Flexible Handle Bug Trap with Internal Moving Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bug catching devices are ineffective for capturing and releasing live bugs without causing harm, often resulting in the bug's death and unsanitary residues due to the mechanism requiring smashing or crushing.
Innovation Solution
A bug trap apparatus with a flexible handle and a moveable trap within a catch box, allowing for the capture and release of bugs without harm, featuring a flexible tube and rod mechanism that can be manipulated to close and open the trap, enabling easy positioning and use in various orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional bug eliminating devices such as fly swatters are used to attack pests, then the bug is eliminated quickly, but the bug is killed and leaves unsanitary residue on the device and killing surface
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of killing the bug with force (smashing or crushing), the invention inverts the approach by using a gentle trapping mechanism that captures and releases the bug alive, eliminating the harmful residue problem while maintaining effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary trapping mechanism (the box with trap and handle system) that captures the bug without direct contact or force, avoiding the residue issue associated with direct killing methods
2Productivity
If conventional fly swatters require one to kill a bug by smashing against a surface or crushing within the device, then the bug is eliminated, but it requires harmful force and leaves residue
Solution Approach 1:
The invention inverts the force application approach by using minimal force to trap and release the bug alive, rather than applying harmful force to kill it, thus eliminating both the force requirement and the residue problem
3Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid handle is used in the bug trap, then the structure is stable, but it cannot access hard-to-reach areas
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies dynamics by making the handle flexible rather than rigid, allowing it to bend and adapt to various orientations and hard-to-reach areas while maintaining functional stability during bug capture and release operations
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a flexible handle that can bend and conform to different spatial configurations, enabling access to difficult areas while maintaining sufficient structural integrity to perform the trapping function
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for catching bugs is provided which includes a catch box having an interior region and an elongated handle attached to the catch box. The elongated handle includes a flexible tube member and a flexible rod member disposed within the flexible tube member. The apparatus includes a trap adapted to move back and forth within the interior region of the catch box. The flexible tube member is attached to the catch box and the flexible rod member is attached to the trap. The flexible rod member is adapted to provide back and forth movement of the trap within the interior region of the catch box to thereby define a closed chamber in the interior of the box for trapping bugs.