An Improved Drenching Bottle for Horses and Cattle.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Drenching Bottle for Horses and Cattle.
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 invention relates to an improved bottle for administering fluid medicines to
horses and cattle, and has for its object to provide a bottle by the use of which the
drench shall be given effectually without waste.
In order that our invention may be more readily understood, I will now proceed
to describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shows a side view of my improved bottle.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on the line a-b in Figure 2.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A is the body of the bottle having one side B flattened as shown most clearly in
Figure 3. C is the neck of the bottle which is of a uniform internal diameter
throughout. D is an outer tube which fits around and forms a protection for the
neck of the bottle C and which is further strengthened by ribs of wire d secured
thereto. E is a tube which passes into the interior of the bottle A for the purpose
of admitting air.
When it is desired to administer a drench, the bottle containing the fluid is held
by the body A, so that the flat side B forms the under side when the bottle is tilted.
It will be observed that the neck of the bottle C is in the same plane with the
flattened side B, so that it is unnecessary to raise the bottle above a horizontal
position to ensure the whole of the fluid contained therein, flowing out of the bottle.
Air is admitted to the body of the bottle by the tube E thus ensuring a steady flow
of liquid out of the neck C, the shape of which also tends to secure the same
object.
The neck C of the bottle is strengthened as hereinbefore described, in order to
protect it from any accidental injury, either when in use or at any other time. The
shape of the body A of the bottle enables the operator to obtain a firmer grip of
the same than is possible with the drenching bottles hitherto in use.
The bottle may be made of any material, although we prefer to use tin for the
purpose.
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:
An improved drenching bottle for horses and cattle, said bottle having one side of
the body flattened, a neck in the same plane with the flattened side, and of a uniform
internal diameter throughout, ribs of wire strengthening the neck, and a tube for
admitting air to the body of the bottle, substantially as and for the purposes described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Second day of July 1890
JAMES HENRY DAY.
ALFRED SILVESTER DAY.
By their Agent, Reginald W. Barker.