An Improved Device for Labelling or Marking Animals and other Goods.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Labelling or Marking Animals and other
Goods.
I, PAUL VON NAGY, of Szepezd, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, landed
proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for marking cattle and has for its
purpose to provide a solid and durable sign wheroby to distinguish swine, sheep and
other cattle and obviate their being wilfully or inadvertently confused.
The improved device consists of two conveniently shaped pieces of caoutchouc or
other suitable material, one baving a spindle-like pivot with screw-thread and the
other a corresponding screw-threaded aperture.
This marking device is attached by perforating the ear or lobe of the animal;
passing the pivot, previously dipped in a solution of caoutchouc or in dissolverl
Russian glue or other suitable substance, through the hole produced and screwing it
into the fellow piece.
The two pieces, being thus inseparably connected, may be provided with the name
of the proprietor, number of year, or any other desired mark."
The improved device may also serve as a substitute for the lead-seals usually
employed for marking goods for .transport.
An Improved Device for Labelling or Marking Animals and other
Goods.
I, PAUL VON NAGY of Szepezd in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, Landed
proprietor, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a new or improved device for labelling or
marking swine, sheep and other cattle in such a manner as to effectually prevent
their being inadvertently or wilfully interchanged or confounded.
Reference being had to the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shows the two parts of the device in side view.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of the device, the two parts being joined.
Fig. 3 is a side view and
Fig. 4 shows the manner in which the improved device may be marked.
The improved label consists of two conveniently shaped pieces a and b of hard
caoutchouc or other suitable material. a being provided with a spindle-like pin or
pivot a having screw thread, while the other piece has a corresponding screw-
threaded aperture or hole b¹.
The device is attached in the following manner :-
The lobe of the animal's ear having been pierced, the screw-threaded pin a¹
of part a, previously dipped in a solution of caoutchouc, dissolved Russian glue or
other suitable substance, is passed through the hole, produced by the piercing, and
then screwed into the hole or aperture 6' of piece b.
The two pieces of the device are now inseparably connected owing to the properties
of the solution of caoutchouc or Russian glue and any attempt to undo the label
would prove ineffectual.

page_text: The outer surface of one-or of both of the pieces a or b, may be provided with
the name of the owner of the animal, a number or any other suitable sign of
reference, Fig. 4.
The improved label may also be used as a substitute for the lead seals frequently
employed for marking goods for transport.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A label or marking device consisting of two pieces a and b, mado from caoutchouc
or other suitable material, one of said pieces being provided with a pin a¹ having a
male screw thread, while the other piece has a hole or aperture provided with a
corresponding female screw thread, so as to allow of the pin a', which has previously
been dipped in a solution of caoutchouc, Russian glue or other suitable substance,
being, after having been passed through a piercing made in the lobe of the animal's
ear, screwed into the hole or aperture 6' of the other piece, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
Datta
THIS ICH day or no.
PAUL VON NAGY.
Per Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, London, Attorneys.
PAUL VON NAGY.
Per Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, London, Attorneys.