Patent Application
20230309547
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The disclosure relates to repellent devices and more particularly pertains to a new repellent device for inhibiting rodents from chewing electrical wires of an air conditioner. The device includes air conditioning unit and an ultrasonic emitter. A pair of magnets is each coupled to the ultrasonic emitter to magnetically engage an exterior wall of the air conditioner. In this way the ultrasonic emitter can repel rodents from chewing on wires of the air conditioner.
The prior art relates to repellent devices including a variety of ultrasonic emitter devices that each employs novel circuitry for emitting ultrasonic sound to repel rodents.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an air conditioner has an exterior wall being comprised of a ferromagnetic material. An ultrasonic emitter is provided which emits ultrasonic sound waves when the ultrasonic emitter is turned on to repel rodents. A pair of magnets is each coupled to the ultrasonic emitter. Each of the magnets magnetically engages the exterior wall of the air conditioner for mounting the ultrasonic emitter to the air conditioner. In this way the ultrasonic emitter inhibits rodents from chewing on electrical wires of the air conditioner.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The outer wall 24 has a plurality of holes 26 each extending into an interior of the housing 18. The plurality of holes 26 is arranged into a plurality of columns 28 and rows and the plurality of holes 26 is positioned closer to the second end 22 than the first end 20. A sound emitter 32 is positioned within the housing 18 and the sound emitter 32 is aligned with the plurality of holes 26 to emit sound outwardly through the plurality of holes 26. The sound emitter 32 has an operational frequency ranging between 20.0 kHz and 30.0 kHz thereby facilitating the sound emitter 32 to repel rodents.
A light emitter 34 is integrated into the outer wall 24 of the housing 18 to emit light outwardly from the outer wall 24. The light emitter 34 is electrically coupled to the sound emitter 32 and the light emitter 34 is turned on when the sound emitter 32 is turned on. In this way the light emitter 34 can alert an observer that the sound emitter 32 has been turned on. The light emitter 34 is positioned between the plurality of holes 26 and the first end 20 of the housing 18. Furthermore, the light emitter 34 may comprise a light emitting diode or other type of electronic light emitter.
A power cord 36 is coupled to and extends away from the second end 22 of the housing 18 and the power cord 36 is electrically coupled to the sound emitter 32. Furthermore, the power cord 36 is electrically coupled to a power source 38. The power source 38 may comprise a female electrical outlet, wiring of an electrical system of the building in which the air conditioner 12 is positioned or any other source of electrical current. A ground cord 40 is coupled to and extends away from the second end 22 of the housing 18 and the ground cord 40 is electrically coupled to the sound emitter 32. Additionally, the ground cord 40 is electrically coupled to a ground 42. The ground 42 may comprise a ground of the electrical system of the building in which the air conditioner 12 is positioned or any other source of Earth ground.
A pair of magnets 44 is provided and each of the magnets 44 is coupled to the ultrasonic emitter 16. Each of the magnets 44 magnetically engages the exterior wall 14 of the air conditioner 12 for mounting the ultrasonic emitter 16 to the air conditioner 12. In this way the ultrasonic emitter 16 can inhibit rodents from chewing on electrical wires of the air conditioner 12. Each of the magnets 44 is positioned on the outer wall 24 of the housing 18 and each of the magnets 44 is positioned on an opposite side of the housing 18 with respect to the plurality of holes 26 and the light emitter 34. Each of the magnets 44 is positioned closer to the second end 22 of the housing 18 than the first end 20 of the housing 18. The housing 18 can be placed either on an outer surface of the exterior wall 14 of the air conditioner 12 or on an inside surface of the exterior wall 14 of the air conditioner 12. In this way the housing 18 and the ultrasonic emitter 16 can be protected from precipitation, for example, if the air conditioner 12 is placed outside of the building.
The magnets 44 are spaced apart from each other along an axis that is oriented perpendicular to the axis extending between the first end 20 and the second end 22 of the housing 18. Each of the magnets 44 has a distal surface 46 with respect to the outer wall 24 of the housing 18. Additionally, the distal surface 46 of a respective one of the magnets 44 magnetically engages the exterior wall 14 of the air conditioner 12 thereby facilitating the plurality of holes 26 in the outer wall 24 of the housing 18 to be directed in a preferred direction. Each of the magnets 44 may comprise an Earth magnet or other type non-electronic magnet.
In an alternative embodiment 48 as is most clearly shown in
In use, each of the power cord 36 and the ground cord 40 are electrically coupled to the respective power source 38 and ground 42 in accordance with the National Electrical Code. A respective one of the magnets 44 is engaged to the exterior wall 14 of the air conditioner 12 thereby facilitating the plurality of holes 26 to be directed in a preferred direction. In this way the sound emitter 32 can emit the ultrasonic sound in a manner that can most effectively repel rodents. Thus, wiring and other components of the air conditioner 12 are protected from being chewed on by rodents, such as mice and other similar rodents that are known to commonly chew on insulation of electrical conductors.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
