US99559A

US99559A - Improvement in nose-ring for hogs

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Publication number: US99559A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1870-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1887-02-08

Description

iiaittri meurtre @anni (hijita Lettgrs PatentNo. 99,559, dated February 8, 1870.

*dwf- IMPROVEMENT llillil'v NOSE-RING- FOR HOGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi the same To whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, O. I. GOODMAN, of Chillicothe,

Ross county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Nose-Ring or Pin Vfor Hogs; and I hereby declare lthe following to be afnll, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. j

My invention relates to the use of a pin for insertion into the cartilaginous portion of a hogs snout, to prevent rooting.

I do not describe thev mode of casting in this specification as being part of my invention, but simply to showa convenient manner' in which the ring can be made.

In the drawings- Fignre l shows the pi finished, ready for insertion.

Figure 2 shows the same inserted.

Figure 3 shows the form the pin is made to assume after insertion.

Figure 4 shows another method ofsecuring the pin after insertion.

Figure 5 shows my moulds, within which the ends of the prepared stems are placed, to receive the bulbs or heads.

A is the stem of the pin, which has a point, a, and a flattened, notched, or bent end, a', as seen in fig. 1, where the said flattened end a is shown in dotted lines:

B is the head of the pin, which may be globular, semi-globular, or any other form which may be found best to fulfil the object.' 4

In fig. 5 is seen my mould for holding the stems during the act of forming the heads, which act is accomplished by pouring any easily-fused metal around the end a of the stem. This mould has considerable resemblance to one form of bullet-mould, but has provisions additional thereto, by which it is enabled to hold the stems Ain place while the fused metal is poured in, as described.

The mould has two jaws, C and D, anda central piece, E, to which these jaws are connected by hinges F.

The piece E has also guide-strips, G, which serve to bring the jaws and central piece into proper relative position when theylare brought together.

The central piece is made 'higher than the jaws, making a trough Yin the angle between them, into which the metal is poured.

The holes H, through which the metal runs, are made sloping, and approach the circular `cavities I from one side, so as to form the neck or sprue upon one side, for easy removal, the stem being vertical.

In addition to the filling-hole H, each cavity I has,

upon' its upper side, an aperture, K, in which the` stein A is tightly held when receiving its head.

The mould may be made without the central piece, in which form it would have but a single row of' cavities, andthe left-hand jaw D should be somewhat higher than C, so as to form a trough between them, as stated.

The operation is as follows:

A set of the stems A, being prepared, (having a point at one end, and being fan shape-d, bent, or notched at the other,) is inserted in the apertures K, :1nd,the jaws being held h'rnily against the central piece E, the metal is poured through the holes H, and forms heads upon the said stems. rI"he jaws are then opened and, the pins being removed from the mould, the necks are cut off. The pins are then ready for use, and are applied by thrusting theui upward through the 'snout of the hog, and turning the upper end into an eye, as seen in figs. 2 and V3, or brought over the edge ofthe cartilage, and turned around 'the stem, just above the head, as seenin fig. 4.

It will be seen that this device is cheap and easily applied, and fulfils the requirements in a hog-ring, viz, it causes scarcely any inconvenience to the hog, except when rooting, and is free from the common annoyance ot' sticks and other trash lodging between the ring and the nose of the animal.

I claim herein as new, and of lmy invention- The.hognose ring herein described, consisting of the pin Aa a', constructed as specified, and a head, B, cast thereon, substantially as set forth. In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

O. P. GOODMAN. \Vitnesses:

DANIEL GOODMAN, R. S. Fomsns.