US120020A - Improvement in insect-traps - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
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- A01M1/10—Catching insects by using Traps
- A01M1/103—Catching insects by using Traps for crawling insects
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
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- My invention relates'to insect-traps in general, but is more particularly designed for catching that class of insects known as roaches; it conA sists in the peculiar construction of a cup, and in the combination of the same with any ordinary receiver, in which the said cup is placed, as will be hereinafter described.
- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of atrap complete, embodying my invention.
- Fig'. ⁇ 2 is a top view ot' the cup.
- Fig'. 3 is a horizontal section of the same taken through the line m :r of Fig. 1.
- A is the ordinary receiver of a trap, semi-spherical, or of any other shape, and made of wirecloth or any other suitable material. It is provided with an opening, in which is inserted the cup above mentioned.
- This cup B tits tight in the opening in A, and is prevented from slipping through the same by means of a flange at its upper edge, or by means of its upper end iiaring outward wider than the said opening.
- the cup B may be made of any material having a smooth or glossy surface, and its circumference or perimeter may be of any form, round, oval, prismatic, or polygonal, so long as it has the following peculiarities
- the upper end C and the lower end or bottom D are wider than the middle part E, so that a vertical section of each side of the cup B will present a concavo-convex form, the convexity being inward; or the sides ofthe cup B may be said to be constructed of two hollow truncated cones, joined together at their smaller ends.
- a little distance from the bottom D the cup B is provided with orifices F.
- the cup B should not be higher or deeper than when inserted in.
- the under side of its bottoni will stand far enough above the bottoni or the receiver to allow a roach, when in the receiver', to pass freely underneath the said cup
- the cup is filled to a little below or flush with the lower edge of the apertures F with a liquid bait G.
- the roach taking advantage ofthe ineline downward ofthe sides ofthe cup B for foothold in descending to reach the bait, and seeing the bottom D below, land apertures F of escape, steps down and through the latter into the receiver A, from whence escape is impossible.
- the convexity oi' the glossy inner surface of the cup narrowing from the bottom toward the center of its height, aords no foothold i'or climbing but the roach tuinbles into the liquid and is drowned or gets through the apertures F again to the receiver A.
- cup B of concavo-convex sides, and provided Wth the apertures F and bottom D, in combination with the receiver A, substantially as and tor the purpose speciiied.
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Description
Jouw JAMES ARMSTRQNG.
impfrovement. En lns'ect Traps.
Patented Oct. 17, i871.
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JOHN JAMES ARMSTRONG, OF KINGS COUNTY, NFV YORK.
IMPROVEMENT IN INSECT-TRAPS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,020, dated October 17,1871.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, J oHN J AiviEs ARMSTRONG, of the coimty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certa-in Improvement in Insect- Traps, of which the following is a specification:
My invention relates'to insect-traps in general, but is more particularly designed for catching that class of insects known as roaches; it conA sists in the peculiar construction of a cup, and in the combination of the same with any ordinary receiver, in which the said cup is placed, as will be hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of atrap complete, embodying my invention. Fig'. `2 is a top view ot' the cup. Fig'. 3 is a horizontal section of the same taken through the line m :r of Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
A is the ordinary receiver of a trap, semi-spherical, or of any other shape, and made of wirecloth or any other suitable material. It is provided with an opening, in which is inserted the cup above mentioned. This cup B tits tight in the opening in A, and is prevented from slipping through the same by means of a flange at its upper edge, or by means of its upper end iiaring outward wider than the said opening. The cup B may be made of any material having a smooth or glossy surface, and its circumference or perimeter may be of any form, round, oval, prismatic, or polygonal, so long as it has the following peculiarities The upper end C and the lower end or bottom D are wider than the middle part E, so that a vertical section of each side of the cup B will present a concavo-convex form, the convexity being inward; or the sides ofthe cup B may be said to be constructed of two hollow truncated cones, joined together at their smaller ends. A little distance from the bottom D the cup B is provided with orifices F. The cup B should not be higher or deeper than when inserted in. position, the under side of its bottoni will stand far enough above the bottoni or the receiver to allow a roach, when in the receiver', to pass freely underneath the said cup The cup is filled to a little below or flush with the lower edge of the apertures F with a liquid bait G. The roach, taking advantage ofthe ineline downward ofthe sides ofthe cup B for foothold in descending to reach the bait, and seeing the bottom D below, land apertures F of escape, steps down and through the latter into the receiver A, from whence escape is impossible. Should it happen to reach again one ofthe openings F, the convexity oi' the glossy inner surface of the cup narrowing from the bottom toward the center of its height, aords no foothold i'or climbing but the roach tuinbles into the liquid and is drowned or gets through the apertures F again to the receiver A.
I claim- The cup B, of concavo-convex sides, and provided Wth the apertures F and bottom D, in combination with the receiver A, substantially as and tor the purpose speciiied.
The above specication of my invention signed by me this 1st day of September, 18171.
JOHN JAMES ARMSTRONG.
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