Patent ID: 6226919
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An insect vacuum trap consisting of an elongated and tubular housing having means therein for creating a negative pressure stream of air to enter into an opening in said tubular housing, means for creating a positive pressure stream of air to exit from a separate tube having an opening located at said opening of said tubular housing, means for directing said positive pressure stream of air to overlap said negative pressure stream of air to a greater extent in its distance from said opening in said tubular housing including means for creating debilitating fumes in said positive pressure air stream to disorient insects, wherein said means for creating said negative air stream includes a centrifugal impeller driven by an electric motor located within said tubular housing, said impeller exhausts air through a multiple of exhaust openings in said housing, wherein said means for creating said positive pressure air stream comprises a chamber covering some of said exhaust openings.