An apparatus that is distinguishable and that is used in detection of rodents for production plants

Abstract

The present invention relates to apparatus used for control and detection of rodents that may exist particularly in food and medicine production plants. Thanks to an arrangement included by the subject matter apparatus, in case this apparatus is mixed to the production line in production plants, said mixing is prevented and elimination of this apparatus is facilitated.

Description

[0001] AN APPARATUS THAT IS DISTINGUISHABLE AND THAT IS USED IN DETECTION OF RODENTS FOR PRODUCTION PLANTS

[0002] TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present invention relates to apparatus used for control and detection of rodents that may exist particularly in food and medicine production plants. Thanks to an arrangement included by the subject matter apparatus, in case this apparatus is mixed to the production line in production plants, said mixing is prevented and elimination of this apparatus is facilitated.

[0004] PRIOR ART

[0005] Safe food production and food hygiene must be taken into attention for decreasing food poisonings. Safe food production is the application where foods are purified from physical, chemical and biological factors and where specific controls are realized during production. Food hygiene means that any food is not deteriorated, in other words, there is no substance therein which will give damage to health and is purified from disease factors. Providing of food hygiene is a process which must be paid attention by beginning as from purchasing raw substances of foods to be prepared. In recent years, consumers have become self-aware in food area and have embarked on a quest of healthy and safe foods. Therefore, producers must pay attention to this condition and make production accordingly.

[0006] A certified applicator, who is responsible for the control of pest like rodent in a food production plant, has to know the pests that can exist in the plant thereof, the habits and life cycles of the pests, the existence reasons, the damage they give and the effective and legal ways of controlling these pests. For providing this, an application of poison for rodents is not described at the first stage. Firstly, the presence of rodents must be detected in the related area and in case the presence of rodents is detected, poisons must be used for specific durations. In a preferred application, for instance, if the presence of a rodent is detected, the usage of products comprising poisonous and toxic components is realized. However, if there is no rodent in the area, said poisonous and toxic products are not used.

[0007] In production plants, prevention of mixing of the apparatus, products or items, used for detection of the presence of rodents, to the products that are to be produced is a vital issue. If the way of prevention of mixing of said products cannot be found in production plants, said products may be added into the products that are to be produced or to the package products or to the containers including said products. Therefore, said products, apparatus or items used for detection of the presence of rodents have to be separated from the products that are to be produced or from the products provided in package materials, and has to be eliminated by being detected in the production plant.

[0008] The patent with no FR1314356 relates to animal feeds for eliminating pests like rodents and particularly rats, mice, field mice, etc. Accordingly, in the invention, the animal feed preparation method comprises compressing by means of molding oily substances, rat poison compound and any other additive substance mixture in a mold in a hot or cold manner by means of pressure or gravity in a natural medium. The animal feeds which are the subject of document D2 can also include inert substances which do not change water repelling nature or mouse killing characteristics of the final composition, or other active substances.

[0009] As a result, it is considered that arrangements must be realized for distinguishing and eliminating the abovementioned product, apparatus or items, which are to be used in detection of rodents particularly like mice, from the product that is to be produced in production plants.

[0010] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] The present invention relates to a product where the distinguishing and elimination of the apparatus used for control and elimination of the rodents which can exist particularly in food and medicine production plants in case said apparatus are mixed to production lines, for eliminating the disadvantages like occurrence of serious health problems in case the abovementioned apparatus, used for detection of rodents, are mixed to the food or medicines during production and consumed, and for bringing new advantages to the related technical field.

[0012] The main object of the present invention is to provide a product which provides distinguishing whether an apparatus, used for detecting and controlling and killing of rodents, mixes to the production line in food and medicine production plants.

[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a product which can be detected by food metal detector and which can be diagnosed in short duration in case an apparatus, used for detection of the rodents, mixes to the food production line. In order to realize the abovementioned objects and the objects which are to be deducted from the detailed description below, the present invention relates to a product which provides distinguishing and diagnosis in case an apparatus, used for detection of rodents which may exist in food and medicine production plants, mixes to production lines. Accordingly, the apparatus used for detection of rodents comprises an outer coating which has an attractive smell, taste or aroma for rodents, and at least one metal partition that is provided in an embedded state in this outer coating and connected at the inner part of the product for providing detection by means of food metal detector in case the apparatus is mixed to the production line. Thus, in case it is mixing to the production line, the apparatus, used for detection of the rodents, is detected by means of food metal detector.

[0014] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said apparatus used for detection of rodents comprises at least one metal partition housing. Thus, the metal partition is placed and fixed into the apparatus used for detection of rodents.

[0015] In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, said metal partition comprises at least one of aluminum, zinc, copper group metals. Thus, the metal partition is detected by the food metal detector. At the same time, as it is paid attention in that the toxicities of the selected metal groups are low, damage to the environment is reduced.

[0016] In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the metal partition comprises at least one end. Said end is formed with sharp-pointed characteristic. Thus, the metal partition is easily placed into the metal partition housing.

[0017] In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus used for detection of rodents comprises aromatic smell comprising hazelnut or chocolate smell. Thus, the apparatus used for detection of rodents provide detection of rodents and then enables realization of processes for eliminating the rodents for the area.

[0018] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0019] In Figure 1 , a representative perspective view of the subject matter apparatus used for detection of rodents in accordance with a possible embodiment of the present invention is given. In Figure 2, a representative frontal cross-sectional view of the subject matter apparatus used for detection of rodents in accordance with a possible embodiment of the present invention is given.

[0020] In Figure 3, a representative frontal end-part view of the subject matter apparatus used for detection of rodents in accordance with another possible embodiment of the present invention is given.

[0021] REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0022] 10 Apparatus used for detection of rodents

[0023] 11 Outer part

[0024] 112 Production hole

[0025] 12 Metal partition

[0026] 121 Metal partition end

[0027] 122 Metal body

[0028] 13 Metal partition housing

[0029] 131 Metal partition housing hole

[0030] 132 Metal partition housing wall

[0031] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0032] In this detailed description, the subject matter relates to apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents.

[0033] A representative view of the subject matter apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents is given in Figure 1. The subject matter apparatus (10) can be used particularly for detection of mice. However, the protection scope of the present invention is not limited with mice.

[0034] With reference to Figure 1 , the subject matter apparatus (10) comprises at least one outer part (11). The outer part (11) is made of at least one plastic material. Here, the basic technical teaching is that the outer part (11 ) of the apparatus (10), used for detection of rodents, which forms the outer part, can show variety in accordance with the kind of rodent that is desired to be detected. In a preferred application, the outer part (11) comprises at least one aromatic smell. Said aromatic smell provides coming of the rodents to the apparatus (10) for the detection. At least one of chocolate or hazelnut is preferred as the aromatic smell.

[0035] In Figure 2, a representative view of the subject matter apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents is given. The innovative characteristic of the present invention is that the apparatus (10), used for detection of rodents, comprises at least one metal partition (12). Accordingly, the subject matter apparatus (10) is configured to include metal partition (12) in a manner responding to the detector in the production band. There is preferably at least one metal partition (12) in the subject matter product (10). Said metal partition (12) can be essentially defined by the detector, and is preferably made of at least one of aluminum, zinc, copper, brass, stainless steel, lead metal groups which have low toxicity.

[0036] The metal partition (12) preferably has at least one metal partition end (121 ) and at least one body (122). Said metal partition end (121 ) is preferably formed by sharp-pointed structure. The metal partition (12) preferably has nail form. By means of this, the metal partition (12) can be easily placed into the metal partition housing (13) provided in the apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents.

[0037] There is at least one metal partition housing (13) which facilitates positioning of the metal partition (12) in the outer part (11). Said metal partition housing (13) covers at least one part of the metal partition (12). The metal partition housing (13) is preferably positioned towards the front part of the apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents. The metal partition housing (13) comprises at least one metal partition wall (132). The metal partition (132) positioned inside the metal partition housing (13) is embedded in a manner surpassing said metal partition wall (132). Accordingly, the movement of the metal partition (12) placed to the metal partition housing (13) is limited. Said limited movement is provided by means of at least one metal partition wall (132) where the metal partition housing (13) has been connected. Since said metal partition (12) is placed in a manner carried so as to surpass said metal partition wall (132), the placement of the metal partition (12) which responds to the detector is facilitated by means of the embedding movement provided to the metal partition (12).

[0038] In Figure 3, a representative frontal end-part view of the subject matter apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents in accordance with a possible embodiment of the present invention is given. Accordingly, in the apparatus (10), used for detection of rodents, detected by means of detectors in case it is mixed to the food and medicine production line, there is at least one metal partition hole (131) positioned at the front part of said metal partition housing (13). By means of this, passage of the metal partition (12) into the outer part (11 ) is easily provided. In the present invention, the outer part (11 ) comprises at least one production hole (112). By means of this, the hollow structure of the outer part (11) is provided, and the outer part (11) shall form the outer part of said apparatus (10) comprising thin space from end to end and used for detection of rodents.

[0039] Since the apparatus (10), used in detection of rodents, comprises at least one metal partition (12) connected to at least one outer part (11), it can be easily distinguished and diagnosed thanks to detectors in case it is mixed to the production lines in food and medicine production plants.

[0040] The protection scope of the present invention is set forth in the annexed claims and cannot be restricted to the illustrative disclosures given above, under the detailed description. It is because a person skilled in the relevant art can obviously produce similar embodiments under the light of the foregoing disclosures, without departing from the main principles of the present invention.

Claims

CLAIMS1. The present invention is an apparatus (10) for detection of rodents which is particularly suitable for use in food and medicine production plants, wherein said apparatus (10) comprises at least one outer part (11) which covers the outer part of said apparatus (10), and at least one metal partition (12) positioned in the inner part thereof and for providing detection by means of food metal detector in case it is mixed to the production line.

2. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 1 , wherein said metal partition (12) comprises at least one metal partition housing (13) for placing the apparatus (10) therein and for limiting movement of the apparatus (10) therein.

3. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 1 , wherein the metal partition (12) is at least one of aluminum, zinc, copper group metals that can be detected by means of detector.

4. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 1 , wherein the metal partition (12) comprises at least one metal partition end (121).

5. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 4, wherein said metal partition end (121 ) is provided to be sharp-pointed.

6. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 5, wherein the metal partition (12) is in nail form.

7. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 1 , wherein said outer part (11) comprises at least one aromatic smell in order to be attractive for rodents.

8. The apparatus (10) used for detection of rodents according to claim 7, wherein said aromatic smell is at least one of hazelnut or chocolate smell.

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