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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ELIGE L. ROBERSON, OF TYLER, TEXAS.
ANIMAL-TRAP.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 9, 1911.
Application filed December 29, 1909. Serial No. 535,383.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELIGE L. ROBERSON, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Ty-
ler, in the county of Smith and State of
5 Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Animal-Traps, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to animal traps, and
is intended for use in trapping fur-bearing
10 animals, such as racoon, mink and the like
which naturally touch all food with their
foot or paw before eating the same, and
the object of the invention is to provide a
device of this character of an extremely
15 simple and thoroughly effective construction
which will securely retain the foot of the
animal between the jaws of the trap, which
when sprung is effectively locked by the for-
ward movement of the animal in its effort
20 to release its foot and which is so construct-
ed as to prevent the animal from gnawing
his foot so to sever the same from the trap
and thus effect an escape.
With the above, and other objects in view
25 which will appear as the description pro-
gresses, the invention resides in the novel
construction and arrangement of parts here-
inafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings there has
30 been illustrated and described the preferred
embodiment of the improvement, and in
which drawings,
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a trap con-
structed in accordance with the present in-
35 vention. -Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal
sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side
elevation of the same showing the jaws in
their sprung or engaging position. Fig. 4
is a cross sectional view upon the line 4-4
40 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of
the locking post or lever. Fig. 6 is a detail
sectional view illustrating the lever in en-
gaged position upon one of the members of
the trap.
45 The ordinary construction of traps em-
ployed for trapping fur - bearing animals
comprises, as is well known in the art, essen-
tially a pair of spring pressed jaws which
are constructed of iron and which are pro-
50 vided with what may be termed open faces,
the engaging jaws being of a substantially
U-shaped formation and having their meet-
ing edges provided with teeth. With this
construction of traps it is a comparatively
55 easy task for an animal having its feet
caught between the jaws to sever the footand thus escape. It is the primary object of
the present invention to provide a trap of a
comparatively simple construction which
will prevent this occurrence and which at 6o
the same time while effectively securing the
animal, will not allow the tearing of the
skii and the mutilation of the fur of the
animal caught. To accomplish this I have
provided a trap comprising essentially a pair 65
of jaws designated by the numerals 1 and 2.
The jaws proper are preferably constructed
of wood and comprise substantially rectan-
gular members, as clearly illustrated in
Fig. 1 of the drawings. The top member 1 70
has its outer face provided with a covering
of suitable metallic material designated by
the numeral 3, while a similar facing is pro-
vided upon the lower jaw member 2 and is
designated by the numeral 4. The forward 75
or engaging portions of the inner faces of
the members 1 and 2 are each provided with
a plurality of teeth 5 and the said members
1 and 2 are hingedly connected together
through the medium of a transversely ex- 80
tending spring member 6 which is connected
with the member 1 through the medium of a
suitable bail 7 having its ends bent to pro-
vide prongs adapted to be inserted within
the sides of the said member 1. The end 85
convolution of the spring 6 is connected with
the side of the member 2 through the me-
dium of a suitable securing element 8 and
the extremity of this convolution is bent
forwardly and upwardly and connected with 90
the member 1 as indicated by the numeral 9.
The opposite end convolution 9a of the spring
is inclined downwardly to a point adjacent
the base 2 and terminates in an extending
arm 9b secured to the base in any suitable 95
manner.
The numeral 10 designates the trigger of
the device. This trigger 10 is also con-
structed of a single strand of suitable wire
and is pivotally connected with the lower 100
member 2 as at 11. The member 10 is pro-
vided with a forwardly and downwardly ex-
tending portion terminating in a bait hook
12 and the member 1 is provided with a suit-
able slot or opening 13 through which the 105
trigger 10 projects. The trigger 10 is pro-
vided with a depressed or cut away portion
14 while the lower face of the member 1 is
provided with a projection 15 which is adapt-
ed to engage the said offset when the mem- 110
bers are in their open position, as illustrated
in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By this arrange-992,065.
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Roberson, Elige L. Animal-Trap, patent, May 9, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513105/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.