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US 4,048,746 AGranted
Electronic rodent exterminator
OwnerJoseph R. Dyeinventor
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Abstract
An electronic executing device used to demise gophers and other underground rodents in their burrows without the removal of soil including a sensitive electronic touch control probe to locate the rodents run, with means whereby the high voltage is applied only when the rodent is present, being safe to use, light-weight, completely portable and self-contained using no external power source, with means to notify operator when rodent has demised himself.
Claims1
An electronic rodent exterminator comprising:
- a carrier member having an elongated body formed from wood and provided at one end with a curved handle;
- a metellic touch control ring, a high voltage electrode, and
- a grounded metal sleeve mounted in spaced relation on the end portion of said carrier member opposite said handle end;
- electrical control means housed in said container and electrically connected to said control ring, electrode and sleeve;
- and electrical control means including first circuit means electrically connecting said grounded sleeve and said touch control ring through a pair of transistors,
- a relay, a battery and a switch for locating a burrow and second circuit means electrically connecting said grounded sleeve and high voltage electrode through a transformer a condenser, a battery and a switch for electrocuting a rodent.
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