US1932237A

US1932237A - Device for use in catching earth worms, insects, and the like

Info

Publication number: US1932237A
Application number: US561374A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roe P Warner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-09-05
Filing date: 1931-09-05
Publication date: 1933-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 1950-10-24

Description

0r.24,1933. R. WARNER 1,932,237

mm FOR usr: I'N' cATcHING EARTH WORMS, INSECTS, AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 5, 1931 .mvNTo 'Roe 1'? Warner @fiW i ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES DEVICE ron USE IN carcnmc EARTH WORMS, INSECTS, AND THE mm Roe 1. Warner, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Application September 5, 1931 Serial No. 561,374

'1 Claims. (01. 115-411) I The main object of this invention is to provide a device for use in catching earth worms and insects, such as ants, grubs and the like, which is eflicient and at the same time safe and convenient to use. I

Objects pertaining to details and economies of my invention will definitely appear from the description to follow., The invention is defined in the claims.

m from the right of Fig. 2, the lamp being omitted.

Referring to the drawing, the rod 1 is of metal, preferably sharpened to facilitate pushing or driving into the ground, and is of such cross section that it is not likely to be bent. The handle 2 is formed of wood or other non-electrical conducting material and has a longitudinal bore 3 into which the rod is secured. The handle also has a. transverse bore-like recess 4 which intersects the bore for the rod so that the rod extends into or across the recess 4.

A threaded lamp socket 5 is secured in the recess 4, the handle constituting an insulated sup.- port therefor. This socket is insulated by the handle from the rod 3. The single circuit wire 6 is connected to the socket 5 through the binding post or screw "1. This circuit wire is flexible and preferably of considerable length so that it may be plugged into a socket, in a residence, for example, aind the device used on the lawn. I

The lamp 8 may be of standard type and is threaded into the socket 5 so that it may be adjusted into engagement with the rod 3 as shown in Fig. 2, thereby closing the circuit or connecting the rod to the circuit wire 6. The circuit wire 6 is of the single wire type, or, at least, only one wire is connected to the socket. The lamp constitutes a switch member and when adjusted to switch closing position is also in the circuit so that it constitutes an illuminating means and a visible means for determining when the switch is closed,

assuming, ofcourse, that the plug 9 is engaged in a socket.

This provides a safety factor as the operator is made visibly aware when the circuit is closed Q5 and the current on.

A structure which embodies the features of my The rod is inserted into the ground, the earth acting as one element of the circuit. With the earth sufficiently moist the current is evident for a considerable area around the rod, and this will drive earth worms and insects to the surface; or, 0 if sufliciently strong current is employed they may be destroyed.

The device is very convenient to use, simple and economical.

Having thus described my invention, what I 5 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class'described comprising a metal rod adapted to be inserted into the ground,

a handle of non-conducting material having a 7 longitudinal bore into which said .rodextends and a transverse bore intersecting said longitudinal bore, said rod extending across said transverse bore, a threaded lamp socket arranged in said transverse bore and provided with a binding post, said socket being insulated from said rod, a circuit wire connected to said socket, and a lamp threaded into said socket to coact with said rod and constituting a switch for connecting said circuit-wire to the rod.

2. A device of the class described comprising a rod of conducting material adapted to be inserted into the ground, a handle of non-conducting material for said rod, said handle having a socket recess into which-said rod extends, a threaded 5 lamp socket arranged in said recess and provided with an electrical connection, and a lamp threaded .into said socket to coact with said rod and constituting a switch for connecting said electrical connection to said rod.

3. A device of the class described comprising a rod of conducting material adapted to be inserted into the ground, a-handle of non-conducting material for said rod provided with a lamp socket constituting a circuit member, a lamp adjustable in said socket and adapted when adjusted to one position to engage said rod and thereby close thecircuit and in another position to open the circuit.

4. A device of the class described comprising a rod'of conducting material adapted to be inserted into the-ground, a handle for said rod of non-conducting material, and electrical connections for said rod including a lamp adjustably mounted on said handle and constituting a switch for said electrical connections, the lamp being in the circuit when the connection to the rod is closed.

5 A device of the class described comprising a metal rod adapted to be inserted into the circuit member, and a. member adjustable in said socket and adapted, when adjusted to one position to engage said rod and thereby close the circuit.

'7. A device oi the class described, comprising in combination a rod of conducting material. adapted to be inserted in the ground, a handle insulated from said rod, and a receptacle on said rod for receiving an electric light bulb to connect said rod in series circuit relation with a source of power.

ROE P. WARNER.