Insect trap
OwnerWilliam Yatesinventor
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Abstract
Insects are killed by passing through a fan mounted inside a shaft. A pair of agitator tubes having inlets in fluid communication with the exhaust in the shaft direct exhaust from the fan over bait provided to attract the insects. The bait is contained in a receptacle spaced upstream from the shaft and which houses a light source and optionally an auxiliary heat source. The outlets of the agitator tubes are inside the receptacle so that any exhaust diverted from the shaft into the agitator tube will entrain vapors from the bait as the exhaust exits through a vent provided in the receptacle.
Claims9
Insect trap comprising a shaft having a first end and a second end, and an inlet opening defined at said first end and an outlet opening defined at said second end;
- a motorized fan disposed inside the shaft and spaced from said second end of the shaft, the fan being adapted to aspire inlet air and insects entrained in said inlet air into the inlet opening of the shaft and to exhaust outlet air and insect debris entrained in said outlet air into said second end;
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- a bait receptacle for containing bait and having a vent for discharging outlet air, the bait receptacle being spaced upstream from the inlet opening of the shaft and adapted to allow inlet air to be aspired by the fan between the bait receptacle and the shaft;
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- at least one conduit having an inlet disposed in said second end of the shaft and spaced from said fan, and an outlet disposed in said bait receptacle, said at least one conduit being adapted to divert at least a portion of the outlet air over the bait so as to disperse the bait into a surrounding atmosphere and attract insects toward the insect trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.