Patent ID: 6134826
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A flying insect elimination appliance comprising:a housing including an open upper chamber;a light radiation source supported within said open upper chamber and supported by said housing;means for supplying electrical power to said light radiation source, and supported by said housing;holder means, detachably connected to said housing, for collecting and containing said disabled insects;disabling means, supported by said housing, and at least partially surrounding said upper chamber and having a surface in a position to be illuminated by said light radiation source for disabling insects by electrical conductance, and wherein said disabling means by electrical conductance further comprises a sheet of material embedded with positive and negative conductive strips closely enough spaced so that electrical current can be applied to the conductive strips to disable and disorient insects which land on said sheet of material; andtrapping means, supported by said housing for directing disabled insects into said holder means and located underneath a lowermost extent of said disabling means.