Method and a device for trapping rats, mice and the like
OwnerPer R.o slashed.nnauinventor
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Abstract
A trap for catching animals like rats, mice and similar comprises an entrance compartment (3), a detection unit (7), an activator (8) a door (4) and a unit (2) with confinement chamber. The confinement chamber may be filled with carbon dioxide in order to kill the animals. According to the invention, activation of the door means is inhibited until a counted has counted a predetermined number of visits. Hereby the animals are allowed to gain a certain familiarity with the trap, which makes it considerably more effective. The invention also provides a method for the trapping of animal.
Claims20
A method for use in the trapping of animals like rats, mice and similar animals, comprising the steps of
- admitting animals into an entrance compartment,
- detecting the entrance of an animal by means of a detection unit,
- incrementing a count of number of animal entrances in a counter,
- comparing the count to a predetermined first limit, and, in case said count has reached said first limit, activating a door means so as to admit an animal into a chamber, and closing said door means behind the animal to trap it.
A device for use in the trapping of animals like rats, mice and similar animals, comprising an entrance compartment, a detection unit adapted for detecting the presence of an animal in said entrance compartment and for incrementing a count of animals detected, activation means adapted for comparing said count to a predetermined first limit and for activating, once said count has reached said first limit, the release of a door means so as to admit an animal into a chamber, and the subsequent closing of said door means behind the animal to trap it.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.