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

Claim 0:
1. 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 charge;
a bore between the muzzle and breech for receiving a captive 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 capable of being propelled a distance forward out of the muzzle of the housing by firing of an explosive cartridge in the breech to an extended position and subsequently returned rearward to a retracted position, the stunning rod having an opening through the length thereof;
a firing pin disposed in the breech for firing said cartridge upon impact therewith; and
a trigger for effecting movement of the firing pin against said 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;
wherein upon placement of the housing forward end against a head of an animal and activation of the trigger the firing pin moves such that said firing pin impacts 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 so that the stunning rod forward end penetrates said head of the animal to a brain, and simultaneously with firing of said cartridge a portion of combustion products from explosion of the cartridge travel through the stunning rod opening at said rearward end, along the length of the rod, and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.