US1136496A - Nose-ring for live stock. - Google Patents

Description

U. G. STEWART.

NOSE RING' FOR LIVE STOCK. APPLICAUON FILED ocT.14, 1914.

L136A96. Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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-; Prion ULYSsEs G. STEWART, or PARIS, ILLINOIS.

. NOSE-RING FOR LIVE STOCK.

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, i915.

Application led October 14, 1914. Serial N0. 866,649.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ULYssEs G. STEWART,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- -ful Improvements in Nose-Rings for Live Stock; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to animal husbandry, and more particularly to restraining devices, but with still greater particularity to nose-rings or clips for use with livestock, especially hogs, to prevent fence-lifting or rooting.

It has for an object the production of an inexpensive nose-ring of extremely simple construction, which is at once durable and peculiarly eflicient in the performance of its intended functions.

As a further object this invention contemplates the production of a ring, of the chary acter indicated, which is readily and conveniently applied to the snout of an animal, and there retained, by reason of its structural formation, always in operative relation.

Other objects and advantages ofthe present invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art to which it relates, and to persons engaged in the industry of hog raising. Y

IIheV invention will be hereinafter particularly described and pointed` out in the claims following.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this application for Letters Patent, and whereon corresponding reference characters indicate like partsin the several views: Figure l represents in perspective my invention applied to the nose of an Illinois porker about to engage in an effort at fence lifting. Fig. 2 is also a perspective view of the present invention detached, but with ring closed, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the invention as applied to an animals snout, showing the relation of its projecting prongs.

Reference being had to the drawings and characters thereon, l indicates the body of my improved nose-ring of relatively stift| wire, comprising laterally extending arms oppositely sharpened or beveled upon their integral formation with extremities as at 2, 2. These arms, initially, may extend laterally in a common plane, or they may be partially shaped into the form of an open annulus, or an open triangle,.or any other suitable figure, but in any event they -are to be nally shaped at the instant of application to the nose of an animal, by agency of the well known clamping pincers which regulate and determine the final shape of body portion l.

Crossing body l at a point intermediate its beveled ends 2, 2, and approximately at right angles to the plane of the ring formed therefrom, is a bisecting bar preferably of stiif wire, comprising an advance upstanding lifting prong 3, and a downwardly extending relatively shorter goad or spur 4, of

said body l, or securely brazed thereto, as best shown by Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

rIhis being a description of my invention in its preferred form of construction it should be understood that I do not confine myself to such, but lay claim to all modifications and variations in form, structural arrangement, and materials which are capable of accomplishing substantially the same results in substantially a like manner.

In practical operation the body or ring portion l punctures the cartilage between nostrils of an animal, such as the hog A shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings, whereupon lifting prong 3 projects above the snout as shown, and is maintained in this position by spur or goad 4 bearing upon the end of the nose at a point below that of attachment and above the mouth of the animal. It is desirable that the said prong 3 should project slightly above the animals nose, and that the end of spur 4 should not project below, but on the contrary terminate immediately above the mouth for reasons which will later appear. `And while there is no invariable rule as to length of the projections 3 and 4, the former should preferably project above the animals snout from one-quarter to onehalf of one inch, and in matured animals should therefore measure from one and onequarter to two inches in length, while the shorter spur or goad 4 should fall short of crossing the snout in order that its extreme end may bear thereon as shown by Figs. l and 3.

lVhen constructed and applied substantially as shown and described my improved j upon ring l as a Q Y v i,136,496

nose-ring effectually restrains and prevents the animal either from lifting fence strands,

or rooting in the earth, by reason of the reaction upon the comparatively tender partition between nostrils in the well understood manner. In addition, however, it may be, noted that an attempt to root under and lift a fence strand such as B, Fig. l, causes the latter to ride clown the animals snout until checked by the upstanding projection or prong 3 as illustrated, tilts fulcrum, and thus applies thev spur or goad 4: to the end of the animals nose temporarily inflicting pain at that point as well asl upon the cartilage between nostrils, to not v only discourage but absolutely `prevent fence-lifting or rooting so common with this class of stock.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

vLAS an article of manufacture a nosering for live stock having an upstanding .Y prong adapted to project above the animals Copies of this patent may be obtained for adapted to project above the entire deviceV snout, and a depending spur having its end adapted to bear upon the end lof said snout.

2. As an varticle of manufacture a nosering for live stock crossed by an upstanding prong andra depending spur, the former the animals snout, and the latter adapted to bear at its end upon the end of said snout.

3. As an article of manufacture a unity nose-ring for live stock, comprising in combination a body portion adapted to be secured between the nostrilspof an animal, an

upstanding prong adapted to project above the animals snout, and a depending spur having its end arranged and adapted to bear upon the end of said snout.

.In testimony whereof l aflix my signature, in presence of subscribing witnesses.

Y A ULYSSES Gr. STEWART?.

W'itness'es Y P. J. RooNnY,

FRED RHoAns, RICHARD S. DYAs.` i

ive cents each, by addressing the FGommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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