IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Huckvale, of Choice Hill, near
Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxon, Farmer, for the Inyen-
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Huckvale
at the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, THOMAS HUCKVALE, of Choice Hill, near Chepping Norton, in the
County of Oxon, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE
TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS" to be as follows:
This Invention consists of a cylinder or vessel to contain medicine,
fixed at the end of a stem or tube, there being a piston in the vessel,
the piston rod of which passes through the tubular stem, so that the
piston may be fixed outwards on the vessel's back, after the cylinder or
vessel has been introduced into the mouth of an animal.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Thomas Huckvale, in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
THOMAS HUCKVALE, of Choice Hill, near Chipping Norton, in the
County of Oxon, Farmer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Huckvale, Her special licence that I,
the said Thomas Huckvale, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Thomas Huckvale, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Huckvale, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Huckvale, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of a cylinder or vessel to contain medicine,
fixed at the end of a stem or tube, there being a piston in the vessel,
the piston rod of which passes through the tubular stem, so that the
piston may be forced outwards or the vessel drawn back, after the
cylinder or vessel has been introduced into the mouth of an animal.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued
by me.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a section of an instrument constructed according to
my Invention, having only one cylinder or vessel; Figure 2, shows an-
other instrument, having two cups or vessels applied thereto; and Figure
3, shows another arrangement, where the cylinders or vessels can be
drawn backwards on the stem or piston rod. In each of the instruments
the parts are combined with reference to the instrument being used by
one hand, leaving the other free to be used in holding the animal's head.
In Figure 1, a, is the handle or stem which has within it the piston rod,
with a button or handle b, the stem of which slides in a slot in the
handle, by which the piston rod can be slided by the thumb or the hand
by which the handle a, is held, by which the person administering the
medicine may use his other hand in holding the head of the horse or
other animal, the person standing at the side of the animal when he
administers the medicine; c, is the piston fixed to the piston rod, and
d, is the vessel (into which the medicine is placed) fixed to the handle
d. In Figure 2, the only difference is, that the piston rod has two
pistons affixed and two vessels are affixed to the handle a. In Figure 3,
the parts are arranged in such a manner that the vessels are connected
together, and the ends of the stem act as the pistons.
The instrument being held by one of the vessels, can be moved by
placing the thumb of the hand which holds the instrument against a
stop fixed on the stem.
And having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner of performing the same, I would remark, that what I claim
is the combination of the parts herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Huckvale, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of March in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
THOMAS HUCKVALE. (L.S.)
Witness, ROBERT PARSONS,
Chipping Norton, Oxon.