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Electronic fly population control apparatus

US5979107A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01M2200/012
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved non-toxic, non-chemical, non-polluting, inexpensive electronic apparatus to control the fly population within an animal or poultry enclosure which kills by destroying the nervous system of the fly with a brief burst of high voltage oscillations that is applied to a pair of closely spaced parallel conductors every 3 to 4 seconds.

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