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US 2023/0255189 A1Published application
Rodent trap
AssigneeStrygoo BV
InventorsDirk Ernest Rosalia WENMAKERS, Dries VERDONCK, Philippe CAERS
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Abstract
Provided herein is a trap and related method for catching vermin, especially rats. The trap allows mechanical energy to be stored in an elastic element. This energy can be released momentarily in order to quickly actuate a trapdoor, a cover, from a closed position to an open position, in order to catch a rat thereby.
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A trap (100) for catching rodents comprising an actuator, a sensor (105), a receptacle (200), a cover (210), a feeder (225), an elastic element, and a connecting mechanism between the actuator and the cover (210);
- wherein the receptacle (200) comprises an opening (260);
- wherein the cover (210) is rotatably arranged on an edge of the opening (260) of the receptacle (200), wherein the cover (210) is rotatable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the cover (210) closes the opening (260) in the receptacle (200) in the closed position and wherein the opening (260) in the receptacle (200) is not covered by the cover when the cover (210) is in the open position;
- wherein the actuator is controlled by a signal from the sensor (105);
- wherein the actuator is operatively connected to the cover (210);
- wherein the actuator (110) is configured to move the cover (210) from the open position to the closed position;
- and wherein the actuator, with a push, takes the trap out of the unstable equilibrium,
- wherein, in the open position, the elastic element is relaxed, and the trap is in a stable equilibrium.
- wherein, in the closed position, the elastic element is strained, and the trap is in an unstable equilibrium;
- wherein the elastic element is configured to move the cover (210) from the closed position to the open position once the trap is taken out of the unstable equilibrium by the push from the actuator.
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A method for catching a rat, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a trap (100) comprising a receptacle (200), an actuator, a sensor (105) coupled to the actuator, a cover (210), an elastic element, and a connecting mechanism between the actuator and the cover (210), wherein the receptacle (200) comprises an opening (260), and wherein the cover (210) is positioned in a closed position such that the cover (210) closes the opening (260), in which the trap (100) is in an unstable equilibrium, and in which the elastic element is strained;
- b) attracting a rat;
- c) detecting the rat on the cover (210) with the sensor (105);
- d) when a rat is detected on the cover (210), relaxing the elastic element, thereby moving the cover (210) from the closed position to an open position, and switching the trap (100) from the unstable equilibrium to a stable equilibrium, thus opening the opening (260) in the receptacle (200) so that the rat falls into the receptacle (200);
- e) once the rat has fallen into the receptacle (200), moving the cover (210) from the open position to the closed position by actuating the actuator, thereby straining the elastic element and positioning the trap in the unstable equilibrium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.