Portable luminous insect trap
First Claim
1. A trap for flying or crawling insects comprising:
- upper housing means;
a frustoconical, outwardly projecting protective roof member at a lower end of said housing means;
an insect ingress section connected to said housing means below said roof member;
a removable insect entrapment container connected to said ingress section therebelow;
a frustoconical funnel member within said container at an upper end thereof so as to open downwardly into said container;
a removable light source centrally positioned within said ingress section;
electrical power and circuit means within said housing means for supplying electrical power to said light source; and
a plurality of spaced apart transparent baffle members within said ingress section, each baffle member extending vertically above said funnel member from adjacent the outer edge of said ingress section to adjacent said light source, with each pair of adjacent baffle members defining an insect ingress zone.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portable luminous trap for flying or crawling insects. A fluorescent lamp in the center of an insect ingress zone attracts the insects. Transparent baffles radiating outwardly from the lamp act as walls and an insect hitting a baffle is stunned and drops downwardly, through a funnel opening into an entrapment container therebelow. The funnel also helps prevent escape of still-living insects from the container. An alkaline dry cell battery powers the lamp, test circuits for the battery and the lamp, and a clock circuit. A photocell is used to activate the trap at dusk and the setting for the clock circuit determines the length of time that the lamp is activated each night.
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13 Claims
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1. A trap for flying or crawling insects comprising:
- upper housing means;
a frustoconical, outwardly projecting protective roof member at a lower end of said housing means; an insect ingress section connected to said housing means below said roof member; a removable insect entrapment container connected to said ingress section therebelow; a frustoconical funnel member within said container at an upper end thereof so as to open downwardly into said container; a removable light source centrally positioned within said ingress section; electrical power and circuit means within said housing means for supplying electrical power to said light source; and a plurality of spaced apart transparent baffle members within said ingress section, each baffle member extending vertically above said funnel member from adjacent the outer edge of said ingress section to adjacent said light source, with each pair of adjacent baffle members defining an insect ingress zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- upper housing means;
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13. A trap for flying or crawling insects comprising:
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a cylindrical upper housing member removably connected to an upper cover member; a frustoconical, outwardly projecting protective roof member at a lower end of said housing member; an insect ingress section connected to said housing member below said roof member; a removable insect entrapment container connected to said ingress section therebelow; a frustoconical funnel member within said container at an upper end thereof and opening downwardly into said container; dry cell battery means within said housing member; electrical circuit means within said housing member and selectively connectable to said battery means; a tubular removable fluorescent lamp connected to said circuit means and suspended therebelow so as to be positioned centrally within said ingress section; photocell means connected to said circuit means for energizing said circuit means and said lamp at a predetermined threshold of darkness; clock means connected to said circuit means for controlling the length of time that said circuit means is energized; and a plurality of spaced apart transparent baffle members within said ingress section, each baffle member extending vertically above said funnel member from adjacent the outer edge of said ingress section to adjacent said tubular lamp, with each pair of adjacent baffle members defining an insect ingress zone to said trap.
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