A New or Improved Instrument or Appliance for Administering Medicine to Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, or other like Animals.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Instrument or Appliance for Administering
Medicine to Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, or other like Animals.
We, GEORGE THOMPSON, of Alexander Street, Horton Road, Bradford, in
the County of York, Joiner and WILLIAM THOMPSON, of 9, Buckingham
Street, Bolton Road, Bradford, aforesaid, Driver, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved instrument or appliance for
administering medicine to horses, cattle, sheep, dogs or other like animals.
For thus purpose we employ a barrel or the like adapted to contain a "ball" or
other convenient form of medicine. This barrel is fitted with a piston or plunger
behind which a spiral or other spring is mounted tending to force the plunger to its
outward limit. A rod is fixed to the back of the plunger extending into the
stock or handle of the barrel and a stud or other projection on the rear of the rod
projects through a longitudinal slot in the stock. To use the instrument
the plunger is drawn back into the barrel by means of the said stud or its
equivalent projecting through the slot in the stock and is retained in that
position by said stud being turned into a notch in the said slot. Then the
medicine is placed in the barrel and the latter is passed into the mouth of the
animal to the top of the throat when the said stud is released consequently
the plunger springs to the nozzle of the barrel and the medicine is discharged
therefrom down the animal's throat.
Any other similar form of trigger for retaining and releasing the plunger may
be employed.
Dated this 17th day of January 1895.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
A New or Improved Instrument or Appliance for Administering
Medicine to Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, or other like Animals.
We, GEORGE THOMPSON, of Alexander Street, Horton Road, Bradford, in
the County of York, Joiner, and WILLIAM THOMPSON, of 9, Buckingham
Street, Bolton Road, Bradford, aforesaid, Driver, 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 invention relates to a new or improved instrument or appliance for
administering medicine to horses, cattle, sheep, dogs or other like animals.
For this purpose we employ a barrel or the like adapted to contain a ball or
other convenient form of medicine. This barrel is fitted with a piston or plunger
behind which a spiral or other spring is mounted tending to force the plunger to
its outward limit. A rod is fixed to the back of the plunger extending into the
stock or handle of the barrel and a stud or other projection on the rear of the rod
projects through a longitudinal slot in the stock. To use the instrument the
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page_text: plunger is drawn back into the barrel by means of the said stud or its equivalent
projecting through the slot in the stock and is retained in that position by said
stud being turned into a notch in the said slot. Then the medicine is placed in
the barrel and the latter is passed into the mouth of the animal to the top of the
throat when the said stud is released consequently the plunger springs to the
nozzle of the barrel and the medicine is discharged therefrom down the animal's
throat.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part
of this Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a longitudinal view, and Figure 2 an end view of our
improved appliance.
Figure 3, represents a longitudinal section of the same with the plunger drawn
back in position for use, and Figure 4, represents a longitudinal view partly in
section with the plunger in the position it occupies after the medicine is
discharged.
The barrel A is fitted with a plunger B and a rod C fixed to the back of the
plunger extends into the tubular stock D. The barrel is preferably made of wood
and is attached to the stock D by a metal union E. A handle F is fixed to the
other end of D. A soft india rubber guard or ring O is secured round the
outside the "muzzle of the barrel to reduce any liability of damaging
the animal's throat to which it is applied.
A spiral spring G is mounted under more or less tension upon the rod C and one
end is secured by the screw H to the union E and the other end by the screw J
to the rod C. A stud or trigger L is screwel in the end of the rol C and
projects at right angles therefrom through the slot M in the stock D and a notch
is formed in the end of this slot to engage the trigger and thereby hold the
plunger in the position shown in Figures 1 and 3. To release the plunger it is
simply necessary to disengage the trigger from the notch N.
Any other suitable form of trigger for retaining and releasing the plunger may
be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
The combination with a barrel fitted with a piston or plunger, of a spring and
trigger, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 15th day of October 1895
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.