Improvements in Traps for Blackbeetles, Cockroaches, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Traps for Blackbeetles, Cockroaches, and the like.
I, EDWARD TALBOT, of 86, Dundonald Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, Fitter, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved trap for blackbeetles, cockroaches and the like is non-poisonous,
simple in construction, efficient in action and can be readily cleaned after use.
The central portion consists of a bowl or dished receptacle preferably circular
and of metal the inside of which is rendered smooth by glazing or enamelling
so that the beetles cannot crawl out when once inside the bowl. Attached to
the rim of the bowl, or formed in conjunction therewith are a series of wing pieces
or inclines the ends of which rest upon the ground. The surface is roughened
to provide a gripping surface to facilitate the beetles crawling thereup, and, to
prevent them falling off I turn up the edges of these inclines which may be
either plain, or hollow, or formed tubular for the whole or a portion of their
length and provided at the upper part with a solution or means to assist in
attracting the beetles into the bowl.
The means I adopt for enticing the beetles into the bowl consists of a bung,
sponge or special pad which is placed in the centre of the bowl and is either fixed
or detachable; or, one or more bungs or pads or other attractive media may be
carried or supported in the bowl nearly on a level with the top so that the
beetles will the more readily be enticed into the bowl by endeavouring to step
from the rim on to the bung or attracting pad or media.
I saturate or impregnate the bungs or pads with a suitable enticing or
attracting composition or solution, and if desired provide the trap with an
enclosing case or cover and suitable handle.
1000
BENJ. T. KING.
165, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
I, EDWARD TALBOT, of 86, Dundonald Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, Fitter, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My improved trap for blackbeetles, cockroaches and the like is non-poisonous,
simple in construction, efficient in action and can be readily cleaned after use.

page_text: In the annexed sheet of explanatory drawings Figure 1 is an elevation
Figure 2 is a vertical section and Figure 3 a plan of a beetle or insect trap
constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. The central portion
consists of a bowl A or dished receptacle preferably circular and of metal the
inside of which is rendered smooth by glazing or enamelling so that the beetles
cannot crawl out when once inside the bowl. Attached to the rim a of the bowl
or formed in conjunction therewith are a series of wing pieces or inclines B the
ends of which rest upon the ground. The surface is roughened to provide a
gripping surface to facilitate the beetles crawling thereup, and to prevent them
falling off I turn up the edges c of and thereby strengthen these inclines which
may be either plain or hollow or formed tubular as at d for the whole or a portion
of their length and provided if desired at the upper part with a solution or means
to assist in attracting the beetles into the bowl but the means I propose to adopt
for enticing the 'beetles into the bowl consists of a bung, sponge or special pad C
which is impregnated with a suitable solution to serve as a bait to attract the
beetles and placed in the centre of the bowl A. The bait C is either fixed or
detachable but I prefer to suspend it by the arms e so that it can be readily
removed for emptying the bowl A of the captured beetles and cleaning. The
bait holder C may contain a liquid solution and has a deflecting smooth flange f
so that the beetles when attempting to reach the bait C will when stepping from
the rim a on to the smooth flange f slide down therebetween into the bowl A
whilst the ends of the arms e may be cased with rubber or suitable soft sub-
stance g or rest in holes or recesses in the side of the bowl A. For large traps
one or more of these bungs or pads or other attractive media containing the bait C
may be carried, suspended or supported in the bowl A nearly on a level with the
said top a so that the beetles will the more readily be enticed into the bowl by
endeavouring to step from the rim a on to the bung C or attracting pad or
media as before described. I saturate or impregnate the bungs or pads with a
suitable composition or solution of great attractive power to serve as an efficient
bait and if desired provide the trap with an enclosing case or cover and suitable
handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
A trap for blackbeetles, cockroaches and the like comprising a glazed or
enamelled bowl A having inclines or wing pieces B in combination with a readily
detachable bait holder C suspended or supported nearly on a level with and in
the centre of the rim a and constructed and arranged all as herein more fully
described and shewn whereby the vermin or insects after crawling up the
inclines B and in attempting to reach the bait C from the rim a by stepping on to
the flange f lose their foothold on the enamelled or glazed upper surface of the
bowl A into which they fall and are trapped as previously herein set forth.
Dated this 17th day of March 1899.
1899.
BENJ. T. KING (A. Inst. Mech. E.),
Registered Patent Agent,
165, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.