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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Jarvis Products Corporation, Middletown, CT (US);
Arthur Jones, Tabor, IA (US);
Trent Jones, Tabor, IA (US);
Jarvis Products Corporation, Middletown, CT (US);
Abstract
A reduced pressure pneumatic animal stunner with a low-complexity valve and venting system, and method of use thereof, is disclosed. The stunner includes a hollow housing, a stunning rod chamber, a head contact movable within an outer housing nose, a stunning rod, and a catch system employing at least one arcuate catch, a catch retainer, and a catch piston slideable within an opening of a catch cylinder. The catch piston has passageways disposed therein to allow for flow of a pressurized fluid therethrough. One passageway allows fluid to flow to a rearward end of the stunning rod chamber, and another allows fluid to flow to a forward end of the stunning rod chamber. Pressurized fluid may flow from a source through an internal passageway to the front of the stunning rod chamber alongside at least one resilient cushion designed to cushion stop the forward movement of the stunning rod.