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US 5,305,545 AGranted
Electromechanical device for the continuous trapping of pests
OwnerMariano Cerulloinventor
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Abstract
An air-tight vermin trap includes a lower section containing a disinfectant liquid, an upper section sealingly mounted on the lower section and a cover sealingly covering the upper section. The upper section defines an entrance opening having a cover flap which can sealingly close the entrance opening. A drop floor which is activated by an electromechanical system operates to drop a vermin into the lower section upon actuation of a sensor flap by the vermin. Vermin access elements extend upwardly along the lower section and the upper section to the entrance body.
Claims6
An electromechanical vermin trap which comprises:
- a housing that includes a lower section for disinfectant liquid and an upper section sealingly mounted on the lower section, said upper section being upwardly open and defining a front end having an entrance opening with a movable closure flap which can sealingly close the entrance opening and a rear end, said upper section containing a sensor means near said rear end, a drop floor means between said entrance opening and said sensor means, electromechanical means for causing said drop floor means to operate to drop a vermin thereon downwardly towards said lower section upon a signal from said sensor means due to vermin activation, tray means for food positioned on an opposite side of said drop floor means from said entrance opening, and a hinged discharge flap below aid drop floor means which moves downwardly to allow a vermin dropping downwardly from said drop floor means to drop into said lower section of said housing,
- cover means which sealingly covers said upper section of said housing, and
- external vermin access means which extends upwardly along said lower section and said upper section to said entrance opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.