Improvements in Feed Cakes for Cattle.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Feed Cakes for Cattle.
1, HAROLD KING, of A 17 and 18 Exchange Buildings, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to feed cakes for cattle, such as cotton seed, linseed and
compound cakes, and the object of the invention is to produce a feed cake having
its surfaces so perforated or indented that the perforations or indentations serve
to advertise the manufacturer of the cake and identify his manufacture and, at the
same time, serve to facilitate the breaking up of the cake into such portions as may
be required for use.
According to my invention, I manufacture feed cakes by forming the mould, in
which the cakes are pressed, with projecting portions which form corresponding
perforations or indentations in the cake and I arrange the said projections so that
the perforations or indentations in the cake form a design which may consist of the
manufacturer's trade mark, name or initials, so disposed that the cake is divided
into suitable portions into which it can easily be broken up for use; in this way the
perforations or indentations serve to advertise the maker, to identify the cake and
to facilitate the breaking of the cake into small portions.
Dated this 1st day of November 1892.
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Castle Chambers, 26, Castle Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Feed Cakes for Cattle.
I, HAROLD KING, of A 17 and 18 Exchange Buildings, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, 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 :-
My invention relates to feed cakes for cattle, such as cotton seed, linseed and com-
pound cakes, and the object of the invention is to produce a feed cake having its
surfaces so perforated or indented that the perforations or indentations serve to
advertise the manufacturer of the cake and identify his manufacture and, at the same
time, serve to facilitate the breaking up of the cake into such portions as may be
required for use.
According to my invention, I manufacture feed cakes by forming the mould, in
which the cakes are pressed, with projecting portions which form corresponding
perforations or indentations in the cake and I arrange the said projections so that
the perforations or indentations in the cake form a design or device which may
consist of the manufacturer's trade mark, name or initials, so disposed that the
cake, is divided into suitable portions into which it can easily be broken up
for use.
The accompanying drawings show a feed cake indented (on one face only) in
accordance with my invention;
Fig. I is a view looking on the indented face of the cake and Figs. II and III
are sections on the respective lines A. A. and B. B. of Fig. 1.
1 is the feed cake, indented with a device consisting, in the present instance, of a
repetition of the letters E K; these letters are bold enough and sufficiently deeply
indented, as shown at 2 in the sectional views, to permit the cake to be easily broken

page_text: up along the indentations into suitable portions for use. Only one face of the cake
is shown as indented but both faces may be indented if preferred, or the device
may take the form of perforations right through the thickness of the cake or it
may consist partially of indentations and partially of perforations.
In the present instance, the device forms the trade mark and also the initials of
the manufacturers of the cake, but any suitable device may be used, the essential
features being that the indentations or perforations are so disposed that, in addition
to facilitating the breaking of the cake, they also form a device which serves to
advertise the maker and to identify his manufacture.
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.) The herein described improvement in feed cakes for cattle, which consists in
forming the cakes with indentations or perforations or both, arranged in the
form of a design or device, so that the said indentations or perforations serve to
facilitate the breaking up of the cake into suitable portions, to advertise the maker
and to identify the manufacture, substantially as set forth.
Dated this First day of Anno 1902
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Castle Chambers, 26, Castle Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.