Electrocution animal trap with a sender

US7530195B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ratco APS · DK

Inventors

• Frank Muller · Feucht, DE
• Kim Michael Jensen · Roskilde, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2003
• Grant date: May 12, 2009
• Expiry date: May 29, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01M31/002
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrically powered rodent trap which includes a surveillance system for remote surveillance of the trap so that the trap may be operated without being attended to. A rodent which enters into the trap is killed by means of electrocution electrodes. The dead rodent is automatically dispatched from the trap, e.g. by a trapdoor, into a container or reservoir beneath the trap. The number of electrocutions and possible other data is stored by an electronic system incorporated in the trap and a signal is sent out, either by request from an external unit, or automatically to an external unit. A city rodent exterminator is capable of monitoring the status of the trap from an office location and thereby effectively tend to the trap or to a series of traps.