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US 11,344,021 · App. 17/684,924 · Granted May 31, 2022

Cockroach electrocution device

Inventor: Nick Suteerawanit (Los Angeles, CA)
A01M1/223A01M1/02A01M1/103
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Patent No.
US 11,344,021
App. No.
17/684,924
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

A German cockroach trap provides bait, humidity, and temperature to attract German cockroaches into entries, electrocutes the German cockroaches upon entry into the trap, and stores dead cockroaches below the entries. Electrode bands form a closed ring on an interior surface and contact with two of the rings immediately kills the German cockroach which drops into a receiving dock below. A center electrode band may include holes for entry into the trap. A water reservoir in the bottom of the trap is heated to generate humid vapor. Heaters in the top of the trap are controlled to maintain temperature and a fan in the top of the trap draws ambient air into the trap to create a humid vapor flow out through the entries. Bait trays contain material further attracting the German cockroaches.

Claims (60)

1. A German cockroach electrocution device, comprising:

a housing having:

a housing bottom portion;

a housing center portion;

a housing top portion;

a housing top;

a housing interior; and

housing walls;

entries through the housing walls; and

at least two electrode strips on interior surfaces of the housing walls, a first electrode strip vertically aligned with the entries or below the entries, and a second electrode strip below the first electrode strip.

2. The device of claim 1 , further including a third electrode strip above the entries.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the entries comprise a multiplicity of horizontally spaced apart entries in the housing walls in the housing center portion.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the entries are spaced horizontally apart around the entire perimeter of the housing in the housing center portion; and

the electrode strips extend around the entire perimeter of the housing interior on an inside surface of the housing walls.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein all of the entries are at the same height.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first electrode strip is vertically centered at the same height as the entries.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the entries are through the first electrode strip.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein a third electrode strip resides on the inside surface of the housing walls above the first electrode strip.

9. The device of claim 7 , further including:

a reservoir in the housing bottom portion;

a submerged heater residing in the reservoir; and

vapor passages between the reservoir and the housing center portion.

10. The device of claim 9 , further including at least one heater in the housing top portion.

11. The device of claim 9 , further including two heaters in the housing top portion, separate control of each of the two heaters.

12. The device of claim 9 , further including a fan in the housing top drawing outside air into the housing top portion and housing center portion and creating an air flow out of the entries.

13. The device of claim 7 , wherein:

the first electrode strip is about 11 mm high;

the entries are about 5 mm in diameter; and

the entries are spaced apart horizontally about 40 mm.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein:

the second electrode strip is about 7 mm high;

the second electrode strip is about 3 mm below the first electrode strip.

15. The device of claim 7 , further including diagonally in and down guides reaches in from the housing walls under the entries.

16. A German cockroach electrocution device, comprising:

a housing having:

a housing bottom portion;

a housing center portion;

a housing top portion;

a housing top; and

housing walls;

entries through the housing walls in the housing center portion and spaced horizontally apart about 40 mm around the entire perimeter of the housing;

a center electrode strip on the housing interior wall around the entire interior perimeter of the housing, the center electrode strip about 11 mm high, the entries through the center electrode strip; and

a lower electrode strip on the housing interior wall around the entire interior perimeter of the housing about 3 mm below the center electrode strip, the lower electrode strip about 7 mm high.

17. A German cockroach electrocution device, comprising:

a housing having:

a housing bottom portion;

a housing center portion;

a housing top portion;

a housing top; and

housing walls;

entries through the housing walls in the housing center portion having a diameter of about 5 mm and spaced horizontally apart about 40 mm around the entire perimeter of the housing;

a center electrode strip on the housing interior wall around the entire interior perimeter of the housing, the center electrode strip about 11 mm high, the entries through the center electrode strip;

a lower electrode strip on the housing interior wall around the entire interior perimeter of the housing about 3 mm below the center electrode strip, the lower electrode strip about 7 mm high;

diagonally in and down guides reaches in from the housing wall under the lower electrode strip;

a reservoir in the housing bottom portion;

a submerged heater residing in the reservoir;

vapor passages between the reservoir and the housing center portion;

at least one heater in the housing top portion;

a fan in the housing top drawing outside air into the housing top portion and housing center portion and creating an air flow out of the entries.

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