Confined Insect Capture Enclosure With Precisely Aligned Adhesive Gap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing insect capture devices struggle with accurately positioning adhesive relative to the capture device, leading to inefficiencies in capturing crawling and flying insects, particularly as they tend to avoid or escape adhesive surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A device with a housing featuring a raised portion and notches or ledges to securely position a glue board with adhesive sections, allowing insects to pass under and get trapped, combined with a protective cover for easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If adhesive is placed in a flat or rolled configuration, then insects may contact the adhesive, but the adhesive positioning is inaccurate and insects can escape
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive board is divided into distinct sections: an adhesive section with capture adhesive and a non-adhesive section without adhesive. This segmentation allows the adhesive to be positioned precisely within the housing gap while providing a non-adhesive edge for accurate alignment during installation, resolving the contradiction between capture reliability and positioning precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The non-adhesive section acts as an intermediary element between the adhesive section and the housing. It provides a reference edge that facilitates accurate positioning of the entire adhesive board within the housing gap, ensuring the adhesive is correctly positioned to maximize insect capture while preventing escape.
2Productivity
If adhesive is placed to maximize coverage, then more insects may be captured, but installation becomes difficult and adhesive exposure is incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the adhesive board into adhesive and non-adhesive sections, the design enables complete adhesive exposure when installed in the housing gap. The non-adhesive section extends beyond the adhesive section, ensuring that when the board is positioned in the gap, the adhesive portion is fully accessible to insects while maintaining easy alignment through the non-adhesive edge.
Solution Approach 2:
The non-adhesive section is pre-configured to extend beyond the adhesive section, creating a built-in alignment feature that guides proper installation. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the adhesive board is inserted into the housing, the adhesive portion is automatically positioned for optimal exposure and insect capture without requiring complex installation procedures.
3Ease of repair
If adhesive board is made removable for maintenance, then cleaning becomes easier, but positioning accuracy may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The segmented design with distinct adhesive and non-adhesive sections allows the adhesive board to be easily removed and reinstalled while maintaining precise positioning. The non-adhesive section provides a consistent reference edge that ensures accurate alignment each time the board is installed in the housing gap, resolving the contradiction between ease of removal and positioning precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances insect capture efficiency by ensuring full adhesive exposure and easy installation, making it safer, cost-effective, and durable for effective monitoring and trapping.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive section (54) including adhesive thereon and configured to capture an insect that contacts the adhesive section
Data Source
AI summary
An insect capture device is used to monitor, capture, and/or kill insects. The device has a raised portion to create a gap between a surface and the device to entice insects to pass under. At the raised portion, a glue board includes an adhesive facing the surface. As the insect passes under the raised portion, the insect can unknowingly become attached to the adhesive portion and stuck thereto. To aid in installing the glue board, one or more sections of the glue board can be free of adhesive to connect or fit to a part of the device to hold the glue board in place, while also allowing for easy removal to replace the glue board with a new one, free of captured insects.