An Improved Drenching Bottle for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Drenching Bottle for Horses and other Animals.
We, JAMES HENRY DAY of Springfields, Rhyl, North Wales, and ALFRED
SILVESTER DAY of Edleston House, Crewe, Manufacturers of Horse and Cattle
Medicines, trading at Crewe under the style of Day & Sons, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This my invention relates to an improved drenching bottle for the administration
of fluid medicines to horses and other animals my said improved bottle being
designed with the object of overcoming the objectionable features of similar articles
at present employed for that purpose and my invention consists in the novel
construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and set forth.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood reference should be
made to the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 represents in perspective my improved bottle and Fig. 2 is a detail of the
valves hereinafter described.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the body A of the bottle of
metal preferably of tinned copper the said body being rectangular in shape as shewn
in the drawing and having at one end thereof an opening in which is secured the
neck B of the bottle. The said neck B is formed of corrugated tubing preferably
of brass by the use of which a great increase of strength is obtained the said
tubing therefore being less liable to injury when inserted in the mouth of the
animal.
The neck of the bottle is placed at one end adjacent to one of the side faces as
shewn in the drawing by which construction the whole of the contents of the bottle
may be discharged without raising the lower side of the body out of a horizontal
position or above the opening of the neck. The neck B is of an uniform
diameter throughout which prevents the necessity of opening the jaws of the
animal to a greater extent than is required for the insertion of the open end of
the neck.
In order to allow the fluid contained by the body of the bottle to flow steadily
from the outlet of the bottle I provide a valve C for the admission of air into the
interior during the discharge of the fluid this valve (which is preferably of the
form shewn in Fig. 2) being placed upon the opposite face of the bottle to that
which is adjacent to the inner end of the neck and being in a suitable position to be
depressed by one of the fingers of the operator. The said valve C preferably
consists of a plug e which is screwed into a socket c¹ secured upon the body A of
the bottle. The said plug has an opening formed therein in which is inserted a
stem d surrounded by a spring d' and having a button d2 upon its upper end. Upon
the lower end of the stem d is a flange e having a washer e¹ thereon to ensure the
joint being air tight. It will be readily understood that by means of this valve the
admission of air into the body A may be regulated and the flowing out of the liquid
may be lessened or stopped at the will of the operator.
A portion of the body of the bottle may be glazed as shewn at D in order that
the quantity of liquid remaining in the bottle during the administration of a drench
may be readily seen by the operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
:-
The combination with a drenching bottle having its neck adjacent to one side of

page_text: a valve for the admission of air and a glazed aperture in the side of the bottle the
whole constructed and arranged substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of Anril 1891
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicants' Agent.