DE2456111A1 - ANIMAL DRIVE - Google Patents

Description

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PATENT LAWYERS

. H. LEINWEBER dipl. ing. H. ZIMMERMANN

DIPL.ING. A. Gf. v. WENGERSKY 2456t11

8 Munich 2, Rosental 7, 2nd ed.

Τβΐ.-addr. Lelnpat Munich phone (089) 2603989

Postal check account: Munich 22045-804

Nov. 27, 1974

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■ Va / Wy / Lei. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., OSAKA / Japan

"Animal baton"

The invention relates to a portable animal driving stick For cattle, horses, pigs or the like, which does not require an energy source.

Conventional driving sticks use batteries, generators or another source of energy to give the animals an electric power To give a blow, which by increasing the voltage, amplified by vibration, switch interruption or coils and is transmitted to the animal.

However, the conventional propellants require a large power source such as a battery or a generator. Therefore, they are difficult to use. .

The invention is to provide an animal gun in which no energy source is required and the Generates a strong electric shock by lightly pressing the stick.

According to the invention is an elastic body, both

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for example a spring, between the contact end, with the one Animal is to be touched, and the person carrying the contact Main body arranged. Therefore, the invention has the advantage that the physical contact between the animal and the contact end of the stick can be easily maintained.

Further details, advantages and features of the invention emerge from the following description. On the Drawing illustrates the invention by way of example, namely show

Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a animal driving stick according to the invention,

2 shows an electrical circuit of the animal driving stick,

3 shows another example of this electrical circuit,

4 shows a front end of the animal driving stick according to the invention and

Fig. 5 shows another example of this front end.

1 to 3 show a contact end 1 for touching an animal, a cylindrical body or a drill 2, the the contact end 1 carries a main body 3 which carries the tube 2 and to which an operating lever 4 is pivotably attached, a capacitor 5 with a considerably larger electrostatic Capacitance as that of a piezoelectric element, high voltage rectifiers 6 to 11 and a high voltage generator with a piezoelectric element 12. All parts are arranged or connected as shown in the figures.

When the operating lever 4 is operated, the piezoelectric element 12 located in the main body 3 becomes mechanical applied, whereby a charge is generated on the piezoelectric element, which is generated via the rectifier in the capacitor 5

is saved. If this process is repeated several times, a sufficiently large amount of electrical charge is created in the capacitor 5 saved. If the contact end 1 connected to both ends of the capacitor 5 is an animal, for example a bind, Horse od. Like. Touched, it is possible to use a strong electric To give blow, whereby the animal can be driven in a desired direction. Because the high voltage generator can generate an amount of charge by multiple actuations that is several times that generated by a single actuation is, of course, such a multiplied amount of charge is available for driving. That way you get an easy-to-use stick that has the required Amount of charge generated. By changing the capacitance of the capacitor, the intensity of the stimulus can be changed slightly will. The conventional animal driving sticks using a battery use a voltage that is increased with the help of a coil. Used in contrast to this known technique the stick according to the invention the discharge of a capacitor that od the skin of animals such as horses, cattle later used as leather, not damaged. The inventive Stick that does not use a heavy source of energy such as a battery or generator can be very compact and made to be portable.

In this embodiment, the inventive Stock a high-voltage generator, which generates a charge by mechanical shock, and a rectifier, which rectifies the output of the high voltage generator, one Capacitor that stores the charge created by the high voltage generator and one contact end that connects to the two Ends of the capacitor is connected, with the contact end of the stored in the capacitor when an animal touches the contact end Charge is discharged, whereby the animal receives a stimulus. There the stick according to the invention does not have an energy source, such as a

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Requires battery or a generator, the stick according to the invention is portable and generates electrical stimuli for one Animal without damaging its skin.

4 and 5 show the front end of the animal driving stick according to the invention.

Fig. 4 shows contact ends 13 and 14, a carrier 15, on which the contact ends are attached, and a spring 16, which the contact ends 13 and 14 having carrier 15 with a pipe 17 connects. Connecting wires 18 and 19, which are connected to the contact ends 13 and 14, run through the Tube 17. The other ends of these connecting wires 18 and 19 are connected to a high voltage source (capacitor 5 or piezoelectric Element 12) connected.

Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of the front end of the animal drive stick according to the invention with a contact end 20 and an insulating tube 22 leading to the contact end. A spring 23 is arranged in the insulating tube 22 and the Contact end 20 is slidably guided in the longitudinal direction by insulating tube 22. The insulation pipe is attached to a pipe 24. An existing of a conical spring contact end 21 is connected to a pole of the high voltage source, while the other pole of the energy source is connected to the contact end 20. A high voltage lead 25 connects the Contact ends with the high voltage source (capacitor 5 or piezoelectric element 12).

In each of the above embodiments, two contact ends are used with an electrical current between these contact ends flows. However, if a great source of energy is used, it is possible that a current flow through is grounded and only one contact end is used.

When the contact ends 13 and 14 of the animal driving stick according to FIG. 4 are brought into contact with an animal

the contact can be maintained very easily by the cushioning effect of the spring 16. In the same way, at In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the contact end 20 Shortened by the spring 23 in the longitudinal direction and at the same time the contact end 21 changes in all directions including the longitudinal direction, which facilitates the contact of the stick with the animal.

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Claims (5)

Patent claims: (1.) Animal driving stick, characterized by a high voltage generator with a piezoelectric element (12) which can be mechanically impacted to generate a high voltage is, through one or more of the output of the high voltage generator rectifying rectifiers (6 to 11), through one connected to the output of the rectifier Capacitor (5) and by at least one contact end (1j 13, 14; 20, 21) connected to the capacitor, through which the charge stored in the capacitor (5) for generating an electrical stimulus on an animal when the animal is touched can be discharged at the end of the contact. 2. animal gun according to claim 1, characterized in that the high-voltage generator with a piezoelectric Element (12), the rectifier or rectifiers (6 to 11) and the capacitor (5) are housed in a main body (3), that the contact end (1; 13, 14 ;, 20, 21) attached to the front end of a tube (2 ;, 17 ;, 24) attached to the main body (3) and that to generate the mechanical impact of the piezoelectric element (12) of the high-voltage generator s an actuating lever (4) on the main body (3) pivotable is attached. 3. animal gun according to claim 2, characterized in that the contact end (13, 14;) via a spring (16;) on Front end of the tube (17;) is attached (Fig. 4). 4. animal gun according to claim 2, characterized in that the one contact end (20) at the front end of an insulating tube (22) is arranged flexibly and that the second, consisting of a conical spring contact end (21), through the Isolation tube (22) separated from the first contact end (20), attached to the front end of the tube (24) carrying the contact ends is (Fig. 5). 5 0 9 8 2 5/023 I. Blank page