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US 4,179,837 AGranted
Animal trap
OwnerHenry E. Gummeringerinventor
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An improved animal trap of the snare type includes a snare housing having a connection for the snare end of the snare cable and adapted to slide on the main anchor portion of the snare cable. The self-tightening action of the snare, once an animal is caught in the snare loop, is supplemented by a settable and releasable spring member carried by the snare housing in combination with mechanism for operatively connecting the spring member to the snare cable for quick final tightening of the snare loop in response to release of the spring member. The trap includes a trigger device operatively connected to the spring member for releasing the spring and providing a quick final tightening of the snare loop as it finally closes on an animal. The snare housing may include an injection needle for injecting the animal with a lethal or other fluid. An auxiliary spring assembly is also provided to facilitate initial or preliminary closing of the snare loop on an animal to ensure the proper snare action as the animal tried to escape.
An animal trap comprising a snare housing assembly for connection to a snare cable which has first and second ends with an anchor portion at the first end and a snare portion at the second end, the assembly including a snare housing having a guide passage for sliding connection of the housing on the anchor portion of the cable, the snare housing also having a connection for the second end of the cable and thereby providing a snare loop in the cable between said second end connection and said guide passage with the snare housing serving as a slip knot during normal self-tightening of the snare, the snare housing also having a settable and releasable spring member movably mounted thereon together with mechanism for operatively connecting the spring member to the snare cable for quick tightening of the snare loop in response to release of the spring member, and said trap having a trigger device operatively connected to the spring member for releasing the spring member in response to actuation of the trigger by an animal.
An improved animal trap comprising a snare cable having first and second ends with an anchor portion at the first end and a snare portion at the second end, a snare housing slidably mounted on the snare cable for normal relative one-way sliding movement along the snare cable in a direction away from the first end, the snare cable having its second end connected to the snare housing and its snare portion providing a snare loop adjacent the housing, the sliding movement of the housing along the cable serving as a slip knot and providing a normal self-tightening of the snare loop in response to pulling of the snare loop and housing away from the first end by an animal initially caught within the loop, said snare housing having a settable and releasable spring member movably mounted thereon and operatively connected between the snare cable and housing for quick and forceful final tightening of the snare loop in response to release of the spring member, and a trigger device mounted on the snare housing and operatively connected to the spring member for releasing the spring member upon engagement of the trigger device against the animal in response to such normal self-tightening of the loop.
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