Electrocution animal trap with a sender
AssigneeRatco APS
InventorsFrank Muller, Kim Jensen
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Abstract
An electrically powered rodent trap which includes a surveillance system for remote surveillance of the trap so that the trap may be operated without being attended to. A rodent which enters into the trap is killed by means of electrocution electrodes. The dead rodent is automatically dispatched from the trap, e.g. by a trapdoor, into a container or reservoir beneath the trap. The number of electrocutions and possible other data is stored by an electronic system incorporated in the trap and a signal is sent out, either by request from an external unit, or automatically to an external unit. A city rodent exterminator is capable of monitoring the status of the trap from an office location and thereby effectively tend to the trap or to a series of traps.
Claims56
An electrically powered animal trap, which comprises
- a set of electrodes for electrocution of an animal, and
- means for communicating a surveillance signal between the trap and an external surveillance unit.
A trap according to any of the preceding claims further comprising an electronic circuit including at least one micro processor, wherein the electronic circuit is adapted to generate the high-voltage potential from a low voltage power source upon detection of an animal.
A method for electrocuting an animal comprising the steps of:
- detecting an animal
- updating an information storage with information relating to a total number of electrocutions, and
- transmitting a surveillance signal to an external unit, the surveillance signal comprising
- the information relating to the total number of electrocutions.
A method where an electrocuting trap comprises a water-level detector adapted to send out an electronic signal, in the case the water level rises above a predetermined level, and wherein an electronic circuit for electrocution is adapted to react in response to an electronic signal from the water level detector by disabling the generation of the high-voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.