US139856A - Improvement in instruments for administering balls to animals - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; L

THOMAS Hf BEX, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS FR ADMINISTERING BALLS T0 ANIMALS.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. l 39,856, dated June 17, 1873; application tiled February 5, 1873. i

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. BEK, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented aMachine for giving Physio-Balls or other Medicines to Horses, Cows, and other Animals, of which the .followin g is a specification:

My invention relates to an instrument or machine made with a combination of wood, brass, iron, and rubber, or such other materials as may be desired, of the form set out and shown in the accompanying drawings, and to be used for giving to horses, cows, or other animals, such medicines as may be necessary to administer internally.

Figure 1 is a geometrical drawing of the instrument with the plunger thrown forward. Fig. 2 is a sectional drawing of the instrument with the plunger drawn back.

The same letter in each gure in the drawings represents corresponding parts.

A is the body of the instrument, which should be constructed of hard polished wood, of some of the metals, of any other hard substance, and of any size or length desired, the medium size being one foot and four inches in length, and in proportion as shown in the drawing. B is a rubber band let into and encircling the largest part of the instrument to prevent the teeth of the animal injuring the instrument during its use, and also to furnish an elastic surface next the parts which must come in contact with it during its use it may be removed and replaced at pleasure. C is a hole bored into the larger end of the iustruinent, and also a similar one into the smaller end, the former being a trifle less than one-third the length of the instrument in depth, and the latter one-half the length of the instrument in depth, and seven-eighths of an inch in diameter. These two apertures are connected by a small aperture through which passes a small rod, E, upon each end of which is fastened, by a screw, a metallic plate, G G,

which works easily in the aperture C and is drawn back, by means of knob H, attached by c a metallic pin to the plate G, whichworks through a slot cut in the side ofthe instrument, as shown by letter F, in Figs. 1 and 2. D is a coiled spring fitted into the aperture O, at the small end of the instrument, and should be of sufficient force tothrow, with a quick motion, the plunger composed of rod E and washer G G, forward to the mouth o f the aperture C. The power of the spring is regulated by plug I, insertedinto the aperture C at the small end of the instrument, and held in its place by pins or screws. I

When the instrument is not in use it should 1 be kept with the plunger thrown forward as shown in Fig. 1, relieving the coiled -spring D from pressure,tliereby preserving its power.

When the instrument is to be used the plunger I should be drawn back by means of knob H, compressing the coiled spring D, and fastened backby turning the knob to the side of 'and catching it into the angle of the slot the rear end, as shown in Fig. 2. The medicine to be administered should be made into a small ball or balls, and placed in the aperture (l at the large end of the instrument, which is then inserted into the mouth and throat of the animal; the knob H is turned so as to'be loosened from the angle of the slot, the spriii g D throws the plunger G E G forward, and the balls are ejected from the instrument into the throat.

I claiin- The combination of the rod chambcred at C, furnished with rubber at B, and with the spring plunger-rod, and securing-slot, all arranged as shown and described, and forthe purposes set forth. i

I `THOMAS H. BEX. Witnesses: y

JOHN BEDFORD, J oHN O. BENNETT, Jn. y

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