Device for keeping under cntrol the population of selected species of insects
CA 1098955 A · Owner: Fiat Societa Per Azioni · Inventors: Ferrero, Elvio; Salotti, Gianfranco; Tavoni, Gian P.
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Apparatus for use in monitoring the numbers of a selected species of insect comprising one or more traps into which is put a synthesised pheromone to attract that particular insect each trap has a grille comprising a plurality of bars between which is applied a high voltage so that when an insect of the selected species tries to enter the trap it touches adjacent bars and is electrocuted by the electric discharge between them; this discharge is detected by a discharge detector connected to the trap and the detector passes a signal to a transmitter which transmits it to a central receiver equipped with a discriminator for ignoring signals other than those from the transmitter and for passing …
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- Granted April 7, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 7, 1998.
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