CN101731197B - Two-door cage trap with over-center set mechanism - Google Patents
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A cage-type animal trap with two opposed animal access openings that can operate in a one-door-opening configuration or a two-door-opening configuration. The trap has an over-center set mechanism for holding one or both doors open to allow access through the corresponding trap access openings. The set mechanism includes a pivotally mounted set lever coupled to the doors of the trap by an actuating member. A bait pedal is movably mounted inside the trap with a trip rod and link assembly secured to the pedal and to the set mechanism so that when an animal enters the trap, the weight of the animal moves the pedal, causing the trip rod and link assembly to actuate the set mechanism. Upon actuation, the set lever pivots past its over-center position to allow movement of the actuating member which enables one of the doors to move from an opened position to a closed position when the trap is operating in a one-door-opening configuration, and both of the doors to move from the opened position to the closed position when the trap is operating in the two-door-opening configuration.
Description
The application is that 085 part continuation application requires its priority herein in the common unsettled United States serial No.11/600 of application on November 16th, 2006.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cage animal trap, it generally is used for traping small-sized to medium-sized animal and can not injure and trap the animal that arrives in the open air.Described trapper generally includes cage that is made of gauze etc. etc., and described cage has the cage door, and described cage door can remain on open mode by trigger mechanism, until the suitable bait that animal is put into is in advance lured into described trapper.After animal entered the inside of trapper, the weight of animals pressed on described trigger mechanism and causes trip gear, and this release is also closed described cage door, thereby with the inside of animal trap to described cage.
Background technology
Cage trap of the prior art has special setting and relieving mechanism, and this mechanism typically is comprised of chassis, frizzen, blocking device, cage door, locking device, sometimes comprises spring unit.In order to set trapper, locking device must first be thrown off.Afterwards, door is opened, and sets blocking device.The location of each in these parts on trapper needs with the hands to operate.In order to discharge the animal that is entrapped, locking device needs again to throw off, and blocking device must be opened and set to the cage door also.In addition, these steps need bimanualness and relate to and the animal close contact.Therefore, need a kind of cage trap, it can provide a kind of method of one hand setting trapper substantially that is easy to the user.Need too a kind of cage trap, the user needn't just can easily discharge the animal of trapping with the animal close contact of traping again.
Another problem that cage trap of the prior art exists is, is used for starting triggering that the cage door closes or complexity and the unreliability of actuating mechanism.Have the setting structure of complexity due to the design of prior art, the power of required triggering trapper can change.If required power greatly or because the stability of desired location lacks causes malfunctioning dropout, all may cause catching the animal failure.Complicated trigger or actuating mechanism also make and are difficult to set trapper, and have increased the risk of maloperation.Thereby, needing a kind of cage trap, it has the easy trigger mechanism of Machine Design, and this mechanism should be easy to set, and the power of triping is stable, and uses reliable.
Also have foregoing problems for two trappers, thereby cause the following two-door needs of opening the type trapper, this trapper can the close contact animal and can be set reliably and stably, basically only needs a hand to set simultaneously.The another kind of favourable performance that needs is a kind of two-door trapper of opening, and it can be opened with the two-door structure of opening with simple gate and optionally be used by the user.
These and other solution of problem schemes that the above-mentioned the present invention of being points out.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of simple gate and two-door cage animal trap, it comprises gauze animal inclosure, described inclosure is by bottom, a pair of relative sidewall that extends from the bottom, be fixed to the rear wall on sidewall and bottom, the top that is fixed to sidewall and the top on rear wall, and the front end with the animal entrance that is limited by bottom, sidewall and top.
In the trapper embodiment that simple gate is opened, the cage door movably is arranged on front end, and this cage door can operate to expose the animal entrance when being in the open position, and can block the animal entrance when being in the closed position.The torsionspring that is operatively coupled in locking yoke section promotes the cage door to its closed position.The cage door relies on eccentric type (over-center-type) set mechanism to remain on its open position, and this set mechanism is arranged on the top, comprises the lanyard assembly on the tie point that extends to the cage door.
Except lanyard assembly, center set mechanism further comprises the set mechanism platform that is connected to the top, and described is equipped with laterally extending setting shaft bar.Be roughly two ends that U-shaped setting bar is pivotably connected to support, in order to can be slightly larger than the rotations of 180 degree, turn to the opposite side of the support that is in the position of triping from a side of the support that is in desired location.Roughly being positioned at what set the bar center is the bar handle, and this handle is easy to be grasped by the user when setting trapper, thereby can be convenient to the setting bar is arranged on desired location.Handle also can be guaranteed, prevents from being connected to the stay cord end relative with cage door connecting portion of setting on bar and slides to the left or to the right on bar.Center set mechanism is connected with release gear, to be used for triggering the action that trapper cuts out.
Release gear is the bait pedal that movably is arranged in the animal inclosure, and this pedal has trip rod and the link assembly that is fixed on pedal and center set mechanism.When animal enters the animal inclosure, the body weight touch pedal of animal, it makes connection trip rod and link assembly thereon move and trigger the rotation of setting bar.Connecting portion between trip rod and link assembly and setting bar preferably metal is connected with metal, to adapt to rubbing action frequently.Surpass equalization point as long as set bar from the desired location pivotable, i.e. eccentric (over center) point, the spring force of the deadweight of cage door and the torsionspring that provides by stay cord impels and sets the bar rotation.Described motion moves to the closed position with the cage door from open position again, thus with animal trap in the animal inclosure.
Handle is arranged on the set mechanism platform that approximately is in the trapper center, and along the length longitudinal extension of trapper.In a preferred embodiment, handle is in the center, and the stay cord tie point on handle is with respect to the center-biased of setting bar, thereby stay cord is along a side setting of handle.
According to the two-door embodiment that opens of trapper, handle also is provided with the groove that the bottom longitudinally is installed by the handle of handle, and this bottom is connected on the set mechanism platform.The second lanyard assembly extends on tie point on the second cage door, passes described groove, again changes in 180 degree afterwards direction, defines zigzag part, to be connected to the setting bar near the tie point of the first stay cord.In order to open the second cage door and the first cage door when setting trapper, at first the zigzag part of the second stay cord is by loops on the stay cord guide, and this stay cord guide is arranged on the top of trapper, between set mechanism platform and the leading edge near the trapper of the first cage door.Afterwards, the stay cord guide plays the effect of pulley, to help tension the second stay cord and promote the second cage door when the setting bar moves to desired location.At this moment, the first pull rope mechanism with trapper that simple gate is opened in identical mode promote the first cage door.The two-door trapper of opening is not by making the second stay cord engage with the stay cord guide, and in this case, only the first cage door is raised when the setting of setting bar is on desired location, and the trapper of selectively opening as simple gate operates.
Therefore, one object of the present invention is, provides a kind of and has the mechanical simplification that is easy to the trapper setting and set rear reliable stable simple gate and two-door cage trapper.
Another object of the present invention is, a kind of cage trap with a plurality of pivot point is provided, and has stable frictional behavior, in order to realize the triping of height repeatability of trapper with substantially invariable triggering force level.
Another object of the present invention is, a kind of cage trap is provided, and it can easily be set safely, and the animal of trapping can be easy to safely from wherein discharging, and the user only just can operate with a hand.
Another object of the present invention is, a kind of cage trap is provided, and it has easy structure, and this structure is used for the easy trapper of setting of safety on the stable center on trapper.
Another object of the present invention is, a kind of cage trap is provided, and it has improved mechanism, and this mechanism is used for from the stable center of trapper animal safety easily from wherein discharging.
Of the present invention also have a purpose to be, a kind of cage trap with two openable doors is provided, and it selectively sets to use as simple gate or two-door trapper.
The other a plurality of purposes of the present invention comprise, simple gate and two-door cage trap for example are provided, it has persistence, reliability and user friendly, also has the animal friendly, and can adopt human mode to trap safely animal, and it can use the facile parts of appearance and make in the mode of economy.
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After reading comprised the detailed description of accompanying drawing, other purpose, feature and advantage of the present invention it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that.Although be intended to illustrate the present invention, accompanying drawing might not be pro rata.
Accompanying drawing 1 is that the simple gate embodiment of trapper of the present invention is in the locational perspective view of triping, and wherein the cage door of this trapper is in closed condition.
Accompanying drawing 1A is the zoomed-in view of the regional A in accompanying drawing 1, and wherein torsionspring is arranged to respect to cage door bias voltage locking yoke bar.
Accompanying drawing 2 is perspective views of torsionspring, and this torsionspring is used for the cage door of trapper in accompanying drawing 1 is biased toward closed condition.
Accompanying drawing 3 is perspective views of lanyard assembly, and this assembly connects set mechanism and the cage door of the trapper in accompanying drawing 1.
Accompanying drawing 4 is perspective views of bias (over-center) set mechanism of the trapper in accompanying drawing 1.
Accompanying drawing 5 is top views of the center set mechanism in accompanying drawing 4.
Accompanying drawing 6 is the perspective views for the setting bar in the center set mechanism of attached Figure 4 and 5.
Accompanying drawing 7 is the side schematic view for the center set mechanism of the trapper of setting accompanying drawing 1.
Accompanying drawing 8 shows is that center set mechanism in accompanying drawing 7 is in the end view under set condition.
Accompanying drawing 9 shows is that center set mechanism in accompanying drawing 7 is in the end view under poised state.
Accompanying drawing 10 shows is that center set mechanism in accompanying drawing 7 is in the end view under (trip) state of triping.
Accompanying drawing 11 is showed is trip rod on the trapper that is applied in accompanying drawing 1 and the perspective view of link assembly.
Accompanying drawing 12 is the perspective views according to the second embodiment of center set mechanism of the present invention.
Accompanying drawing 13 is the perspective views according to the 3rd embodiment of center set mechanism of the present invention.
Accompanying drawing 14 is the perspective views according to the 4th embodiment of center set mechanism of the present invention.
Figure 15 A shows be according to of the present invention have as the two-door trapper of opening with the center set mechanism of describing that shows in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 be in perspective view under unbuckled state.
Figure 15 B is another perspective view of the trapper that shows in Figure 15 A, and demonstrates the slackness of stay cord when not setting trapper from the same side.
Figure 15 C is the perspective view of the trapper that demonstrates among Figure 15 B from opposite side.
Figure 16 is the perspective view of trapper when being about to be configured to the two-door structure of opening in Figure 15.
Figure 17 is that the trapper in Figure 16 is in the perspective view under set condition.
Figure 18 is that the trapper in Figure 15 is in simple gate and opens perspective view under the set condition of structure.
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In the process of the preferred embodiment that description the present invention illustrates in the accompanying drawings, use the particular technology term in order to reach clearly purpose.Yet the particular technology term of described selection is not to mean limitation of the invention, is understandable that, each particular element comprises all technically can operate the equivalent substitution form of completing similar effect in a similar manner.
As shown in Figure 1, simple gate cage trap of the present invention totally by Reference numeral 10 expressions, comprises the box-like cage with elongated bottom 12 and respective tops 14 and opposing sidewalls 16 and 18, and preferably being shaped and being folded by single of gauze processes.Sidewall the longitudinal edge 20 of bottom 12,22 and the longitudinal edge 24,26 at top 14 between extend the plane that substantially is parallel to each other to form.Bottom and top also are parallel to each other substantially.The trapper rear portion is by rear wall 28 closures, and described rear wall is fixed on bottom 12, top 14 and sidewall 16,18 by Connection Element 30.
In embodiments of the invention as shown in Figure 1, bottom 12, top 14 and sidewall 16,18 comprise wire element 32,34, this wire element welds to form the hole 36 of essentially rectangular on its crosspoint, and this sidewall respectively from bottom and top the mode with the cardinal principle right angle crooked up and down.Rectangular opening 36 is about 1 " square (1 " square).
Alternatively, basket structure can comprise bottom and two upwardly extending sidewalls, and the elongated cover plate or top 40 (referring to the accompanying drawing 12-14) that are preferably formed by pressing metal plates are installed on this sidewall.Rectangular top is comprised of a metallic plate substantially, and this metallic plate forms has edge crooked on the respective metal silk of trapper main body.Such cage trap has been disclosed in copending application U.S.No.11/097, in 195 (also having transferred the assignee of this application), is incorporated herein it in full.
For animal is remained in inclosure, trapper cage door mechanism is provided, totally represent with Reference numeral 44, it comprises the elongated cage door 46 of preferably being made by metallic plate.The top of cage door 46 is connected to the top pivotly by bent projection thing 48.The end of the installation cage door of trapper is called front end herein, and the end of contiguous rear wall is called the rear end.
Cage door locked plate 50 horizontal location, and fixing along the lower limb 52 of cage door face board.Be selectively, if lockplate 50 with compacting or other method moulding on the cage door, it can be used as the integral part of cage door 46.U-shape lock is decided wire yoke bar 60 and is had bottom 62, when the cage door is in the closed position, and the bight that 62 wedge jails, this bottom are limited by the outer surface 54 of the top edge 64 of cage door locked plate 50 and cage door, as shown in Figure 1.The end 66 of this yoke bar rotatably is connected with sidewall 16,18 by cage hingen flap 70 with being connected, and is held element 72 and keeps.
As the zoomed-in view that is mounted of accompanying drawing 1A and accompanying drawing 2 separately as shown in, provide torque wire spring 74, in a downward direction towards cage door bias voltage yoke bar 60.One end of yoke bar 60 inserts the centre bore 73 of torsionspring circle 75, and an arm 71 of torsionspring engages yoke bar 60, another arm 77 deflections and engage top 14 of torsionspring.By this structure, spring 74 presses to the cage door with the yoke bar.
The bottom 76 of cage door locked plate 50 comprises the hole (not shown) that receives lanyard assembly one end, and this lanyard assembly totally adopts Reference numeral 78 to represent, as shown in Figure 3.Lanyard assembly 78 comprises stay cord 80, and this stay cord passes the hole of plate 50, and prevents from being drawn out by the stopper 82 on the cage door link that is fixed on stay cord.From stopper 82, stay cord 80 passes the below of the bottom 62 of yoke bar 60, and along the outer surface 54 of upward direction through cage door 46, with the top of crossing support wire 84 and the top that arrives top 14.The end of the stay cord relative with cage door link has the eyelet 86 that is connected on stay cord, to be used for connecting following setting bar.
See attached Figure 4 and 5 for details, the overall center set mechanism of Reference numeral 90 expressions that adopts is arranged on the top at top 14, and comprise by edge thrust 94 and be fixed on set mechanism flat board 92 on the longitudinal edge 24,26 at top 14, thrust 94 bendings of described edge are to be looped around the corresponding site of gauze.Laterally extending setting shaft bar 96 is arranged on dull and stereotyped 92.This support 96 comprises two upwardly extending arms 98,99, and each arm 98,99 is respectively adjacent to the two ends of support, and each arm 98,99 has substantially circular hole 100 and passes from it.
Roughly each end of U-shaped setting bar 102 is connected on the arm 98,99 of support 96 pivotly, moves to forward facing position on the opposite side that is in support from the position backward on a side that is in support thereby can turn over less times greater than the angles of 180 degree.Set a preferred embodiment of bar as shown in Figure 6.As hereinafter be about to discuss like that, trapper also operably designs to have the setting bar that moves less than in 180 scopes of spending, so that the motion of described bar from a side of support to opposite side is unnecessary.
Particularly, it should be understood by one skilled in the art that to construct set other structure that bar moves in less or larger angular range.Generally speaking, the size of required angular movement depends on the cage door from closed condition to opening required stay cord stroke, and is connected to radial distance between point on the setting bar setting rod axis and stay cord.Especially, the required angle that must pass through of described setting bar is that desired location when the cage door is opened and cage door are closed so that stay cord poor between the point on the setting throw of lever during tensioning no longer.Can effect not arranged to the further motion of cage door over the stroke after described angle, but only increase the slackness of stay cord.See that from practical point of view slackness to a certain degree is useful, because it increases manufacturing tolerance, thereby can reduce the required dimensional accuracy of part.Preferably, pulling rope length is than 1 inch of the about length of required minimum length.What certainly can understand is, uses longer stay cord, and stay cord just has larger slackness in the position that the cage door is closed.
In fact, the disclosed structures that the setting bar moves about 180 degree are desirable, allow the setting bar radius of minimum in view of this geometry, i.e. minimum radial distance between the stay cord tie point on setting rod axis and setting bar.Can almost flatly lean against on the top in view of divide into fixed pole in unbuckled state, disclosed setting bar structure also allows minimum trapper section.Yet, set this angular movement of bar and do not require that stay cord is tensioned through corresponding distance.On the contrary, stay cord be tightened up and in fact control " effectively " scope of the stay cord stroke of cage door motion can be more much smaller than the total kilometres of setting bar.
Be convenient to manually move setting bar 102 by the setting bar handle 104 that is arranged on bar.Handle 104 has central channel 105 and embedded groove 106, and this central channel 105 is used for receiving the yoke section of U-shaped bar 102, and this embedded groove 106 is used for holding the eyelet (eyelet) 86 that the bar that connects stay cord 80 connects end.By making bar pass eyelet 86, thereby lanyard assembly is connected on bar.Then, handle is installed on bar and is fixing by screw etc.Under the constraint of the groove 106 in handle 104, therefore stay cord 80 is prevented from sliding along bar.When the cage door is opened, to close at the spring of the cage door that torsionspring 74 provides under the acting in conjunction of bias voltage and cage door own wt, lanyard assembly is tightened.
During setting and triping, bar 102 has " eccentric (over-center) " action, thus center set mechanism 90 can be reliably, repeatedly operation.As shown in Figure 7, set the tension force vector of the pivot axis 122 of bar 102 and stay cord 80 together, define free travel zone 126 and the zone 128 of symmetry substantially, in described symmetrical region 128, stroke is braked device 129 and limits.Separately the line (power at this line medium pulling rope is passed through pivot axis) in these two zones, represent balancing plane 130.
Limit 2 points that have of the direction of wire-pulling force or vector: near the stay cord fulcrum 132 of trapper front above the cage door, and stay cord is connected to the stay cord point of contact 134 of setting on bar 102.Because the location near the stay cord fulcrum 132 of cage door can not change, the direction of wire-pulling force only changes along with the angle of setting bar.If stay cord point of contact 134 is in free travel zone 126, bar can freely-movable, and wire-pulling force impels bar to rotate, and allows the cage door to close.If stay cord point of contact 134 is in restriction stroke zone 128, wire-pulling force impels equally to be set bar and rotates, but in the opposite direction, and only turns to it and run into brake device 129.Result is, when setting bar 102 and drawn by the free travel zone from " the cage door is closed " position, the power bias voltage of stay cord is directed to the direction of closing trapper.When the motion continuation of setting bar and through overbalance or equilibrium point, that is, during " bias " plane, the power bias voltage of stay cord 80 is directed pulling sets bar against brake device 129, opens or set condition thereby trapper is remained on, as shown in accompanying drawing 7 and 8.In described set condition, the axis of stay cord 80 is in the below of pivot axis line 122, and trapper is stable, if in order to slightly shake its set mechanism 90 of can not triping.According to preferred embodiment, brake device is combined in to be set in bar handle 104, described handle directly with dull and stereotyped 92 Surface Contact, setting up the bias voltage under open mode, thereby do not need dull and stereotyped independent brake device 129.
When center set mechanism 90 activated, bar 102 is upwards motion in restriction stroke regional 128, away from brake device 129.By pivot axis line 122 time, reach eccentric point or the plane 130 of balance when the stay cord axis, and set mechanism is in poised state, as shown in Figure 9.Continue motion when setting bar, set mechanism enters sets the unbuckled state that bar can free-running operation.In described free travel zone 126, the stay cord axis is in the top of pivot axis line 122, as shown in Figure 10.
The bias voltage size of open mode determines by open mode bias voltage offset distance 138, and as shown in Figure 7, described offset distance is when setting bar and brake device offset, the minimum range of the vertical survey between the force vector of pivot axis 122 and stay cord 80.As described before, the force vector of stay cord is limited with the point 134 that stay cord is connected with the setting bar by the stay cord fulcrum 132 near the cage door.
Open mode bias voltage offset distance 138 has two functions.The first, it launches (selffiring) automatically by opposing provides a kind of stable set condition, and the second, it has produced and has started the required moment of torsion of set mechanism.Therefore, the power of triping or the moment of torsion of triping can be adjusted by the position of adjusting brake device, and the described moment of torsion of triping equals the product of wire-pulling force and open mode bias voltage offset distance.Set the brake device position of wire-pulling force vector more near pivot axis 122, the required power of triping is just less, sets the brake device position of wire-pulling force vector more away from pivot axis 122, and the required power of triping is just larger.Equally, the moment of torsion of triping also can be by raising or reducing pivot axis and adjust, and such mode can correspondingly increase or reduce open mode bias voltage offset distance equally.
The set mechanism 90 of triping is by providing enough large moment of torsion to realize to overcome the moment of torsion of triping to setting bar 102.According to the present invention, reduce owing to opening bias voltage (open-bias) moment of torsion when mechanism trips, thereby mechanism becomes and more easily unclamps when moving to the direction of triping.Help like this conversion of set condition and unbuckled state.
Forward accompanying drawing 11 to, release gear 120 comprises trip rod and link assembly, and as shown in Reference numeral 142, this assembly can be dynamically connected with the bait pedal 144 that movably is arranged on bottom 12, thereby described bait pedal is arranged in the zone of besieging animal.Trip rod and link assembly 142 have connecting rod element 146, and this connecting rod element 146 and general reference numeral are that 148 trip rod movably is connected.Trip rod 148 has roughly L-type structure, and this structure has the first elongated member 150 and the second arm 152, and this first elongated member 150 roughly aligns with connecting rod element 146, and this arm 152 extends and engages with the top 154 of pedal 144 along general horizontal direction.If necessary, the free end of the second arm can remain in sidewall 18 by the keeper 153 that is fit to.
Joint between connecting rod element 146 and trip rod 148, total as shown in Reference numeral 156, be formed between the connection ring portion 158,160 of two elements.Similarly, be also that the ring portion 157,159 that is connected by two elements realizes at connecting rod element 146 and joint between lever arm 116.Also can use other joint design, as long as they can provide the abundant exercise degree of freedom between trip rod and connecting rod and between connecting rod element and lever arm, to realize setting eccentric action and the caved in linkage as shown in Figure 1 (collapsible linkage) of bar 102.
When animal entered the animal inclosure, the weight of animal applied downward pressure to the top 154 of bait pedal 144, facilitated pedal along its bottom margin 162 pivotables.The connection ring portion 159 that described motion is facilitated trip rod to be connected with link assembly and will be set bar 102 pulls down the enough distances of action spot, and starts with the pulling force of abundance the rotation of setting bar.Along with under the effect of the deadweight of torsionspring 74 and cage door 46, to set bar 102 by the tightening force of stay cord transmission and be drawn to the front side of this support from the rear side of setting shaft bar 96, surpass balancing plane 130 in case set the bar rotation, set bar and reach free travel zone 126.Described motion allows cage door 46 to move to the closed position from open position, thereby animal is captured in the animal inclosure.
Handle 166 preferably approximately is arranged on set mechanism flat board 92 at the trapper center, and along its length longitudinal extension.Groove 106 in handle 104 has skew with respect to the center of setting bar 102, so stay cord 80 is settled along a side of handle 166.
In order under the state of closing at its cage door, trapper 10 to be set, at first trapper is placed on ground or stayed surface.Catch handle 104, and it 14 is lifted from the top, set bar 102 from its forward facing position pivotable backward, until it passes through equalization point, on described equalization point, in response to the power that is applied by the stay cord bias voltage by torsionspring 74, this handle can easily move with as required with upper face or brake device 129 adjacency of the flat board 92 at bar rear positions place.The reverse of bar causes stay cord 80 to be pulled on direction backward, thereby makes cage door 46 rotate and the cage door is set in load situation along upward direction on thrust 48.After completing described process with a hand, trapper has been set and has been completed, and waits entering of animal and triggers trapper.
In order to lure that animal enters trapper into, suitable bait is inserted into the inside of the pedal 144 in trapper.When animal entered trapper and sets foot on pedal 144, pedal was rotated down, thereby facilitated trip rod and link assembly 142 traction trip rod downwards.Thereby pull down extension arm 116, crank arm section 115 and the ring portion 159 of setting bar 102, like this, the shape of given setting bar impels bar rotation and U-shaped portion part upwards to lift.In case cross balancing plane, the deadweight of torsionspring and cage door 46 facilitates the cage door to be rotated down, thereby closes rapidly inner space 70, with animal trap in cage 10.
In the process that cage door 46 is rotated down, the yoke bar 60 of biased downward, promotion by torsionspring 74, upwards be pressed on the upper face 54 of cage door 46, when the cage door was in the closed position, this yoke bar was placed on the corner that the outer surface 54 of the top edge 64 of cage door locked plate 50 and cage door 45 limits.Under these conditions, if animal attempts to open the cage door, the bottom 62 compressing cage door locked plates 50 of yoke bar rotate up the cage door to stop animal.
When the user wanted to discharge the animal of trapping, the user can follow with setting the similar program of trapper.Originally, the motion backward of handle 104 tension operation stay cord 80, because this stay cord passes below the bottom 62 of locking yoke bar 60, so this stay cord facilitates this yoke bar 60 upwards to lift, this yoke bar breaks away from the top of cage door locked plate under the promotion of stay cord 80.Accordingly, put and make and set bar 102 and move to rear positions by handle 104 is lifted overbalance from the top, the people who is positioned at the trapper rear discharges the animal of trapping.
As used herein, term " trip rod and link assembly " is defined as to has the most widely implication and can comprise stay cord or other trigger mechanisms, thereby can be used for traction setting bar 102 when pedal 144 is rotated down when.In addition, those skilled in the art understand that trip rod can form single-piece with connecting rod, for example can be by the mode of casting.The bait pedal also can be integrally formed with bar.Can interact with animal other release gears of (for example pull) can substitute pedal 144 and constitute the part of frizzen.
According to the present invention, the second embodiment with trapper of center set mechanism is described in accompanying drawing 12, and accompanying drawing 12 has been showed the setting bar 170 under " setting " state.Pivot axis is limited by two positions 172 on up-right support 173,174, and this support 173 is fixed on top 40, and the stay cord 80 of tensioning simultaneously 178 draws and sets bar 170 in the position.Setting bar 170 is the plane basically, and it is connected on bait pedal 180 by combined type (collapsible) linkage 182 that can cave in.When the bait pedal was rotated down, described linkage pulled down the section of cranking arm 181, set bar 170 with rotation and crossed eccentric position, thereby can close trapper cage door in the mode that the front has been described.Trapper is set by identical mode.
The 3rd embodiment of center set mechanism of the present invention is described in accompanying drawing 13.As shown in the figure, the present embodiment uses the monoblock type trip rod 184 of revising and has longitudinal extension handle 188 compactness mounted thereto and sets bar 186.Set bar 186 and have integrated ring portion 185 and hook portion 187.This ring portion 185 is held the end 183 of wire rack mount 181, and this support 181 is fixed on metallic plate top 240.This end 183 can be in the interior rotation of ring portion 185 and as the rotating shaft of setting bar 186.
When setting bar 186 and lift to set trapper from cage door closed position, the hook portion 187 that departs from the rotating shaft that is limited by end 183 begins rotation from them in the position of trip rod back, and then this hook portion is by the top 189 of the trip rod of the either side of their contact lower concave parts 191 and the path of trip rod 184 being lifted the desired location of 240 tops to the top.On desired location, trip rod supports the top bait pedal 180 in trapper bottom.When masterpiece was used on bait pedal 180, trip rod pulled down hook portion 187, provided moment of torsion via the offset distance of hook portion and rotating shaft to setting bar 186, overcame the open mode bias voltage and triped (startup) trapper.Distance between ring portion and top is greater than the length of hook portion, and therefore hook portion can not be subject to the obstruction at top when setting the bar rotation.Set the motion that bar continues self, hook portion and trip rod break away from, and allow the lower concave part of trip rod again to return to be resisted against on the top.
As shown in Figure 14, in the 4th embodiment, the monoblock type trip rod 184 of the modification of the embodiment in accompanying drawing 13 and wire rack mount 181 are used for setting bar 190, and this setting bar directly is connected with trip rod, thereby setting bar and trip rod combine always.Yet when only having trapper to set, " knee " section 192 that sets bar just can be bonded together with the end 183 of wire rack mount 181.Particularly, from the position of triping that the cage door is closed, set bar 190 and be pulled rearward, thereby the end 183 of knee 192 and wire rack mount 181 is bonded together.In case be bonded together, set bar and will adopt with the same mode of other embodiment and rotate to the center set position, as shown in Figure 14.
As shown in Figure 15 A-18, according to the two-door embodiment that opens of trapper of the present invention, totally by Reference numeral 200 expressions.According to the two-door embodiment that opens of the present invention, it is relative with the first cage door 46 that the second cage door 246 is configured to, thereby two ends of trapper can be opened.Advantageously, this trapper can operate as the trapper that simple gate is opened, thereby provides the design that unites two into one to the user, and it provides respectively the advantage of simple gate and two-door trapper and functional in a device.
In order to control the motion of the second cage door 246, totally the second lanyard assembly by Reference numeral 278 expressions has the second stay cord 280, its be fixed on set on bar 102 and the second cage door usually by between the tie point of Reference numeral 282 expressions (referring to Figure 17).In order to allow to set bar from a side single-way moving of support 96 to opposite side, encouraging two lanyard assemblys 78,278, totally be arranged on the top of the setting dull and stereotyped 92 of trapper and the trapper between front top 207 by the stay cord guide of Reference numeral 205 expressions.Stay cord guide 205 changes the direction of the second stay cord 280, and around himself going back to 180 degree, making in theory, the second stay cord has discernible part with stay cord.The cage door section 281 of the second stay cord extends from the second cage door 246, passes and sets bar 102, arrives stretching guide 205.At guide 205 places, the second stay cord 280 bendings 180 spend to limit crooked u turn part 283, and then u turn part 283 extends in the setting bar part 285 of the second stay cord (referring to Figure 17).The setting bar part 285 of the second stay cord is roughly parallel to its cage door section 281 extends, and terminates in the tie point place in the handle 104 of setting on bar 102.Herein for illustrative purposes, identify these parts of the second stay cord, but do not represent the length-specific in stay cord itself.Whether on the contrary, depend on trapper and set or trip, these parts move along stay cord.
According to the preferred embodiment that shows in Figure 15 A-18, stay cord guide 205 is shown as the hook portion 211 of wire form.Other mechanism also can be used for realizing the u turn of 180 degree, and such as pulley, guiding tube, bobbin, cam etc. will be understood as those of ordinary skills.
The hook portion 211 of wire form forms grooves 213, and it has towards the leading edge 207 of trapper and away from the opening 215 of the second cage door 246, and is setting bar 102 closed 217 nearby.The second stay cord 280 is housed in groove 213, from its by the approaching side of Reference numeral 221 expression to the outlet side by Reference numeral 223 expressions.When having set trapper, the second stay cord is strained on closed 217.
Preferably, suitable stay cord location is to be enhanced by the stay cord management component on the top that is included in trapper.According to shown preferred embodiment, stay cord management component is specially the groove 225 in the installation bottom 266 that is respectively formed at handle 166.Groove 225 longitudinally extends through each bottom 266 is installed, and generally aligns point-blank with the approaching side 221 of point 282 and stay cord guide 205 each other, is connected to the second cage door 246 at point 282 place's the second stay cords 280.Alignment by this straight line, the second stay cord 280 is the tie point 282 from the second cage door 246 point-blank roughly, by the handle groove 225 of alignment, and extend to afterwards the approaching side 221 of stay cord guide 205, described straight line is roughly parallel to the longitudinal edge 287 of trapper.Stay cord is from approaching side 221, crooked on the closed 217 of guide, and goes out from its outlet side 223 afterwards.The outlet side 223 of guide 205 preferably is connected to the second stay cord the point of setting bar and roughly aligns, and makes the setting bar part 281,285 of cage door and the second stay cord roughly extend parallel to each other.Be similar to for eyelet 86, the second stay cords that connect the first stay cord and can be connected to the setting bar by the eyelet (not shown).
Alternately, stay cord management component can be specially the structure of separating with handle that the second stay cord can pass, and for example eye hook (eye-hook) or other loop configuration are suitably alignd stay cord guaranteeing.
In the state of not setting that shows in Figure 15 A, 15B and 15C, set bar 102 near the first cage door 46, stay cord 80,280 is not tightened up.The tie point 282 of the second stay cord 280 from the second cage door 146 passes handle groove 225, extends to afterwards zigzag part 283, and there, the second stay cord is gone back to it on the tie point of setting on bar 102.
In order to set the trapper for two-door opening operation, the zigzag part 283 of the second stay cord forms ring on stretching guide 211, so that the second stay cord is placed in groove 213, as shown in figure 16.Then, when by moving towards the second cage door 246 when setting bar and setting trapper, two cage doors 46,246 of trapper are configured to open.As has been described, be connected to the first stay cord 80 of the first cage door 46 by direct tension, open the first cage door 46, and move the first cage door 46 with the setting bar.Similarly, when setting bar and moved to desired location from stay cord guiding piece 205, by straining the second stay cord 280 second cage door 246 that raises, wherein pull the second stay cord 280 from approaching side 221 to outlet side 223 by stay cord guiding groove 213.As the trapper that is configured to two-door configuration of opening is by shown in Figure 17.
Two-door trapper also can be used as the simple gate trapper, thereby provides multifunctionality to the user in operation.The operation of opening for simple gate, set bar 102 by moving towards the second cage door 246, make the evolution of not setting that trapper shows from Figure 15 A-15C to the position that Figure 18 shows, wherein the zigzag part 283 at described not desired location the second stay cord does not engage with stay cord guide 205.Because the second stay cord is not engaged, the mobile bar 102 of setting only open the first cage door 46, and the second cage door 246 keeps closing.
Be understandable that, the present invention is limited by described embodiment.According to above-mentioned instruction, ability technical staff can easily expect various changes and the variation of the embodiment of the present invention.
Claims (19)
1. animal trap comprises:
The animal inclosure, it has top and a pair of the first relative animal entrance and the second animal entrance that passes into hollow inside, this hollow inside be sized to accommodate the animal that is entrapped;
The first cage door, it movably is arranged on the first animal entrance, and this cage door operates to appear described the first animal entrance when the open position, and blocks described the first animal entrance when the closed position;
The second cage door, it movably is arranged on the second animal entrance, and this cage door operates to appear described the second animal entrance when the open position, and blocks described the second animal entrance when the closed position;
The first operation stay cord, it has the first and second ends, and this first end is fixed on described the first cage door;
The second operation stay cord, it has the first and second ends, and the first end of described the second operation stay cord is fixed on described the second cage door;
Center set mechanism, it is arranged on the top of trapper, in order to movably to fix the second end of the first operation stay cord and the second operation stay cord; When being placed to desired location, described center set mechanism moves the second end of described at least the first operation stay cord towards described the second cage door, to open at least described the first cage door; With
Release gear, it is used for starting the pivotal action of center set mechanism, so that the second end of the first operation stay cord moves to the first cage door, and can move to the closed position from open position to described the first cage door of major general, thereby with animal trap in the animal inclosure;
Described trapper is configured to the trapper of opening as simple gate or as two-door trapper operation of opening, when described trapper operated as the two-door trapper of opening, described release gear started cutting out of two cage doors basically simultaneously.
2. animal trap as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described trapper comprises the stay cord guide on the top that is arranged on described animal inclosure, and described stay cord guide is configured to engage described the second operation stay cord when described trapper is set to two-door opening operation.
3. animal trap as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, described stay cord guide is the hook portion of wire form, it has in the face of the opening of described the first cage door with at described center set mechanism closed nearby, and described the second operation stay cord enters into described opening and is maintained on described closed when being tightened up between its first and second end.
4. animal trap as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described center set mechanism comprises:
Set shaft bar, its longitudinal direction transverse to the animal inclosure is arranged on the top; With
The setting bar of U-shaped roughly, its each end support is on described setting shaft bar, thereby can move to pivotally the opposite side of described setting shaft bar on described longitudinal direction from a side of described setting shaft bar, described second end of described the first operation stay cord and the second operation stay cord is fixed on described setting bar at the place, centre position of the end that is set the shaft bar support of described setting bar.
5. animal trap as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, trapper or the two-door trapper of opening that described trapper is configured to open as simple gate operate, described trapper comprises the stay cord guide on the top that is arranged on described animal inclosure, and described stay cord guide is configured to engage described the second operation stay cord when described trapper is set to two-door opening operation.
6. animal trap as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described stay cord guide is the hook portion of wire form, it has in the face of the opening of described the first cage door with at described setting shaft bar closed nearby, and described the second operation stay cord enters into described opening and is maintained on described closed when being tightened up between its first and second end.
7. animal trap as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described trapper also comprises at least one stay cord managent component, and described stay cord managent component is arranged on the top of described trapper, to operate stay cord towards described stay cord guide guiding described second.
8. animal trap as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described trapper comprises the handle that longitudinally extends, it has the handle bottom that is arranged on described setting shaft bar, described stay cord managent component comprises and is formed in described handle bottom and each groove from wherein extending through longitudinally, described groove is in alignment with each other, to hold described the second operation stay cord that passes therethrough.
9. animal trap as claimed in claim 8, is characterized in that, described groove roughly longitudinally aligns with the point that described the second operation stay cord is fixed to described the second cage door.
10. animal trap as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, the edge that enters of described stay cord guide roughly longitudinally aligns with described groove.
11. animal trap as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, the outlet edge of described stay cord guide roughly longitudinally aligns with the point that described the second operation stay cord is connected to described setting bar.
12. an animal trap comprises:
The animal inclosure, it has top and the first a pair of relative animal entrance and the second animal entrance that pass into hollow inside, this hollow inside be sized to accommodate the animal that is entrapped;
The first cage door, it movably is arranged on the first animal porch, and this first cage door operates to appear described the first animal entrance when the open position, and blocks described animal entrance when the closed position;
The second cage door, it movably is arranged on the second animal porch, and this second cage door operates to appear described the second animal entrance when the open position, and blocks described the second animal entrance when the closed position;
Center set mechanism, it is arranged on the top of described trapper, and comprise the setting bar of being installed pivotally, this setting bar is movably triping between position and desired location, and described setting bar is configured to open described at least the first cage door when being set in described desired location;
Operating mechanism, it is connected to described setting bar, in order to therewith move, and has the first end that is fixed on described the first cage door;
Release gear, it be used for to drive is set bar and moves to the described position of triping from described desired location pivotally, moves to described closed position can make at least described the first cage door from described open position, thereby with animal trap in the animal inclosure;
Described trapper is configured to depend on the location of described operating mechanism when described setting bar is arranged on described desired location, the trapper of opening as simple gate or as two-door trapper operation of opening, when described trapper operated as the two-door trapper of opening, described release gear started cutting out of two cage doors basically simultaneously.
13. animal trap as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described operating mechanism is stay cord.
14. animal trap as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, described operating mechanism comprises the first stay cord and the second stay cord, this first stay cord is fixed on described the first cage door in described the first end, be fixed on described setting bar in its second end, this second stay cord is connected on described the second cage door in its first end, is connected on described setting bar in its second end.
15. animal trap as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, described center set mechanism is included in the stay cord guiding pieces that direction that being used on the top of described trapper make described the second stay cord changes 180 degree.
16. animal trap as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that, described trapper also comprises the handle that longitudinally extends, described handle has the handle bottom on the top that is arranged on described trapper, described handle bottom has longitudinally each groove from wherein extending through, and described groove is in alignment with each other to hold described the second stay cord.
17. animal trap as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, described groove roughly longitudinally aligns with the point that the first end of described the second stay cord is fixed on described the second cage door.
18. animal trap as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, the edge that enters of described stay cord guiding piece roughly longitudinally aligns with described groove.
19. animal trap as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, the outlet edge of described stay cord guiding piece roughly longitudinally aligns with the point that described second end of described the second stay cord is connected to described setting bar.
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