Patent ID: 7926222
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A method of treating pests in a room of a multi-room building, the method comprising: preparing the room for treatment, wherein preparing the room for treatment comprises fully closing one or more windows of the room; placing a plurality of temperature-sensing probes throughout the room, wherein the plurality of temperature-sensing probes are in communication with a data recorder; connecting a first heater section to a second, separate, heater section to form an electric heater, wherein the first heater section comprises a plurality of electrically energized heater coils, wherein the second heater section comprises a fan and a fan motor, and wherein the electric heater further comprises a power box comprising: heating the room, with the electric heater, such that ambient air in the room is heated to at least 120° F. for a treatment time period and such that interior structural voids for the room exceed 111° F. for the treatment time period, wherein the treatment time period is at least two hours; and during the heating, recording and storing, by the data recorder, temperature readings from the plurality of temperature-sensing probes.