“James Henry Atkinson”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Atkinson patented various inventions including a number of mousetrap mechanisms (GB189827488, GB189913277, GB190002503, GB190008317, GB190820769, GB191022542).^[5] The mousetrap patents included a number of variations of the now classic snapping mousetrap consisting of a spring-loaded hinged metal bar mounted on a small flat wooden base. It slams shut in 38/1000{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} of a second, killing the mouse by breaking its spine and causing shock and internal bleeding. Although some of his designs were more sophisticated (for example treadle activated triggers^[6]) it is the simple ‘Little Nipper´ that was the most successful. The spring-on-board mousetrap design has captured a sixty-percent share of the British mousetrap market alone, and an estimated equal share of the international market.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

James Atkinson sold his mousetrap patent in 1913 for 1,000 pounds to Procter, the company that has been manufacturing the "Little Nipper" ever since, and has even erected a 150-exhibit mousetrap museum in its factory headquarters.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=3&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19000428&CC=GB&NR=189913277A&KC=A|title=An Improved Bait Trap for Mice, Rats, and the like}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.discoveringyorkshire.net/Page.aspx?PageId=3 |publisher=DiscoveringYorkshire.org |title=The Patents |date=24 October 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185731/http://www.discoveringyorkshire.net/Page.aspx?PageId=3 |archivedate=21 July 2011 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=720&journeyid=200 |publisher=MyLearning.org |title=James Henry Atkinson and the ‘Little Nipper´. |date=14 January 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130055/http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=720&journeyid=200 |archivedate=28 September 2007 |df= }}
4. ^Patent of William C. Hooker's animal-trap in Google Patents.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/searchResults?DB=EPODOC&IN=James+Henry+Atkinson&ST=advanced&compact=false&locale=en_EP&sortField=prd&ascending=true|title=Espacenet - results}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=2&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=18990304&CC=GB&NR=189827488A&KC=A|title=Improved Treadle Trap for Mice, Rats and the like}}