Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Jaw
Patent
1984-08-03
1985-10-29
Godici, Nicholas P.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Jaw
43 94, A01M 2324
Patent
active
045493685
ABSTRACT:
An animal trap having a housing with an access opening surrounding a trap mechanism. The trap mechanism includes a pair of arms pivotally mounted on a base of the housing, each arm having a free end forming a jaw. The arms are positioned relative to one another so that they are pivotable between a jaws open position in which the arms are pivoted away from one another and the jaws spaced apart and a jaws closed position in which the arms are pivoted toward one another and the jaws urged into engagement. A drive frame which engages the arms of the trap mechanism is slidably mounted on a pair of vertical posts within the housing. A pair of springs on the post urge the drive frame upwardly from a lower position in which the arms are free to pivot into the jaws open position to an upper position in which the arms are urged by the drive frame into the jaws closed position. A trip mechanism made up of a pair of elongated links is coupled between the arms for releasably locking the arms in the jaws open position when the trap is set. In response to an applied force the trip mechanism releases to permit the movement of the arms into the jaws closed position under the influence of the spring biased drive frame.
REFERENCES:
patent: 982911 (1911-01-01), Werrick et al.
patent: 1174535 (1916-03-01), Ahern
patent: 1553536 (1925-09-01), Irvine
patent: 1762783 (1930-06-01), Kascak
Godici Nicholas P.
Jordan M.
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