What is a Mousetrap Car: “A small vehicle having its only source of motive power to be a mousetrap” (Mousetrap Car, Wikipedia)
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How a Mousetrap Car Works:
http://mesa.sdsu.edu/Projectofthemonth/mousetrapcars6[1].jpg A mousetrap car doesn’t need batteries or fuel. It is powered by simply setting the trap and letting it lose. The power from the spring propels the car. A rod, or lever, (typically used to snap the neck of a mouse), pulls string wound around an axle. Te string unwinds, causing the wheels to rotate, pushing the mousetrap forward. This process basically converts the energy from the spring into rotational energy which is delivered into the wheels …show more content…
History of Mousetraps:
James Henry Atkinson and The Little Nipper http://webspace.ringling.edu/~severhar/gc243/how%20it%20works/!!!site/images/inventor_full.jpg James Henry Atkinson, a British inventor, invented a prototype mousetrap in 1897. He named it the "Little Nipper," a classic snapping mousetrap. The Little Nipper has a, "small flat wooden base, the spring trap, and wire fastenings...
A mousetrap similar to The Little Nipper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Atkinson#/media/File:Mousetrap_01.jpg [and] slams shut in 38,000s of a second and that record has never been beaten." (Bellis). Even today, this trap has been used. According to Bellis, this type of mousetrap has captured 60% of the British mousetrap market, "an estimated equal share of the international market." Atkinson sold the patent for The Little Nipper for 1,000 pounds to Welsh company named Procter in 1913. However since then, Austin Kness thought of a human mousetrap, without the use of bait, catching the mice alive. This design can also catch several mice without having to be reset. Bellis states that over 4400 mousetrap patents have been issued, however only about 20 have made
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How a Mousetrap Car Works:
http://mesa.sdsu.edu/Projectofthemonth/mousetrapcars6[1].jpg A mousetrap car doesn’t need batteries or fuel. It is powered by simply setting the trap and letting it lose. The power from the spring propels the car. A rod, or lever, (typically used to snap the neck of a mouse), pulls string wound around an axle. Te string unwinds, causing the wheels to rotate, pushing the mousetrap forward. This process basically converts the energy from the spring into rotational energy which is delivered into the wheels …show more content…
History of Mousetraps:
James Henry Atkinson and The Little Nipper http://webspace.ringling.edu/~severhar/gc243/how%20it%20works/!!!site/images/inventor_full.jpg James Henry Atkinson, a British inventor, invented a prototype mousetrap in 1897. He named it the "Little Nipper," a classic snapping mousetrap. The Little Nipper has a, "small flat wooden base, the spring trap, and wire fastenings...
A mousetrap similar to The Little Nipper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Atkinson#/media/File:Mousetrap_01.jpg [and] slams shut in 38,000s of a second and that record has never been beaten." (Bellis). Even today, this trap has been used. According to Bellis, this type of mousetrap has captured 60% of the British mousetrap market, "an estimated equal share of the international market." Atkinson sold the patent for The Little Nipper for 1,000 pounds to Welsh company named Procter in 1913. However since then, Austin Kness thought of a human mousetrap, without the use of bait, catching the mice alive. This design can also catch several mice without having to be reset. Bellis states that over 4400 mousetrap patents have been issued, however only about 20 have made