Apparatus and method for controlling bedbugs
US9010017B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01M5/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A collector of adult insects, their eggs and larvae has a vacuum-producing motor disposed within a housing. An inlet nozzle is used to draw the targeted organisms into the housing along a flow path featuring grids heated to a degree sufficient to kill the organisms. Mechanical expedients such as fan blades can be disposed in the flow path to apply mechanical killing forces and to blow debris off of adjacent grids. The organisms are directed to a collector which can be heated and which can contain insecticidal substances to provide additional killing expedients for the collected organisms. The flow rate and temperature ranges are adjustable to create sufficient heat and time of contact to kill selected organisms. The collector is especially useful for treating bedbug infestations without the need for toxic chemicals, long-term treatments which make the space being treated uninhabitable and other more extreme treatment regimens.
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