Insect trap
AssigneeBrandenburg (UK) Limited
InventorsMathew Varghese Kaye, Carl Baptista
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a trap for catching or killing insects, and a method of attracting flying insects to an insect trap. The trap includes a back housing, an insect capture or killing mechanism, an insect attracting light source including light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultra violet radiation, and a cover with openings that allow insects to enter the trap. The light source is directed immediately inwardly through plus or minor 45 degrees towards the insect capture or killing mechanism and is precluded from being directed immediately outwardly through the cover.
Claims16
A trap for catching or killing insects comprising:
- a. a back housing;
- b. an insect capture or killing mechanism disposed in front of the back housing;
- c. an insect attracting light source comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultra violet (UV) radiation with a peak wavelength of 360-370 nm;
- and
- d. a cover, comprising openings allowing insects to enter and through which insect attracting light is dispersed, the cover being disposed in front of the back housing;
- wherein a plane (X-X) runs parallel to the back housing, the insect capture or killing mechanism, and the cover, and the insect attracting light source is positioned between the cover and the insect capture or killing mechanism and the LEDs are mounted in front of the back housing and the insect capture or killing mechanism, and behind the cover on a mount such that the insect attracting light source directs light:
- parallel to the plane (X-X) and with a spread of between plus 60 degrees to minus 60 degrees relative to the plane (X-X), by the natural configuration of the LEDs or by guides or baffles that channel the insect attracting light in the desired direction, and to a centre of the trap away from a perimeter running between the cover and the back housing.
A method of attracting flying insects to an insect trap,
- comprising:
- diffusing light emitted by light emitting diodes (LEDs) which emit ultra violet (UV) radiation with a peak wavelength of 360-370 nm via a light source, wherein the LEDs are mounted in front of a back housing and an insect capture or killing mechanism, and behind a cover on a mount such that the light source is directed:
- parallel to a plane (X-X) running parallel to the back housing and with a spread of between plus 60 degrees to minus 60 degrees relative to the plane, by the natural configuration of the LEDs or by guides or baffles that channel the insect attracting light in the desired direction, and to a centre of the trap away from a perimeter running between the cover and the back housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.