Patent ID: 7752802

Claim:
An extermination system for exterminating insects on a designated area of ground and under the designated area of ground utilizing an insect tunnel network and without using a probe, the system comprising: a boiler with liquid; a power source for heating the liquid and converting it to steam in the boiler; a steam transport system for delivering steam from the boiler to an applicator; an applicator for placement on to and over the designated area of ground such that steam from the boiler is applied on to the designated area and into insect tunnel networks without forcing a probe into the ground; wherein the steam transport system and the applicator are configured so that the pressure and temperature of the steam is maintained low enough such that, when the applicator is placed on the designated area of ground, the steam will not damage or collapse the insect tunnel networks; and wherein, when the applicator is placed on the designated area of ground, insects on the designated area of ground under the applicator are exterminated directly by the steam and insects underground are exterminated, without the use of a probe, by the steam entering into the tunnel network at the ground surface on the designated area of ground and traveling underground through the tunnel network.