Improvement in or applicable to Snares for Killing Rabbits and Vermin.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or applicable to Snares for Killing Rabbits
and Vermin.
ARTHUR WILLIAM BURGESS Clarence Villa Barnard's Green Road Great
Malvern Worcestershire Manufacturer of Bridle Bits for Horses do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means of killing rabbits and vermin wherein
a spring is used in connection with the ordinary snare, or gin, by this means the
snare is drawn tight against a support called a killer, and the animal is instantly
strangled, whereas in the old snare or gin the animal is allowed to linger for
a considerable time before death takes place.
My invention consists of a bedplate with cross bar to steady it when on the
ground, near one end is fixed two small uprights to form joints for the lever bar
and spring, about two thirds up the bedplate from this joint a fork is fixed therein.
The end of the bedplate is turned up and a hole made through for the snare or gin
to travel. This is called a killer. The lever bar is fixed into the joint and one
end coming between the fork a double spring is fixed in the same joint, one end
coming under the lever bar, the other end rests on the bedplate, near the end of the
lever bar is a hole where the end of the snare is fastened, on the wire is fixed a
small substance which is called the trigger, to keep the lever bar down when the
apparatus is set.
To set the apparatus first press down the lever bar until the end touches the
bottom of the fork, then place the trigger on top of the lever bar and under the
bend of the fork, then release the lever bar, place the snare in position it is then set.
When the animal gets its head into the snare and struggles slightly it causes the
trigger to withdraw, this allows the lever bar to fly up, in doing so draws the animal
tightly against the killer and strangles it instantly.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 shows side elevation, A bed plate, B joints,
C spring, D lever bar, E fork, I trigger, G killer, H snare, J cross bar to bedplate.
Dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the spring liberated, Fig. 2 showing top section.
Dated this 26th day of September 1891.
TTT TTAM DILDALON
ART
BURC
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or applicable to Snares for Killing Rabbits
and Vermin.
ARTHUR WILLIAM BURGESS Clarence Villa Barnard's Green Road Great
Malvern Pheasant Food Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 improved means of killing rabbits and vermin wherein
a spring is used in connection with an ordinary snare, or gin, by this means the
snare is drawn taut against a support, called a killer and the animal is instantly
strangled, whereas in the old snare or gin the animal is allowed to linger for a
considerable time before death takes place.
My invention consists of a bedplate with cross bar to steady it when on the ground,
near one end is fixed two small uprights to form joints for the lever bar and spring,
about two thirds up the bedplate from this joint a fork is fixed therein. The end
of the bedplate is turned up and a hole made through for the snare or gin to travel.

page_text: This is called a killer. The lever bar is fixed into the joint and one end coming between
the fork, a double spring is fixed into the same joint one end coming under the lever bar,
the other end resting on the bedplate, near the end of the lever bar there is a hole for
the end of the snare or gin to fasten, on the wire is fixed' a small substance which
is called the trigger to keep the lever bar down when the apparatus set. To set
the apparatus, first press down the lever bar until the end touches the bottom of the
fork, then place the trigger on the top of the lever bar and under the bend of the
fork, when this is done release the pressure, place the loop of the snare in position,
it is then set. When the animal gets its head into the snare and struggles slightly,
it causes the trigger to withdraw which allows the lever bar to fly up in doing so
draws the animal tight against the killer and strangles it instantly.
On reference to drawings sent in with Provisional Specification, Fig. 1 shows side
elevation, A bedplate, B joints, C spring, D lever bar, E fork, F trigger, G killer,
H snare, J cross bar to bedplate. Dotted lines in Fig. 1 shows the spring liberated,
Fig. 2 top section.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;
An apparatus for catching and killing animals by means of a noose actuated by a
lever bar and spring as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated this 20th day of June 1892.
ARTHUR WILLIAM BURGESS.