Patent ID: 8024888
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. An electronic pest trap comprising: a trap body having a power source and a switch mechanism for placing said trap into an active standby mode; a plurality of spaced killing plates including first and second killing plates positioned within said trap body; an interruptible beam sensor including a beam transmitter and a beam receiver configured to transmit and receive, respectively, an interruptible beam signal across a width of said trap between said first and second killing plates; and a high-voltage circuit coupled to said first and second spaced killing plates and to said interruptible beam sensor, said circuit configured to initiate, in response to said sensor detecting a threshold interruption in said beam signal, delivery of a high-voltage pulse train through said circuit to said first and second killing plates for a time period corresponding to a killing cycle, said current flow to said killing plates being terminated by said circuit upon completion of said killing cycle, said circuit being further configured to rearm said circuit in response to the input from said interruptible beam sensor indicating no beam signal interruption remains, said circuit still further being configured to initiate, in response to an indication from said interruptible beam sensor of beam signal interruption, a visual notification mode indicating manual service of said trap is required.