Flexible Horse Balling Gun.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1898--Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
Flexible Horse Balling Gun.
FREDERICK LACK, Saddler, Oak Street, Fakenham, Norfolk, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1
An invention made of leather and cane for administering medicine balls to
horses consisting of a tube in which the ball is is placed to be forcibly ejected into
the horse's throat by means of a flexible rod or spring and the like.
This 5th day of March 1897
Flexible Horse Balling Gun.
I, FREDERICK LACK, Saddler, of Oak Street, Fakenham, in the County of
Norfolk, 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 refers to a flexible contrivance for injecting medicine balls down
the throats of horses and other animals, and consists of a kind of syringe or pop-
gun constructed of flexible materials, such as leather, cane and the like, one end of
which can be inserted in the animal's mouth while the other end is held by the
operator.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which:
Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a simple form of my improved horse
balling gun.
Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of a more complicated form of same.
Referring to Fig. 1.-
a is the barrel or tube formed of leather or other suitable material the outer end
of which is preferably enlarged as shown to receive the medicinal ball.
b is the ejecting rod preferably made of cane to render it flexible; c is a button
or plunger formed on the outer end of the ejector. The opposite end of the ejector
is provided with a knob or handle d. Thus when the ejector is thrust inwards,
the ball is rapidly impelled down the thoat of the animal under treatment.
Referring to Fig. 2.-
The ejector is in this case provided with a recoil spring e and a trigger g' with
detent hook When the ejector is drawn back the spring is compressed between

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the button c and a ring or washer f fastened inside the barrel or tube a.
operator's end of the barrel a is provided with an open or slotted handle 9 fur-
nished with a trigger g¹ the detent hook g of which works in a small slot cut out
of the barrel a. Thus when the ejector is drawn back the detent hook g³ drops
and engages with a boss a¹ on the ejector and at the same time the recoil spring is
compressed against the washer f. The medicinal ball is placed in the barrel, the
trigger is released and the ball expelled by the force of the spring. The ejector
is, provided with a finger ring h for convenient handling.
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. A flexible horse-balling gun or tube, fitted with a flexible ejecting rod, as
herein described and set forth.
2. A flexible horse-balling gun as in Claim 1 furnished with a recoil spring
trigger detent and boss with or without a looped or bow handle-part, as herein
described and set forth.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London.