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ment it will be noted that when the animal
attempts to obtain the bait upon the hook 12
the trigger 10 will be thrown out of contact
with the projection 15 and the spring 6 will
5 cause the jaws 1 and 2 to be brought vio-
lently together, while the teeth 5 will engageI
with the foot of the animal, thus securely ob-
taining the foot between the said jaws. It
will be apparent that owing to the substan-
10 tially rectangular formation of the jaws 1
and 2 the animal will not attempt to sever its
paw, as it is well known to naturalists that
animals only gnaw at portions of their body
which have been caught or wounded and the
15 wounded portion of the paw is concealed be-
tween the said jaws 1 and 2.
The rearwardly extending portion of the
j aws 1 and 2 may be reduced as illustrated
in Figs. 1 and 3.of the drawings, and piv-
20 otally connected with the jaw 2, a suitable
distance to the rear of the spring 6 is a
locking lever 16. This lever 16 projects
through a .cut away portion 17 provided by
the upper jaw 2 and the said lever has its
25 upper .extremity reduced, as designated by
the numeral 18 so as to provide spaced shoul-
ders. The cut away portion 17 of the jaw 1
is substantially T - shaped, being provided
with an enlarged opening communicating
30 with .a smaller centrally arranged opening
and attached to the locking lever 16 is a suit-
able flexible element 19, such as a chain,
which is adapted to be secured to the ground,
or to a tree or to any other desired object ad-
3 jacent which the trap is positioned. It is
natural that when the animal has its paw
engaged between the jaws 1 and 2 it will
make an effort to withdraw the same, and in
40 so doing will move the trap. The movement
will cause the flexible element 19 to be
drawn taut and the latter will swing thelocking lever 16 upon its pivot and cause the
depressed portion 18 of the said lever to en-
gage between the walls of the reduced por-
tion of the T-shaped opening, thus effec- 45
lively and securely locking the engaged por-
tion of the jaws.
From the above description, taken in con-
nection with the accompanying drawings, it
will be noted that I have provided an ex- 50
tremely simple and thorough device for the
purpose intended, and while I have illus-
trated and described the preferred embodi-
ment of the improvement, as it now appears
to me, minor details of construction, within 55
the scope of the following claim may be
resorted to if desired.
Having thus fully described the invention,
what I claim as new is:
A trap comprising a pair of rectangular 60
jaws having teeth on their forward inner
faces, a metal coating for the outer. faces of
the jaws, a spring hinge connecting the jaws
intermediate their length, a trigger pivoted
to the lower jaw in front of the spring hinge 65
and extending up through a slot in the upper
jaw, said trigger comprising an upright arm
having a small depression, therein, the latter
extending forwardly and downwardly and
terminating in a bait hook below the slot of 70
the upper jaw, a projection at the lower edge
of the .slot adapted to engage the depression
of the trigger arm to hold the jaws in open
position, and means .for locking the jaws in
thrown position for the purpose set forth. 75
In testimony whereof I affix my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
ELIGE L. ROBERSON.
Witnesses:
J. W. Cooi,
J .W. BEAIED.Copies of this patent may be obtained for five.cents-each, by addressing, the " Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C."
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Roberson, Elige L. Animal-Trap, patent, May 9, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513105/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.