OR IMPROVED TRAP FOR BEETLES, CRICKETS AND OTHER LIKE VERMIN
Year: 1884

page_text: I, AUSTIN LAMB of 54, Fortess Road, Kentish Town, London, N.W., Mercantile
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for the above NEW OR
IMPROVED TRAP FOR BEETLES, CRICKETS AND OTHER LIKE VERMIN, to be as
follows:-
"Let there be an oblong vessel or bottle made of Glass, paper or other material,
two inches or more in length, by about one and half inches or more in width, with
a mouth or neck from one inch to two inches, more or less, in diameter.
To the mouth or neck of the above mentioned vessel, fits a funnel of Glass or
other material, which said funnel terminates inwardly by a narrow inlet, three
eighths of an inch, more or less, in its longest diameter and of oval shape.
When the above mentioned funnel is fixed in the neck of the vessel, it
allows of the forementioned inlet being about the centre of the interior of the
vessel.
The outer portion of the funnel is to be about one inch or more beyond the neck
of the vessel and this portion is to be slanting from the neck of vessel to an even
level with the sides of the same, so as to enable the vermin to get easy access to
inlet. In the interior of the Trap may be placed crumbs of bread or other food
most suitable for attracting vermin of the above description."

page_text: I, AUSTIN LAMB, of 54 Fortess Road, Kentish Town, London N.W., Mercantile
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for the above NEW OR
IMPROVED TRAP FOR BEETLES CRICKETS & OTHER LIKE VERMIN and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
"Let there be an oblong or other shaped vessel or bottle (D fig 1 & 2) of Glass,
Paper or other material or combined materials, two inches or more in length by
one and a half inches, more or less, in width and depth, with a mouth or mouths
(E fig. 1 & 2), one inch, more or less, in diameter. To the said mouth or mouths, of
the above mentioned vessel or bottle, fits a funnel or funnels (A fig. 2. and fig. 3), of
the aforesaid material or materials, which said funnel or funnels, when fixed, would
terminate inwardly by a narrow inlet (B. fig 2.); three eighths of an inch, more or
less in its longest diameter, and said inlet to be of oval shape (F. fig. 3).
When the funnel or funnels is or are fixed in the mouth or mouths of vessel or
bottle, the innermost or inlet end (B. fig. 2.), would extend one inch, more or less,
from the mouth of the vessel into the interior of -saine, leaving half an inch, more
or less space between inlet and the ground surface of the interior of the vessel or
bottle.
The funnel or funnels would be slanting from inlet to the outermost edge
(from B to C fig. 2), (which would be one inch, more or less beyond the mouth of
vessel or bottle) and such edge or outermost extremity of said funnel or funnels
would be of such shape as to allow of same resting evenly on the ground, upon the
trap being placed in position (Fig. 3.). The entrance surface of the funnel or
funnels would be rough so as to enable the vermin to get easy access to inlet or
inlets. In the interior of the trap crumbs of bread or other food most suitable
for attracting the vermin may be placed."
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 1stly "That the small size of the inlet of the above described Beetle Trap makes
it a most novel article of its kind, enabling the trap to be made in a very small
size and yet to answer the purpose of a large one.
2ndly re
I claim that the above has a great advantage over other traps of its kind
in as much as the entrance or entrances is or are on a level with the ground surface
and not on the top of the trap, like those now in use, thus by my invention enabling
the vermin to get much easier access to the interior.
3rdly I claim combination of means and appliances."