Portable luminous insect trap
Patent 5301456 Issued on April 12, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 27, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 27, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 618450 681772 952659 967883 983468 988476 1819551 3201893 3465468 InventorsApplicationNo. 935911 filed on 08/27/1992US Classes:43/113IlluminatedExaminersPrimary: Rowan, KurtInternational ClassA01M 001/04Foreign Application Priority Data1991-08-29 CAAbstractThe 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. | |
