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

Claim 10:
11. A captive penetrating-type stunning rod for use in a cartridge-type animal stunner comprising:
a body having a forward end, a rearward end, and a length therebetween, said body having an opening through the length thereof;
said body capable of being propelled within a bore of a housing of a cartridge-type animal stunner a distance forward out of a muzzle in said housing by firing of an explosive cartridge in a breech to an extended position and subsequently returned rearward to a retracted position;
wherein upon placement of the housing muzzle against a head of an animal and firing of said explosive cartridge, said body moves from the retracted position to the extended position, such that the forward end penetrates the animal head to a brain, and simultaneously with firing of said cartridge a portion of combustion products from explosion of the explosive cartridge travel through the body opening along the length of the body and out of the body forward end into the brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.