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US 9,801,367 B2Granted
Environmentally-friendly device for trapping animals
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InventorSergio Ferrante
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An environmentally friendly device for trapping animals comprising a collection container (3) comprising an upper opening (3a), an intermediate supporting frame (4), forming a drop duct (8) and such that it at least partly closes the opening (3a) of said collection container (3), a closing guard (5), which can be superposed on the intermediate supporting frame (4), comprising an inlet (6) and a compartment forming a trapping corridor (7), a trapping mechanism (9) supported by the frame (4) and positioned over the drop duct (8), comprising a rotary surface (10) having a main direction of extension (X) extending along a longitudinal axis (10a) coinciding with the direction of entry into the trapping corridor (7), being designed to close the top of the drop duct (8) and to form the treadable surface of the trapping corridor (7). The trapping mechanism (9) comprises two plates (14a, 14b) connected to each other by the rotary surface (10), which is positioned orthogonally to each of them. Each time it is activated the rotary surface and the two plates (10) complete a 180° rotation about an axis (9a) of symmetry which is transversal to said longitudinal axis (10a) coinciding with the direction of entry into the trapping corridor (7).
An environmentally friendly device for trapping animals comprising a collection container (3) comprising an upper opening (3a), an intermediate supporting frame (4), forming a drop duct (8) and such that said intermediate supporting frame (4) at least partly closes the opening (3a) of said collection container (3), a closing guard (5) superposed on the intermediate supporting frame (4), said closing guard (5) comprising an inlet (6) and a compartment forming a trapping corridor (7), a trapping mechanism (9) supported by the frame (4) and positioned over the drop duct (8), comprising a rotary surface (10) having a main direction of extension (X) extending along a longitudinal axis (10a) coinciding with a direction of entry into the trapping corridor (7), said rotary surface (10) adapted to close the top of the drop duct (8) and to form the treadable surface of the trapping corridor (7), wherein the trapping mechanism (9) comprises two plates (14a and 14b) connected to each other by the rotary surface (10), which is positioned orthogonally to each of them, said rotary surface (10) and the two plates (14a and 14b) being such as to complete a 180° rotation about an axis (9a) of symmetry which is transversal to said longitudinal axis (10a) coinciding with the direction of entry into the trapping corridor (7).
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Collecting-traps: with tipping platforms
With tipping platforms: with locking mechanism for the tipping platform
Collecting-traps: with rotating cylinders or turnstiles
Collecting-traps: other traps automatically reset
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The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly device for trapping animals.
In particular, the present invention has advantageous application in the disinfestation of urban or agricultural environments from mice, rats and other harmful animals of small to medium size.
Various types of traps are known, for example of the steel-jaw or labyrinth type, which attract the animal with poisoned baits. However, such solutions enable only one animal to be trapped at time, besides causing a safety problem for humans given the use of poison.
Additional features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the approximate, and thus not limiting, description, of preferred but not exclusive embodiments of an environmentally friendly device for trapping animals, as illustrated in the appended drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an environmentally friendly device for trapping animals in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the device illustrated in FIG. 1.
An environmentally friendly device for trapping animals has been generically indicated with the reference number 1.
The device 1, as a whole, consists of an enclosure, preferably made of plastic, divided into two halves, an upper one 2 and a lower one 3. The lower half 3 is a collection container having an upper opening 3a, where the trapped animals are accumulated.
The upper part comprises a number of elements; in particular, it comprises an intermediate supporting frame 4 and a closing guard 5, which can be superposed on the supporting frame 4.