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US 6,543,182 B2Granted
Apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling termites
AssigneeAventis CropScience GmbH
InventorsEric J. Snell, Joe H. Hope, III, Bruce C. Yeagle
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Abstract
A housing is provided for a station or device adapted for monitoring and/or controlling termites or other insects, and which is adapted to be situated in or on soil or sand. The housing contains a substance attractive for termite exploration and/or termite feeding, and comprises at least one wall and at least one surface, which surface defines at least one path attractive to termites, such as a groove or a channel. The housing can be adapted to receive a second insect monitoring and controlling device.
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A termite monitoring and/or controlling apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing adapted for subterranean installation at a ground location and including a wall disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing, the wall including a termite attractive channel, the channel having a plurality of termite attractive apertures;
- (b) a first termite attractive material disposed within the housing adjacent to the apertures and having an axial bore generally parallel with the longitudinal axis;
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- (c) a second termite attractive material disposed within the axial bore.
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A termite monitoring and/or controlling apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing having a plurality of termite attractive channels, a partially closed end, and an open end opposing the partially closed end, the channels having a plurality of termite attractive apertures, the housing adapted for subterranean installation at a ground location;
- (b) a first termite attractive material having a centrally disposed bore, the first attractive material disposed within the housing adjacent to the apertures;
- (c) a lid having a housing retaining hole and a plurality of termite attractive orifices, the lid adapted for being positioned substantially flush with the ground location, wherein the open end of the housing is supported by the housing retaining hole;
- (d) a second termite attractive material disposed within the lid adjacent to the orifices;
- (e) at least one deflector member having a platform, an elongate wedge downwardly extending perpendicular to the platform, a wedge slot provided within the elongate wedge, and a plurality of termite attractive grooves provided along the elongate wedge adjacent to the wedge slot, the platform being removably attached to the lid and adapted for being positioned substantially flush with the ground location;
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- (f) a third termite attractive material located within the wedge slot of the deflector member adjacent to the grooves.
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A termite monitoring and/or controlling apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing having a plurality of termite attractive channels, a partially closed end, and an open end opposing the partially closed end, the channels having a plurality of termite attractive apertures, the housing adapted for subterranean installation at a ground location;
- (b) a first termite attractive material having a centrally disposed bore, the first attractive material disposed within the housing adjacent to the apertures;
- (c) a core having a jacket, a partially opened end, and an open end, the jacket having a plurality of termite attractive slits, the jacket positioned within the centrally disposed bore of the first attractive material, the open end of the core resting against the partially closed end of the housing within the housing;
- (d) a second termite attractive material located within the core and adjacent to the slits;
- (e) a lid having a housing retaining hole therein and a plurality of termite attractive orifices, wherein the open end of the housing is supported by the housing retaining hole, and the lid is adapted for being positioned substantially flush with the ground location;
- (f) a third termite attractive material disposed within the lid adjacent to the orifices;
- (g) at least one deflector member having a platform, an elongate wedge downwardly extending from the platform, a wedge slot provided within the elongate wedge, and a plurality of termite attractive grooves provided along the elongate wedge adjacent to the wedge slot, the platform being removably attached to the lid and adapted for being positioned substantially flush with the ground location;
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- (h) a fourth termite attractive material located within the wedge slot of the deflector member adjacent the grooves.
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A termite monitoring and/or controlling apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing adapted for subterranean installation at a ground location and including a wall disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing, the wall including a termite attractive channel, the channel including a plurality of termite attractive apertures;
- (b) a first termite attractive material disposed within the housing adjacent to the apertures and including an axial bore generally parallel with the longitudinal axis;
- (c) a second termite attractive material disposed within the axial bore;
- (d) a tray extending transversely with respect the housing;
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- (e) a third termite attractive material disposed adjacent to a surface of the tray.
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A termite monitoring and/or controlling apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing adapted for subterranean installation at a ground location and including a wall disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing, the wall including a termite attractive channel, the channel including a plurality of termite attractive apertures;
- (b) a first termite attractive material disposed within the housing adjacent to the apertures and including an axial bore generally parallel with the longitudinal axis;
- (c) a second termite attractive material disposed within the axial bore;
- (d) an enclosure extending generally transversely with respect the housing, the enclosure including a tray, a tray cover, and a locking mechanism removably securing the tray cover to the tray;
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- (e) a third termite attractive material disposed within the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.