Method and apparatus for deploying, actuating and retrieving a pesticide canister
OwnerDavid Walter Wrightinventor
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Abstract
A pesticide canister assembly includes a canister housing configured to receive a canister containing a pesticide, an actuator fixed to the canister housing, and a retrieval string coupled to the actuator. The actuator is configured for selective movement from a non-actuated position, whereat the canister is not activated to dispense the pesticide, to an actuated position, whereat the canister is activated to dispense the pesticide. The retrieval string is coupled to the actuator, wherein the retrieval string is configured to selectively move the actuator from the non-actuated position to the actuated position, and wherein the retrieval string is configured to retrieve the canister housing.
Claims15
A pesticide canister assembly, comprising:
- a canister housing configured to receive a canister containing a pesticide;
- an actuator fixed to the canister housing, the actuator configured for selective movement from a non-actuated position, whereat the canister is not activated to dispense the pesticide, to an actuated position, whereat the canister is activated to dispense the pesticide;
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- a retrieval string coupled to the actuator, wherein the retrieval string is configured to selectively move the actuator from the non-actuated position to the actuated position, and wherein the retrieval string is configured to retrieve the canister housing.
A method of dispensing a pesticide from a canister, comprising:
- providing a canister housing;
- disposing the canister containing a pesticide in the canister housing;
- locating the canister housing in an area to be exterminated;
- activating the canister from an area remote from the area to be exterminated and causing the pesticide to be dispensed from the container;
- retrieving the canister housing from an area remote from the area to be exterminated;
- activating the canister by pulling on a string attached to an actuator of the canister housing;
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- retrieving the canister housing by pulling on the string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.