| 摘要 |
An animal trap has a housing (2) and a support (12) extending within the housing. The support is movable between a first, set position and a second, fired position. A trigger (6) is integrally formed with the support (12) and protrudes from the bottom of the housing in the set position. Wire loops (4), which act to kill an animal, are fixed to the bottom of the support (12) and also protrude downwardly. In the set position of the trap, shoulders (18) on the trigger (6) are engaged beneath flanges (20) formed on the bottom of the housing. These shoulders (18) and flanges (20) form interengaging means to hold the trigger (6) and the support (12) in the downwardly extending set position against the force of two torsion springs (22) which are each affixed to the bottom of the support (12) and to the housing (2). The trigger (6) can be moved by an animal due to its flexibility. This causes the interengaging means to become unengaged and the support (12) to move explosively to its upper fired position. The movement of the support explosively lifts the wire loops (4) whereby an animal within a loop is squashed against the bottom of the housing. |
| 主权项 |
1. An animal trap comprising:
a housing, a support within the housing, the support being movable between a first, set position and a second, fired position, biasing means biasing the support towards the second, fired position, and means to hold the support in the first, set position against the force of the biasing means, the animal trap further comprising at least one trap operating member carried by, and movable with the support, wherein the means to hold the support in the first, set position comprise interengaging means arranged to be moved from their interengaged position by the movement of an elongate trigger which extends into a path for an animal, and wherein the trigger is carried by the support such that it can flex and thereby be moved in two opposed directions relative to the path for the animal. |
