A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES AND ABULAR AWFICATO
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Fonnereau of Masons Arms Yard Maddox Street
in the County of Middlesex Horse Dealer and Willoughby Fielding of
38 Lisle Street Leicester Square in the said County Bridle Bit Stirrup and
Sour Manufacturer and Saddler for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES AND
ABULAR AWFICATO"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Fonnereau &
Willoughby Fielding at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 21st December 1882.
PHILIP FONNEREAU of Masons Arms Yard Maddox Street in the County of
Middlesex Horse Dealer and WILLOughby FielDING of 38 Lisle Street Leicester
Square in the said County, Bridle, Bit, Stirrup and Spur Manufacturer and
Saddler "A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING
MEDICINE TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
"
This Invention consists of a drenching funnel capable of holding liquid-The
funnel has an opening at its top end of about 2 inches in diameter and 6 inches in
circumferenco and is connected at its base by a hollow tube with a hole in
the centre-Affixed to the tube is an iron hoop screwed on tho sido to the
funnel with a ring on the top of the iron hoop into which is fastened by a buckle
and strap a long piece of rope-Attached to the tube are two pieces of flat iron,
and a long leather strap-the physic is administered to the Animal by inserting
the hollow tube in its mouth with the hole in the tube towards the throat of
the animal The long leather strap is then passed over the head and then the
rope attached to the top of the iron hoop is passed through a ring fixed in the
ceiling of the stable or room. The mouth of the animal is raised above the lovel of
its throat and the physic poured into the funnel and into the throat through the
hole in the tube without pain difficulty or danger to the animal or man
administering the physic.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Philip Fonnereau & Willoughby Fielding in the Great Seal
Patent Offico on the 9th June 1883.
PHILIP FONNEREAU of Masons Arms Yard Maddox Street in the County of
Middlesex Horse Dealer and WILLOUGHBY FIELDING of 38 Lisle Street, Leicester
Square in the said County Bridle, Bit, Stirrup and Spur Manufacturer and Saddler
"A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE
TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS"
This invention consists of a drenching funnel capable of holding liquid-This
funnel has an opening at its top end of about two inches in diameter and six inches
in circumference and is connected at its base by a hollow tube with a hole in the
centre Affixed to the tube is an iron hoop screwed on the side to the funnel with
a ring on the top of the iron hoop into which is fastened by a buckle and strap a
long piece of rope-Attached to the tube are two pieces of flat iron and a long
leather strap. The physic is administered to the animal by inserting the hollow
tube in its mouth with the hole in the tube towards the throat of the animal-The
long leather strap is then passed over the head and then the rope attached to the
top of the iron hoop is passed through a ring fixed in the ceiling of the stable or
room The mouth of the animal is then raised above the level of its throat and the
physic poured into the funnel and into the throat through the hole in the tube
without pain difficulty or danger to the animal or man administering the physic.
And in order that our said invention may be clearly understood reference is
hereby made to the accompanying Drawings-
Fig 1 is an elevation of our said invention a is the funnel into which the
medicine is to be poured, bb' is the hollow tube connected to the funnel, c is
the hole in the tube-The portion of the tube b¹is placed in the animal's mouth,
as a bit, with the holo c next to the throat. d d are two thin plates attached to
the tube b¹, these plates are fitted with a leather strap e c which is passed over the
head of the animal to keep bit its mouth is the iron hoop which acts as a
frame and to which the ring g is affixed by a staple as shewn The ring gis
connected by the strap to the rope i-This rope is passed through a ring in the
ceiling of the stable (as shewn in Fig: 2) or other suitable position The operator
pulls this rope until the mouth of the animal is raised above the level of its
throat. The medicine is then poured into the funnel a, and by means of the tube b
and b' and the aperture c it enters the mouth of the animal
Fig: 2 shews the drenching funnel and appliances in position
Having thus stated the nature of our said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, we claim :-
The manufacture and use of the new and improved apparatus for administering
medicine to horses and other animals substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn on the drawings Figs: 1 and 2.
In witness whereof wo tho said Philip Fonnereau and Willoughby Fielding
havo hereunto set our hands and seals the eighth day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.