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US 2010/0146840 A1Published application
Plug-in device for attracting and exterminating pests
OwnerSteven L. Troutmaninventor
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Abstract
A plug-in device for controlling and exterminating pests includes an electrically powered heat source, a source of a volatile material adjacent to the heat source, the volatile material including at least a pesticide, and a source of carbon dioxide, wherein emitted heat and carbon dioxide attract the pests and wherein the volatile material is vaporized by the heat, thereby exterminating the attracted pests.
Claims5
An apparatus for controlling and exterminating pests, the apparatus comprising:
- an electrically powered heat source;
- a source of a volatile material adjacent to the heat source, the volatile material comprising a pesticide;
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- a source of carbon dioxide;
- wherein emitted heat and carbon dioxide attract the pests and wherein the volatile material is vaporized by the heat, thereby exterminating the attracted pests.
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