Patent ID: 6840005

Claim:
A flying insect trapping device configured to be used with a fuel supply containing combustible fuel, comprising: a supporting frame; an insect trap chamber carried on said supporting frame; a combustion device carried on said supporting frame, said combustion device comprising an inlet port for connection with the fuel supply, an exhaust port, and a combustion chamber communicating said inlet port with said exhaust port, said inlet port enabling the fuel from the fuel supply to flow into said combustion chamber for continuous combustion therein to create an exhaust gas within said combustion chamber; said combustion device further comprising a catalyst element disposed within said combustion chamber, said catalyst element having a catalyst body having a predetermined configuration with a plurality of essentially linear elongated conduits extending between upstream and downstream end portions of the body, the elongated conduits enabling the exhaust gas created in said combustion chamber to flow therethrough from the upstream end portion to the downstream end portion towards said exhaust port, said catalyst body including a catalytically active material that, during operation, converts carbon monoxide in said exhaust gas to carbon dioxide as said exhaust gas flows through said elongated conduits; an exhaust outlet carried on said frame, said exhaust outlet being communicated with the exhaust port of said combustion device and being configured to allow said exhaust gas to flow outwardly through said exhaust outlet so that insects attracted to the carbon dioxide in said exhaust gas will fly towards said exhaust outlet; an insect inlet communicated with said insect trap chamber to enable flying insects to enter said trap chamber through said insect inlet; and a vacuum device communicated to said insect inlet, said vacuum device being constructed and arranged to draw insects attracted to said exhaust outlet through said insect inlet and into said insect trap chamber.