Animal trap

An animal trap, comprising:

• an elongated killing compartment for attracting and killing an animal, said killing compartment providing bait-dispensing means for dispensing the aroma of bait and having at least one access opening defining an entrance;
• door means in said access opening being moveable from a normally open position for permitting the animal to enter said killing compartment to a closed position for blocking the access opening to prevent the animal from exiting the access opening;
• killing means operatively associated with said killing compartment for killing said animal in said killing compartment;
• a discharge compartment for receiving and discharging animals killed in said killing compartment;
• upright scraper wall means separating said killing compartment from said discharge compartment, said upright scraper wall means being moveable from a normally closed scraping position for blocking passage of the animal between said killing compartment and said discharge compartment to an open discharge position for accommodating passage and disposal of the animal from said killing compartment to said discharge compartment;
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• drive wall means comprising an upright push wall and a floor secured to said push wall, said drive wall means being laterally moveable from a retracted position providing the exterior sidewall and floor of said killing chamber to a disposal position, when said upright scraper wall means is in an open position, for pushing the killed animal towards said discharge compartment.

An animal trap, comprising:

• an elongated killing chamber having opposite ends, substantially parallel sides extending between and connecting said opposite ends, a ceiling and a floor extending laterally between said sides, each of said opposite ends defining an access opening for entrance of an animal into said killing chamber, said killing chamber having an intermediate central portion located between said opposite ends and defining bait passageways for passage of scent of a bait to attract the animal into said killing chamber;
• each of said ends having a vertically moveable, power-driven door operable from a normally open position to permit the animal to enter said killing chamber to a closed position substantially blocking said access opening to prevent the animal from passing through said access opening;
• a disposal chamber positioned adjacent one of said sides for receiving and discharging animals killed in said killing chamber;
• one of said sides adjacent said disposal chamber comprising a vertically moveable, power-driven, upright scraper wall, said scraper wall being moveable from a normally closed scraping position extending between and separating said killing and disposal chambers for blocking passage of the animal between the killing chamber and the disposal chamber to an upward open position for permitting passage and disposal of the killed animal from said killing chamber to said disposl chamber;
• the other of said sides comprising a laterally moveable, power-driven, upright sidewall, said sidewall being fixedly connected to and cooperating with said floor to provide a generally L-shaped pushing compartment and drive member, said sidewall being moveable from a normally retracted position to provide an exterior sidewall of said killing chamber spaced opposite and away from said disposal chamber to a disposal position, when said scraper wall is in said upward open position, to push the killed animal into said disposal chamber;
• said ceiling comprising a set of vertically moveable, power-driven spikes for entering into said killing chamber when said doors are closed to impale said animal;
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• a detector located in said intermediate central portion of said killing chamber for detecting the presence of an animal in said killing chamber and being operatively connected to and triggering the operation of said spikes, walls and doors when said animal is detected in said killing chamber.