US789052A - Branding apparatus. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD MAY 2, 1905.

A. McLEOD;

BRANDING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN, 18, 1904.

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PATENT OEETCE.

BRAN DING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 789,052, dated May 2, 1905. Application filed January 18, 1904. Serial N0.189,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW MOLEOD, engineer, a subject of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Arch Hill, near the city of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Branding Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to branding apparatus which may be advantageously employed for branding cattle, horses, and other animals, as well as inanimate things and objects.

It mainly consists of a pipe forming a reservoir, with a pump and feed-valve at one end,

-a stop cock or tap at the other end, and another pipe fitted within the reservoir reaching downward from the stop-cock, a continuationpipe screwed into the reservoir-pipe or stopcock, having its outside threaded to allow anut to be screwed up or down thereon, also a plate carrying springs, a ball inwardly screw-threaded, and another plate fitted around said ball and to tops of said springs to screw up and down as required. The last plate carries a circular upright flange, to which a perforated hood or cowl is secured, to the outer end of which the brand-plate is secured.

On the accompanying drawings five figures are shown, of which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the upper part of the invention, showing the top portion of the reservoir-pipe, the stop cook or tap, the continuation-pipe, plates, springs, ball, cowl or hood, and brand-plate. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, eX- cept the stop-cock and reservoir-pipe. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the brand-plate. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the reservoir-pipe broken, showing the pump, feed-valve, inner pipe, stop-cock, and part of lower end of continuation-pipe; and Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

The reservoir-pipe A has a pump B fitted into its lower end and a feed-valve 0 provided in its side near the lower end, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, though the feed-valve C may be provided in the end beside the pump B. The stop cook or tap D, which may be of any suitable construction and is used for the purpose of cutting off the supply of fluid from the burner, is screwed onto the upper end of the reservoir-pipe A and over the lower end of the continuation-pipe E. The inner pipe F is carried the full length within the reservoirpipe A, though it may be made shorter, if thought advisable, and is connected to the lower end of the continuation-pipe E at G.

The continuation-pipe E is outwardly screwthreaded, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, so that the lower plate H, centrally bored and threaded,and the inwardly and centrally screwthreaded ball J may be screwed up or down, as it may be required. Springs K are suit ably fitted to and between the lower plate H and the upper plate L, which upper plate L fits around the ball J A flange M projects upwardly from the upper plate L, to which a hood or cowl N is secured by screw-bolts and nuts 0, though the connection may be made in any other suitable way. is adjustably secured to the upper end of the hood or cowl N, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and perforations or small openings T are made in the hood or cowl N, as shown. The continuation-pipe E is carried through the lower plate H and ball J and into the hood or cowl N and has its upper end R so made that the burner and heater or a primus or other suitable burner V may be screwed thereonto, so as to allow the inflammable matter or gas issuing from the said upper end R of the continuation-pipe E to be forced therefrom into a nose or spreader placed on the said burner, whereby such intense fire heat can be produced that the brand-plate P will be kept continuously heated at, if so desired or required, a white heat or at a lesser heat. A fine gauze screen (not shown on the drawings) can be fitted within the continuation-pipe E near its upper end and a wick reaching therefrom down to the said cook or tap D, so as to filter the inflammable matter passing therethrough. The flangeMis made in two parts, the upper one being screwed to the lower one, so as to fit better round the ball J.

Uis an inwardly-opening check-valve mounted on the upper end of the pump B.

To put this brand into use, the reservoir- A brand-plate P pipe A is filled through the feed-valve with the necessary inflammablematter or heat-making agent, which: is pumpedup and passed into the burner connected to the end R of the pipe Band on being projected from the burner is lighted in the ordinary way by match or such like,

when such a heat is produced that the brand:

plate P, as before stated, becomes intensely hot, and it can be applied to whatever is to be branded, whether animate or inanimate, with the result that an immediate impression is obtained whiclris clean and well out and with animals saves a great deal of the suffering which the beast has now to endure. The heat; being continuous, the brand-plate is alwaysreadyvfor use and can be applied at any time. and at the, most opportune moment, and,v moreover, it canbe readily carried from place to.place, and. asits fire is self-contained an aux-- iliaryportable tire and fire-raisingplant are dispensed with, wherebyconsiderable timeis. saved and disappointment. from they ordinary irons coolingis avoided.

The springs, the lower plate, and the stop cock or tap may be, dispensed with, so that smaller makes of brands :maybe made han dier and more portable whenconstructed without these parts and be sufficiently effective, asrwith them (the smallerlbrandslthe adjust. able action is not so necessary.

Havingfully described my invention, what I desire to claim 7 and secure by Letters Pat: ent is 1.. A brandingdevice having a reservoir, acontinuationpipe communicatingwith the reservoir, two plates mounted on said pipe,. one of the plates being positively adjustable and yieldable devices secured to and between said plates, the one end of each of said devices being adjustablyconnected to the adjustable plate.

2. A reservoir for gaseous fluid, a pipe communicating with said reservoir, a burner arranged to receive the fluid through said pipe, a ball carried by the pipe, a plate supported by the ball, a second plate carried by said pipe, and yieldable means mounted between the plates. f

3. A reservoir for gaseous fluid, a pipe communicating with said reservoir, a ball carried by said pipe, a plate supported by the ball, a second platecarried by said pipe, yieldable means mounted between the plates, a burner in operative rel-ation;.-with said; pipe, and-a branding-Aron connected withsaidfirst plate.

4:. A reservoir for'gaseous fluid, a pipecommunicating with saidreservoi-r, a ball carried by said pipe, a plate-supported by theiball, a: second plate carried bysaidpipe, yieldable means mounted betweenwthe plates,,a burner, a branding-iron, and-a-cowl surroundingthe ANDREW. McLEOD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE. WILLIAM. BAsLEY, PERCY HERBERT' BAsL Y.

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