Rearming electronic animal trap with infrared sensor and multiple-killing-plate configuration

An electric or electronic animal trap with a CPU-controlled, rearming, multiple killing plate configuration and automatically resetting interruptible beam sensor for triggering a high voltage cycle. A high-voltage output circuit is connected to killing plates which are activated with a high-voltage...

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Main Authors EYER RICHARD L, WETZEL TROY A, CRUZ ROBERT T
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.07.2009
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS
CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
TRAPPING
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Summary:An electric or electronic animal trap with a CPU-controlled, rearming, multiple killing plate configuration and automatically resetting interruptible beam sensor for triggering a high voltage cycle. A high-voltage output circuit is connected to killing plates which are activated with a high-voltage pulse train when a pest interrupts the beam signal, such as an infrared beam signal generated by an infrared transmitter to an infrared receiver. The trap is preferably configured to automatically rearm if the IR beam signal is no longer interrupted after the killing cycle. If the IR beam signal is still blocked after the killing cycle, however, the trap enters a standby mode indicating trap servicing is required to remove the dead rodent from the trap.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080003897