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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
PHILIP JENNINGS BREWINGTON, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.
ANIMAL-TRAP.Specification of Letters patent.
Patented Apr. 5, 1921.
Application filed May 14, 1920. Serial No. 381,392.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, PI-ILIP J. BREwING-
TON, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Temple, in the county of Bell and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Animal-Traps, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to an animal trap
and has for its principal object the produc-
10 tion of a device of this character which will
be sprung by the animal when he touches the
bait and is constructed in such a manner
that he will be instantly killed.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
15 duce a strong and durable trap which will
be reliable and certain in action, and which is
composed of metal parts of such construc-
tion as to enable the trap to be manufac-
tured at- small expense.
20 With these and numerous other objects
in view, the invention resides in certain
novel features of construction and the com-
bination and arrangement of parts as will
be hereinafter more fully described and
25 claimed.
In the drawing:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the trap.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the trap.
Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3
30 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view.show-
ing portions of the tripping mechanism, and
Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevational view of
the arm 21.
35 Referring to the drawings by- numerals
it will be seen that 1 designates a lower bar
which is threaded at each end for receiving
the nuts 2 for holding the foldable legs 3 in
the proper position, these legs 3 resembling
40 an inverted V in an operative position. A
pair of upright standards 4 and 5 are car-
ried on the bar 1. The forward standard
4 is connected to the rear standard 5 by
means of the upper bar 6.
45 A spear 7 having the elongated shank 3
having the knob 9 upon its extremity ex-
tends through an aperture in the forward
standard 4 and through a slot 10 in the rear
standard 5. By referring to Fig. 4 of the
50 drawing it will be seen that the shank 8 is
provided intermediate its ends with a notch
11 which is adapted to be engaged by a trig-
ger to be hereinafter described. A com-
pression coil spring 12 having one end fixed
55 to the forward standard 4 and its other endfixed to the shanks as shown in Fig. 1 of
the drawing is disposed so as to encircle the
shank-8 and to normally force the spear for-
wardly as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Disposed below the spear 7 is the bait 60
carrying spear 13 having an elongated
shank 14 which passes through the slot 15
provided in the forward standard 4 below
the opening through which the shank 8
passes. This shank 14 terminates a short 65
distance forwardly of the rear standard 5
as shown in Fig. 1 and is supported by
means of the trigger 16. This trigger 16 is
provided with a collar 17 at its lower end
which encircles the bar 1 and is held in 70
place by means of a set screw 18. Inter-
mediate the ends of the trigger 16 there is
provided a slot through which the shank 14
passes and in which it is pivotally carried by
means of a pin. Above this slot the trigger 75
has its upper end terminating in a sharp
portion 19 for engaging the notch 11 upon
the shank S. Disposed toward the rear end
of the shank 14 is the supporting arm 21
having a collar at its bottom end 22 for 80
encircling the shank 14 and a set screw 23
so that this collar may be held tightly there-
on. At the upper end of this arm 21 there
is provided a yoke-so that the shank 8 may
rest therein. 85
The bait is placed upon the spear 13 as indi-
cated in dotted lines in Fig.1 and the shank 8
is pulled backwardly until the notch 11 en-
gages the point 19 of the trigger 16 at which
time the trap is in a set position. When the 90
victim attempts to remove the bait from the.
spear 13 he -will naturally pull the same
downwardly thus causing the shank 14 to
pivot upon the trigger 16 whereby the arm
21 will lift the shank 8 so that the notch 11 95
will be released from the point 19 of the
trigger 16 thus allowing the compression
spring 12 to force the spear forwardly at
considerable speed so as to hit the victim in
his head thus crushing his skull so that he 100
will be immediately killed with very little
pain. In order that the trap may not be
carried away by unauthorized persons I
have provided a chain 25 which is attached
to the rear standard 5 and may be locked 105
to any stationary object. It will be seen
that this trap may be constructed of any
desirable size so as to be used for catching
various animals and that the same is con-
structed so that all the parts are easily ac- 1101,373,594.
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Brewington, Philip Jennings. Animal-Trap, patent, April 5, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258272/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.