US 11,896,019 B1Granted

Cartridge stunner—through bolt discharge

AssigneeJarvis Products Corporation

InventorsJonathan Jarvis, Charles Bildstein

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Abstract

An apparatus and method of use for a cartridge-type animal stunner comprising an elongated stunner housing having a muzzle and a breech with a cartridge chamber for receiving an explosive charge. A captive penetrating-type stunning rod capable of being propelled forward is received in the bore. The stunning rod has an opening throughout the entire length thereof. Upon placement of the housing forward end against an animal and activation of a trigger, a firing pin moves to impact a cartridge in the cartridge chamber, causing explosion of the cartridge. The stunning rod is propelled forward to penetrate the animal head to a brain. Simultaneously, a portion of combustion products from explosion of the cartridge travel into the stunning rod opening at a rearward end, along the length of the rod, and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.

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Dependent claims

A cartridge-type animal stunner for stunning an animal comprising:

an elongated stunner housing having a forward end containing a muzzle and a rearward end containing a breech, the breech including a cartridge chamber for receiving an explosive charge;
a bore between the muzzle and breech for receiving a captive penetrating-type stunning rod;
said captive penetrating-type stunning rod within the bore having a forward end, a rearward end, and a length therebetween, the stunning rod capable of being propelled a distance forward out of the muzzle of the housing by firing of an explosive cartridge in the breech to an extended position and subsequently returned rearward to a retracted position, the stunning rod having an opening through the length thereof;
a firing pin disposed in the breech for firing said cartridge upon impact therewith;
and
a trigger for effecting movement of the firing pin against said cartridge in the cartridge chamber to cause explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position;
wherein upon placement of the housing forward end against a head of an animal and activation of the trigger the firing pin moves such that said firing pin impacts the cartridge in the cartridge chamber to cause explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position so that the stunning rod forward end penetrates said head of the animal to a brain, and simultaneously with firing of said cartridge a portion of combustion products from explosion of the cartridge travel through the stunning rod opening at said rearward end, along the length of the rod, and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.

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A method of stunning an animal using a cartridge-type animal stunner, comprising:

providing a cartridge-type animal stunner for stunning an animal comprising:
an elongated stunner housing having a forward end containing a muzzle and a rearward end containing a breech, the breech including a cartridge chamber for receiving an explosive cartridge,
a bore between the muzzle and breech for receiving a penetrating-type stunning rod,
said captive penetrating-type stunning rod within the bore having a forward end, a rearward end, and a length therebetween, the stunning rod being capable of moving to an extended position wherein said forward end extends out of the muzzle of the housing a distance, and subsequently returned rearward to a retracted position, the stunning rod having an opening through the length thereof,
a firing pin in the breech for exploding said cartridge upon impact therewith, and
a trigger for effecting movement of the firing in against the cartridge in the cartridge chamber to cause explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position;
placing the housing forward end of the stunner against a head of an animal;
and
activating the trigger, whereupon the firing pin moves against the cartridge in the cartridge chamber, causing an explosion of the cartridge and propulsion of the stunning rod from the retracted position to the extended position so that the stunning rod forward end penetrates the animal head to a brain, and simultaneously a portion of combustion products from the explosion of the cartridge travel through the stunning rod opening along the length of the rod and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.