Patent · US Expired

Stock handling device

US4945860A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
14References
11Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1988
Grant dateAug 7, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S119/908
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stock handling device having a shock unit (5) and means to attach the unit to the animal, said shock unit being arranged to deter the animal when it pushes against an object, having a pressure switch (6) on the head of an animal and a shock unit connected to contact pads (2,4) engageable on the animal in spaced relationship, whereby to apply a deterrent shock to the animal through the contact pads when the pressure switch is actuated.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.