Electronic apparatus to attract and kill flies in indoor and outdoor environments
US6401383B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 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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