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dropped position. As soon, however, as the
animal has stepped off of the pedal 11 it
will rise and allow the lower door 10 to drop
by its own weight, this weight being suf-
5 ficient to throw the pedal 11 back upwardly
into closed position, and to draw the door 5
upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1.
I have also shown as an attachment for
my trap, an auxiliary chamber 21. This
10 chamber, which I have indicated generally
by a cylindrical container projecting back-
wardly from the rear end of the trap, has
an opening 22 in the rear side of the trap
leading into it. Immediately above the
15 opening 22 I have hinged a gate 23. This
gate may be pushed upwardly by an animal
caught in the trap, and allow the entrance of
the animal to the chamber 21, after which the
gate will drop by its own weight and prevent
20 the animal from getting back into the box
1 of the trap. I have found that when an
animal has been caught in a trap such as
I have shown, he will immediately seek an
exit from the trap, and will enter almost
25 any opening which he may find. This ten-
dency will cause the animal to push through
the gateway 22 into the auxiliary chamber
21, and will thus relieve the main body of
the trap and thus avoid any tendency of the
30 entrapped animal to scare away others.
It will be noted that the action of my trap
depends partly upon the even balancing of
the doors. The lower door 10 must be so
weighted that it will be just sufficient to
35 raise by means of the lines and pulleys de-
scribed, the upper door 5 and the pedal 11.
Thus, small animals such as mice will be of
sufficient weight to overcome the nice bal-
ance between these parts, and will be suffi-
40 cient to depress the pedal to entrap the ani-
mal and close the doors 5 and 10. When
the animal has dropped off from the pedal
11, the weight of the lower door 10 will be
sufficient to draw the other two parts into
45 their position as shown in Fig. 1, and the
trap will be set to receive another victim.
The advantages of this type of construc-
tion lie largely in the fact that the trap will
automatically be set after it has been
50 tripped, and may thus act to capture a large
number of animals at one setting. Further-
more, animals thus received within the trap
are maintained against injury, and may be
kept alive. The device is simple in con-
55 struction, and will not easily get out of
order.Having thus described my invention, the
further advantages of which will be obvious,
what I claim is new and desire to protect
by Letters Patent is: 60
1. A trap comprising a closed chamber
and having an opening in one side thereof ;
a platform in front of said opening, a pedal
in said opening adapted to be tripped by
the weight of an animal, upper and lower 65
doors slidable relative to said opening, said
doors being operated by the dropping of
said pedal.
2. In a trap, a closed box having an open-
ing on one side, a lower door for said open- 70
mug, an upper door, a pedal within said
opening hinged to drop downwardly, means
connecting said pedal and said lower door
to raise said door when said pedal drops and
means connecting said lower door and said 75
upper door to cause said upper door to drop
by its own weight when said lower door
closes.
3. In a trap, a closed box having an open-
ing in one side, a pedal within said open- 80
ing, hinged to drop downwardly, a sliding
door above said opening, a sliding door be-
low said opening, means connecting said
lower door and said pedal to normally hold
said pedal in horizontal position and means 85
connecting said lower door with said upper
door to normally hold said upper door in
raised position.
4. In a trap, a closed box having an open-
ing in one side, a pedal in said box below 90
said opening, doors for closing said open-
ing, connections between said doors and said
pedal adapted to normally hold said pedal
in raised position, whereby, when said pedal
is depressed, said doors will be closed, the 95
weight of said doors being so balanced as to
open the said doors and raise said pedal,
when pressure on said pedal is relieved.
5. In a trap, a closed box having an open-
ing in one side, a hinged pedal within said 100
opening, a door below said opening and
slidable relative to said opening, a line con-
necting said door and pedal whereby the
weight of said door will hold said pedal
in raised position, but pressure on said pedal 105
will depress the pedal and close the door
and a screen chamber around said pedal
when same is in raised position.
In testimony .whereof, I hereunto affix my
signature this the 17th day of June, A. D., 110
1921.
EARL T. DINKINS.
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Dinkins, Earl T. Trap., patent, June 27, 1922; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258792/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.