Portable electronic apparatus to attract and kill flies in outdoor environments
US6530173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2022 |
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 burst of high voltage oscillations that is applied to an exposed grid network of closely spaced parallel conductors.
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