JP2006149252A - Device for catching insect - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for catching insects, effectively attracting hygienically noxious insects by an insect-attracting lamp and also moderating the light color specific to the insect-attracting lamp without reducing the attracting effect. <P>SOLUTION: This device for catching insects is provided by arranging/installing the insect-attracting lamp 30 together with a light-emitting lamp 20 in a lamp cover 10 of which a part of the outer surface opens up as an attracting port 11, also installing an insect-catching means 42 in the lamp cover 10 for catching the insects attracted into the cover from the attracting port 11 of the lamp cover 10 by the insect-attracting lamp 30 and moderating the light color specific to the insect-attracting lamp by using the light-emitting lamp 20 jointly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an insect trapping apparatus used to control sanitary pests such as flies and mosquitoes, and more particularly to an insect trapping apparatus using an attracting lamp that emits light of a wavelength preferred by sanitary insects.

  As insect trapping devices installed in food stores, restaurants, and food processing factories, a relatively large number of trapping devices using an insect lamp are used for hygiene management. This type of insect trapping device is described in, for example, Patent Document 1, and normally includes a lamp cover that also serves as a trapping case, and an attracting lamp disposed in the lamp cover. The lamp cover has an opening in a part of the outer surface for guiding hygienic pests in the cover. As an attractant lamp, a fluorescent lamp which emits a lot of wavelengths preferred by sanitary pests, specifically blue light to near ultraviolet rays, is often used.

JP 2001-169709 A

  Such a trapping device using an attracting lamp is not unpleasant or uncomfortable compared to other types of trapping devices, such as an electric shock type trapping device that electrocuts sanitary pests using a high voltage grid. It is superior in cleanliness in that it does not make a sound or smell, and is preferred by food stores, restaurants, food processing factories and the like.

However, on the other hand, there is a drawback that the trapping lamp emits a characteristic bluish light, the light lacks warmth, and people feel uncomfortable. Therefore, it is generally not used as a lighting fixture. In particular, in food stores and restaurants, it has not been used in places that are conspicuous in terms of design. In addition, although the electric shock type insect trap apparatus using the illumination lamp for attracting the hygienic pest is described in Patent Document 2, the essential problem that the effect of attracting the hygienic pest is small as compared with that using the attracting lamp is Inevitable.

JP 2003-346550 A

  The present invention was devised in view of such circumstances, effectively attracting hygienic pests with an attracting lamp, and alleviating the light color peculiar to the attracting lamp without diminishing the attracting effect, as a lighting fixture An object is to provide an insect trapping device that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, the insect trapping apparatus according to the present invention is configured so that two types of lamps are accommodated inside, and a lamp cover having a partly opened outer surface and one of the two types of lamps. And an insect lamp disposed in the cover so as to emit light having a wavelength preferred by the insect and attract the insect into the cover by the light. An illumination lamp that is arranged inside the lamp cover and emits visible light together with the insect lamp light to the outside of the lamp cover, and an insect attracted from the opening of the lamp cover by the insect lamp into the cover And insect trapping means provided in the lamp cover.

  In the insect trapping apparatus according to the present invention, two kinds of lamps, an attracting lamp and an illumination lamp, are arranged in the lamp cover. Insect lamps are lamps that emit light of a wavelength preferred by sanitary pests, and are usually fluorescent lamps that emit a large amount of light from blue light to near ultraviolet light. The illumination lamp is a general illumination lamp such as a white fluorescent lamp that emits a lot of visible light. The light emitted from the inside of the lamp cover to the outside of the cover becomes the combined light of the both, and the sanitary pest feels mainly the light emitted by the insect lamp, and is effective in the lamp cover, substantially unchanged from the case of the insect lamp alone. Be drawn to. On the other hand, the human eye feels visible light mainly emitted from the illumination lamp, and as a result, it becomes difficult to feel the light color peculiar to the insect lamp. Visible light from the sun, which is a composite light from red to purple, is the same principle that human eyes feel white light.

  Thus, this insect trapping device can effectively attract sanitary pests with an attracting lamp, and can reduce the light color peculiar to the attracting lamp without diminishing the attracting effect by using the lighting lamp together. Also, it can be used as a lighting fixture.

  The lamp cover is preferably made of a non-translucent material in order to reduce unnecessary light leakage. In this case, since the lamp light is emitted from the opening portion of the cover that also serves as an entrance for the hygienic pest, the effect of attracting the hygienic pest is not particularly reduced. If the lamp cover is made of a non-translucent material, there is also an effect of blocking direct light from the insect lamp.

  Regarding the structure of the lamp cover, a configuration in which the upper surface is opened is preferable. With this cover configuration, it becomes possible to effectively draw hygienic pests into the cover from the top opening. Further, it is possible to effectively avoid the situation where the direct light from the insect attracting lamp enters human eyes.

  The insect lamp and the illumination lamp arranged in the lamp cover may be either a straight tube type or a circular tube type, and the shape thereof is not particularly limited. Various shapes of the lamp cover are designed according to the lamp shape. In addition, the breakdown of the numbers of the attracting lamp and the illumination lamp arranged in the lamp cover may be the same or different, and the number is not particularly limited. Various design changes may be made as long as the light color peculiar to the insect lamp is alleviated.

  As for the trapping means, regardless of the type, a structure that captures sanitary pests in the lamp cover, that is, the lamp cover can be used as a trapping case for the trapping means, and is an electric shock type using a high voltage grid However, from the viewpoint of hygiene, an insect trap sheet that is attached to the inner surface of the lamp cover in an interchangeable manner close to the insect lamp and is coated with an insect trapping adhesive agent is particularly preferable.

  Since the insect trapping device according to the present invention employs a two-lamp structure in which an attracting lamp and an illumination lamp are arranged in the lamp cover, it is possible to effectively attract hygiene pests by the attracting lamp, and by using the illumination lamp in combination, The light color peculiar to the insect lamp can be alleviated without diminishing the attracting effect. As a result, the disadvantage of the conventional device that the light color of the insect lamp is not warm and the person feels uncomfortable is eliminated, and it can be used as a lighting fixture. In particular, since there is no problem in terms of design, it can be used in places that are conspicuous such as food stores and restaurants, and the effect is great.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an insect trapping device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the trapping device, and FIG. 3 is a spectral distribution diagram showing the emission characteristics of a fluorescent lamp used in the trapping device. .

  The insect trapping apparatus according to the present embodiment is a straight type that incorporates two types of straight tube fluorescent lamps and is horizontally attached to a vertical wall surface. This insect trapping device is disposed in the lamp cover 10 together with a horizontally long lamp cover 10 attached to a vertical wall surface, two fluorescent lamps 20 and 30 set in the lamp cover 10, and the fluorescent lamps 20 and 30. And an insect trap 40.

  The lamp cover 10 is a container having a horizontally long rectangular upper surface that opens entirely as an induction port 11 and is closed on the other surface, that is, the front surface, the bottom surface, the back surface, and both side surfaces. Is fixed to the wall surface 60 via a base part 50 having a built-in power supply part. A portion from the front surface to the bottom surface of the lamp cover 10 is formed by a curved plate that is curved in a convex direction outward. The material of the lamp cover 10 is a non-translucent resin.

  The two fluorescent lamps 20 and 30 are straight tube fluorescent lamps of the same size, and are arranged substantially in parallel over the entire length on the front side and the back side in the lamp cover 10. One fluorescent lamp 20 is an illumination lamp that mainly emits visible light, and is located on the front side. As the illumination lamp 20, a white fluorescent lamp is used here. The other fluorescent lamp 30 located on the back side is an attracting lamp that emits a lot of light that is preferred by sanitary pests such as flies and mosquitoes, specifically blue light to near-ultraviolet light. It is commercially available under the name.

  The illumination lamp 20 and the insect attracting lamp 30 are electrically and mechanically connected to socket portions on both sides (not shown), and are driven to be turned on simultaneously by a power supply portion provided in the base portion 50. And the light emitted from the illumination lamp 20 and the insect attracting lamp 30 is emitted upward from the upper surface opening of the lamp cover 10 that opens as the hygiene pest attracting opening 11.

  The insect trap 40 includes a base plate 41 that is detachably attached to the front side of the back plate portion 11 of the lamp cover 10, and an insect trap sheet 42 that is removably held on the front side of the base plate 41. . The base plate 41 has a first horizontal portion extending from the lower end of the vertical main body portion to the front side, and a second horizontal portion extending from the upper end of the main body portion to the rear side is latched to the back plate portion 11 of the lamp cover 10. It has a structure to do. The insect catching sheet 42 as the insect catching means is a well-known one in which a trapping adhesive is applied to the surface, and is attached to the surface of the base plate 41 extending from the main body portion to the first horizontal portion. Opposite to the lure lamp 30 arranged on the back side.

  Next, the function of the insect trapping apparatus according to this embodiment will be described.

  The insect trapping apparatus according to this embodiment is attached to an upper part of a vertical wall surface 60 in, for example, a restaurant or a food store. Then, the illumination lamp 20 and the insect attracting lamp 30 in the lamp cover 10 are turned on. The light emitted from the illumination lamp 20 and the insect attracting lamp 30 is emitted upward from the upper surface opening which is the attracting opening 11 of the lamp cover 10.

  Here, the illumination lamp 20 is a white fluorescent lamp which is a kind of general illumination lamp, and its light emission characteristics are such that most components are concentrated in the visible light region (380 to 780 nm) as shown in FIG. It is a thing. On the other hand, the insect attracting lamp 30 is a fluorescent lamp for an insect trap, and as shown in FIG. 3 (b), most of the components from blue light to near ultraviolet light preferred by sanitary pests such as flies and mosquitoes are occupied. As a result, the outgoing light emitted upward from the induction port 11 of the lamp cover 10 is a combination of both as shown in FIG.

  Note that the vertical axis in FIGS. 3A to 3C represents light energy, and is represented by a ratio (%) where the maximum peak is 100. Incidentally, the horizontal axis is the wavelength (nm).

  Sanitary pests such as flies and mosquitoes are sensitive to near-ultraviolet rays from the blue light emitted from the lamp cover 10, particularly the blue light emitted from the insect lamp 30, and as a result, the attraction opening provided on the upper surface of the lamp cover 10. 11 is pulled into the cover. Sanitary pests drawn into the cover are captured by an insect capturing sheet 42 which is an insect capturing means of the trap 40 disposed near the attracting lamp 30 in the cover. Since the insect trapping means is near the attracting lamp 30, the insect trapping effect is high.

  On the other hand, the human eye is sensitive to natural visible light emitted from the lamp cover 10, particularly natural light emitted from the illumination lamp 20. Moreover, the emitted light that enters the human eye is only indirect light reflected on the wall surface 60 and the ceiling surface. In other words, the direct light from the illumination lamp 20 and the insect attracting lamp 30 is blocked by the non-translucent lamp cover 10 and does not enter the human eye. In particular, the direct blue light from the insect lamp 30 is blocked and does not enter the human eye. For this reason, the emitted light does not stimulate human eyes. That is, by using the illumination lamp 20 in combination, the light color peculiar to the insect attracting lamp is alleviated.

  As described above, the insect trapping apparatus according to the present embodiment employs a two-lamp structure in which the illumination lamp 20 and the insect lamp 30 are arranged in the lamp cover 10, so that the hygienic pest can be effectively attracted by the insect lamp 30. . Moreover, the combined use of the illumination lamp 20 can alleviate the light color peculiar to the insect lamp without diminishing its attracting effect. For this reason, it can be used as a normal lighting fixture in food stores, restaurants, etc., and in addition to not causing discomfort to customers in food stores, restaurants, etc., it is indirect lighting. Excellent in terms of design.

  In addition, the insect trapping device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may use an annular or U-shaped lamp. The lamp cover is wall-mounted, but may be ceiling-suspended. As the material of the lamp cover, a translucent material can be used. In this case, it is preferable to provide a light shielding plate inside the lamp cover so as to block the direct light from the insect attracting lamp. As described above, the insect trapping means is not limited to the insect trap sheet.

It is a perspective view of an insect trapping device showing one embodiment of the present invention. It is a vertical side view of the insect trapping device. It is a spectral distribution diagram which shows the light emission characteristic of the fluorescent lamp used for the insect trapping device, wherein (a) shows the illumination lamp light, (b) shows the insect lamp light, and (c) shows the combined light of each characteristic. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Lamp cover 20 Illumination lamp 30 Insect lamp 40 Insect catcher 42 Insect catching sheet (insect catching means)
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Claims (3)

  It is configured to accommodate two types of lamps on the inside, and is provided inside the lamp cover as one of the two types of lamp cover and a lamp cover with a part of the outer surface open. It is arranged inside the lamp cover as the other of the two kinds of lamps, the insect lamp arranged in the cover so that the insects are attracted into the cover by the light, and visible light is emitted. An illumination lamp that emits outside the lamp cover together with the insect lamp light, and insect capturing means provided in the lamp cover for capturing the insect attracted into the cover from the opening of the lamp cover by the insect lamp. An insect trapping device characterized by:   The insect trapping device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp cover is made of a non-translucent material and has an upper surface opened. 2. The insect trapping device according to claim 1, wherein the insect trapping means is an insect trap sheet that is attached to the inner surface of the lamp cover so as to be close to the insect lamp and has a trapping adhesive applied on the surface.

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