IP Library Granted Patent US 12,382,949
Granted Patent B2
US 12,382,949 · App. 17/053,916 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Bird repellent system

Inventors: Cleber da Cruz Garcia (Botucatu, BR); Fernando Garcia Monte Junior (São Miguel, BR); Rodrigo da Cruz Garcia (Botucatu, BR)
Assignee: ROBOTX ELETRÔNICOS LTDA—EPP
A01M29/26
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Patent No.
US 12,382,949
App. No.
17/053,916
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention belongs to the field of devices to scare away birds in general, preferably gulls, pigeons and vultures using a variable electromagnetic field. More specifically, the invention teaches a system of bird repellence by sensorineural interaction, which works through the formation of an electromagnetic field. The system consists of a pulse generator ( 1 ) that is electrically connected to a mesh ( 2 ) consisting of a plurality of coils ( 4 ) arranged in insulating plugs ( 22 ) that induce an electromagnetic field that interacts with the birds' magnetic orientation system.

Claims (30)

1. A bird repellent system comprising:

an electronic device alternating electrical positive pulse generator that is electrically connected to a mesh formed by a wire, wherein:

the wire is made of stainless steel,

a diameter of the wire being from 0.45 to 2 millimeters,

a resistivity of the wire is from 0.0001 to 5 μΩm,

the wire is fixed to a plurality of insulating plugs,

a shape of the mesh is determined by the positioning of the plurality of insulating plugs installed in a building, wherein the building works as a negative pole,

the plurality of insulating plugs are installed in a plurality of places in order to provide a variety of mesh geometries,

the pulse generator produces an alternating electrical positive signal,

the alternating electrical positive signal having:

a frequency of 100 to 150 Hz,

a voltage of 1,000 to 6,000 volts,

a current of 0.001×10 −3 to 0.01×10 −3 amperes,

and being a sawtooth waveform,

an electromagnetic field is generated by the mesh,

the electromagnetic field generated by the mesh is intensified by winding the wire around bodies of the plurality of insulating plug forming a coil that induces the electromagnetic field capable of repelling the birds in the vicinity of the mesh,

the electromagnetic field interacts with the iron crystals present in the beaks of the birds, affecting the neuro-sensory system of the birds causing repellency.

2. The bird repellent system, according to claim 1 , wherein the coil consists of a single coil.

3. The bird repellent system, according to claim 1 , wherein the geometry of the mesh is closed.

4. The bird repellent system, according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of insulating plugs comprise three parts:

an insulator made up of insulating material in cylindrical or prismatic form where the wire is wound, and the insulator also has a cavity;

a metallic fixation medium and

a plate with two holes;

the first hole for the passage of the metallic fixation medium through the plate and a second hole for the passage of a second fixing medium for fixing the plate to the building; the metallic fixation medium being trapped inside the cavity of the insulating plug.

5. The bird repellent system, according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of insulating plug have a diameter between 15 and 45 millimeters, having the cavity filled with air, with a diameter of 10 to 40 millimeters and the metallic fixation medium is substantially cylindrical from 2 to 8 millimeters in diameter.

6. The bird repellent system, according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of insulator plug have a height of 30 to 150 millimeters, being provided with two recesses, a lower recess and an upper recess for the winding of the wire, being the wire passed through the lower recess or the upper recess.

7. The bird repellent system, according to claim 1 , wherein the mesh comprises the plurality of insulating plugs installed on the building where the wire of conductive material is wound to the plurality of insulating plugs one by one, forming a plurality of coils connected in series, being any of the plurality of insulating plugs spaced from its nearest neighbor, connected in sequence by the wire, at a distance of 0.3 to 4.0 meters.

8. The bird repellent system, according to claim 7 , wherein any of the plurality of insulating plugs is spaced from its nearest neighbor, connected in sequence by the wire, at a preferential distance of 2 to 3 meters.

9. The bird repellent system, according to claim 7 , wherein any of the plurality of insulating plugs is spaced from its nearest neighbor, not connected in the sequence by the wire, at a distance of 0.2 to 4 meters.

10. The bird repellent system, according to claim 1 , wherein the wire forming the mesh is made of stainless steel with a diameter of 0.6 mm and a resistivity of 0.72 μΩm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2020
From: GARCIA, CLEBER DA CRUZ; MONTE JUNIOR, FERNANDO GARCIA; GARCIA, RODRIGO DA CRUZ
To: ROBOTX ELETRONICOS LTDA - EPP
Reel/Frame 054313/0399 →
Priority Claims (1)
BR 102018010680-5 · May 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210259236A1 · Aug 26, 2021
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