Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Self-reset
Patent
1979-01-30
1981-03-03
Whitehead, Harold D.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Self-reset
A01M 112
Patent
active
042532647
ABSTRACT:
A repeating animal trap particularly for rodents such as rats and mice has a trapping passageway into which animals are attracted due to their inherent curiosity. A trigger within the passageway is tripped by animal pressure and this sets in motion a reciprocatory sweeping mechanism which sweeps the animal from the passageway into an adjacent collecting compartment. The reciprocatory mechanism then returns to its initial position in which it defines longitudinal walls of the passageway to effectively prevent an animal in the collection compartment from pushing its way back into the passageway. A constant force coil spring is used to power the sweeping mechanism with a control system that insures only a single reciprocation of the sweeping mechanism each time the trigger is activated so that the trap operates effectively on successive animals throughout the range of displacement of the spring.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1620950 (1927-03-01), Coffman
patent: 1723121 (1929-08-01), Barwicki
patent: 1758952 (1930-05-01), Kness
Whitehead Harold D.
Woodstream Corporation
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