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Electronic apparatus to attract and kill flies in indoor and outdoor environments

US6401383B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by
13References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 2000
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2020

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 population of many species of flies both indoors and outdoors around poultry and animal enclosures and food processing facilities which attracts and then kills the flies with a short burst of high voltage oscillations that is applied to an exposure pair of closely spaced parallel conductors or an exposed grid network of closely spaced parallel conductors.

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