Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for capturing fruit flies
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Application No.: US15196809Application Date: 2016-06-29
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Publication No.: US09961891B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Michael D. Bernhardt
- Applicant: Michael D. Bernhardt
- Agency: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
- Main IPC: A01M1/10
- IPC: A01M1/10 ; A01M1/02 ; A01M1/12 ; A01M1/06

Abstract:
Fly traps that do not require toxic chemicals and that can un-intrusively be present in public areas. An example trap includes a housing to contain a solution and including opening(s) for ingress of flies, a conduit or nozzle, a pump to cause solution to flow via the conduit/nozzle and along the inner surface of the housing to capture flies, and a timer to activate the pump. Another example trap includes a gathering vessel, conduit coupled to the vessel and to be submerged in a fluid trap, a vacuum to remove air from the fluid trap, and a timing device to activate the vacuum. Another example trap includes an outer wall to contain a solution, an inner wall extending into the solution, an air pump and conduit(s) to form bubbles in the solution that rise in a space between the outer and inner walls and cascade down the inner wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160366871A1 APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING FRUIT FLIES Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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