Curved Insect Trap Station with Internal Pesticide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing crawling insect pest stations are ineffective in capturing pests that prefer small, narrow, or covered spaces and expose pesticides and glues to environmental conditions, reducing their effectiveness and safety.
Innovation Solution
A crawling pest monitor and product transfer station with a domed container design featuring a tacky surface and pesticide placement to attract and kill insects, while protecting the pesticide and adhesive from environmental exposure, and allowing for easy access and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a flat glue board or wide open surface is used to capture crawling insects, then the capture area is maximized, but crawling insects that prefer narrow spaces can escape by contacting only the edges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies curvature by rolling the flat glue board into a cylindrical configuration. This transforms the flat surface into a curved cylindrical surface that extends vertically, creating narrow spaces between the cylinder walls that attract thigmotactic insects. The curved geometry provides both adequate capture surface area and the narrow confined spaces that crawling insects prefer, resolving the contradiction between maximizing area and ensuring reliable capture.
2Ease of operation
If the pesticide and glue surfaces are exposed to environmental conditions, then the attractant and trapping mechanisms remain accessible to insects, but the pesticides and glues are exposed to light, water, and physical objects that reduce their effectiveness and safety
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing the pesticide and glue surfaces inside a protective housing structure. The glue board is positioned within the housing, and the pesticide is applied to internal surfaces or separate compartments. This nested arrangement allows insects to access the trapping surfaces through designated openings while the housing shields the pesticides and glues from environmental degradation factors such as light, water, and physical contamination, simultaneously maintaining accessibility and protecting against harmful exposure.
3Productivity
If the pesticide surface is exposed, then insects can be exposed to pesticide for transfer back to harborage areas, but hazardous substances are exposed to potential human contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the housing structure as an intermediary between the pesticide and the external environment. The housing contains the pesticide within its interior surfaces or compartments, allowing insects to contact the pesticide during their interaction with the trap while preventing direct human contact with the hazardous substance. This intermediary barrier enables the pesticide transfer function to operate effectively while eliminating the harmful exposure risk to humans.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively captures and kills crawling insects in a shortened time frame, maximizes pesticide effectiveness, and reduces human exposure to hazardous substances by containing the pesticide and adhesive within the station.
Implementation Method 1
a tacky surface on one of the base member or the upper member
Implementation Method 2
an attractant placed in between the upper member and the base member
Implementation Method 3
a pesticide which is placed opposite the tacky surface on the interior of the station
Data Source
AI summary
A domed or curved station for monitoring, capturing, or killing crawling insects, the station having a lower member that may be flat, curved or of varying contour, a curved or angled upper member connected directly or by one or more intermediate members to the lower member, an adhesive on one of the lower member or the upper member, the adhesive either being a tacky substance applied directly to the lower member's upper surface/upper member's lower surface or to another piece of material that this secured to the lower member or upper member, a pesticide which is placed opposite the adhesive on the interior of the station, such as being either applied directly to the curved upper member's lower surface or removably secured to the upper member's lower surface, and an attractant placed in between the upper member and the base member.