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AssigneesBernardino JIMÉNEZ SÁNCHEZ, Ángel Gabriel RAMOS RAMOS
InventorFrancisco José GALLARDO PINTO
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An anti-pest device for fruit trees and the like that prevents trees from being affected by crawling insect pests includes a rectangular sheet of electrical insulating material, which can adopt the shape of an inverted truncated cone or a cylindrical configuration around the trunk of the tree; a band of low-density foam under the sheet that adapts to the physiognomy of the bark, and deforms with the growth of the trunk, whereas the sheet includes a sector that is superimposed thereon and slides on it to adapt to said growth; a pair of parallel conducting wires, separated a distance according to the size of the body of the insect to be exterminated, subjected to a high difference in electrical potential by means of a power supply circuit, such that when an insect tries to get past them, it is automatically electrocuted.
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A device against pests in fruit trees and the like, characterised in that it comprises an elongated rectangular sheet of electrical insulating material, which is complemented by a band of low-density foam for adapting to the contour of the bark of a tree on which the sheet is to be arranged, the sheet exhibiting a greater length than the circumference of the assembly formed by the band of foam and the tree trunk to which it is applied, a section of the same corresponding to the free distal end thereof being superimposed on the sheet itself, such that said free distal end is linked to the area of superposition with the sheet by means of elastically deformable elements, a pair of parallel conducting wires, separated from each other a distance according to the size of the body of the insect to be exterminated, being established on the external face of the sheet, conducting wires arranged in an open circuit and subjected to a high difference in electrical potential by means of a small, properly isolated power supply circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.