Breath as hitherto Universally Used.
Year: 1885

page_text: Breath as hitherto Universally Used.
I RICHARD BARKER of the School-house Caerphilly in the county of Glamorgan,
Schoolmaster do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A BUTCHER'S
HYGIENIC AND LABOUR SAVING MACHINE WITH WHICH TO BLOW CALVES WITH PURE
ATMOSPHERIC AIR INSTEAD OF HUMAN BREATH AS HITHERTO UNIVERSALLY USED
to be as follows:-
A Bellows of the ordinary shape but without the pipe, having a valve fitted air
tight at the opening where the pipe is generally fixed, over which valve is fixed a
tube, air tight and semi circular in form, and shaped as most convenient to the
butcher when he blows the calves the object of the valve being to prevent the air
from returning to the bellows after it is blown into the calf, and the advantage of
having pure atmospheric air instead of human breath as hitherto universally used
being highly conducive to health from a sanatory point of view, not only to the
butcher but also to the consumer of veal, and the labour of blowing with a machine
is very much smaller and pleasanter than the labour of blowing from the lungs
through the mouth.

page_text: Breath as hitherto Universally Used.
I, RICHARD BARKER of the School house Caerphilly, in the county of Glamorgan,
Schoolmaster, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A BUTCHER'S
HYGIENIC AND LABOUR SAVING MACHINE WITH WHICH TO BLOW CALVES WITH PURE
ATMOSPHERIC AIR INSTEAD OF HUMAN BREATH AS HITHERTO UNIVERSALLY USED
"
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A machine is constructed similar to an ordinary bellows but without the pipe.
The accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 2 illustrate those parts of the
mechanism to which my invention refers. The round tube hh Fig. 1 is constructed
of wood or metal large at one end and small at the other and is secured firmly.
and air tight to and around that part of the above mentioned machine marked e e
Fig. 1 which contains the aperture g Fig. 1. A leather valve c Fig. 1. is nailed, at
the point d Fig. 1, to the machine, and is large enough to completely cover the
aperture g. Fig. 1 and small enough to work freely in the large opening of the
tube marked b Fig. 1. The small part of the tube h, h Fig. 1 is to be inserted two
or three inches into the fore leg of a calf between the skin and the flesh and
secured by the cramp illustrated in Fig. 2 and shown at k Fig. 1. A strap screwed
to the machine at the point i Fig. 1 may be used to fasten the leg of the calf firmly
to the machine to enable the machinist to move the leg as may best facilitate the
passing of the air into the calf from the machine..
'
The cramp shown in Fig. 2 contains two jaws a. a Fig. 2 made of hard wood
and fastened together by the hinge b' Fig. 2. These jaws are opened and closed by
the thumb screw c Fig. 2. The circular parts of these, jaws are fastened round
that part of the skin of the calf under which is fixed (as described above) the small
part of the tube h, Fig. 1 and closed by the thumb screw c Fig. 2 till they
completely encircle the tube by the skin of the calf.
The machine is worked like an ordinary bellows. The air is driven through the
aperture g Fig. 1 into the tube ba Fig. 1 and thence into the calf between the
skin and the flesh. The valve c Fig. 1 is a most essential part of the invention, it
opens to admit the air from and shuts to prevent the air returning to the bellows
part of the machine. For convenience the tube of the machine is fixed into the
lett fore leg of a calf when the left side is blown and into the right fore leg when
the right side is blown. Butchers generally force an iron rod into each opening in
the skin, and work it about in order to facilitate the passing of the air into the
calf and of course remove it before the blowing commences. They will also beat
the calf with a stick as they have hitherto done when the air is passing into
the calf.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. That I have invented a machine which will blow a calf with pure atmospheric
air instead of human breath as hitherto universally used.
2. That hitherto no machine has been constructed that will effectually do this
work.
3. That veal blown by my machine is perfectly wholesome, whereas veal blown
by human breath cannot be wholesome and ought not to be used.
4. That the labour of blowing a calf is immensely reduced when it is done by
my machine.
5. That the machine has several times been practically tested with perfect
success.
6. That butchers find it necessary to blow calves, in order that they may the
better remove the skin from the animal and improve the appearance of the skin
and also of the veal.