Rotary Insect Trap Using Spinning Wire for Intact Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing insect traps often mutilate insects, making them unsuitable for use as animal feed, as they rot quickly when not used immediately.
Innovation Solution
A rotary insect trap that uses a spinning wire to hit and disable insects without killing them, funneling them into a feeder tray where they can be collected and used as animal feed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If spinning blades are used to kill and reduce insect volume, then insect disposal efficiency is improved, but insect body integrity deteriorates making them unsuitable for animal feed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using a wire screen with specific aperture sizes (0.5-2.0mm) that selectively allows insect bodies to pass through while blocking larger debris. This localized filtering approach preserves insect body integrity for feed use while still achieving effective separation and collection in the tray below
Solution Approach 2:
The wire screen acts as an intermediary element between the spinning wire impact zone and the collection tray. It mediates the transition by allowing intact insect bodies to pass through to the tray for collection as feed, while blocking larger debris, thus preserving insect body integrity while maintaining disposal efficiency
2Reliability
If insects are killed and mutilated for disposal, then insect elimination is improved, but feed quality deteriorates due to rotting mutilated bodies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional approach by not killing insects with blades but instead using a spinning wire to knock them into a collection tray where they remain intact. This inverted method ensures insects stay alive and undamaged, preserving their quality as fresh animal feed while still achieving reliable insect elimination from the air
Solution Approach 2:
The spinning wire, which could be harmful if it contacted insects directly, is instead used to gently knock insects into the collection tray. This converts a potentially harmful element into a beneficial mechanism that preserves insect integrity while still eliminating them from the air, creating high-quality feed
3Volume of moving object
If spinning blades are used to mutilate insects, then insect body volume is reduced, but insect body health deteriorates for feed purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful blade element from the system and replaces it with a spinning wire that knocks insects into a collection tray. This extraction removes the mutilating function while preserving insect body health, allowing intact insects to be collected as nutritious feed without the volume reduction achieved by blades
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 rotary insect trap effectively disables insects without mutilation, allowing them to be collected and used as healthy animal feed, addressing the issue of rotting insect bodies in prior art traps.
Implementation Method 1
a rotary insect trap for hitting, disabling, and collecting insects within a feeder tray without killing them or mutilating their bodies
Data Source
AI summary
A rotary insect trap for hitting, disabling, and collecting insects within a feeder tray without killing them or mutilating their bodies. The insects are then funneled into an animal pen and used as feed for small animals, such as chickens and ducks. The rotary insect trap includes a housing, a rotary motor, insect bait, a tray, and a spinning wire adapted to be rotated by the rotary motor within the housing at a speed intended to knock insects into the tray after they have been lured into the housing by the bait attached thereon.