Applicator for impressing brands or medicaments on animals

Claim 1

An applicator for impressing liquid brands or medicaments on animals including: an applicator pad having a liquid permeable base free of any needles for surface application to an animal, a chamber in the applicator pad communicating with the liquid-permeable base, a cylinder leading by way of a first non-return valve to the chamber, a replaceable liquid cartridge comprising a body serving as a handle for the applicator, and a neck slidable in the cylinder as a plunger, a second non-return valve normally closing a liquid outlet from the neck and adapted, when the plunger is retracted in the cylinder, to unseat allowing passage of fluid from the cartridge to the cylinder and, when the plunger is advanced in the cylinder, to close and force liquid from the cylinder, unseating the first non-return valve, and into the chamber in the applicator pad, the liquid cartridge being screw threadedly engaged in a sleeve slidable but non-rotatable on the cylinder, adjustable stop means being provided for said sleeve, said adjustable stop means including a stop nut threadedly engaged on the sleeve which when the plunger is in its advanced position abuts the applicator pad, the liquid-permeable base being liquid-permeable by virture of a plurality of holes therethrough, and a multiplicity of removable plugs blocking the holes whereby when appropriate plugs are removed, a flow of liquid can occur in a desired outline.