An Improved Method of and Means for Ear-marking Sheep and other Animals.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Ear-marking Sheep and
other Animals.
I, DAVID ROWLANDS, of Llystyn, Llandrillo, near Corwen, in the County of
Merioneth, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the ear-marking of sheep and other animals and consists
in securing to, say, one ear of each animal to be marked a small metal plate or
tablet of distinctive shape which plate or tablet, may, if desired, have the name of
the owner, or his address, or both, stamped thereon.
In practice I prefer to form each plate or tablet with a shank which is put
through a hole pierced in the ear and clinched over a washer or collar placed upon
the said shank.
Dated this 10th day of November 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Ear-marking Sheep and
other Animals.
I, DAVID ROWLANDS, of Llystyn, Llandrillo, near Corwen, in the County of
Merioneth, 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 the ear-marking of sheep and other animals, and consists
in securing to, say, one car of each animal to be marked a small plate, tablet or ring
of distinctive shape, which plate, tablet or ring may, if desired, have the name of
the owner, or his address, or both, stamped thereon.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan; and,
Figure 2 is a section of one form of plate for ear-marking sheep and other
animals according to my invention:
Figure 3 is a view of the head of a sheep with the plate applied thereto.
Figures 4 to 9 are views of various other forms of devices.
The device illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 consists of a plate or tablet a having a
shank which is put through a hole pierced in the ear of the animal and clenched
over a washer or collar c placed upon the shank b, the plate or tablet a bearing, if
desired, the name of the owner and the number of the animal, as shewn in Figure 1,
to which may be added the address of the owner or other suitable inscription.
The device shewn in elevation at Figure 4 is of similar form to that illustrated
in Figures 1 to 3 with the exception that the shank b is screw-threaded to receive
a nut instead of having a washer or collar rivetted thereto.
Figure 5 is an elevation, and Figure 6 a plan of a plate or tablet consisting of a
plate e stamped or otherwise made of the shape shewn in Figure 6, with a stud f
at one end and a hole g in the other end. It is attached to the ear h, Figure 5, of
the animal by passing the stud f therethrough and then bending over the plate e
at the waist i, as indicated by the dotted lines, so as to pass the hole
stud f, the plate being secured in this position by a wire cotter j inserted through a
transverse hole in the stud f.
over the

page_text: Or, as shewn in plan and elevation respectively at Figures 7 and 8, the device
may consist of a split ring having webs 1, 1 to receive the inscription, one end of
the ring being forked and fitting over the other end after it has been passed through
the ear of the animal. The two ends are then secured together by a wire cotter m
inserted through a hole therein.
The device shewn in plan in Figure 9 consists of a hollow split ring having its
ends made and secured in a similar manner to the device illustrated in Figures 7
and 8.
I have shewn and described some of the distinctive shapes of plates, tablets, or
rings which will be found suitable for the purpose of my invention but I would
have it understood that I do not confine myself to these shapes as they can
obviously be considerably varied to suit the will or fancy of the person requiring
to use the ear-markers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method of car-marking sheep and other animals consisting in securing a
plate, tablet or ring of distinctive shape to, say, one ear of each animal to be
marked, which plate, tablet, or ring may, if desired, have the name of the owner
or other suitable inscription thereon, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the devices for ear-marking sheep and other
animals herein before described with reference to the various figures of the
accompanying drawing.
Dated the 10th day of An 1001
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.