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Insect trap

  • US 4,144,668 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1977
  • Issued: 03/20/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A trap for insects having a location for an attractant and insect entrapping means, comprising in combination a plurality of conductive elements arranged such that an insect can encounter said conductive elements en route to said attractant location, an electric sensing circuit including low voltage energizing means and detecting means coupled to said conductive elements with said low voltage means and said detecting means related such that the presence of an insect which encounters said conductive elements is detected before said insect can retreat in response to the level of electric current passing through its body exceeding its threshold of sensitivity thereto, and means coupled responsively to said detecting means for actuating said entrapping means.

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