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AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorsRobert T. Cruz, Marko Konstantin Lubic, Richard L. Eyer
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An electronic mouse trap is provided having multiple kill and automatic killing chamber clearing capabilities. The trap includes an elevated killing chamber rotatably mounted on a base that houses a collection bin positioned under the chamber and which has an entrance pathway that provides mice with access to the chamber. Upon completion of a killing cycle and the killing of a mouse, the chamber is automatically rotated by a gear motor to an inverted position, allowing the dead mouse to fall downwardly into the collection bin. During such rotation, the entrance pathway if blocked to prevent access to the trap by a next mouse. Once the chamber has been inverted and the mouse removed by gravity, the gear motor reverses the rotation direction and returns the chamber to its upright position, opening the entrance pathway such that the trap is ready to reinitiate the killing cycle for another mouse.
An electronic mouse trap comprising:
An electronic mouse trap for electrocuting and collecting multiple mice comprising:
An electronic mouse trap for electrocuting and collecting multiple mice comprising:
A method of electrocuting and collecting multiple mice with a trap comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Traps for animals: electric traps
Collecting-traps: other traps automatically reset
Catching, trapping or scaring of animals
About 3 years 4 months of term left · ends 5 Mar 2030 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to the field of rodent control and, more particularly, to an electronic mouse trap for electrocuting and collecting a plurality of mice between trap service events.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of an electrocuting mouse trap with turnover chamber-clearing mechanism in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the trap of FIG. 1, shown with a transparent roof to reveal the underlying components.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the back side of the trap of FIG. 1, without the roof, and indicating the mouse entry pathways provided on the base.
Although only one preferred embodiment of the invention is explained in detail, it is to be understood that the embodiment is given by way of illustration only. It is not intended that the invention be limited in its scope to the details of construction and arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. Also, in describing the preferred embodiments, specific terminology will be resorted to for the sake of clarity. It is to be understood that each specific term includes all technical equivalents which operate in a similar manner to accomplish a similar purpose.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1-4, the present invention is directed to an electronic trap for electrocuting and collecting multiple mice, the trap generally designated by the reference numeral 10. The trap 10 includes a base 20, a power source assembly 30, a collecting bin 40, a roof assembly 50, a killing chamber assembly 60, a power-driven rotating assembly 70, a home switch 80, a dump switch 160, a bin-in-place safety switch 180, and a wire guide 90.
Perspective front and top views of the trap in an assembled, operational condition are provided in FIGS. 1 and 2, with the roof being transparent in FIG. 2 for the purpose of showing the underlying parts; such transparency is not part of the actual trap. FIG. 3 presents a perspective view of the rear side of the trap, without the roof. The trap components are shown in exploded view in FIG. 4.