Carousel-type trap for insects

#This invention refers to the monitoring and control of plagues, more specifically, a trap for insects in which the trap for insects may provide several different types of baits placed on a carousel-type device.

#With the purpose of facilitating the monitoring and control of the population of insects, the need to use of a variety of conventional traps is present, which use several support structures to place baits, these structures are currently limited by the physical shapes of the baits or the design of the trap itself. The term “bait” generally refers to a chemical agent, which may exist in its pure state or in combination with another agent. Other agents may include destruction agents in which the structure of the bait may also provide an elimination mechanism for insects or coupling agents used to fix the bait on a structure attached to said mechanism. The death of the insect may occur through adhesion, poisoning or another disabling mechanism. The majority of individual traps currently available only support one or two types of structures for baits, and will only allow a maximum of two simultaneous baits. Baits are not always available to be placed on a single support structure within the trap, the structure is usually formed in accordance with the transportation requirements of the raw material or simply by the manufacturer's design:

#The difference in support structures for the bait may be attributed to the composition of the bait itself. Not all the compositions may be compatible with a card, for example. Some compositions must exist necessarily as liquids, and their liquid nature may be vital for the transportation of the luring material. As every different type of support structure for attracting materials would require the purchase of a trap that fits its specific shape, size and requirements. Therefore, currently, several existing inventions that do not allow the use of simultaneous baits, which will require the user to purchase and maintain a higher number of traps, and each different type will allow the use of a single type of bait. For a user that required a high number of traps in order to cover a significant area, the cost of purchasing several types of traps in order to use different types of support structures for the bait may be prohibitively expensive and the storage may result prohibitively cumbersome. For instance, a user requiring only 100 traps to cover a given area shall purchase 300 traps in order to use three different types of support structure for the bait, three times the amount that would normally be necessary, in this context, we observe the following inventions, which have been developed for pest control purposes.

#In order to complement the description above and with the purpose of facilitating the understanding of the characteristics of the invention, the description is accompanied, and being also part thereof, by a series of drawings, which include, but are not limited to:

#FIG. 1. Shot of the Carousel's main view from above.

#FIG. 2. Shot of the Carousel's main isometric view.

#Below, a detailed description of the present invention is given with reference to the figures.

#According to the present invention, the Carousel-Type Insect Trap comprises a main piece of the invention, known as the Carousel 10, which may be observed in FIG. 1, comprising clamping arms 11 which have been attached to a tubular piece 2, in said clamping arms 11 are projected longitudinally and concentrically towards the outside of the surface of the tubular piece 12 until a predetermined distance, which is adequate for clamping, each clamping arm 11 has means of support 13 located in proximity to the distal end of the tubular piece, said means of support 13 are used to place the bait structures 20, which may observed in FIG. 3, continuing with the description of the carousel 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, said clamping arms 11 have a curved ending 14 designed for the manipulation of each clamping arm 11, by the user, in order place the bait structures 20 without touching the active substance, thus preserving the intact properties of said active substance.

#The Carousel 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises one additional clamping arm 15 projected from a clamping arm 11, thus, a clamping arm 11 supports one additional clamping arm 15 with a curvature in the end of the clamping arm 16 arranged for the manipulation of said clamping arm and insert a bait 20 between the additional clamping arm 15 and the clamping arm 11.