US3633584A
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Method and means for marking animals for identification
Assignee: Research Corp
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Filing: 1969-06-10
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Granted: 1972-01-11
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Expires: 1989-06-10
Abstract
Abstract A system for forming forgery-proof identification markings on animals involves use of a tool having an impress jaw carrying a plurality of individually removable and rotatably resettable markers linearly arranged along a fixed impressible orientation line element on the jaw. The markers have faces that occupy adjoining spaces along the orientation line and the faces are provided with forming elements in the shape of double bar markings arrangeable perpendicular or parallel to the orientation line and in the shape of right-angle markings having their apices arrangeable at selected distances perpendicularly to the orientation line and their angular legs in selected geometrically patterned relation with such orientation line whereby such markings have a unique and unalterable meaning which is translatable into digits of the Arabic decimal positional system.
Inventors
- 👤 Roy Keith Farrell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 22:21
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K11/00; A01K11/005; A61; A61M; A61M37/00; A61M37/0076; A61M37/0084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
The method of marking an animal with forgery-proof identification markings comprising the steps of forming an orientation line on a portion of an animal''s anatomy and forming along such line symbols having individual meaningful geometrical patterned relation with such line, said symbols being translatable in accordance with such relation with such line into digits of the Arabic decimal positional system.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
60 words
The method of marking an animal with forgery-proof identification markings comprising the steps of forming an orientation line on a portion of an animal''s anatomy and forming along such line symbols having individual meaningful geometrical patterned relation with such line, said symbols being translatable in accordance with such relation with such line into digits of the Arabic decimal positional system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said symbols are of only two shapes, one symbol shape being a pair of parallel lines arranged either perpendicular to or parallel with such orientation line and the other symbol shape being a right-angle line positionable in various selected geometrical patterned relation with said orientation line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said symbols include a pair of parallel lines spacedly arranGed parallel with the orientation line or arranged perpendicular thereto.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said symbols include identical right angles having their apices arranged at selected distances perpendicularly from the orientation line and having their angular legs disposed in different selective geometrical patterned relation with such orientation line.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said steps are simultaneously performed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
An animal marking tool comprising an impress jaw, a fixed orientation line forming element on said jaw and a plurality of markers carried by the jaw and linearly arranged thereon along the orientation line forming element, means carried by the jaw and by the markers for mounting the markers in individually removable and rotatable fashion on the jaw, and said markers have faces provided with marking elements including a pair of parallel line-forming elements and a right-angle-forming element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
78 words
An animal marking tool comprising an impress jaw, a fixed orientation line forming element on said jaw and a plurality of markers carried by the jaw and linearly arranged thereon along the orientation line forming element, means carried by the jaw and by the markers for mounting the markers in individually removable and rotatable fashion on the jaw, and said markers have faces provided with marking elements including a pair of parallel line-forming elements and a right-angle-forming element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
The invention of claim 6 wherein said tool includes another jaw pivotally connected to said impress jaw and carrying a backing pad complementary to the markers carried by the impress jaw and lever means connected to said jaws for moving them into and out of clamping relation with the skin of an animal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
The invention of claim 6 wherein said means includes a front edge portion on said jaw having separated slots and said markers having body portions adapted to be socketed in said slots and spring-urged anchoring means carried by the body portions for removably retaining the markers in set positions in the jaw.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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