Steam type pest extermination apparatus

• US 9,795,127 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jung-Ho Kim, Kim, Yoo-Shin
• Original Assignee: Jung-Ho Kim, Kim, Yoo-Shin
• Inventors: Kim, Yoo-Shin, Kim, Jung-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Ellis, Christopher P
• Application Number:
  US14/896,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20160120166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 77/00 Machines for lifting and treating soil biocides, pest repellants or attractants, plant growth regulators A01N25/00 - A01N65/00; fertilisers C05; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 17/00 Apparatus for the destruction of vermin in soil or in foodstuffs injecting fertilisers into the roots of trees A01G29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 17/002 Injection of toxic gases or fluids into the soil special arrangements for delivering fertilising liquids directly into the soil A01C23/02

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for exterminating pests by injecting high-temperature steam into the ground including sand and the like, wherein a needle rod fixing plate (20) in which a plurality of needle rods (30) is arranged and fixed at the left and right sides thereof is coupled with a lever plate (12) rotated upward and downward by an operating cylinder (10) at a backside of autonomous power equipment (2), a steam generation unit (16) is provided to generate high-temperature steam enabling insect extermination and sterilization and supply the steam to steam injection holes (36) of the needle rods (30), a steam generation unit (16) and a needle rod (30) are connected by a hose, a steam distributor (44-1, 44-2) for supplying the steam to each needle rod (30) is provided on the hose, both ends of the steam distributor (44-1, 44-2) are coupled with a cover (48) so as to be sealed, a heating wire (49) for increasing the temperature of the steam again is provided therein, the needle rods (30) are inserted and moved forward in the bowels of the earth (6) by operating the autonomous power equipment (2), and a pest extermination operation unit (4) includes a control unit (80) for controlling the continuous injection of steam into the ground (6) so as to exterminate insects and sterilize the ground by enabling the dry or wet high-temperature steam to continuously permeate into the ground.

Claims

1. A steam type pest extermination apparatus in a pest extermination apparatus which is able to exterminate pest and harmful bacteria, comprising:

a pest extermination operation unit comprising a needle rod fixing plate, needle rods, a lever plate, and an operating cylinder, wherein the needle rods are arranged and fixed at left and right sides thereof and coupled with the lever plate rotated upward and downward by an operating cylinder at a backside of an autonomous power equipment;

a steam generation unit which is provided to generate high-temperature steam enabling insect extermination and sterilization and supply the steam to steam injection holes of the needle rods, wherein the steam generation unit and the needle rods are connected by a hose,

a steam distributor for supplying the steam to each of the needle rods is provided on the hose, both ends of the steam distributor being coupled with a cover so as to be sealed, wherein a heating wire for increasing the temperature of the steam again is provided in the cover; and

a control unit which controls the autonomous power equipment, wherein the autonomous power equipment operates such that the needle rods move forward buried in the ground, and the high temperature steam is continuously injected into the ground.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the needle rods includes a main body member which extends long upward and downward, a nozzle pipe body engaged to an engaging groove at the rear of a main body member, one steam inlet hole connected with a hose and formed on the top of the nozzle pipe body, and a plurality of steam injection holes formed at a lower side and a lateral side.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the steam injection hole formed at a lower side among the steam injection holes of the nozzle pipe body is configured by engaging a headless bolt which passes through in the center, and the steam injection hole formed at the lateral side is provided two in number at each of left and right sides at the angles of 30˜

50°

.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a fragment removing unit which includes a shaft support unit at left and right sides thereof, and a shaft rod, wherein a plurality of rotation blades are engaged between the shaft support units, a driven sprocket is engaged to an end of one side of the shaft rod, the driven sprocket is connected via a chain to a driving sprocket axially engaged to a driving motor, and the rotation blades engaged to the shaft rod can rotate by the driving of the driving motor, and fragments, which can be easily caught by the needle rods, can be reliably discharged backward.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rotation blade includes a plurality of groove parts on its outer circumference in a radial shape in order for the fragments to be caught, and a tubular spacer inserted in the shaft rod is inserted between the rotation blades, so the interval between the neighboring rotation blades 56 can be maintained.