method includes running a junction having a discrete primary leg and a discrete lateral leg connected to the primary leg at least one of the legs comprising a plurality of flow passageways. The method further includes landing the junction at an intersection between a primary borehole and a lateral borehole and causing the lateral leg to enter the lateral borehole.

Abstract: A pressure driven pumping system includes a piston disposed within a first bore of a housing to separate a process chamber from a working chamber. A rod member coupled to the separating member extends into a reduced pressure chamber. The piston has a first face exposed to the process chamber and a second face exposed to the working chamber. The second face has an effective area less than an effective area of the first face. The housing may be placed in seawater at a selected depth. The process chamber can be in fluid communication with a well to pass well fluid into the process chamber at well pressure to move the piston, to discharge seawater from the seawater chamber. The working fluid, typically seawater in a subsea application, is pumped into the working chamber to move the piston, which discharges well fluid from the process chamber.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a support member for subsea jumper installation, and methods of using same. In one illustrative embodiment, the device includes a subsea jumper and at least one adjustable support member coupled between portions of the subsea jumper, the adjustable support member comprising at least one hydraulic cylinder, wherein a length of the adjustable support member may be adjusted by actuation of at least one hydraulic cylinder. A method of installing a subsea jumper is also disclosed which includes coupling at least one hydraulically adjustable support member between portions of the subsea jumper, lowering the at least one adjustable support member and the subsea jumper into a body of water and operatively coupling the subsea jumper to a plurality of subsea connections.

Abstract: A method and device for use in the replacing of liquid in a riser (12) of the kind used in the recovery of petroleum offshore, wherein the riser (12) forms a connection between a wellhead (4) on or above the sea floor (6) and a drilling vessel (1), and wherein a body (30), which is arranged to keep the liquids separate, is displaced longitudinally of the riser (12).

Abstract: A distributed function control module adapted for use in a modular blowout preventer (BOP) stack for use subsea comprises a housing, adapted to be manipulated by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a stab portion adapted to be received into a BOP stack control module receiver. Control electronics, adapted to control a predetermined function with respect to the BOP stack, are disposed within the housing and connected to one or more controllable devices by a wet mateable connector interface.

Abstract: A distributed function control module adapted for use in a modular blowout preventer (BOP) stack for use subsea comprises a housing, adapted to be manipulated by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a stab portion adapted to be received into a BOP stack control module receiver. Control electronics, adapted to control a predetermined function with respect to the BOP stack, are disposed within the housing and connected to one or more controllable devices by a wet mateable connector interface.

Abstract: A distributed function control module adapted for use in a modular blowout preventer (BOP) stack for use subsea comprises a housing, adapted to be manipulated by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a stab portion adapted to be received into a BOP stack control module receiver. Control electronics, adapted to control a predetermined function with respect to the BOP stack, are disposed within the housing and connected to one or more controllable devices by a wet mateable connector interface.

Abstract: A system for a pneumatically-actuated engine throttle of a snubber ram unit of an oil service/drilling rig, to stop accidental engine engagement of a pipe section and its being pulled into or pushed through the snubber ram unit of the rig, the system comprising a switch positioned in an air line between a pneumatic throttle control and an engine throttle of the rig, the switch manually actuatable between open and closed positions and normally biased towards open position, the switch associated with the throttle control and engine throttle, on the one hand, and a control for the snubber ram unit on the other, so as to override the throttle control and prevent actuation of the engine throttle when the switch is in closed position, the switch associated with the snubber ram unit control so as to be inoperative when the snubber ram unit is in an open position, but to be operative when the snubber ram unit is in a closed position, the switch constructed so as to require, when operative, manual positioning by an op

Abstract: A farrier's tool and a method of using the tool for preparing the hoof of a horse to receive a shoe. The tool is a symmetrical measuring device used for determining the position of the breakover point on a horse's hoof. After the position of the break-over point is determined, the portion of the hoofwall forward of the breakover point is beveled by means of a trimming tool to reduce leverage on the underlying coffin bone, particularly during locomotion. A horseshoe is then shaped to conform to the contour of the trimmed and beveled hoof and nailed to the hoof. The method provides means for accurately aligning the hoof capsule with the coffin bone in the hoof.