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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric S. VanDenBerg, Austin, MN (US);
Thomas F. A. Jacobson, Austin, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hormel Foods, LLC, Austin, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/06 ;
Abstract
An electrical stunning device ( ) to stun and immobilize an animal includes a first contact tip ( ) and a second contact tip ( ) to contact the animal. The first contact tip ( ) is operatively connected to a first voltage wire ( ) and the second contact tip ( ) is operatively connected to a second voltage wire ( ). The second contact tip ( ) is pivotable to activate a proximity switch ( ), which closes the circuit and allows voltage to be applied to the first contact tip ( ) via the first voltage wire ( ) and the second contact tip ( ) via the second voltage wire ( ) to stun the animal.