US 8,006,432 B2Granted

Device for trapping flying insects

AssigneeWoodstream Corporation

InventorsEmma Amelia Durand, Michael J. Palombo, Richard B. Dunne

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Abstract

A flying insect trapping device configured to be used with a fuel supply containing a combustible fuel is disclosed. The trapping device includes a combustion device that includes an inlet port for receiving the combustible fuel, a turbulence reducing structure for substantially laminating flow of a mixture of the combustible fuel and air, a catalyst element disposed downstream of the turbulence reducing structure, a heat zone having a hollow interior space in between the turbulence reducing structure and the catalyst element to enable the combustible fuel to flow into the heat zone for continuous combustion therein to create an exhaust gas comprising carbon dioxide, and a plurality of heat exchanger fins extending inwardly into the hollow interior space of the heat zone for conducting heat generated by the continuous combustion.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device using a combustible fuel as a fuel source, the device comprising:

a supporting frame;
a combustion chamber mounted on said supporting frame and including,
an inlet port for receiving the combustible fuel;
a heat zone downstream of said inlet port and having a hollow interior space to enable the combustible fuel to flow into the heat zone for continuous combustion therein;
a catalyst element disposed downstream of said heat zone to create a carbon dioxide exhaust gas;
and
a heat exchanger element extending inwardly into the hollow interior space of the heat zone for conducting heat generated by the continuous combustion;
an exhaust outlet for the carbon dioxide exhaust gas to flow outwardly therethrough to the environment;
a heat sink configured to dissipate heat;
and
a thermoelectric element for generating electric current as heat transfers from a first side thereof to a second side thereof, the thermoelectric element having the first side disposed in contact with the combustion chamber and the second side disposed in contact with the heat sink to enable heat generated by the continuous combustion to be transferred to the heat sink via the thermoelectric element to generate the electric current, the thermoelectric element being electrically coupled to at least one other component supported on said frame to at least partially power said at least one other component.

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A device having a fuel supply containing a combustible fuel, comprising:

a combustion chamber including a heat zone having an interior space, combustion occurring in said heat zone to generate an exhaust gas that is exhausted to the environment;
a heat transfer element extending into said heat zone interior space of said combustion chamber to conduct heat generated by the combustion away from said heat zone interior space and toward a back side of said combustion chamber,
an exhaust outlet configured to receive said exhaust gas and to direct a flow of exhaust gas outwardly therethrough to said environment;
a thermoelectric module having a hot side in contact with said back side of said combustion chamber and a cold side spaced from said combustion chamber back side, said thermoelectric module generating electric current from heat transferred from said combustion chamber back side, to said thermoelectric module hot side and then to said thermoelectric module cold side;
and
said electric current generated by said thermoelectric module being used to power a component of said device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/591,125Filed 9 Nov 2009 · continuation
Priority: 15 Oct 2007
Published: US 2010/0132248 A13 Jun 2010
Granted: 30 Aug 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A01M 1/06
Stationary means for catching or killing insects: catching insects by using a suction effect
A01M 1/023
With devices or substances, e.g. food, pheronones attracting the insects: attracting insects by the simulation of a living being, i.e. emission of…
Y02A 50/30
In human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather: against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne…
A01M
Catching, trapping or scaring of animals

Family

Application11/907,624Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Oct 2007
US 2010/0132248 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Jun 2010
US 7,614,180 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2008/0092433 A1Published application
US 8,006,432 B2This patent

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