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CPU-controlled, reaming electronic animal trap with three-killing-plate configuration

  • US 8,505,235 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2011
  • Issued: 08/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic pest trap comprising:

  • a trap body having a power source and a mechanism for placing said trap into an active standby mode;

    a plurality of killing plates positioned within said trap body, said plurality of killing plates including first and second killing plates directly coupled to said circuit, and a third killing plate receiving said high-voltage pulse train via said first killing plate, said third plate being brought to a voltage level of said first plate up to approximately 1 msec after said first and second plates are activated by said high-voltage pulse train;

    a high-voltage automatic rearming circuit coupled to said killing plates, said circuit, with said trap in said active standby mode, automatically activating in response to detection of a pest body adjacent a pair of said killing plates such that said power source delivers a high-voltage pulse train through said circuit to said killing plates for a time period;

    a processing unit configured to terminate current flow to said killing plates upon completion of said time period; and

    said circuit being configured to automatically rearm said trap to said active standby mode if a pest body is not detected adjacent said killing plates following termination of said current flow.

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