DE3212859A1 - INSECT FEEDING STATION - Google Patents

Description

3212853

1A-3871
28.108

AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY Wayne, N.J., USA

Insect feeding station

The invention relates to a device for destruction of insects. In particular, the invention relates to an insect feeding station in which the insects are poisoned can be administered without endangering children or pets.

Various devices for killing insects are known. Some of these devices will the insects caught after entering the device, either by the mechanical structure the same or by a sticky or gummy substance. In any case, the device will soon be

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fills and unusable. Furthermore, loose poison can often be shaken out of devices which contain a poison or the poison can be reached through the openings. This is especially for children and small pets dangerous. Furthermore, conventional devices are often designed so that the interior difficult to see, so that it is not easy to determine whether insects are in the device use or how much toxin has been consumed.

It is therefore the object of the invention to provide an insect feeding station to create that is not dangerous for children. It is also an object of the invention to provide an insect feeding station to create in which the consumption of the poison is easily recognizable. It is also a task the invention to provide an insect feeding station, which easily and inexpensively from deformable Materials can be produced by known methods. Finally, it is the object of the invention to remove the insects to the toxin within the insect feeding station.

This object is achieved according to the invention by a feeding station which has a base part which Poison carries, as well as a cover. The base part has outer housing walls with at least one and preferably three or more openings, with the poison in the middle of the housing. The outer housing can be any have any configuration. For example, it can be round, square or rectangular.

The base has internal partitions which are positioned so that a finger or object through the openings in the outer wall cannot come into contact with the poison. Preferably the separating

walls arranged in such a way that insects are led to the toxin from the openings in the outer wall.

The base is made in one piece from a deformable material, e.g. plastic, according to known methods. A preferred method of forming the base starts with a flat plastic sheet, which is either deformed in the heat or in a vacuum with the help of an appropriately designed mold Formation of the bulges, which serve as dividing walls, and the central poison area. It is also possible to manufacture the base e.g. by injection molding molten plastic into a suitable shape. the Cover of the device can be produced in a similar manner, namely as a one-piece component, which is connected to the top of the device. the Cover is permanently attached to the base and has at least a portion that is transparent, so that the toxin is visible from the outside through the cover.

The toxin is preferably in the form of a bait; H. as a mixture of a slow-acting poison and one the insect-attracting food, e.g. flour, molasses, peanut butter or the like. The bait preferably has paste-like or solid consistency. Thus, the insects are attracted by the device, they eat from Bait and leave the device to die elsewhere. The bait can be in the form of a shaped body, e.g. as a flat disc attached to the bottom of the inner compartment.

It is also an idea of the invention to provide a contrasting color below the bait. It is special

it is desirable that this contrasting color is present as a luminous color so that it is easily visible even in the dark. As soon as the bait is consumed by the insects, the contrasting color below the bait becomes visible and indicates that insects are using the station and how much of the poison bait has already been consumed. The contrast between The bait and the subsoil can be brought about in a number of ways. Can be a contrasting color applied to the inside surface of the poison area before the bait is placed. The base can be made from made of transparent material and a contrasting colored film can be applied to the underside of the base will. Another option is to make the entire base area of the station out of one plastic to produce which has a color that contrasts with the bait.

In the following the invention is explained in more detail with reference to drawings; show it:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment the insect feeding station according to the invention, obliquely from above, with parts of the cover broken away are;

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the embodiment according to FIG. 1 without a cover;

Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a plurality of sheets made from a single sheet of plastic Basic components for insect feeding stations with attached Covers;

Fig. 5, 6 and 7 a further embodiment of the insect feeding station according to the invention similar to that 1 to 3 with modified guiding and separating devices;

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8 is a section along line 8-8 of FIG 6 with a modified floor construction of the base;

9 and 11 are plan views of modified embodiments the insect feeding station according to the invention with a large number of openings and modified ones Guide and partition walls with the cover omitted;

FIG. 10 is a side view of the embodiment according to FIG. 9;

12 shows a plan view of a further embodiment of the insect feeding station according to the invention with modified guide and partition walls and partially broken away cover;

13 is a plan view of a further embodiment of the invention with both external and internal insect guide devices;

14 shows a side view of the embodiment according to FIG. 13;

15 and 17 modified embodiments of the guide and partition walls in a further embodiment the invention; and

Figures 16 and 18 are side views of the embodiment of Figures 15 and 17, respectively.

In the following, reference is first made to FIGS. 1 to 3. These show an insect feeding station with a base part 10 and a cover. 12. The base part 10 consists of an appropriate plastic. This can be transparent, but does not necessarily have to be be transparent. The base part 10 has an outer housing wall 14 with openings 22. An inner compartment wall 20 forms an inner compartment 24. A bait 26 is attached to the floor 18 in the inner compartment 24. The bottom of the inner compartment 24 can be loaded with a contrasting color layer 28

be layered "before the bait is attached to it. Alternatively, a contrasting color can be obtained by making the base 10 from a transparent one Manufactures plastic and attaches a film 29 with a contrasting color on the underside. A Another method of creating a contrasting underground underneath the bait is to use the entire Base 10 made of a plastic material with a contrasting coloring.

The color layer 28 preferably comprises a luminescent one Material. This can be in the form of a luminescent Varnish are applied or in the form of a colored with a luminescent dye paper or the like .. If the bait comprises oleaginous ingredients, it is desirable to coat the paint layer 28 with a protective material to coat, e.g. a varnish, before applying the bait, so that the paint layer is not covered with oil or grease is soaked or decolorized or inactivated.

In a preferred embodiment, both the base 10 and cover 12 are made of transparent material Plastic.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3, the inner surface is the outer housing wall 14 curved inwardly at 30 to prevent the insects entering the openings 16, to the openings 22 and from there into the inner poison compartment 24. This is done to prevent that insects penetrate through an outer opening 16 and now run randomly along the inner wall and get out again through the next opening 16. It must be noted, however, that the inward curvature at 30 for the functioning of the device

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is not critical and can also be eliminated. However, this feature has an advantage in terms of functionality.

The cover 12 extends to the periphery of the outer housing wall 14 and closes off the base area 10. It can also consist of a plastic film. The cover 12 should, however, have at least a partial area that is transparent so that the bait 26 can easily be seen from the outside. The cover 12 is permanently connected to the base 10, e.g. an adhesive or other appropriate means.

As shown, the insect feeding station can be flat stand on the floor or in any other desired area. Insects can enter the Device penetrate, and they are guided by the curved walls 30 to the offset openings 22 and finally reach the bait 26 in the inner compartment. You leave the inner compartment through the same openings. The consumption of the bait 26 can be observed through the transparent cover 12, and this observation is made much easier by the contrasting background 29 within the bait.

Although the insects can easily get to the bait, it is still impossible (as can be seen from Fig. 1), that a finger or an object is inserted into the inner compartment 20 through an opening in the outer housing wall 14 can be. This is namely prevented by the offset openings 22 in the wall 20. To this The device is safe from inquisitive children.

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The device can also be attached to vertical surfaces using a double-sided adhesive Adhesive tape (see Fig. 8) »which on the underside 29 of the base part 10 can be provided. Since the bait 26 is attached to the bottom of the inner compartment, leads this does not cause interference and the bait remains in position.

FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 show a further embodiment of the invention similar to that of FIGS. 1 to 3. The Outer housing walls 32 are elongated and inward curved towards the central poison area 26. They serve as guide walls 34 ·. The elongated walls 32 form a multiplicity of openings 36 which lead directly to the poison 26. The cover 12 extends toward the outer ends of the walls 32. The insects entering the openings 36 will be along the Walls 34 led to poison 26. The walls 34 are curved so that a finger or an elongated object which is inserted into the opening 36, cannot come into contact with the poison 26. The poison 26 is over a contrasting color material, as in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 3. At least a portion of the cover 12 is transparent, so that the Poison 26 is visible from the outside through the cover.

Fig. 8 shows a modified embodiment of the invention 5 to 7. The base 10 is made from a flat sheet of plastic by vacuum forming been, with the formation of the walls 32 and 34. It can be seen that the bottom 18 from the periphery the device rises so that the central region forms a recess 36. This is beneficial when the poison or bait 26 is in the form of a melt

because these are easily poured into the recess can and can freeze there. It can be seen that the vacuum forming has hollow areas 38 below the base can arise. The rear walls 29 serve to complete the lower base surface and to stiffen the Device. The rear wall 29 can have a cut-out area in the middle, so that one on both sides adhesive tape 40 with a removable cover sheet can be attached to the lower surface of the base 10. By removing the cover film 42, the device can be attached to a vertical surface by means of the adhesive tape 40 will. This is a preferred type of adhesive attachment because the device is completely flat to the surface and the insects have no way of crawling under the device instead of inside the device. The latter can be the case when the adhesive tape is applied under the floor surface 29.

Fig. 4 shows the production of a plurality of base parts for insect feeding stations from a single one Plastic plate 42. The film 42 is deformed in a vacuum, with the help of an appropriate mold under Formation of a plurality of base units 10, each of which is then filled with poison 26 and with a cover 12 is covered. Separation lines 44 are formed which allow the individual feeding stations to be easily to separate from each other. After vacuum forming, the plastic plate 42 can be connected to a coherent, provided with a single film on the back. This method of forming insect feeding stations is special useful when a number of devices are to be sold as a unit. The buyer can choose the individual devices then separate from each other when in use.

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In the embodiments of FIGS. 9 and 10, the device has a base part 10 with a bottom 40 in which The poison 26 is arranged in the middle. The base part 10 has a large number of curved or inclined walls 42, which extend from the periphery 44 of the floor 40 essentially to the poison area 26. This The device has no outer wall, and the curved or inclined walls form a plurality of openings 46, which lead directly to poison 26. A cover 12 extends to the outer ends of the curved Walls 42. insects which penetrate the openings 46, are guided along the walls 42 to the poison 26. The walls 42 have such a curvature that an object that is inserted into opening 46, cannot come into contact with the poison 26. The poison 26 is located above a contrasting and luminescent color material and at least a portion of the cover 12 is transparent, so that the poison 26 is visible through the cover.

The embodiment of FIG. 11 is that of FIG extremely similar. Now, however, straight guide walls 48 are provided instead of the curved walls 42 of FIG. 9. The straight guide walls 48 extend from the periphery of the device tangentially to the poison area 26, so that the insects are again led to the poison area 26, while on the other hand an object that is introduced into one of the plurality of entrances 16, cannot come into contact with the poison 26.

Reference is now made to FIG. 12, which shows a shows another embodiment of the invention. The inner surface of the outer housing wall 14 is at 30 curved inwards and serves to guide the insects, which penetrate through the openings 16, to the openings

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gen 22 and thus to the inner poison compartment 24. This prevents the insects, which penetrate through an outer opening 16, from crawling randomly along the inner wall and again through another opening 16 to the outside.

FIG. 13 shows a further embodiment of the invention which, with regard to the internal structure, corresponds to that of FIG is similar. However, the outer housing walls 32 are elongated and inwardly toward the housing openings 16 curved so that outer guide walls 34 come about. The guide walls 34 serve to guide the insects to the openings 16 so that they can be more easily can enter the insect feeding station. The inner guide walls 30 then act and guide the insects to the openings 22 and from there into the inner compartment 24 and to the ... poison 26.

In the embodiments of FIGS. 14 to 18, there are openings 16 in the outer housing wall 36 of the base part 10 provided. The Kechpfad outgoing from there is limited by inner, curved walls 38 and leads directly to the poison area 26. The creeping path is on this Way curved. The walls 38 thus serve both as guide walls and as partition walls. insects are guided along the walls 38 to the poison 26, while an object inserted into an opening 16 carries the poison 26 cannot reach.

According to the invention there is thus an insect feeding station created with which a poison is effectively administered to various insects, particularly crawling insects can be. A signal is provided, which makes it easy to recognize whether the poisonous

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Bait is consumed, even in poor lighting conditions. The device does not have to be removed for this. The device also has a partition wall system on which it prevents children from coming into contact with the poison contained in the inner compartment.

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Claims (12)

"2359 claims 1. Insect feeding station for the administration of Poison to insects with a base part and a cover,., Characterized in that the base part with a bottom centrally arranged poison and outer, vertical walls with one or more openings and inside Separating devices arranged in the station, which prevent the straight path from the openings to the center, wherein the cover has at least one transparent partial area through which the poison can be seen. 2. insect feeding station according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the partitions are curved walls extending from the periphery of the station to the center are directed and lead the insects from the periphery to the center, with the partitions at the openings the periphery of the station. 3 · Insect feeding station according to claim 1, characterized in characterized in that the partitions comprise rectilinear walls which are tangential from the periphery of the station lead to the center and guide the insects from the periphery to the center, the partitions the Make openings on the periphery of the station. 4. Insect feeding station according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the poison is a bait mixture of feed and poison. 5. insect feeding station according to claim 4, characterized in that the bait mixture is a solid, on the ground in the center of the station is pounded mixture. 59 6. insect feeding station according to claim 5, characterized with a contrasting color underneath the bait. 7. insect feeding station according to claim 6, characterized characterized in that the contrasting color is luminescent. 8. insect feeding station according to claim 1, characterized by a device for fastening the Station on a vertical surface. 9. insect feeding station according to claim 7, characterized characterized in that the base area and the cover are made of transparent plastic and that the contrasting Color as a backing film is bonded to the underside of the base. 10. insect feeding station according to claim 7, characterized characterized in that the base consists of a plastic whose color contrasts with the color of the bait. 11. insect feeding station according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that the base consists of a one-piece plastic body. 12. Product, consisting of a plurality of base parts for insect feeding stations, which consists of a single, flat plastic plate are formed, which are designed for easy separation of the base parts from each other are.