US959747A - Fly-trap. - Google Patents

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F. M. HUMPHREY.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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F. M. HUMPHREY.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1909 959,747. Patentd May 31, 1910.

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FLY-T RAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3 tam.

Application fttcd August 28. 1909. Serial No. 515,096.

To 1:]! whom it may concern:

Be it known that l FRANCIS M. llt'ni'ntu-zv. a eitizen ot' the. United States. residin; at l'endletoln in the eonnty of ll-matilla and State of Oregon, have invented eertain new and nsetul ltnprtjwements in Fly-'lraps, of \\'llltll the following is a speettieat'ion, referent-e heing had to the :teeoi'npanving d awings.

This invention relates to,improvements in inset-t traps. and more partienhn'l one espeeially adapted for ea ehing. ltntt: -t? tlies.

l'he ohjeet of the invention to simplitv and improve a eonstruetion of'this elurzteter and therehy render them less expensive and more eomenient and etl'eetive in use.

'ith the ahove and other oi eets in view the invention eonsists of the novel. construetion, eomhination and arrangement of narts. hereinafter t'ull v descrihed and elt'in'ethatnl illustrated in the aeeontpanying, drawings in whieh- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tl v trap. Fig. 2 is a vertieal ('t'tbin' seetioual view. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail seetional views talien respectively on the plane itulieated hy the lines ;t-3 and 4% in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a perspeetive view ot'one ot' the sparing elips for the woven wire sheets forming a trap inlet and Fig. (i is'a detail seetion showing the manner in whieh the pi\ot of the hinged doors are. reint'oreed.

The invention eompri esa hod flhaviug a lnt e or lmttoltl 1, two upright end walls 2. and a conueeting top 3. whieh latter may he provided with a handle -l. 'llnfopeu rear t'aee of the hotly is tint and eon-red with a 'l oraminou. plate. or sheet 5 pectoral-l in the form ot woven wire. I The frontv upright edges of the end walls 2 are int-lined I l|)-- wardly and rear\vardl and tothent are Htttll'ttl upper and lower stationatw front seetions t, T. The spat-e hetweeu these front st'etions oi: strips is adanted to lie t'los d h) a dowmvardly swinging front door S, hinged atits lower ends as indicated at 9 to metal straps It seeured on the endr; of the set-lions 7. 'lnrn buttons 11 or similarv tastenings may he employed for retaining tl e door 5 in closed position. The lower'open.part of the front of the hod v is adapted to he elosed h an upwardly SWltlgltlg trap door 12, the npper corners of which are pivoted at 13 to the metal straps 10. The bottom edge of the door 12 is adapted to be supported a slight distance trom the front edge of the stationdoor .12 um) he thus supported and also for the purpose. of var) ing the area of the inl t hv providing on its nds guard plates 33 which overlap the end walls 2, and one of which has struck outwardly from its inner edge a projeetion orlug 16 adapted to he. engaged by one 01 the teeth of a ratchet member 17. The latter is in the-form of a strip of'nietal having; one. end pivoted at 1S on a e of the end walls 2. and its other and hem to form a finger pieee as slown. 3;- providing a ntnnher ot' ratt-het teeth on the .iolding strip or ntemher l? the door 12 may he supported in any of several adjustel psitions for the purpose of varying the rim.- of the inlet of the hotly. The spar-e within the body is divided into a trait mmpartinent or ehau'ther 1! and a trap. eompartnwnt er ehaniher )0, said ehamhers or cont n'trtntents being formed h v providing between the end walls 3 an upwardly and rearwardly inelined par ition 31 whieh is se ureilto eteat 22 on the inner faces of said nails.

At. the'h: .t:0n1 of the partition hoard a trough-like receptacle $213 for suitable l "*l is nit. and seem-ed to and projecting): tipwardty from thetnpper portion oi said partit on hoard "is a strip or sheet of woven wire t'ahric '24-. The latter opptwed by a similar curved strip or sheet, 25, the. tower edge of which is seeured to a rib or clean 26 on the inner i'aee of the bottom portion of the front section '4' and the ends oi hielt nto seemed to curved cleats 2? upon the inner faces of the endwalls The upper edges of the two woven u ire strips or sheets 2-1, 25 are spat-ml apart to provide a contracted inlet for the trap or retaining compartment 230,

sueh upper edges being Spaced apart by soaring menthers "B. eamt of whieh is torment fr m a strip of metal bent. upon itself adjaeent its eenter and having such hunt portion arranged bet ween the sheets 24'. i, and then hy heading the. ends of said strips outwardly upon tltentsehes so that. they engage the edges of the. sheets; 21, as el ariy shown in the drawings. I

'..he flies ma he removed from the retaining eontpartment 20 through a hottom door 29, arranged between two spaced sections of the bottom 1. This door 2:) is hinged to swing downwardly by providing at its opposite ends pivots 30 in whieh are arranged meta-l straps 31 secured to the ends of one of the bottom sections. The other bottom :etion and the free longitudinal edge of the door 29 are formed at their ends with opposing longitudinal grooves 32, which latter are adapted to receive removable locking slides 3 The latter are in the form of straight;

nietal strips having their outer ends bent to I forin linger pieces or loops so that they may f be readily inserted or removed from the grooves The pivots 9, 13 and 30 of the several doors or closures of the device are preferably in the form of nails driven into the pieces of wood forming such doors, and in order to prevent the wood from splitting when the pivot nails are driven into them U-shaped reinforcing members 3 t are employed. These reinforcing members are in the form of strips of metal bent into the proper shape and driven into the end edges of the doors as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. (3. It will be'noted that they receive the pivot nail and efi'ectively prevent the latter from splitting the wood.

In operation, when the parts of the trap are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, flies will be attracted to the inlet opening 14 by the bait in the pan or trough E23 and the light which enters through said openin". After entering the bait compartment 1'.) they pass upwardly between the woven wire plates 24, 25 and then into the compartment or chamber 21), from which they can not escape.

llaving thus described the invention what I claim is:

1. tra of the ClHllllL'tI'l' described comprising a l in the body dividing it into a bait chamber and a retaining chamber, said partitions f having woven wire sheets spaced apart along one edge to permit tiles and insects to pass 2 from the bait compartment to the rctaining compartment, and clips arranged be- Lween said edges of the sheets to space them apart, said clips lNlHf" C()ll:-llll('l(tl of metal strips bent into U-lorin and inserted between the woven wire sheets, and the ends of the strips being bent outwardly in opposite directions around the edges of said 1 sheets.

:2. trap of lllt' character described eoinprising a body having an inlet and an open side covered with l'oraininous llltllt'lltll tlll adiu-table door to vary the size of said iiilot, and partitions in said body to divide iody having an inlet, rpartitions I it into a bait chamber and a retaining chainber, said partitions having spaced woven wire sheets to permit insects to pass from I the bait chamber to the retaining chamber. 3. A trap of the character described coinprising a bodyhaving an open side covered with foraniinous material, and an inlet upon the bottom of its other side, an adjustable door to vary the size of said inlet, partitions in the bottom portion of the body to divide 'it into a bait ehaiubcr and a retaining chamher, said partitions having spaced woven wire sheets, and a bait supporting means in said bait chamber.

4. A trap of the character described, comprising a body having spaced button sections, upright end walls, a corinctting top and spaced front- Nt'llUIlS, a woven wire sheet covering the open front of the body, a hinged bottoiii door between the spaced bottoni sections. a fastening for said bottom door, an upper front door between said front sections, a lower front door hinged to swing toward and from the bottom to pro vide an adjustable inlet, means for retaining said swinging front door in adjusted 5 position partitions in the lower portion of the body to divide it into a bait chamber and a retaining chamber, said partitions having spaced woven wire sheets and a bait-receiving trough on the bottom of the bait chamber.

5. trap of the character described coinprising a body having a retaining conipart- :iiient and a bait compartment, the latter coinniuni a'ting with the retaining oonipartwent through a contracted opening and having an inlet, said body having an opening coiniiinnicaling with one of said onipartnients, a swinging door to close the opening in said body, the free edge of said door being formed with a longitudinal groove, and one wall of said opening in the body being formed with a similar groove, the two grooves being adapted to register when the door is in closed position, and a removable locking plate in the registering grooves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my "signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCES M. [It] M llllt i i Y.

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