Pest Trap With Pivoting Horizontal Glueboard
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flying pest traps face inefficiencies in pest capture due to vertically mounted glueboards, which are less effective than horizontal ones, and ceiling-suspended traps are difficult to install and maintain, posing health and safety risks and being intrusive.
Innovation Solution
A flying pest trap design featuring a dual housing system where a second housing can pivot and extend from a wall-mounted first housing, allowing the glueboard to be oriented horizontally or at various angles for improved pest capture while maintaining ease of access and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the trap is mounted to the ceiling and suspended, then the glueboard can be disposed horizontally for effective pest capture, but the installation becomes time-consuming and difficult, and maintenance becomes inconvenient due to swinging
Solution Approach 1:
The trap housing is divided into a first housing portion that mounts to the wall and a second housing portion that extends therefrom and contains the glueboard. This segmentation allows the trap to be wall-mounted rather than ceiling-suspended, simplifying installation and maintenance while still enabling horizontal glueboard orientation for effective pest capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The second housing portion is configured to extend substantially perpendicularly away from the first housing portion, creating a horizontal extension from a vertical wall mount. This dimensional arrangement allows the glueboard to be disposed horizontally for effective pest capture while the trap remains wall-mounted for ease of access.
2Productivity
If the trap is mounted to the ceiling, then the glueboard can be disposed horizontally, but the trap becomes intrusive and poses health and safety risks by being close to people's heads
Solution Approach 1:
The second housing portion extends substantially perpendicularly away from the first housing portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wall, positioning the horizontal glueboard away from the wall surface and at a safer distance from people's heads, thereby reducing health and safety risks while maintaining pest capture effectiveness.
3Ease of operation
If the glueboard is disposed vertically on a wall-mounted trap, then the installation is simple and access during maintenance is easy, but the pest capture effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The trap housing is divided into a first housing portion that mounts to the wall and a second housing portion that extends therefrom and contains the glueboard. This segmentation allows the glueboard to be disposed horizontally within the second housing portion, improving pest capture effectiveness while the first housing portion remains wall-mounted for simple installation and easy maintenance access.
Solution Approach 2:
The second housing portion extends substantially perpendicularly away from the first housing portion, allowing the glueboard to be disposed in a horizontal plane rather than vertically. This dimensional change increases pest capture effectiveness by matching insect landing preferences while maintaining wall-mounted simplicity for installation and maintenance.
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 dual housing system increases pest capture efficiency by allowing a horizontal glueboard orientation, reduces installation complexity, and minimizes health and safety risks by being wall-mounted, capturing 34.8% more flying insects than vertical glueboards and providing a more appealing and less intrusive solution.
Implementation Method 1
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Data Source
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AI summary
A pest trap (100) comprises an attracting element (140) and is adapted to retain an immobilisation element (155). A first portion (110) of the flying pest trap (100) is adapted to be mounted to a wall and a second portion (120) of the flying pest trap (100) is operable to extend away from the first portion (110) and is adapted to retain at least a portion of the immobilisation element (155). Accordingly, the likelihood of flying pests being captured by the trap (100) is increased due to the relatively horizontal configuration of the portion of the immobilisation element (155) retained in the second portion (120).