Claims
- 1. A device for trapping flying insects, including:
a housing having an opening for the entry of insects; a physical attractant for the insects, arranged within said housing so as to be visible by an insect within sight of said opening; a trapping arrangement arranged in association with said physical attractant for trapping insects attracted to said physical attractant; and an emission arrangement for emitting a chemical attractant in the vicinity of said trapping arrangement, thereby, in conjunction with said physical attractant, to attract insects into said trapping arrangement, so as to be entrapped thereby.
- 2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said emission arrangement is operative to give rise to predetermined environmental conditions which facilitate chemical reactions among preselected chemical reactants: thereby causing emission of the chemical attractant.
- 3. A device according to claim 2, wherein said predetermined environmental conditions include a combination of: temperature, aeration, hydration, and percentage composition of said chemical reactants.
- 4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said emission arrangement is further operative to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant in the vicinity of said device.
- 5. A device according to claim 4, wherein said emission arrangement is further operative to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant having temporal variation in the density of the chemical attractant.
- 6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said physical attractant includes a dark panel and a heating source operative to heat said dark panel to a temperature within a preselected temperature range.
- 7. A device according to claim 6, wherein said physical attractant further includes a grille enclosing said dark panel which is operative to present a patterned view thereof to an insect within sight of said opening of said device.
- 8. A device according to claim 6, wherein said heating source is operative to heat said dark panel to a temperature within the range of 35 to 45° C.
- 9. A device according to claim 1, wherein said trapping arrangement includes an adhesive.
- 10. A device according to claim 9, wherein said adhesive is applied to said dark panel.
- 11. A device according to claim 2, wherein said preselected chemical reactants includes at least one member of the group which consists of: fermenting yeast, yeast extract, sugar, peptone, acetone, and lactic acid; and wherein the chemical attractant includes carbon dioxide.
- 12. A device according to claim 2, wherein said emission arrangement and said preselected chemical reactants are operative, in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant, to facilitate both aerobic and anaerobic processes involving the metabolic activity of microorganisms with substrates in an aqueous medium, wherein said aerobic processes include aerobic respiration and said anaerobic processes include fermentation.
- 13. A device according to claim 12, wherein said microorganisms are yeast and said substrates include sugar.
- 14. A device according to claim 12, wherein said emission arrangement and said preselected chemical reactants are further operative to preferably foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant.
- 15. A device according to claim 14, wherein said emission arrangement further includes:
an air pump for producing a flow of air; bubble producing apparatus arranged to receive the flow of air from said air pump and further arranged to deliver the flow of air to said aqueous medium so as to produce air bubbles therein at a rate predetermined to provide a degree of aeration required to foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant; and an air conduit connecting said air pump and said bubble producing apparatus configured to direct the air flow produced by said air pump into said bubble producing apparatus.
- 16. A device according to claim 15, wherein said bubble producing apparatus includes an aperture plate interposed in the air flow adjacent to said aqueous medium and having a multiplicity of apertures of predetermined diameters optimal for producing the air bubbles in said aqueous medium.
- 17. A device according to claim 16, wherein the diameter of each said aperture in said aperture plate is approximately 0.5 mm.
- 18. A device according to claim 15, wherein said emission arrangement and said air pump are further operative to drive said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant into the region in the vicinity of said device.
- 19. A device according to claim 12, wherein said emission arrangement further includes a heater operative to maintain said preselected chemical reactants at an optimum temperature to facilitate said respiration and fermentation processes.
- 20. A device according to claim 1, wherein said emission arrangement includes a replaceable inner module which contains predetermined amounts of said preselected chemical reactants, said chemical reactants, when activated, reacting to produce the chemical attractant, and which engages said emission arrangement, releasing the attractant thereinto, so that said predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants in said replaceable inner module are operative to enable said emission arrangement to supply said device with a quantity of the chemical attractant sufficient for it to function for a predetermined period of time.
- 21. A device according to claim 20, wherein said emission arrangement and said replaceable inner module are arranged to allow the reacting of said chemical reactants to be selectably activated by the addition of a predetermined quantity of water to said replaceable inner module prior to engaging said emission arrangement.
- 22. A device according to claim 20, wherein said replaceable inner module is arranged for selectable removal from said device when said preselected chemical reactants are exhausted.
- 23. For use with a device for trapping flying insects, which includes: a housing having an opening for the entry of insects; a physical attractant for the insects; and a trapping arrangement arranged in association with said physical attractant for trapping insects attracted to said physical attractant,
an emission arrangement for emitting a chemical attractant for the insects employing a cartridge which contains predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants, said chemical reactants, when activated, reacting to produce the chemical attractant, and which engages said emission arrangement, releasing the attractant thereinto, thereby enabling said emission arrangement to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant in the vicinity of the trapping device.
- 24. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants in said cartridge are sufficient to enable said emission arrangement to supply the trapping device with a quantity of the chemical attractant sufficient for it to function for a predetermined period of time.
- 25. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said emission arrangement and said cartridge are arranged to allow the reacting of said chemical reactants to be selectably activated by the addition of a predetermined quantity of water to said cartridge prior to engaging said emission arrangement.
- 26. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said cartridge is configured as a replaceable inner module arranged for selectable removal from the trapping device when said preselected chemical reactants are exhausted.
- 27. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, which is operative to give rise to predetermined environmental conditions which facilitate chemical reactions among said preselected chemical reactants, thereby causing emission of the chemical attractant.
- 28. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, which is further operative to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant having temporal variation in the density of the chemical attractant.
- 29. An emission arrangement according to claim 27, wherein said predetermined environmental conditions include a combination of: temperature, aeration, hydration, and percentage composition of said chemical reactants.
- 30. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said preselected chemical reactants includes at least one member of the group which consists of: fermenting yeast, yeast extract, peptone, acetone, and lactic acid; and wherein the chemical attractant includes carbon dioxide.
- 31. An emission arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said emission arrangement and said preselected chemical reactants are operative, in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant, to facilitate both aerobic and anaerobic processes involving the metabolic activity of microorganisms with substrates in an aqueous medium, wherein said aerobic processes include aerobic respiration and said anaerobic processes include fermentation.
- 32. An emission arrangement according to claim 31, wherein said microorganisms are yeast and said substrates include sugar.
- 33. An emission arrangement according to claim 31, further operative, together with said preselected chemical reactants, to preferably foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant.
- 34. An emission arrangement according to claim 33, further including:
an air pump for producing a flow of air; bubble producing apparatus arranged to receive the flow of air from said air pump and further arranged to deliver the flow of air to said aqueous medium so as to produce air bubbles therein at a rate predetermined to provide a degree of aeration required to foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant; and an air conduit connecting said air pump and said bubble producing apparatus configured to direct the air flow produced by said air pump into said bubble producing apparatus.
- 35. An emission arrangement according to claim 34, wherein said bubble producing apparatus includes an aperture plate interposed in the air flow adjacent to said aqueous medium and having a multiplicity of apertures of predetermined diameters optimal for producing the air bubbles in said aqueous medium.
- 36. A emission arrangement according to claim 35, wherein the diameter of each said aperture in said aperture plate is approximately 0.5 mm.
- 37. An emission arrangement according to claim 34, further operative, together with said air pump, to drive said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant into the region in the vicinity of the trapping device.
- 38. An emission arrangement according to claim 31, further including a heater operative to maintain said preselected chemical reactants at an optimum temperature to facilitate said respiration and fermentation processes.
- 39. For use with a device for trapping flying insects, which includes: a housing having an opening for the entry of insects; a physical attractant for the insects; a trapping arrangement arranged in association with said physical attractant for trapping insects attracted to said physical attractant; and an emission arrangement for emitting a chemical attractant for the insects,
a cartridge which contains predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants, said chemical reactants, when activated, reacting to produce the chemical attractant, and which engages the emission arrangement, releasing the attractant thereinto, thereby enabling the emission arrangement to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant in the vicinity of the trapping device.
- 40. A cartridge according to claim 39, wherein said predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants therein are sufficient to enable the emission arrangement to supply the trapping device with a quantity of the chemical attractant sufficient for it to function for a predetermined period of time.
- 41. A cartridge according to claim 39, arranged, together with the emission arrangement, to allow the reacting of said chemical reactants to be selectably activated by the addition of a predetermined quantity of water thereto prior to engaging the emission arrangement.
- 42. A cartridge according to claim 39, configured as a replaceable inner module arranged for selectable removal from the trapping device when said preselected chemical reactants are exhausted.
- 43. A cartridge according to claim 39, wherein said preselected chemical reactants includes at least one member of the group which consists of: fermenting yeast, yeast extract, peptone, acetone, and lactic acid; and wherein the chemical attractant includes carbon dioxide.
- 44. A cartridge according to claim 39, wherein the emission arrangement, together with said cartridge and said preselected chemical reactants are operative, in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant, to facilitate both aerobic and anaerobic processes involving the metabolic activity of microorganisms with substrates in an aqueous medium, wherein said aerobic processes include aerobic respiration and said anaerobic processes include fermentation.
- 45. A cartridge according to claim 44, wherein said microorganisms are yeast and said substrates include sugar.
- 46. A cartridge according to claim 44, wherein said preselected chemical reactants, with the action of the emission arrangement, are operative to preferably foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant.
- 47. A cartridge according to claim 46, further including bubble producing apparatus, wherein the emission arrangement further includes:
an air pump for producing a flow of air and an air conduit connecting the air pump and said bubble producing apparatus configured to direct the air flow produced by the air pump through said bubble producing apparatus; and wherein said bubble producing apparatus is arranged to receive the flow of air from the air pump and further arranged to deliver the flow of air to said predetermined quantity of water so as to produce air bubbles therein at a rate predetermined to provide a degree of aeration required to foster said aerobic processes in producing said gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant; and wherein the emission arrangement further includes: an air conduit connecting the air pump and said bubble producing apparatus configured to direct air pumped by the air pump through said bubble producing apparatus.
- 48. A cartridge according to claim 47, wherein said bubble producing apparatus includes an aperture plate interposed in the air flow adjacent to said predetermined quantity of water and having a multiplicity of apertures of predetermined diameters optimal for producing the air bubbles in said predetermined quantity of water.
- 49. A cartridge according to claim 48, wherein the diameter of each said aperture in said aperture plate is approximately 0.5 mm.
- 50. For use with a device for trapping flying insects which includes: a housing having an opening for the entry of insects; a physical attractant for the insects; a trapping arrangement arranged in association with the physical attractant for trapping insects attracted thereto; and an emission arrangement for emitting a chemical attractant for the insects employing a cartridge which contains predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants and which engages the trapping device so that the cartridge is operative to enable the emission arrangement to produce a gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant in the vicinity of the trapping device, a method for trapping insects, including the steps of:
furnishing, in a line-of-sight relationship to the opening of the trapping device, a physical attractant that is dark in color; heating the dark physical attractant to a temperature within a preselected temperature range; enclosing the dark physical attractant with a grille so as to present a patterned view thereof to an insect within sight of the opening of the trapping device; and producing a gaseous suspension of a chemical attractant to attract insects in the vicinity of the trapping device.
- 51. A method according to claim 50, wherein said step of producing includes the substeps of:
supplying chemical reactants operative to produce the chemical attractant; providing predetermined environmental conditions operative to facilitate reactions, including both aerobic and anaerobic processes, among the chemical reactants to produce the chemical attractant; and activating the reactions to produce the chemical attractant.
- 52. A method according to claim 51, wherein said step of supplying chemical reactants is supplying yeast and a nutrient substrate, and, in said step of providing, aerobic processes are respiration and anaerobic processes are fermentation.
- 53. A method according to claim 51, wherein said step of supplying chemical reactants is engaging in the trapping device a cartridge, configured as a replaceable inner module and containing predetermined amounts of preselected chemical reactants sufficient to enable the emission arrangement to supply the trapping device with a quantity of the chemical attractant sufficient for it to function for a predetermined period of time.
- 54. A method according to claim 51, wherein said step of activating includes adding a predetermined quantity of water to the cartridge.
- 55. A method according to claim 51, wherein said step of providing predetermined environmental conditions is providing predetermined environmental conditions operative to foster aerobic processes among the chemical reactants in producing the gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant.
- 56. A method according to claim 51, wherein said step of providing predetermined environmental conditions further includes the step of heating the chemical reactants to an optimum temperature to facilitate the respiration and fermentation processes.
- 57. A method according to claim 55, wherein said step of providing predetermined environmental conditions operative to foster includes the step of aerating the chemical reactants.
- 58. A method according to claim 57, wherein said step of aerating the chemical reactants includes the step of driving air bubbles therethrough.
- 59. A method according to claim 50, wherein said step of producing further includes the substep of driving the gaseous suspension of the chemical attractant into the region in the vicinity of the trapping device.
Priority Claims (1)
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/555,386 filed Nov. 26, 1998, entitled “Insect Trap,” the entire contents being incorporated herein by reference.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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