USRE14782E - William hedbich and walter stock - Google Patents

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W.HEDB|CHAN.DWISIOC'K.

POISON CONTAINING TRAP.

APPLICAflON F ILED JUNE 30. IQIQ- *Reissued Dec. 30, 1919. 14,782.

who! in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM Harmon AND WALTER sarocx, or TROCHU, ALBERTA, CANADA.

ori inal noraaoaiao, dated 'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HEDRICH and WALTER Scroox, citizens of the United States, residing at Trochu, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poison- Containing Traps, of which the following is a slpecification. his invention relates to improvements in and particularly to traps for killing and other small rodents, and the general object of theinvention is toprovide a device of this character including a container for poison, and runways intersecting 15' the container, the container being downwardly extended below the bottomsof the runways so that poisoned food may be disposed in the container without obstructing the view throughthe'runways. y A furtheno ject is to so construct this ""tra or poison container that it will not be I 'lia 1e to be clogged up bydirt scratchedinto the passa es, nor will the.

theopenings"o oison disposed within t e container be ikely to be'carried out of the trap through aaidpassages and thus be exposedto being --dervoured y other animals than those desi ed tobekilled. e l

till another object'is to provide a device of this character having an opening through which poison may container, this .opening being normally closed by" a screw cap. l i

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

Our invention is illustrated in the accom- "panying" drawings, wherein 1' Figure l'is a side elevation of a trap or poison-container constructed in accordance with oiir invention; l a

gig? isa vertical sectional view thereof, wan. H V

1 Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the poison holder showing the anchoring means.

It is a common practice today in countries infested bygophers and like rodents to dis-- I n front of'the gopher hole. This practice is open to many obiections. The poison and food are large y wasted through the destruction of the bait by rain or sngwtfir ait cause y e y the covering over of the *1 ground being scratched over it and domestic animalesuch as chickens, hogs, etc, often get etthe'poison bait and eat it. Furtherbe placed within the voir will preferably oned food is disposed within the bowl-shape son mixed with food, such asfgrain, v

be very readily y i POISON-CONTAINING- TRAPY Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissud Dec. 30, 1919.

more, wild birdsare destroyed to a very large extent by eating gopher poison.

To the. end of obviating these objections and providing a safe and effective trap or container for the poison bait we provide a poison holder comprisin a container 10 of sheet metal or other suitable material and being circular in cross section and having a downwardly concave bottom, this central container or receptacle being provided with an opening in its maybe disposed within the receptacle, this top through which poison opening being closed by a closure 11; Preferably the upper end of the container is reduced in diameter, and the neck is screwthreaded as at 12, the closure being also screw-threaded to engage the neck.

Extending radially from the container and somewhatabove the bowl-shaped bottom13 of the container are the passages or runways 14 which are also made of sheet metal integral with the container or holder :proper, these runways being preferably cir- -cular in cross section though they may be made of any other convenient form and extending ordinarily a distance of about eight inches from the central container. -Adjacent the extremities of these passages or runways 14, the metal of which the passage is formed is folded inward annularly to form an annular inwardly projecting flange 15, this flange being located approxi mately 1% from the extremity of the passage and these annular flanges 15 project inward about With passages or runwayslt three inches in diameter the reserbe about six inches in height.

In the practical use of this device, poisbottom 13 of the container and the cap 12 screwed thereon. The device is then placed in any locality where its use will be efl'ective, the bowl-shaped bottom being embedded somewhat in the ground so as to hold the device upright with the tubular runways 01' While animals such as gophers, rats, mic etc, may re dily get at the poisoned ,food yet this bait is thoroughly protected from the effects of rain by being the container 13 and entirely housed thereby. uner the tubul e .714 extend a. distance of eight-inc es or so from the container 13 it is obvious that'rain cannot beat into the container itselfnor can water flow into the container because of the :inwardly extending annular flan es 15. Chickens, cats, dogs, pigs and other. omestic animals cannot gain access to the poison for .the reason.that it is disposed within the inner container and the passagesl iiaretoo v long to permit annuals otthis character 0 reach; the poison and of course thepassages are too small to permit the animals toicrawl in, through the passages.

-Qne of.the vitallfeatures of invention resides in extemitmg LhQ POJSQH con- ..tainer aor'body ,10 of the-device below the level of the ,:bottoms or runways 14. A

,gopher or other animal 0f this nature will not. hesitat to pass through a runway whic 1s open athoth ends and through ,which runway. the animal cansee from endtoend.

and see that it is unobstructed. Where the runway is obstructed, howeyer, the animal is Yery l able to, hesitate and often times .will not go into the runway at all. .Byextend ng the; container downward below the runway 14,,the poison food may be disposedinithis Y downwardly" extended container and ;the

food will not extend up sov higlras to obstruct the fr v f th a ima t ough the 'nunways from end to end. Thus, the a, nimal will not hesitate to enter the runways, being attracted by the scent of the vFurthermore, inasmuch as this downwardly extended container has tovbe forced into the ground, or placed in a depression in thegromd, it will assist in holding the co H meieirom movement.

Preferably the device is held to ground y a mb o p g 16 h v ng oo -sh p portions 17 which will extend partly ound the circular passages 14 and where t nk dor-poison holder maybe, held in the annular folds 15 are made loemay e T shaped in crosssection,

p e against accidental disp arm sRant. If ,w de t is io bvious that those ho-d spo devlcehe not eenxifting mo e mentbutfrom any lqng tudmal movement end also. Wherethe hooks areinsertedisrithin the annular-recesses formed h se ho s tO pro- .1 n ag ad an inwardly ex en ghe reeesees, t u for ng .e et

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(6th de e may o co s h used i r holding this poison holder. i lgw but the bel ow y the a o h eentamenb iagiteim d cieptly' vWithin these foldsv and. thus the.

only gophers or small rodents can get at the ne son. con ent Fur h r the P isoned, in ;or .other;ba it pl aced in the gm eaten for thereasomthati-the PDlSOD'nlS m t washed away: by rain or damaged bymoisture- Aga nethe gopher or otheria mel is notable .to cover up the poisoned grain. with earth as is his habitwhen the grain is placed in fron of-thehole. [It ill: be obvi us. that the de ice ii'layi-la'a v ry cheaply: m de ha i is convenient to handle and in use. it has been ery-. .efiec ive- 'A y mat ri may be used 1501' the cons uction, of y this: trap i but proferahly-heavy galvanized iron prtin will be used.

whs z tela me ,e nta uer, t r nwey -beingrela ive1y elem tank retains its effectiveness until the last kernel of grain is 1 A poison ,holder of the character ,de-

d a th n enter ends .and ,o me tepm ld e n erdly dixeeted Po on =h 1d th charm r be empu mg a. veeeta nerleaving b 1 om, t qappe seude th c ntaine be g formed with a neck, a qapeugaging the neck, pair of tu n a mnw y .e endi g at migh angles t lvthe yertieal. ax o ,1 h ;e nt m a d; dispo e maal emeut withreach othe eidtru way iep nt th e talner, said containenexte ipg downward t moneys, th runusys being releg gy gated pen at ;.t ou r A p euholde ofihe. eheraeter. deer b d i eempr slng a e n ame th with a neck, a cap engaging th peek anda tubular e-runweyre eemgintmthe ce t me flthe ntainer extending downward below the,boti em of=the runway, sai mw y eng relese yi e ongate a d-s hemg open at t outer ,endme a-ladieee mtsent end i h a i u ydea eted imnul fla :A oh th Y eh ne ten ..ser,1, oomp lsmg-i -ieelk sm riarp um y efif ;.e uum aslext ndmg om th si :WQ; of e9m Q91Y3h Vfl the-bo om 0f hezeoete eee n and hill .axise e eh I unw y extending appro im te y; 3 333 31 angles to thewertjcaLaxis 9i "fi en tee eresmd memo h me-re e nm aysihe i gaes bt ielhh mieem iamete the longitu tively elongated and open at their outer and inner ends, the bottom of each runway being in an approximatel horizontal plane and disposed above the ottom of the container, whereby the runways will not be obstructed by food disposed within the container.

5. A poison holder of the character described comprisin a poison food container, a air of relative y elongated, open-ended,

tu ular runways extending approximately at right angles to the vertical axis of the contamer and disposed in alinement with each other, said runways opening into the container and said contamer extending downward below the runways whereby food may be disposed within the container without obstructing passage or vision through the alined runways. a

6. A poison, holder of the character described com rising a poison container, a relatively e ongated, open-ended, tubular runway having 1ts longitudinal axis extend- .ing approximately at rightangles to the

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