An Appliance to Attach to the Horns of Cattle to Prevent them Doing Injury by Goring or Tossing.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance to Attach to the Horns of Cattle to Prevent them
Doing Injury by Goring or Tossing.
We, ISAAC JUDE of North Cove near Beccles in the County of Suffolk Farm
Bailiff, & HENRY REEVE EVERITT of 32 Prince of Wales Road in the City of
Norwich in the County of the same City, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
A bar of any shape & material extending from horn to horn, having a moveable
false horn affixed crosswise to the centre of the said bar; one end of the said
crosspiece being attached to a line communicating with the animal's nose.
Or, two false noveable horns secured to the real horns of the animal-with or
without the bar; the ends of each false moveable horn being attached to a line or
lines communicating with the animal's nose.
Dated this 10th day of Tuna 1201
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
An Appliance to Attach to the Horns of Cattle to Prevent them
Doing Injury by Goring or Tossing.
We ISAAC JUDE of The Hall Farm North Cove in the County of Suffolk Farm
Bailiff & HENRY REEVE EVERITT 32 Prince of Wales Road of the City of
Norwich in the County of the same City Gentleman 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:
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We have appended hereto two sheets of drawings in which like letters of reference
illustrate corresponding parts.
Our device or appliance consists of two attachments a being short bars of iron
or other suitable material, each bar having a one end a small socket or cylinder b
to fit the animals horn, & at the other end which is flattened, a longitudinal oblong
shaped hole c, by means of which it may be bolted to a bridge or connecting
piece d hereinafter described. The bridge d is an oblong shaped bar punctured at
each end with a hole c of the same shape & size as the holes of the aforesaid
attachments, & having a projection e from the middle consisting of two parallel
bars of the same material. An axle joins the outer ends of the parallel bars, &
on it rests an artificial noveable horn made of any suitable material in such a
position as to form a lever, the foot or base of which is connected by means of
a chain with a ring in the animals nose. The outer end of the artificial horn is
weighted to keep it in a bent position. If an animal which has our said apparatus
fitted to its horns tosses or gores, the end k of the artificial horn is brought into
contact with the object, the result being that the leverage on the chain causes it
to pull the ring in the animals nose, thereby administering sharp pain to that organ,
which has the effect of deterring it from the practice ever afterwards.
We may preferably affix to each horn a projection m consisting of two parallel
bars having at one end a socket or cylinder n into which the horn is inserted, and
at the other or outer end an axle o joining the parallel parts. On the axle rests an
artificial noveable horn p, the inner end of which is bent downward and attached
to a chain communicating with the animals nose. The outer end projects in front
of the animal and on goring causes pain to the nose in the saine manner as our first
described attachment.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
A device, or attachment, or devices, or attachments, which may be affixed to
the horns of a cow, or a bull or other horned animal, and connected with a ring in
the animals nose in such a manner as to cause pain to that organ when goring or
tossing is attempted substantially as described and shown.
March 1892
HENRY REEVE EVERITT.
ISAAC JUDE.