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1,161,558
employed in connection with a pair of op-
posed runways (not shown) which run-
ways may be-merely a pair of inclined boards
sloping downwardly from the cylinders.
5 An animal traversing either of the runways,.
and alighting on either of the cylinders,
cannot rotate the cylinders backwardly,
owing to the -coaction between the pawls
28 and the foraminous shell 16 of each cyl-
10 inder. The cylinders are free to rotate in-
wardly, or toward each other, and thus an
animal alighting upon either cylinder, will
be projected downwardly into the body por-
tion of the trap. The baffle 30 prevents an
15 animal from jumping from one cylinder to
another, after the rotation of one cylinder
has begun, and owing to the fact that the
baffle is pivotally mounted, the same is
adapted to swing to. one side, thereby per-
2) knitting the animal which is being projected
downwardly into the trap, to pass through
the restricted throat or opening defined by
the downwardly and inwardly extended
guards 9.
25 Especial attention is directed to the fact
that the shell 16 of each cylinder is fash-
ioned from foraminous material. Owing to
the character of the material out of which
the shell is made, the upper ends of the
2 pawls 28 are adapted to coact therewith to
hold the cylinders against retrograde ro-
tation, the shells serving as ratchet wheels
which coact with the pawls 28. It is there-
fore unnecessary to provide the cylinders
1 with toothed ratchet wheels. It is to be
observed, further, that the ring 15 lies be-
tween the pawls 28 and serve to reinforce
the shell 16 so as to enable the same to with-
stand the strains imposed thereon by thepawls 28. The weight 25 normally tends 40
to maintain the pawls 28 engaged with the
shell 16 and therefore the pawls are always
in effective positions. The function of the
side plates 7 is to prevent an animal from
jumping out of the trap after the cylinders 45
have started to rotate inwardly.
The tie bar 2 not only serves as a sup-
port for the swinging baffle 30 but, as well,
constitutes a handle whereby the trap may
be carried about. 50
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed is
1. In a trap, a frame; guides projecting
inwardly from the frame and defining a
restricted opening; opposed cylinders jour- 55
naled on the frame; means for preventing a
reverse rotation of the cylinders; and a
frame supported baffle located between the
cylinders, the baffle being pivotally mount-
ed, to permit an animal projected from 60
either cylinder to pass through the restrict-
ed opening.
2. In a trap, a frame; a cylinder journaled
on the frame; and a pawl pivotally mount-
ed on the frame and coacting with the cyl- C5
inder to prevent a retrograde movement
thereof, the cylinder constituting means for
projecting an animal within the contour of
the frame, the cylinder comprising a forami-
nous shell coamcting with the pawl and form- 'c
ing a ratchet wherewith the pawl engages.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing
as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa-
ture in the presence of two witnesses.
JOSEPH R. WEBSTER.
Witnesses:
PEMn DENTON,
B. F. NEvILL.Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the " Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. (."
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Webster, Joseph R. Trap., patent, November 23, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859651/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.