Portable branding iron
OwnerJerone Levy, Javonne L. Levyinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention features a portable branding iron system. The system includes a handle with a handle connector, a built-in rechargeable battery, a heating coil, and a controller. A backing plate is removably connected to the handle via a threaded rod. A patterned metal, such as raised letters or logo, and an optional rotatory numbers are removably disposed on the backing plate. A power switch is disposed on the handle to turn ON or OFF the branding iron. A heat sensor is disposed on the handle connector and sends the temperature signal to the controller to power on one of a plurality of a temperature indicator LEDs.
Claims8
A portable branding iron system (100) for branding on livestock, wherein the system comprising:
- (a) a handle (110) with a threaded first end (111), a second end (112), and a handle connector (115) disposed on the first end, wherein the handle connector has a hole with an inner thread (116);
- wherein a rechargeable battery (147) resides within a battery compartment (114) disposed within the handle (110), a controller (146) and a heating coil (145) are disposed within the handle (110), wherein a battery compartment cover (119) is disposed on the second end (112) to access the battery;
- wherein an ON/OFF switch (144) and a power ON indicator (143) are disposed on the handle adjacent to the first end (112), wherein the controller (146) is operatively connected to (i) the battery (147), (ii) the ON/OFF switch (144), (iii) the heating coil (145) and (iv) the power ON indicator (143);
- wherein the handle connector (115) contacts the heating coil (145) such that the heat from heating coil (145) is transferred to the handle connector directly;
- wherein after the ON/OFF switch is turned on, the controller (146) is configured to turn on the power ON indicator (143) and close the electrical connection between the battery (147) and the heating coil (145) such that the heating coil is heated with battery power;
- (b) a metal backing plate (120) with a front side (123), a back side (124), an upper side (121) and a lower side (122), wherein a threaded connection rod (125) is disposed on the back side (124) to connect to the handle connector (115);
- wherein a patterned metal (126) is removably disposed on the front side;
- wherein the patterned metal (126) is heated by the battery power via the handle connector (115) and metal backing plate (120), wherein a patterned metal (126) is used to leave a mark on a livestock (150) after heated;
- and
- (c) a threaded cap (210) with a cap thread (212), wherein the cap thread (212) is configured to removably engage the threaded first end (111) of the handle to enclose the metal backing plate (120) and the patterned metal (126) within the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.