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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1977
Tadanobu Nakai, Nara, JP;
Tokiwa Chemical Industries Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An animal trap has an elongated hollow box-like housing including side walls, a bottom wall and an end wall and an open end portion; a movable closure member is mounted on a pivot shaft in one end of the housing for pivotal movement between a closed position blocking the open end of the housing and an open position to permit the passage of a rat into the interior of the housing. A latch rod is mounted in slots in the side walls for movement between an unlatching position permitting opening movement of the closure panel and a latching position preventing movement of the closure panel from its closed position so that movement of the closure member to the open position followed by return movement to its closed position by movement of a rat into the housing causes the latch rod to move to its latching position to prevent subsequent opening of the closure member.