Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application; 15th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 24th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th July, 1887.
1, HENRY BEARE of Elm Croft Knowles Hill, Newton Abbot, in the county of
Devon, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
. Beetle-traps as usually made consist of a Pan or tray with a cover in which a funnel
is inserted, the said funnel being from one or two inches deep, and consequently keeping
the insect that distance from the bait which is placed inside the trap.
My invention is designed to replace this funnel with a horizontal glass plate in the
centre of the cover, and thus to supply a cover which can be used with a much
shallower pan, and which requires no special tray or pan to form the trap, so that by
means of its use, an ordinary round plate saucer or spittoon can be readily converted
into an effective Beetle Trap-It can of course be supplied with a Pan when so
desired.
My improved beetle trap cover can be made round or square or of any desired
shape, but I make it round by preference.
It consists when round of a metal disc having on one side if desired, studs or lugs,
to prevent its being pushed off sideways from a saucer or spittoon, and it has in, the
middle, an opening in which a piece of glass is inserted. This piece of glass has a
hole in the centre about or 1 inch in diameter for the beetles to fall through.
The cover being made of cast iron or other metal or of stone, slate or glass, or other
suitable material, possesses sufficient weight to be beyond the power of the insect
to remove.
When this cover is placed on a saucer or other suitable vessel it is obvious that the
insect when crossing the cover will be much nearer the bait placed in the saucer than
it would be in the case of an ordinary trap-This will lead to many more beetles being
induced to fall into the trap than is now the case.
When not in use my improved cover will occupy little room and can be readily
pplied when occasion arises for its employment.
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page_text: Improvements in Beetle Traps.
I, HENRY BEARE of Elm Croft Newton Abbot in the County of Devon, Engineer,
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:
Beetle Traps as usually made, consist of a pan or box with two sloping ends, and
between them at the summit a flat cover in which cover a funnel-shaped glass or metal
entrance is inserted, the said funnel being from one to two inches deep, and consequently
keeping the insect that distance from the bait, which is placed inside the trap.
My invention is designed to supply a trap in which this funnel is replaced with a
horizontal glass plate, in one or two parts, at the summit of the box.
This plate can either form part of the cover, which by preference I construct to
slide in and out, the edges fitting into grooves formed to receive them; or a sliding
cover can be formed entirely of glass which is the plan I prefer.
In this glass plate, I construct one or more holes, large enough to allow the beetles
or insects or other vermin to pass through, and they therefore pass into the trap from
the cover.
I also construct the body of the trap of wood, or metal, and the sloping sides partly
of perforated metal, which not only affords a good foothold to the insect, but allows it
to smell the bait while ascending the trap.
A button or other fastening holds the glass plate in position.
In consequence of adopting the perforated flat plate as my inlet for insects, I can
make the body of the trap much shallower, which has several advantages. In the first
place the beetles have not so high to ascend; secondly, being much nearer the bait
they can smell it much better, and almost reach it; which tempts them to drop in ;
thirdly, the trap itself is less bulky.
My improved beetle trap can be made round, square, or triangular if preferred. The
glass inlet plate would however usually be either square, or round, or in two halves,
each half to be notched so as to form the hole or holes when put together, so as to
correspond with traps of the ordinary pattern. There is this additional advantage
with my improved round inlet plate, that it can be used without any special tray or
box to form the trap. An ordinary round plate, saucer, jar, tin-can, or spittoon; will
answer the same purpose, and form in combination with it, an effective trap for
beetles and similar insects, and for mice and such small vermin. Studs or legs
can easily be added if desired, to prevent its slipping off too readily. When not
required, these covers will pack into a small space. When used for mice, a funnel
shaped frill of wire as used on mouse-traps, can be attached to the opening so that
while the mouse can easily push his way in, he cannot return.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1. shows a plan of a beetle trap constructed on my improved system.

page_text: glass plate in centre of 100SE COVER.
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. An insect trap with horizontal inlet plate, substantially as herein described and
set forth.
2. A loose form of trap cover for insects and vermin, with horizontal inlet plate,
also with lugs or feet if preferred, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 24th day of June 1887.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.