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US 2012/0222628 A1Published application
Apparatus for applying chemicals to rodents
AssigneesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Bayer CropScience AG, B & G Equipment Company
InventorsGary O. Maupin, Marc C. Dolan, Nicholas Hamon, Eric J. Snell
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Abstract
An enclosure is provided having openings for entry of rodents within the enclosure. There is arranged one or more applicators in the form of a suspended flexible web configured to contact rodents entering the chamber and having a chemical on the web for application to the rodents.
Claims8
1-11. (canceled)
An apparatus for applying a chemical to a rodent, the apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure with at least one peripheral opening to allow entry of the rodent into the enclosure;
- an interior passageway adjacent the at least one peripheral opening;
- an inner chamber for receiving bait to encourage the rodent to enter the enclosure through the at least one peripheral opening;
- an interior opening connecting the interior passageway to the inner chamber;
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- one or more applicators with the chemical applied thereon, the applicators being positionable within the enclosure between the at least one peripheral opening and the bait.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.