AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FEEDING OTHER YOUNG ANIMA
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Tucker, of Harberton, in the County of
Devon, for the Invention of “AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FEEDING
Sealed the 27th June 1873, and dated the 26th April 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Tucker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th April 1873.
I, ALFRED TUCKER, of Harberton, in the County of Devon, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
FEEDING CALVES AND OTHER YOUNG ANIMALS," to be as follows:-
My said Invention relates to a simple apparatus for feeding calves and
other young animals with milk or other liquid nourishment.
The said apparatus is constructed as follows:-In a pail or bucket of
convenient size I fix a concave or sloping ledge which extends all around
the pail a short distance from the top of the same. In the centre of this
ledge is a circular aperture which is recessed to receive a cover. This

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cover is fitted with a teat or tube of india-rubber or other suitable
material, which is preferably formed to resemble a natural teat, and
projects upward from the said cover. From this teat a tube extends
down through the cover nearly to the bottom of the pail. When
the cover is in place the space below it is separated from the space above.
The bottom of the pail is made concave or dished, and at the centre
immediately below the said tube I make a small recess or cup. The
cover being raised the milk or other nourishment is poured into the pail
and falls into the lower space therein. The cover is then replaced and
secured, and the contents of the pail are taken therefrom by the animal
through the teat. The aforesaid small excess permits all but the last
few drops to be taken. At the bottom the said pail is provided with a
hoop, or with feet or other means for supporting it firmly on the ground.
The said pail is also provided with a suitable handle or bail whereby it
may be conveniently carried.
The pail and other parts of my apparatus, except the teat and tube,
are preferably made of galvanised iron.
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With my improved apparatus the calves and other young animals can
be supplied with milk or other nourishment in a manner which prevents
their taking it too quickly as they will do when allowed to drink from
an ordinary bucket, trough, or similar vessel, and whereby they are
frequently very greatly injured and sometimes killed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Tucker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd October 1873.
:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
TUCKER, of Harberton, in the County of Devon, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Alfred Tucker, Her special licence
that I, the said Alfred Tucker, my executors, administrators, and

page_text: Having thus fully described my said Invention, and shown how the
same may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I
wish it understood that I claim, the apparatus for feeding calves or
other young animals, provided with a pail or other receptacle for con-
taining liquid food, and which has a teat or tube, or two or more of the
same, and is so constructed that the liquid can be taken from the said
receptacle by the animals through the said teat or teats, and in no other
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