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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4706410 | Insect trap The insect trap of the present invention comprises a conical shell having a downwardly and inwardly tapered sidewall and an upstanding annular rim provided at the top of the sidewall. Baffles are positioned within the conical shell and extend upwardly the... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4694604 | Gas or vapor dispersing apparatus Apparatus for dispersing a gaseous or vaporized pheromone trail into the atmosphere under determined conditions comprises first container (10) in which a pheromone source (22) is located. Means (12) to create and upward draught is provided surmounting the... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4592163 | Telescoping carton and insect trap A multipurpose, collapsible carton formed of telescopically connected inner and outer members is used, in a preferred embodiment, as a disposable insect trap. The inner container member has closed bottom and side walls, and a funnel-shaped top wall. The o... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4581845 | Suffocation-type insect trap with pitfall and attractant A poisonless trap for monitoring and control of insects, especially stored-product pests of the order Coleoptera, comprising a housing device, a pitfall chamber within the housing device, oil within the pitfall chamber, and an attractant. Insects lured in... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4566219 | Garden pest barrier A barrier for placement about gardens and which includes flanges for the retention of a pesticide along the length of the barrier. A shield portion of the barrier protects the pesticide from water as well as providing an obstacle to the passage of garden ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4557069 | Insect trap arrangement, kit therefor and method of making the same An insect trap arrangement, kit therefor and method of making the same are provided, the trap arrangement comprising a lure unit for attracting insects thereto and causing the attracted insects to fall by gravity therefrom, an insect storage container hav... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4551941 | Insect trap selective for wasps A transparent cylindrical insect trap provides a bottom entry to a circular truncated entry cone that exits into a cylindrical entrapment chamber, all configured to inhibit insect exit therefrom. The trap top provides a screened orifice to allow volatile ... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4519776 | Apparatus for attracting insects An apparatus for attracting insects to an insect trapping device. The apparatus includes: a source of combustible fluid; a burner communicating with the fluid source for igniting the fluid in an exothermic reaction generating carbon dioxide, moisture and ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4506473 | Carbon dioxide generator insect attractant This disclosure involves a method of chemically generating carbon dioxide for use as an insect attractant used in combination with an insect trap, and a generating unit adoptable for use with existing insect traps. Carbon dioxide is generated by reacting ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4505065 | Insect trap An insect trap for catching flying forest insects, particularly bark beet, has a hollow body adapted to accommodate an insect attractant and defined at least in part by a vertical wall structure; a plurality of distributed apertures provided in the wall ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4493161 | Trap for flying insects A flying insect trap has a hollow body with a bottom portion. A plurality of legs are connected to said body and this body has an aperture in its bottom portion. A pair of transparent baffles are mounted inside the body and extend upwardly and converge to... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4452006 | Insect trap A cone-orifice insect trap comprising an intermediate annular member carrying a lure and two truncated-cone-shaped casing members with perforated, funnel-shaped, insect trapping end walls extending inwardly from each end of the casing members. The modular... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4442624 | Method and apparatus for forming a collapsible trap for flying insects The present invention provides method and apparatus for forming a collapsible trap for trapping flying insects, particularly Gypsy moths. The trap includes a housing or enclosure with at least one entrance port into said housing for enabling insects to en... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4337592 | Method of controlling cockroaches A method of controlling cockroaches by irradiation thereof using ultraviolet rays.... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4328636 | Device for insect control and method An insect controlling device and method which provides an environment within foraminous barrier to which at least certain fertilized female insects will be attracted to deposit their eggs, and in the barrier assuring wasting of the thus deposited insect e... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4227333 | Method for the early detection, localization and control of khapra beetles and their larvae, and an odor, taste and/or contact-responsive trap for carrying out the method A contact and odor responsive device for trapping khapra beetles and their larvae in which fibrous paper or fabric strips are constructed to provide contact allowing forms containing pheromone attraction means, food attractive means and lethal means for d... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4144668 | Insect trap An electrical detecting circuit using an S.C.R. or an integrated circuit and low voltage detects when an insect bridges a pair of electrodes whereupon entrapping means are activated. The entrapping means can be a trapdoor in the top of a container or an a... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4069615 | Screen for deterring flying insects A flying insect deterring screen composed of flexible tapes or strips suspended over an entry to a closed environment, wherein fluctuation throughout the length of the tapes is initiated by a prime mover acting at the points of suspension thereof. The pri... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3997999 | Mosquito trap A mosquito trap consisting of a receptacle containing water and having two chambers separated by a screen member. The first chamber is open to the atmosphere while the second chamber is enclosed and contains a food retaining member remote from the first c... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3968590 | Insect trap An insect trap including a cover assembly having a central projecting mounting hub and a disposable panel releasably engageable with the hub. The panel is coated with an appropriate trap substance which entangles the insects. Flexible mounting fingers are... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3959914 | Prefabricated disposable fly trap A prefabricated T-shaped blank of flexible sheet material with a pair of screened openings spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal portion of the blank is foldable along spaced parallel fold lines into a fly trap structure composed of outer and ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3931865 | Mosquito repellant apparatus An electronic mosquito repellant sonically or ultra-sonically attracts male mosquitos. The presence of the male mosquitos repels the pregnant female mosquitos. The female mosquitos, as distinguished from the male mosquitos, are equipped with mandibles cap... | 01/13/1976 |
