Animal dehorner apparatus

Claim 1

AN ANIMAL DEHORNING APPARATUS COMPRISING A CYLINDER BODY PORTION OF A SIZE FOR CONVENIENTLY HOLDING IN ONE HAND OF AN APERATOR, AN ELONGATED GUIDE FRAME ON THE FORWARD END OF THE CYLINDER INCLUDING SPACED PARALLEL SIDES AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE CYLINDER AND LYING IN A PLANE COMMON TO THE AXIS OF THE CYLINDER AND BEING NARROW IN A DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID AXIS, A STABILIZING HANDLE ON THE FORWARD END OF THE GUIDE FRAME TO BE GRASPED BY THE OTHER HAND OF THE OPERATOR, WHEREBY CONTROLLED DOWNWARD PRESSURE MAY BE APPLIED, A FIXED OPERATOR TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE GUIDE FRAME, A FIXED SHEARING BLADE ON THE FORWARD END OF THE GUIDE FRAME HAVING A REAR SHEARING EDGE SPACED FROM THE CYLINDER BODY PORTION IN OPPOSED RELATION THERETO, A MOVABLE SHEARING BLADE ON THE GUIDE FRAME FOR GUIDED RECIPROCATION ON A STRAIGHT LINE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A FORWARD SHEARING EDGE IN OPPOSED COOPERATIVE RELATION TO THE SHEARING EDGE OF SAID FIXED BLADE, A PISTON WITHIN THE CYLINDER BODY PORTION FOR RECIPROCATION, A PISTON ROD INTERCONNECTING SAID PISTON AND MOVABLE BLADE AND LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON PLANE WITH SAID BLADES AND GUIDE FRAME, FLEXIBLE CONDUITS CONNECTED WITH THE CYLINDER BODY PORTION NEAR OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PISTON TO CONVEY FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO EITHER SIDE OF THE PISTON TO FULLY POWER THE SAME FOR MOVEMENT FORWARDLY OR REARWARDLY WITH SAID MOVABLE BLADE, AND MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE FLUID PUMPING AND CONTROL VALE MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUITS REMOTELY FROM THE CYLINDER BODY PORTION AND OPERABLE TO SELECTIVELY SUPPLY FLUID UNDER PRESSURE WITHIN THE CYLINDER BODY PORTION ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID PISTON.