Portable light and insect extermination device
AssigneeAlliance Sports Group, L.P.
InventorGregory Lee Horne
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Abstract
A combination lighting apparatus and insect extermination device is disclosed having a housing with an upper section and a lower section separated by a first aperture. A light source is disposed in the upper section. An electrical grid and negative pressure source are disposed in the lower section. A power source is coupled to the light source, the electric grid, and the pressure source. A second aperture is located in the lower section after the electric grid, wherein air is propagated inward through the first aperture, through the electrical grid and out the second aperture.
Claims14
A portable combination lighting apparatus and insect extermination device, comprising:
- a housing comprising an upper section and a lower section;
- a light source disposed in the upper section;
- an electrical grid and negative pressure source disposed in the lower section;
- a power source coupled to the light source and the electric grid;
- a second aperture disposed in the lower section, wherein the negative pressure source causes air to be propagated inward through a first aperture, through the electrical grid, and out the second aperture;
- wherein the light source comprises a plurality of LEDs mounted in the upper section, wherein a first portion of the LEDs is configured to propagate light ranging from about 400 nm to 720 nm and a second portion of the LEDs is configured to propagate light ranging from about 315 nm to 400 nm.
A method of using a portable lighting/insect extermination device, comprising:
- activating a power switch disposed on the lighting/insect extermination device, said device comprising a housing having an upper section and a lower section, an aperture disposed between the upper section and the lower section, a light source disposed in the upper section, an electrical grid disposed in the lower section, a fan disposed in the lower section configured to generate a negative pressure on a first side of the fan and a positive pressure on a second side of the fan, and a power source coupled to the light source, the fan, and the electric grid;
- propagating light from the light source, wherein the light source comprises a first LED and a second LED;
- generating a negative pressure adjacent the first aperture and a positive pressure adjacent a second aperture within the device;
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- drawing insects into the first aperture and in contact with the electrical grid
- modulating a first beam of light propagated from the first LED ranging from about 315 nm to about 400 nm at a rate greater than about 2 KHz to about 20 KHz.
A portable combination lighting apparatus and insect extermination device, comprising:
- a housing comprising an upper section and a lower section;
- a light source disposed in the upper section comprising one or more LEDs;
- an electrical grid and negative pressure source disposed in the lower section, wherein the negative pressure source causes air to be propagated through the electrical grid;
- a power source coupled to the light source and the electric grid;
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- a programmable logic controller coupled to a switch and the power source, the controller configured to operate the light source such that light propagated from the light source ranging from about 315 nm to about 400 nm is pulse width modulated at a rate greater than about 20 KHz while light propagated from the light source ranging from about 400 nm to about 720 nm is not pulse width modulated or is pulse width modulated at a rate below 2 KHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.