Apparatus and method for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods
OwnerJohn Prohaskainventor
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Abstract
Disclosed and claimed herein is a device and method for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods in combination with a trap, comprising: a reaction chamber charged with an aqueous acid solution when in use; a gas outlet from the reaction chamber connecting between the reaction chamber and the trap; a feeder reservoir containing a powder when in use, said powder comprising a bicarbonate salt; and means for controllably adding the powder to the reaction chamber; whereby carbon dioxide is generated in the reaction chamber, passed through the outlet and into the trap.
Claims20
A device for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods in combination with a trap, comprising:
- a. a reaction chamber charged with an aqueous acid solution when in use;
- b. a gas outlet from the reaction chamber connecting between the reaction chamber and the trap;
- c. a feeder reservoir containing a powder when in use, said powder comprising a bicarbonate salt;
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- d. means for controllably adding the powder from the feeder reservoir to the reaction chamber;
- whereby carbon dioxide is generated in the reaction chamber, passed through the outlet and into the trap.
A method of generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods connected to an insect trap, comprising:
- a. providing a reaction chamber charged with an aqueous acid solution;
- b. providing a gas outlet from the reaction chamber for connecting between the reaction chamber and the trap;
- c. providing a feeder reservoir containing a powder, said powder comprising a bicarbonate salt;
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- d. providing means for controllably adding the powder from the feeder reservoir to the reaction chamber;
- wherein carbon dioxide is generated in the reaction chamber, passed through the outlet and into the trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.