JP2005261381A - Capturing cage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a capturing cage capable of readily adjusting sensitivity in which a terminal tackle of the capturing cage operates according to the size (weight) of an animal to be captured. <P>SOLUTION: A wire 40 is connected to a pair of shutters which is movable in vertical direction so as to enable opening or closing of each opening of a cage body 10 and an operating wire 41 is hooked on the wire 40 and attached to the wire 40 movably along the wire 40 and a movable body 60 displacing to the raising position and the lowering position is installed on the bottom of the cage body 10 and an energizing means 62 capable of setting intensity of energizing force for energizing the movable body 60 to raising position to a plurality of stages and displacing the movable body 60 to the lowering position when the size of load applied to the movable body 60 exceeds the energizing force is installed and a toggle type lock means 70 engaging with the movable body 60, enabling lock of the other end of the operating wire 41 when the movable body 60 is located at the raising position and releasing the lock state when the movable body 60 is displaced to the lowering position is installed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a capture trap for capturing relatively large animals such as a spider, a deer and a bear.

  This type of capture trap has an opening at each end of the left and right, is supported vertically standing on the square tube trap body installed on the ground and the left and right openings of the trap body, and descends vertically The applicant has proposed a trap with a pair of left and right shutters that simultaneously close the left and right openings. (See Patent Document 1)

  The capture rod is connected to the shutter main body having an opening at each of the front and rear ends, a pair of shutters movably disposed along the vertical direction to open and close the openings of the main body, and the shutters. An opening operating member that opens the shutter when it is pulled, and a movable member that is disposed at the bottom of the bag main body and occupies the raised position in a normal state, while being displaced to the lowered position when a load is applied. And when the movable body is displaced to the lowered position, the opening operation is performed when the movable body is displaced to the lowered position. And a toggle-type locking means for releasing the locked state of the member.

  The above trap cage is set up with the opening located in the animal path where animals walk, and when the bottom plate of the cage moves downward due to the weight of the animal stepped into the cage from the left and right openings, the front and rear openings The unlocking operation member that prevented the descent of the shutter standing vertically on the top is released, the shutter descends and the left and right openings are closed at the same time, and the animal is captured inside the cage body .

Since this catch rod uses a toggle type as a means for locking the shutter via the opening operation member, the lock state is released even when a very small load is applied to the movable body, Small and lightweight birds and beasts can be captured reliably.
Utility Model Registration No. 3073014

  By the way, when relatively large and dangerous animals such as spiders and bears appear, for the sake of safety, comparatively small and light birds and beasts such as monkeys, spiders and crows are not captured. The capture of large and dangerous animals is a top priority. However, the size of the animals to be captured varies depending on the conditions such as type and age, and the animals grow with the passage of days. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to readjust the sensitivity at which the trap trap works. However, in the case of the above-described trap, the sensitivity adjustment for the trap trap mechanism cannot be adjusted well.

  Also, a malfunction may occur that captures relatively small and lightweight birds and beasts such as monkeys, frogs, and crows. Even if it is re-established after such a malfunction, there is a possibility that it will not even come close to the catch trap as a result of increasing the alertness of the animal, so an improvement of the catch trap has been desired.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and the problem to be solved is a capture that can easily adjust the sensitivity at which the trap device operates according to the size (weight) of the animal to be captured. The purpose is to provide firewood.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a heel body having openings at the front and rear ends, and movably arranged in the vertical direction to open and close the openings of the heel body. A pair of shutters, a wire that is connected to these shutters and moves the shutter when it is pulled, and an operation wire that is hooked and engaged with one end of the wire and movably attached along the wire And a movable body that is disposed at the bottom of the bag main body and is displaced to the raised position and the lowered position, and the strength of the urging force that urges the movable body to the raised position can be set in a plurality of stages. When the magnitude of the applied load exceeds the urging force, the urging means is displaced to the lowered position, and is linked to the movable body, and when the movable body is in the raised position, the other end of the operation wire is pulled. One that can be locked to the state A capture cage that includes a toggle-type locking means which the movable body is releasing the locked state of the operation wire when displaced in the lowered position.

  The sensitivity at which the trapping device is activated according to the size (weight) of the animal to be captured can be easily adjusted.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment of a capture rod according to the present invention. FIG. 1 conceptually shows the main part of a catch rod 1 according to the present invention, (a) is a side view showing a state in which the locking means is locked, and (b) shows a state in which the locking means is unlocked. It is a side view. FIG. 2 shows the external appearance of the trap 1, (a) is a side view showing a state in which the lock means is locked and the opening of the bag body is opened, and (b) is a view in which the lock means is unlocked. It is a side view which shows the state which the opening of the collar main body closed. 3A is a conceptual side view showing a state in which the stopper means is retracted from the moving range of the shutter, and FIG. 3B is a conceptual side view showing a state in which the stopper means protrudes into the moving range of the shut. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the locking means is attached to the catch rod.

  1 to 4, the catch rod 1 of the embodiment of the catch rod according to the present invention has left and right side walls 11, 12, an upper wall 13 and a bottom wall 14, and has openings 15, 16 in the front and rear directions, respectively. A rectangular tube-shaped bag main body 10 having the above is provided. Each wall includes an outer frame 17 made of a thick metal square material such as an angle member having an L-shaped cross section, and a grid 18 formed by welding metal bars 18a vertically and horizontally inside the outer frame 17. . These walls are formed in a rectangular tube shape by assembling the outer frames 17 with connecting means such as screws, and can be disassembled and stored when not in use.

  The bag body 10 is provided with guide means 20 at the front and rear openings, and a shutter 30 is provided at each guide means 20.

The guide means 20 has a gate shape including a pair of left and right slide guide members 21 extending in the vertical direction and a connecting member 22 that connects between the upper ends of the slide guide members 21. A first pulley 23 is provided in the central portion of 22.
The slide guide member 21 is a thick metal material having a U-shaped cross-section and a length larger than twice the height of the bag main body 10, and the U-shaped openings are opposed to each other. It is provided in the state. The connecting member 22 is made of a thick metal square like the outer frame 17 of the wall.

The shutter 30 is provided with an outer frame 31 and a lattice 32 similarly to the wall of the bag main body 10, and is configured to have a size capable of closing the openings 15 and 16 of the bag main body 10.
Each of the shutters 30 is fitted in a portion of which the left and right edges are formed in a U-shape of the slide guide member 21, and can be moved in the vertical direction using the slide guide member 21 as a guide. These shutters 30 are connected to wires 40 that move the shutters 30 and 30 to open when they are pulled at the center of the upper edge of each shutter 30. The wires 40 are connected to each other after the first pulley 23 of the connecting member 22 is wound.

  The operation wire 41 is provided with rings 41a and 41b at both ends thereof. The ring 41 b is inserted into the slot 42 a at the base end portion of the hook fitting 42 and holds the hook fitting 42 at one end of the operation wire 41. A hook 43 is provided at the tip thereof with a claw 43a and a stopper 43b for opening and closing the entrance of the claw 43a. The hook 43 is engaged by engaging the claw 43a with the middle of the wire 40. The hook fitting 42 at one end of the operation wire 41 can be movably attached along the wire 40.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a stopper member 50 is provided as a stopper means between the guide means 20 and each shutter 30. The stopper member 50 is configured by integrally forming a stopper claw portion 51 and a weight portion 52, and further providing a support shaft 53 at a position above the stopper claw portion 51. The slide guide member 21 is supported by the slide guide member 21 via the support shaft 53 in such a manner as to appear and disappear in the moving area. In addition, L-shaped shutter receivers 55 in which a metal plate is bent at a right angle are provided on the left and right sides of the bottom of the guide means 20.

  In addition, the bag body 10 is provided with a movable body 60 in the center of the inside thereof. The movable body 60 is formed into a flat plate shape from metal or wood, and is supported by a shaft 61 provided at one end thereof so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis at the bottom of the main body 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the other end of the movable body 60 is provided with a coil spring 62 as a biasing means for biasing the movable body 60 to the raised position, and a pair of height adjustment fittings 63, 63. is there. The coil spring 62 is interposed between the side wall 11 of the bag main body 10 and maintains the movable body 60 in the raised position in the normal state by its elastic force as shown in FIG. 1 (a). To do. The height adjusting brackets 63 and 63 are formed in an L shape by bending a strip-shaped plate material at a substantially right angle from the middle, and the respective height adjusting brackets 63 and 63 are opened with their lower ends left and right and the upper ends back to back. The movable body 60 is fixed in an upright position. Each upper end is provided with a plurality of holes 63a, 63a,... At intervals along the longitudinal direction.

  Further, the collar body 10 is provided with a lock means 70 including a lock body 71 and a four-bar link 72 and a coil spring holding metal fitting 80 on the side wall 11 close to the tip of the movable body 60. The lock body 71 is a thick metal square member having an L-shaped cross section, and the metal plate material 71a is fastened with screws 71b in a state where the metal rod 18a of the lattice 18 at the center of the side wall 11 is sandwiched together with the metal plate material 71a. And fixed to the metal rod 18a.

  The four-bar link 72 includes a first link 72a fixed to the bottom surface of the lock body 71, a second link 72c supported on the outer lower end of the first link 72a via a first shaft 72b, The third link 72e supported by the inner lower end of the link 72a via the second shaft 72d, and the third shaft 72f and the fourth shaft so as to connect between the second link 72c and the third link 72e. And a fourth link 72h supported via 72g, and a toggle mechanism is constituted by these links. That is, as is clear from FIG. 2 (a), this four-bar link 72 has the second shaft 72d and the second shaft 72d when the first shaft 72b and the third shaft 72f are arranged along the vertical direction. An extended line connecting the four shafts 72g passes between the first shaft 72b and the third shaft 72f. In this state, so-called self-locking acts on the second link 72c, and the second link 72c cannot be swung around the axis of the first shaft 72b. In this self-locking state, if the fourth link 72h is slightly swung down around the axis of the third shaft 72f, the third link 72e is swung down around the axis of the second shaft 72d. Thereafter, the second link 72c swings greatly downward about the axis of the first shaft 72b.

  The four-bar link 72 is provided with extension portions 72j and 72k on the second link 72c and the fourth link 72h, respectively. An extension portion of the second link 72c (hereinafter referred to as a second link extension portion 72j) is a portion that extends from the second link 72c to the outside of the bag body 10 along the horizontal direction in the above-described self-locking state. A stopper shaft 73 is provided at the tip. The stopper shaft 73 is provided with a flat auxiliary stopper 73a in the radial direction at the tip thereof. The stopper shaft 73 is provided so as to extend obliquely upward in the self-locking state, and the tip end thereof is in contact with the bottom surface of the lock main body 71. The extended portion of the fourth link 72h (hereinafter referred to as the fourth link extended portion 72k) is a portion that extends from the fourth link 72h to the inside of the bag main body 10 along the horizontal direction in the above-described self-locking state. A hole 72l is provided at the tip, and the fourth link extension portion 72k is inserted with the connecting pin 63b together with the holes 63a and 63a of the height adjusting brackets 63 and 63 described above, and the movable body 60 is maintained to be level. It is supported so as to be swingable in an adjustable state so as to be at the height of the position.

  Therefore, when placing the catch rod in the beast or the like, the bottom plate on which the animal walks is changed by changing the insertion position of the connecting pin 63b into the holes 63a and 63a of the height adjustment fittings 63 and 63. It is possible to easily align the (movable body 60).

  The coil spring holding metal fitting 80 is fixed to the central portion of the side wall 11 by welding, and a plurality of grooves 80c are provided at regular intervals on the side 80b facing the side 80a attached to the side wall 11. A plurality of locking portions 81, 81... Are formed between the grooves to be hooked by the coil spring 62.

  The coil spring holding metal fitting 80 sets the strength of the urging force of the coil spring 62 that urges the movable body 60 to the raised position in a plurality of stages, and the magnitude of the load applied to the movable body 60 depends on the coil spring 62. When the urging force is exceeded, the movable body 60 is set to be displaced to the lowered position.

  Further, the coil spring 62 maintains the movable body 60 in a leveled and raised position by its elastic force, but the movable body 60 is in a horizontal state by the lock body 71 and the four-bar link 72 provided on the side wall 11. If the coil spring 62 is hooked on any of the plurality of engaging portions 81 of the holding metal 80, depending on the size (weight) of the animal to be captured, It is possible to easily adjust the sensitivity at which the bottom plate (movable body 60) serving as a trap is activated.

  When a relatively large and dangerous animal such as a spider or a bear is captured by the capture spear 1 configured as described above, the respective shutters 30 are moved upward after the spear body 10 is disposed on a beast passage or the like. Thus, the openings 15 and 16 of the bag main body 10 are opened, the claw portions 43a of the hook metal fittings 42 are hooked and locked on the middle portions of the wires 40, and the operation wires 41 are movably attached along the wires 40. Further, as shown in FIG. 1A, the ring 41a of the operation wire 41 is inserted through the stopper shaft 73, and the four-link 72 is brought into a self-locking state. In this state, since the stopper shaft 73 prevents the operation wire 41 from moving upward, the shutter 30 is suspended by the wire 40 and the operation wire 41, and the openings 15 and 16 of the bag body 10 are opened. Hold the state. In addition, the stopper member 50 tilts upward against its own weight when the stopper claw portion 51 comes into contact with the shutter 30.

  During the above-described operation, according to the capture rod 1, the four-bar link 72 is in a self-locking state even when the operator touches the rod main body 10 to apply vibrations or shocks. The ring 41 of the wire 40 does not come off from the stopper shaft 73, and the operation can be easily performed.

  Next, a bait preferred by the animal to be captured is placed in the main body 10, preferably the central portion, and waits. In this case, it is preferable to camouflage the movable body 60, the locking means 70, and further, the bag main body 10, the shutter 30, the wire 40, and the operation wire 41 with plants. Further, since the operation wire 41 is attached by hooking and engaging the claw portion 43a of the hook fitting 42 with the middle portion of the wire 40, the operation wire 41 can be easily attached to the wire 40 later in advance by the locking means 70. Therefore, when the camouflage is detached from the wire 40, the reattachment is easy.

  When a certain period of time elapses from the state described above, the animal approaches the trap 1 due to the smell of food, and eventually tries to enter the trap body 10 while being wary.

  Even in this state, according to the trap 1, the ring 41 a of the operation wire 41 may inadvertently come off from the stopper shaft 73 due to the relatively small and light birds and beasts entering due to the self-locking of the four-bar link 72. Therefore, the malfunction which captures a lightweight bird and beast is prevented, and the openings 15 and 16 of the main body 10 are continuously opened.

  Eventually, when a relatively large and dangerous animal such as a frog or a bear enters the center of the frog body 10 to eat the food, as shown in FIG. The movable body 60 moves downward against the elastic force of the coil spring 62 due to the load of the animal, and the fourth link 72h of the four-bar link 72 is moved around the axis of the third shaft 72f via the height adjustment fitting 63. The four-link 72 is immediately unlocked and the second link 72c swings downward about the axis of the first shaft 72b.

  In this case, even if the downward movement of the movable body 60 is very slight, after the self-lock is released, the second link 72c and the fourth link 72h are largely swung downward by their own weights. Become. As a result, the ring 41a of the operation wire 41 is surely pulled out from the stopper shaft 73, so that the shutter 30 rapidly falls downward due to its own weight, and both the openings 15 and 16 of the bag main body 10 are simultaneously closed. It is possible to trap large and dangerous animals that have entered.

  Further, when the shutter 30 moves downward, as shown in FIG. 3B, the stopper member 50 tilts downward due to its own weight, and each stopper claw portion 51 protrudes into the moving area of the shutter 30. Even if the shutter 30 is already operated, it cannot be moved up. In addition, L-shaped shutter receivers 55 provided on the left and right of the bottom of the guide means 20 firmly restrict the movement of the shutter 30 in the outward direction, and the shutter is triggered by the impact of a captured animal (for example, a wild boar). 30 is prevented from coming off. Therefore, even if the trapped animal violently breaks down and the cocoon body 10 falls down, there is no risk of missing it.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the toggle type member is applied as means for locking the shutter via the opening operation member, but the strength of the urging force of the coil spring is set in a plurality of stages. As long as the movable body does not move against the elastic force of the coil spring in that state, the lock is not released by the self-locking of the toggle-type locking means. There is no risk of malfunction even when birds and beasts enter.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Not too long.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It shows notionally the principal part of the capture rod 1 which concerns on this invention, (a) is a side view which shows the state which the locking means locked, (b) is a side view which shows the state which the locking means unlocked is there. The external appearance of the catch rod 1 is shown, (a) is a side view showing a state in which the lock means is locked and the opening of the bag body is opened, and (b) is a state in which the lock means is unlocked and the opening of the bag body is opened. It is a side view which shows the state closed. (A) is a conceptual side view showing a state in which the stopper means is retracted from the moving range of the shutter, and (b) is a conceptual side view showing a state in which the stopper means protrudes into the moving range of the shut. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the state which attached the locking means to the trap.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Capture trap 10 Trap body 11 and 12 Side wall 13 Upper wall 14 Bottom wall 15 and 16 Opening 17 Outer frame 18 Grid 18a Metal rod 20 Guide means 21 Slide guide member 22 Connecting member 23 First pulley 30 Shutter 31 Outer frame 32 Grid 40 Wire 41 Operation wire 41a, 41b Ring 42 Hook fitting 42a Slot 43a Claw part 43b Stopper 50 Stopper member 51 Stopper claw part 52 Weight part 53 Support shaft 55 Shutter receiver 60 Movable body 61 Axis 62 Coil spring 63 Height adjustment fitting 63a Hole 63b connecting pin 70 locking means 71 lock body 71a metal plate 72 four-bar link 72a first link 72b first shaft 72c second link 72d second shaft 72e third link 72f third shaft 72g fourth shaft 72h fourth link 72j first link 72j 2 link extension part 72k 4th link extension part 7 Stopper shaft 73a auxiliary stopper 80 coil spring holding metal fitting 80a, 80b sides 80c groove 81 locking portion

Claims (1)

  When a hook body having an opening at each of the front and rear ends, a pair of shutters movably disposed along the vertical direction to open and close each opening of the bowl body, and when connected to these shutters and pulled A wire for moving the shutter to open, an operation wire that is hooked and engaged with one end of the wire, and is movably attached along the wire, and is disposed at the bottom of the main body, and is moved up and down. The movable body that is displaced to the position and the strength of the urging force that urges the movable body to the raised position can be set in multiple stages, and the lowered position when the magnitude of the load applied to the movable body exceeds the urging force When the movable body is in the raised position, the other end of the operation wire can be locked in the tensioned state, while the movable body is in the lowered position. Said operation when displaced Capture cage that includes a toggle type of lock means for releasing the lock state of hate.

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