Method and apparatus to kill bed bugs without the use of toxic chemicals
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1. A method for eliminating bed bugs comprising the steps of(a) providing a thin, pliable substrate comprised of interconnected fibers;
- (b) applying to said substrate a temperature sensitive chemical indicator, said indicator changing color when said chemical indicator is exposed to a temperature of at least one hundred and fifteen degrees F.;
(c) providing a clothes dryer;
(d) calibrating said dryer by(i) placing said substrate in said clothes dryer,(ii) operating said clothes dryer for a selected period of time;
(iii) after said selected period of time expires, removing said substrate from said dryer;
(iv) examining said substrate to determine if said chemical indicator changed color indicating that the temperature in said dryer reached at least one hundred and fifteen degrees F.; and
,(h) in the event in step (g) said chemical indicator changes color,(i) obtaining dry bedding,(ii) placing said bedding in said dryer, and(iii) operating said dryer for a selected period of time to kill bed bugs in said bedding.
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A method to eliminate bed bugs. The method includes the steps of providing a substrate; apply a temperature sensitive chemical indicator to the substrate; and, calibrating a clothes dryer to determine the time required to kill bed bugs by placing dry bedding in the dryer.
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1. A method for eliminating bed bugs comprising the steps of
(a) providing a thin, pliable substrate comprised of interconnected fibers; -
(b) applying to said substrate a temperature sensitive chemical indicator, said indicator changing color when said chemical indicator is exposed to a temperature of at least one hundred and fifteen degrees F.; (c) providing a clothes dryer; (d) calibrating said dryer by (i) placing said substrate in said clothes dryer, (ii) operating said clothes dryer for a selected period of time; (iii) after said selected period of time expires, removing said substrate from said dryer; (iv) examining said substrate to determine if said chemical indicator changed color indicating that the temperature in said dryer reached at least one hundred and fifteen degrees F.; and
,(h) in the event in step (g) said chemical indicator changes color, (i) obtaining dry bedding, (ii) placing said bedding in said dryer, and (iii) operating said dryer for a selected period of time to kill bed bugs in said bedding.
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Current AssigneeRonald L. Ketner
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Original AssigneeRonald L. Ketner
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InventorsKetner, Ronald L.
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Application NumberUS14/756,024Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class CurrentCPC Class CodesA01M 1/2094 killing insects by using te...A01M 17/006 Destruction of vermin in cl...G01K 11/12 using changes in colour, tr...G01K 3/04 in respect of time
