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US 2015/0020436 A1Published application
Vacuum trap
OwnerBrad JAMESinventor
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Abstract
A vacuum trap has a vacuum chamber and a conduit having at least one first opening open to atmosphere and a second opening connected to the vacuum chamber. A valve connects the conduit to the vacuum chamber and seals the vacuum chamber. A vacuum source maintains a vacuum inside the vacuum chamber immediately prior to the valve opening, the vacuum being sufficient to draw a vermin through an opening of the conduit. A detector detects the presence of vermin, the valve opening in response to a signal from the detector when vermin are detected.
Claims25
A vacuum trap, comprising:
- a vacuum chamber;
- a conduit having at least one first opening open to atmosphere and a second opening connected to the vacuum chamber;
- a valve connecting the conduit to the vacuum chamber and sealing the vacuum chamber;
- a vacuum source that maintains a vacuum inside the vacuum chamber immediately prior to the valve opening, the vacuum being sufficient to draw a vermin through an opening of the conduit;
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- a detector that detects the presence of vermin, the valve opening in response to a signal from the detector when vermin are detected.
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A method of trapping vermin, comprising:
- attaching a conduit to a vacuum chamber, the conduit having at least one first opening open to atmosphere and a second opening connected to the vacuum chamber;
- connecting a valve in line with the conduit, the valve sealing the vacuum chamber in a closed position;
- maintaining a vacuum inside the vacuum chamber when the valve is closed;
- monitoring a space adjacent to the first opening of the conduit for vermin;
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- opening the valve to release the vacuum along the conduit when a vermin is detected in the space being monitored, the vermin being drawn through the conduit into a collection chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.