Device for and method of repelling animals

US8964508B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W. Neudorff GMBH KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Prokop · Bodenwerder, DE
• Thorsten Menke · Bad Iburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01M29/16
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weather-resistant housing (1 a, 1 b) provides a chamber (1 b) containing an acoustic generator. An acoustic outlet (2) is located, in use, to direct an acoustic signal into air of the animal tunnel/burrow system rather than into ground/soil. The acoustic outlet may be an acoustic tube that extends along a tunnel of a subterranean tunnel system of the species to be deterred so as to form part of that tunnel. The device may be powered by a battery (10). A part of the device that extends above the ground may support a solar panel (5). The acoustic signal represents one or more deterrent communication calls of the species to be deterred. In the case of a water vole or mole, the acoustic signal represents one or more of a distance regulating or territorial call and a defensive call. Two such communication calls may be artificially paired to form the acoustic signal.