US 2006/0032110 A1Published application

Trapping device

OwnerKeng-Ming Yanginventor

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Abstract

A trapping device includes upper lure and lower detention compartments, and a trapping mechanism. The trapping mechanism includes infrared sensors provided in the lure compartment, first and second trapdoors, and a control circuit board for receiving signals from the infrared sensors to pivotally turn the first and the second trapdoor. When an animal/insect enters the lure compartment and passes through the infrared sensors, the first trapdoor is pivotally turned from a horizontal to a vertical position to confine the animal/insect in a rear room of the lure compartment, and the second trapdoor from a horizontal to a vertical position to open a floor opening communicating the lure and the detention compartment to trap the animal/insect in the detention compartment. The second trapdoor restores to the horizontal position to close the floor opening when a preset time passed, and the first trapdoor is returned to the horizontal position 20 seconds later.

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Dependent claims

A trapping device, comprising a main body for trapping animals and insects;

said main body being internally divided into at least an upper lure compartment and a lower detention compartment, and provided between said lure and said detention compartment with a trapping mechanism;
said lure compartment being provided at a front side with an entrance, via which animals and/or insects go into said main body, at a middle portion with a floor opening for communicating said upper lure compartment with said lower detention compartment, and near a rear side opposite to the front entrance with a bait;
said detention compartment being located below said lure compartment, and provided at a rear side with a gate;
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said trapping mechanism including at least a plurality of infrared sensors, a first trapdoor dividing said lure compartment into a front and a rear room, a second trapdoor for opening or closing said floor opening of said lure compartment, and
a control circuit board for receiving signals from said infrared sensors to control opening or closing movements of said first and said second trapdoor.

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