An Improvement in and relating to Vermin Traps for Destroying Rats, Mice, Stoats, and other Animals.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in and relating to Vermin Traps for Destroying
Rats, Mice, Stoats, and other Animals.
GEORGE HENRY LAXTON 80, Saltoun Road Brixton London Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a box-like tin cover which conceals the bait & hook,
the top of the bait hook projects out of the top of cover & also a lever which when
the trap is set catches under the spring arm one end & the other under the bait
hook top, thus when the bait is disturbed the lever gives way & the spring arm
falls with great force & immediately breaks the neck of the vermin or fowl that
touched the bait, the spring which has fine coils, arm & rails which keep the spring
arm in place, being all one piece of wire & fixed to bottom & front of cover.
When the spring arm is lifted up & hitched to lever as above, form a hole through.
which the bait is reached, the arm falling on the back of neck.
Dated this 25th day of February 1896.
GEORGE HENRY LAXTON..
An Improvement in and relating to Vermin Traps for Destroying
Rats, Mice, Stoats, and other Animals.
I, GEORGE HENRY LAXTON 80 Saltoun Road Brixton S.W. Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to traps for vermin, rats, stoats and the like and the
same is carried out as follows reference being had to the annexed drawings in.
which :-
Figure 1. is a front elevation of my invention showing the trap in what is known
as its set position.
Figure 2. front elevation of my invention showing the trap in its operating
position for holding the vermin.
Figure 3. end view of same in the set position.
Referring to Figures 1 & 2 a is a casing or holder having the spring piece b the
prolongation of which slides in the guide c which may if desired be formed in
one piece with the spring piece b and also that is in wire or the like suitable
material. The piece of wire or lever d is pivoted upon the bearing el. The end
of the spring piece or prolongation f is held in its raised position by engaging upon
one end g of said wire or lever d the other end of which engages with the end of
a hook i pivoted or carried upon the bearing e.
The bait is carried upon the part j of the hook i.
It will be seen that by operating or moving the hook i carrying the bait the
spring piece b will be allowed to fall, or be released as required owing to the
action of the mice or vermin when eating or attempting to eat the bait upon
the hook i owing to the releasing of the pivoted lever à from same.

page_text: 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 :-
1. In mouse or vermin traps, the combined construction and arrangement of the
various parts substantially as herein described and shown.
2. In mouse traps, a spring arm or prolongation which slides in a guide which
may be formed integral with same, said arm being raised and retained in its raised
position by a pivoted lever or arm which is maintained in position by a pivoted
hook having a bent end which engages on one end of the retaining lever, said hook
carrying the bait so that the action of a mouse or other vermin when eating the
bait upon said hook, will cause the retaining lever to be released from the end of
the bait-hook and the prolongation or spring arm will then descend and hold the
mouse or other vermin between f and f¹ the various parts being carried in and
upon a casing.
Dated thie 17th day of April 1896
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.