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 Title: |
US3778922:
BIRDHOUSE SPARROW TRAP
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Clark, James Webster; Mendon, MO 64660
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1973-12-18
/ 1971-07-08
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| Application Number: |
US1971000103353
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01M 23/02;
Core:
A01M 23/00;
IPC-7:
A01M 23/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
043/061;
043/067;
Original:
043/061;
043/067;
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| Field of Search: |
043/061,67,76
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| Priority Number: |
| 1971-07-08 |
US1971000103353 |
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| Abstract: |
A trap for catching English sparrows, the device comprising a configurated enclosure having two separate chambers with a partition therebetween. The first of the chambers has an access opening from the outside thereinto and an exit opening through the partition into the second chamber, and a mechanism whereby a sparrow after entering the first chamber then closes the entrance opening and at the same time opens the exit opening so that the bird can pass through the partition into the second chamber from which it can be manually retrieved through a separate door.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mancene, Louis G.; Leach, Daniel J.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What I now claim is:
1. In a birdhouse sparrow trap, the combination of a housing configurated in the form of a purple martin birdhouse, said housing including a peaked roof, opposite side walls, opposite end walls and a bottom wall, the interior of said housing being divided into a first chamber and a second chamber by means of a partition therebetween, an entrance opening in the end wall of said first chamber, and an exit opening from said first chamber in said partition, and a mechanism for alternately allowing passage of a sparrow through said entrance opening and said exit opening, said mechansim comprising a pivotable rod having a depending paddle at each end thereof, one of said paddles being adaptable to close said entrance opening and the other said paddle being adaptable to close said exit opening, a radially extending arm integral with said rod, the outward end of said arm having one end of a cord secured thereto, the opposite end of said cord being attached to one end of a pivotable floor which is pivotable about its opposite end, said pivotable floor being normally maintained in a balanced horizontal position by means of a counterweight at the end of a second radial arm secured to said rod.
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| Forward References: |
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