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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FERDINAND A. FENNER AND JOHN H. POWER, OF MISSION VALLEY, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR DESTROYING THE CUTTING ANT.
Specifieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,67, dated Arigust 3, 1875 ; application filed
May 28, 1875.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, FEEDINAND A. FEN-
NEt and JouHN H. PowER. of Mission Valley,
Victoria county, Texas, have invented a new
and Improved Apparatus for Destroying the
Cutting Ant, of which the following is a speci-
fication:
The figure is a vertical section of our im-
proved apparatus.
The object of this invention is to furnish an
improved apparatus for destroying the cutting
ants in their nests, which shall be simple in
construction, convenient and inexpensive in
use, and effective in operation.
The invention consists in the hollow per-
forated cast-iron cylinder provided with the
collar, the cover, and the pipe, to adapt the de-
vice for use in destroying ants, in substan-
tially the manner hereinafter described.
A is a hollow cast-iron cylinder, about-three
feet in length and about five inches in diame-
ter. The bottom of the cylinderA is perfo-
rated with numerous, and the sides with occa-
sional, perforations. Arould the cylinder A,
at a little distance from its lipper end, is
formed a collar, B, about a foot in diam-
eter, the part of the cylinder A above the
collar B serving as a flange to receive
the closely fitting cover C. D is a pipe
about one and a half inch in diameter, the
lower end of which is connected with the cyl-
inder A, at or near its bottom. The pipe D
passes up along the side of the cylinder A
and passes through a hole in the collar. The
pipe D rises above the collar B a foot or more.
and inclines outward, so that its upper end,
when the device is in use, may be eight or ten
inches from the ground. The upper end ofthe pipe D is enlarged to receive the nozzle of
a blacksmith's bellows. The cylinder A is
provided with a bail, E, for convenience in
lowering it into and raising it out of the
ground.
In using the apparatus, the main cell of
the ants' nest is found by means of an iron
probe of suitable length, and a hole about
eight inches in diameter is sunk to such a
depth that its lower end may be a little below
the lowest cell. The cylinder A is then low-
ered into it, the collar B resting upon the sur-
face of the ground and closing the mouth of
said hole. A fire is then built in the cylinder
A,of wood, charcoal, or other suitable fuel,and
a blast of air is forced into it by a bellows con-
nected with the end of pipe D. When the
fire is fully kindled, six or eight pounds of
sulphur are poured into the cylinder A, and
the cover C is put on. The bellows is then
worked for from thirty to forty-five minutes,
which forces the fumes of the sulphur through
all the cells and passages of the ant-nest and
kills all the ants of the colony.
HIaving thus described our invention, we
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
The perforated and closely-covered cylinder
A, provided with a pipe, D, having one end at-
tached to its lower end, rising up the side
through a collar, B, and bent outwardly there-
above, as and for the purpose specified.
FERDINAND A. FENNER.
JOHN H. POWER.
Witnesses:
W. H. SUTHERLAND
M. WHEELER.
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Fenner, Ferdinand A. & Power, John H. Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant., patent, August 3, 1875; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166461/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.