Patent ID: 11896019
Assignee: JARVIS PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. A method of stunning an animal using a cartridge-type animal stunner, comprising:
providing a cartridge-type animal stunner for stunning an animal comprising:
an elongated stunner housing having a forward end containing a muzzle and a rearward end containing a breech, the breech including a cartridge chamber for receiving an explosive cartridge,
a bore between the muzzle and breech for receiving a penetrating-type stunning rod,
said captive penetrating-type stunning rod within the bore having a forward end, a rearward end, and a length therebetween, the stunning rod being capable of moving to an extended position wherein said forward end extends out of the muzzle of the housing a distance, and subsequently returned rearward to a retracted position, the stunning rod having an opening through the length thereof,
a firing pin in the breech for exploding said cartridge upon impact therewith, and
a trigger for effecting movement of the firing in against the cartridge in the cartridge chamber to cause explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position;

placing the housing forward end of the stunner against a head of an animal; and
activating the trigger, whereupon the firing pin moves against the cartridge in the cartridge chamber, causing an explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position so that the stunning rod forward end penetrates the animal head to a brain, and simultaneously a portion of combustion products from the explosion of the cartridge travel through the stunning rod opening along the length of the rod and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.