US1000556A - Insect-destroyer. - Google Patents

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I H. E. SEIBBRT. lNSEGT DESTROYBR. APPLICATION FILED IEB.16, 1911.

1,000,556. Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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HERMAN E. SEIBERT, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

, INSECT-DESTROYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 15, 1 911.

Application filed February 16, 1911. Serial No. 609,052.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN E. SEIBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Destroyers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to insect destroyers such as are designed to hold poison for killing flies or other insects.

An important object of this invention is to provide a device of the above character, so constructed that the wick is held from accidental displacement and from unauthorized removal.

A further object of this invention is to provide an insect destroyer so constructed that a very large portion of the wick is placed in ready access of the insects.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the above character, which is cheap to manufacture, simple in construction and neat in appearance.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 2 is a similar view taken on line -2=*- of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of a preferred form of my invention, Fig. 4 is a central vertical sectional view taken through the same, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a second preferred form of the invention, and, Fig. 6 is a central vertical sectional view taken therethrough.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a receptacle for holding the poison, which is shown as being cylindrical. This receptacle, however, may be made in any desired shape. The lower end of the receptacle 1 is formed open and is closed by a head 2, which is provided at its periphery with a downwardly extending annular flange 3. The head 2 is inserted within the lower end of the receptacle 1 and the lower portion of said receptacle is bent upwardly to form an annular flange 4, which clamps the flange 3 and holds the head 2 in place, as shown. The upper end wall of the receptacle 1 has its material at its center bent inwardly or sunk, to form a pane 5, which is disposed in a plane below the upper end wall, as shown. The upper end wall is provided adjacent the ends of the pane 5 with slots 6, for thereception of a wick 7. The function of having the panes 5 counter-sunk is to have the upper surface of the wick 7 flush with the upper surface of the receptacle 1, so that the poison absorbed by the wick cannot be discharged upon the top of the receptacle, in the event that the wick should be accidentally compressed. By having the panes 5 countersunk the wick .7 is further held from lateral displacement. The end portions of this wick engage the head 2, as shown. The upper end wall of the receptacle 1 has teeth 8 stamped out of the same, which teeth are disposed near the longitudinal edges of the pane 5 and midway the ends thereof. These teeth are to be bent downwardly and sunk into the wick 7 for preventing its accidental displacement. The receptacle 1 may preferably be formed of sheet metal having a desired thickness, although any other suitable material may be employed. The poison is introduced into the receptacle 1 through an opening formed in the upper end wall, which opening is closed by a stopper 9.

In the preferred form of my invention, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one longitudinal wall of each of the slots 6 is serrated or provided with a plurality of teeth 10. The other longitudinal wall of the slot 6 is serrated or provided with a plurality of teeth 11. The teeth 10 and 11 are carried respectively, by the upper end wall of the receptacle 1 and the end of the pane 5. The teeth 10 and 11 are bent downwardly and extend in opposite directions, as shown. All other parts of the device are the same as described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2.

A second preferred form of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. In these figures the teeth 10 are dispensed with, while the teeth 11 are present as in Figs. 3 and 4. All other parts of the device remain the same as described in connection wit-h Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive.

In the use of the device, the wick 7 is introduced through the slots 6, to assume the position clearly shown in Fig. 2. The teeth 8 are then bent downwardly and sunk into the wick to hold the same against displaceto the positions of the teeth 10 and 11, they cooperate to make the non-removal of the wick very positive. In all forms of the invention the teeth 8 hold the wick flat at its central portion and also tend to prevent its removal. V

I wish it understood that the forms of my invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that certain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a receptacle for holding poison, said receptacle having its wall bent downwardly to form a pane disposed below said wall, said wall being provided with slots formed therethrough near the ends of said pane, a

wick disposed upon said pane and extending into said receptacle through said slots, and means connected with said receptacle to engage said wick midway the ends thereof, to hold said wick in place.

2. In a device of the character described, a receptacle forholding poison, said receptacle having its "wall bent downwardly to form a pane disposed below said wall, said wall being provided near the ends of said pane with slots, a wick disposed upon said pane and extending into said receptacle through said slots, and teeth connected with said wall midway the ends of said pane, to

engage said wick. V

3. In a device of the character described, a receptacle for-holding poison, said receptacle having its wall bent inwardly for forming a pane disposed in a plane inwardly of said wall, said wall being provided with a slot formed therethrough, a wick supported by said pane and extending into said receptacle throughsaid slot, and teeth connected with said pane to hold the wick against movement.

In testimony whereof I a'lfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN E. SEIBER'I. Witnesses:

SLOAN E. Hess, HARVEY L. MILLS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 9f Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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