Electric fly swatter 2.0.

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for improving the currently widely used electric fly swatter for the purpose of catching large flies and mosquitoes by making this type of fly swatter suitable for also catching and electrocuting small flies.

Description

The present invention concerns a device for improving the currently widely used electric fly swatter for catching large flies and mosquitoes of this type to make the fly swatter suitable for also catching and electrocuting small flies. With the electric fly swatters currently in use, users are perfectly capable to catch houseflies, mosquitoes and other somewhat large flying insects and by electrocution to kill immediately. Because with the commonly used type of electric fly swatter, such as for example the type shown in Figure 1, the space between the approximately 1 mm thick metal rods or bars of the web is approximately 3 mm, flies smaller than 3 mm escape, such as for example the fruit fly, the fungus gnat, the small house fly, the thrips fly, the yellow or white The fly and the latrine fly are largely associated with this method of catching flies and mosquitoes. That is on to label oneself as annoying. It is more serious when it concerns flies that also carry diseases. can transmit. The most well-known is the midge, which is responsible for infecting livestock. with the bluetongue virus. For humans, this fly is responsible for infection with the Smallenberg virus and La Crosse virus. The present invention is intended to produce an electric fly swatter with which also that small flies can be caught and killed. This is achieved by working on the already present stringing, the row of bars b in figure 5, a similar second stringing, the row of bars a in figure 5, to be added joints. The center-to-center distance between the bars of row b is therefore 4 mm in the present case, just like the center-to-center distance between the bars of row a. The distance between the bars is therefore 3 mm. The bars of row a are positioned exactly in the middle between the bars of row b. Because the the distance between the two coverings is approximately 2.5 mm, the center-to-center distance between the bars will be of row b and those of row a are also 4 mm. Looking at the right part of the in particular The fly swatter in photo A shows this best. It is possible that reducing the spacing between the strings will improve the effectiveness of the electric fly swatter 2.0 be enlarged. This will only be possible if this is from the point of view of the effective functioning of the electric fly swatter is possible. The polarity of the electrical power supply to all the spokes of row a is in this embodiment in in contrast to the current electric fly swatter the same, for example +. In that case, the polarity of the electrical power supply to all bars of row b the opposite, so -. As an example of the functioning of the electric fly swatter 2.0, the following. As soon as the If a user wants to catch a fly smaller than 3 mm, sitting on, for example, a tabletop, then the electric fly swatter 2.0 is gently held above the fly and parallel to this tabletop maneuvered and then moved towards this fly as quickly as possible. With the current electric with a fly swatter the chance of catching this fly will be virtually impossible because the fly during his escape will be able to escape flying up from the tabletop between two bars without touching those two bars at the same time. Therefore, there will be no question of electrocution. Most of these small flies have an incredibly high reaction time. However, during the escape as described above, will when using the electric fly swatter 2.0 that same fly right after passing the row of bars of the first stringing of the one bar of encounter the second row of bars in its escape route. The chance that the fly gets out in time The chance that a collision with this bar can occur may be estimated as very small. That as a result of this collision the fly comes into contact with a second bar of the first row of bars at the same time and that electrocution occurs as a result thereof became apparent when performing tests with the test model This is frequently the case with photo a. That this is still possible with a fly smaller than 3 mm can be explained. be based on the possibility that the fly will spread its wings due to that collision and / or its starts to stretch out its legs. In photo two, the end of a drill bit is shown for estimating those lengths. placed of 2.5 mm. Photo b shows that stretching, from which it can be deduced that both the length of the legs and the body of the fly as well as the length of the wings and the body larger are then 3 mm. The above results were achieved with a test model equipped with two original on fly swatters mounted on top of each other and shifted 2 mm lengthwise. So with a row bars with alternating polarity and a center-to-center distance between the row of bars of the first fly swatter with that of the second fly swatter of approximately 7 mm. From these results it appeared that the It may also be possible to use two rows of bars, both with alternating polarity. of the bars will be very effective. Which of the two options of polarity will be most effective remains to be seen, and therefore both belong to a possible implementation. The technical concept described above can also be applied to the complete Closing off ventilation openings of rooms in the form of a grille. Such as, for example, for stables for livestock and other animals, but also for spaces for people. In particular the exclusion thereby of gnats and other flying insects will be able to contribute to preventing the infecting, for example, sheep, goats, and cows with, for example, the bluetongue virus.

Claims

Device for improving the currently widely used electric fly swatter for the purpose of catching large flies and mosquitoes by making this type of fly swatter suitable for catching as well and electrocution of small flies, comprising:

1. A housing that is comparable to the housing of the electrical already in use fly swatter.

2. Instead of one, two identical stringings in the housing of the electrical to apply fly swatter at a spacing of approximately 2.5 mm.

3. These coverings are 2 mm apart in the longitudinal direction relative to each other. positioned such that the mutual center-to-center distance between all next to each other the 2 positioned bars measure 4 mm.

4. The polarity of the electrical power supply of these two wirings differs, or that of both. coverings the polarity of the electrical power supply for the bars of both coverings Alternating differs. Figure 1 Figure 2

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