Patent ID: 8872666
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A trap for small animals, comprising: a movable element for trapping a small animal in the trap, the movable element being adapted to be driven by a power reservoir that is adapted to be pre-loaded manually, a trigger mechanism to be triggered by the small animal that is trapped, a transmitter for automatically transmitting a detection signal to a monitoring centre in response to triggering of the trigger mechanism by the animal, a mechano-electrical transducer that is caused to be driven in response to triggering of the trigger mechanism and which produces energy which powers the transmitter, a mechanical control device actuated by triggering of the trigger mechanism and which is in engagement with both: the control device comprising a step switch mechanism having a shaft and at least one arm projecting therefrom, said shaft being rotated in each switching step of the step switch mechanism, and the mechano-electrical transducer comprises a shaft that extends in parallel with the shaft of the step switch mechanism and carries a lever arranged to be actuated by said at least one arm of the step switch mechanism, the movable element including a cellular wheel sluice that is biased by the power reservoir and is set free for rotation by the control device when triggered, and a tunnel permitting the small animal to pass through and leading through the cellular wheel sluice so that the animal will be pushed out of the tunnel into a closed space of the trap, while the sluice simultaneously drives the control device.