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US 10,182,565 B2Granted
Insect repellent fixture and method
AssigneeSterling International Inc.
InventorsQing-He Zhang, Rodney G. Schneidmiller
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Abstract
A fixture (100) for gradually releasing a spatially effective semiochemical, for example a repellant. The fixture includes a slotted tube (140), that may be formed for example, from a porous material, a peripheral tube (102) having a plurality of apertures and disposed outward from the slotted tube, a base (110) that engages the slotted tube and the outer tube, a funnel member (160) that engages a top end of the slotted tube and the peripheral tube, and a cap (130). In an embodiment the base includes a lighting element (150).
Claims11
A spatial repellent system comprising:
- a fixture comprising (i) a slotted tube having a plurality of elongate slots;
- (ii) a peripheral tube having a plurality of apertures therethrough, wherein the peripheral tube is disposed radially outwardly from the slotted tube;
- (iii) a base that engages a bottom end of the slotted tube and a bottom end of the peripheral tube;
- and (iv) a cap assembly that engages a top end of the slotted tube and a top end of the peripheral tube, wherein the cap assembly comprises a conical portion that is configured to funnel a liquid repellant outwardly and through a port of the cap assembly onto the top end of the slotted tube, and the slotted tube is configured to adsorb the liquid repellant;
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- the liquid repellent is configured to flow downwardly by gravity and to be adsorbed onto the slotted tube such that volatiles of the adsorbed liquid repellent are gradually released from the slotted tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.