IP Library Granted Patent US 9,532,560
Granted Patent B2
US 9,532,560 · App. 14/412,545 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Mosquito exterminator based on infection/contamination by a float provided with a powdered coating

Inventors: Anne Jurjen Osinga (Rockanje, NL); Marit Farenhorst (Wageningen, NL); Remco Alexander Suer (Wageningen, NL); Bart Geert Jan Knols (Dodewaard, NL)
Assignee: IN2CARE HOLDING B.V.
A01M1/02A01M1/106A01M1/2016A01N25/34A01N49/00A01N63/04
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Patent No.
US 9,532,560
App. No.
14/412,545
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exterminator for insects, for example mosquitoes, including: a) a container open on an upper side and filled with a water-containing fluid, including an inner wall with a smooth surface descending steeply towards the fluid, b) a cover at a distance above the open upper side of the container, and c) a float in the container, under the cover, and which can move up and down with the fluid level. The float includes a float body which extends above the surface of the fluid and which includes a structure which remains dry in a form of a gauze, net, cloth, screen, grid or fabric, on to which an electrostatic coating layer in a form of a platinum complex-containing silicone composition is provided.

Claims (23)

1. An exterminator for insects, or for mosquitoes, comprising:

a) a container which is open on an upper side and which is optionally filled with a water-containing fluid, the container including an inner wall with a smooth surface descending steeply towards the fluid;

b) a cover provided at a distance above the open upper side of the container; and

c) a float provided in the container, under the cover, and which moves up and down with the fluid level, the float including a float body which extends above a surface of the fluid and which comprises a structure which remains dry in a form of a gauze, net, cloth, screen, grid, or fabric, on to which an electrostatic coating layer in a form of a platinum complex-containing silicone composition is provided, to which one or more powders are adhered comprising:

a juvenile hormone, and/or pyriproxyphene, and/or

a fungus, and/or Beauveria bassiana , and/or Metarhizium anisopliae , and/or

an intensifying agent, and/or synthetic or non-synthetic silica, or diatomaceous earth, which dissolves upon contact with a cuticula of the insect, so that when used in combination with the fungus, the fungus can more easily penetrate the insect.

2. The exterminator according to claim 1 , further comprising a lure provided against a lower side of the cover, in the fluid, on the float and/or the float body, or provided in the container itself, or integrated in a material of the container.

3. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is a structure which can be detachably provided around the float body.

4. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the structure can be extended from a flat state to a spatial structure which fits around the float body.

5. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is made of polyester and/or natural materials or a textile, cotton and/or paper, or a combination of polyester and cotton.

6. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the silicone composition is a crosswise silicone composition, and an amount of platinum therein is approximately 5 ppm with respect to the silicone composition.

7. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein a substance forming a film on the fluid is added to the fluid, which film counteracts evaporation of the fluid.

8. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the cover includes an arched outer surface that makes the fluid collected flow down in a direction of a hollow shank.

9. The exterminator according to claim 8 , wherein a position of the cover on the hollow shank is adjustable between a first position in which a passage in the shank to the container is open and a second position in which the passage is closed.

10. The exterminator according to claim 8 , wherein the shank includes an outwardly extending overflow.

11. The exterminator according to claim 8 , wherein on a lower side of the shank, the shank opens into a space for a pin which can be driven into the ground.

12. The exterminator according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is at least partly translucent.

13. A structure, or a structure which, after it has been extended, is fitted as a spatial structure around the float body of the exterminator according to claim 1 , which is in a form of a gauze, net, cloth, screen, grid, or fabric, on to which an electrostatic coating layer in a form of a platinum complex-containing silicone composition is provided, to which one or more powders are adhered comprising:

a juvenile hormone, and/or pyriproxyphene, and/or

a fungus, and/or Beauveria bassiana , and/or Metarhizium anisopliae , and/or

an intensifying agent, and/or synthetic or non-synthetic silica, or diatomaceous earth, which dissolves upon contact with a cuticula of the insect, so that when used in combination with the fungus, the fungus can more easily penetrate the insect.

14. A packaging comprising a flat structure according to claim 13 , which packaging is water-soluble.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2019
From: GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA
To: IN2CARE HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 048331/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2015
From: OSINGA, ANNE JURJEN; FARENHORST, MARIT; SUER, REMCO ALEXANDER; KNOLS, BART GEERT JAN
To: IN2CARE HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 034767/0705 →
Priority Claims (1)
NL 1039713 · Jul 4, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150121746A1 · May 7, 2015