Flying Insect Trap

• US 20120079759A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qasem A. Al-Qaffas
• Original Assignee: Qasem A. Al-Qaffas
• Inventors: Al-Qaffas, Qasem A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,640,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 43/139
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 3/005 Manual suction tools for catching insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 3/04 with adhesive surfaces

Abstract

A manually operable flying insect trap includes an elongated hollow cylindrical body having two generally closed ends and a small orifice in each of the ends. A vacuum device including a bellows, first and second ends of an intermediate pleated portion. The bellows also has a compressed state and an expanded state and is disposed adjacent a first of the opposite ends of the body with a small opening adjacent to and in communication with the small orifice in the first of the opposite ends. The funnel shape trap portion is also provided with a small orifice in the narrow portion thereof, a cone shaped piece of fly paper is attached to the inside of the tunnel shaped trap. Finally, a manually activatible mechanism is provided for expanding the bellows to draw air into or out of the body.

Claims

1. A manually openable flying insect trap comprising:

an elongated hollow cylindrical body including two generally closed ends and a small orifice centered in each of said generally closed ends;

a vacuum device including a bellows having first and second ends and an intermediate pleated expansion part, said bellows having a compressed state and an expanded state disposed adjacent a first of said opposite ends of said elongated hollow cylindrical body with said small opening adjacent to and in communication with said small orifice in said first of said opposite ends of said elongated hollow cylindrical body;

a funnel shaped trap portion having a small opening adjacent to and in communication with said small orifice in said second generally closed end of said elongated hollow cylindrical body;

a cone shaped piece of fly paper having a sticky side and an attachment side fixed to the inside of said funnel shaped trap with said sticky side exposed; and

manually activatable means for expanding said bellows from said compressed state to said expanded state to thereby draw air through said funnel shaped trap, said orifice in said second essentially closed end and out of said elongated hollow cylindrical body to thereby entrap flying insects on said sticky side of said fly paper and into said elongated hollow cylindrical body.

2. A manually operable flying insect trap according to claim 1 in which said bellows includes a valve for allowing air to be exhausted from said bellows when compressing said bellows without forcing air back through said elongated hollow cylindrical body.

3. A manually operative flying insect trap according to claim 2 in which one of said essentially closed ends is removeable from said elongated hollow cylindrical body to discard any insects entrapped therein.

4. A manually operative flying insect trap according to claim 3 which includes means for exhausting air from said elongated hollow cylindrical body, means for sealing said body by closing said orifice in said second generally closed end and means for opening said second orifice to thereby draw air into said body.

5. A manually operative flying insect trap consisting of:

an elongated hollow cylindrical body including two generally closed ends and a small orifice centered in each of said generally closed ends;

in which one of said essentially closed ends is removable from said elongated hollow cylindrical body and which includes means for exhausting air from said elongated hollow cylindrical body, means for sealing said body by closing said orifice in said second generally closed end and means for opening said generally closed end to thereby draw air into said body;

a vacuum device including a bellows having first and second ends and an internal pleated expansion part and said bellows having a compressed state and an expanding state disposed adjacent a first of said opposite ends of said elongated hollow cylindrical body and a first of said ends of said bellows defining a small opening adjacent to and communicating with said small orifice in a first of said essentially closed ends and in which said bellows includes a valve for allowing air to be exhausted from said bellows when compressing said bellows without forming air back through said elongated hollow cylindrical body;

a frusto-conical shaped trap portion having a small opening adjacent and in communication with a small orifice in said second generally closed end of said elongated hollow cylindrical body;

a cone shaped piece of fly paper having a sticky side and an attachment side fixed to the inside of said frusto-conical shaped trap portion with said attachment side adjacent to the inside of said trap portion; and

manually activatible means for expanding said bellows from said compressed state to said expanded state to thereby draw air through said frusto-conical shaped trap portion, said orifice in said essentially closed end and said elongated hollow body and entrap flying insects on said sticky side of said fly paper or into said elongated hollow cylindrical body.

6. A flying insect trap consisting of a hollow body, an annular opening in said hollow body and a light source disposed around said opening, a killing field behind said light source for killing flying insect within said opening and a turbine fan for drawing insects into said opening and a sensor for sensing insects within the vicinity of said opening and means for activating said light, said fan and said killing field when said sensor detects flying insects in the vicinity of said opening and means for opening said hollow body to remove the remains of any flying insects therein.

7. A flying insect trap according to claim 6 in which said sensor is automatically activated when insects are detected in the vicinity of said opening.