JP2009296987A - Insect capture device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insect capture device capable of silently capturing insects without disturbing circumstances around the device and adapted not to reduce insect-capturing efficiency even when a large number of insects are captured. <P>SOLUTION: The insect capture device 1 includes an insect-attracting light source 2 as a first attraction unit for attracting insects 20, a capture unit 3 for capturing the insects 20 attracted by the insect-attracting light source 2, a hair transplanted unit 4 installed at an inlet of the capture unit 3 and slantly transplanted from the inlet toward the inside of the capture unit 3 and an insect-attracting light source 5 as a second attraction unit for attracting the insects 20 attracted by the insect-attracting light source 2 into the capture unit 3 through the hair transplanted unit 4. The insects 20 approaching the insect-attracting light source 2 are attracted by the light emitted from the insect-attracting light source 5 and enter the hair transplanted unit 4. The insects 20 entered the hair-transplanted unit 4 move toward the inside of the capture unit 3 through the hair transplanted unit 4 and are captured by the capture unit 3 after passing through the hair transplanted unit 4. The insects 20 captured by the capture unit 3 die due to lack of baits and water. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an insect trap that captures insects attracted by an attracting source.

  Conventionally, as this type of insect trap, an insect trap provided with an insect trap that emits light for attracting insects and an adhesive portion that adsorbs and captures the insect attracted by the trap for trapping insects is known. . However, in such an insect trap of the sticky trapping method, when a large amount of insects are adsorbed on the sticking part, the sticking surface capable of adsorbing the insects is reduced, and the trapping efficiency of the instrument is lowered.

  Further, as another form of the insect trap, there is provided an electrode part that gives an electric shock to the insect attracted to the insect trapping lamp, instead of the adhesive part, and an electrode part that catches the electric shock by the electrode part. is there. However, in such an electric shock capturing type insect trap, although the insect trapping efficiency of the instrument does not decrease, an irritating electric shock sound is generated when an electric shock is given to the insect. In addition, dead bodies of insects that have received electric shock may scatter and contaminate the environment around the instrument.

In addition, in the trapping device equipped with a landing member where the insect stays temporarily and a capture unit that captures the mosquito staying on the landing member, in order to peel the mosquito remaining on the landing member, the capture unit is made of animal hair or nylon Some have a brush member in which fibers or the like are planted (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, such an insect trap does not solve the problems described above.
JP 2006-223204 A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and can capture insects gently without polluting the environment around the instrument, and even when a large number of insects are captured, the efficiency of capturing the instrument decreases. The aim is to provide a trap with no traps.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is an insect trap provided with a first attracting part for attracting insects and a capturing part for capturing insects attracted by the first attracting part. The flocked portion provided at the entrance of the capture portion and planted by inclining in a direction from the entrance toward the inside of the capture portion, and the insect attracted to the first attracting portion through the flocked portion, And a second attracting unit that attracts the inside of the capturing unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the second attracting portion is provided inside the capturing portion, and has a higher insecticidal effect than the first attracting portion. It is what.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the first attracting part and the second attracting part are one attracting source provided inside the capturing part.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the first attracting part and the second attracting part are insect trapping lamps that emit light containing ultraviolet rays, and the flocked part is transparent. It has a light property.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the second attracting portion is a mechanism that slightly vibrates the flocked portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flocked surface.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fifth aspect, the second attracting portion has a fan that blows air from the first attracting portion toward the capturing portion, and by the wind pressure by the fan, The insect attracted by the first attracting part is attached to the flocked part.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a heating section that causes the insect captured by the capturing section to thermally die.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, further comprising a detection unit that detects the presence of insects captured by the capture unit, wherein the detection unit detects the presence of a certain number or more of insects. Sometimes the heating unit is operated.

  According to the invention of claim 1, since the flocked portion is inclined in the direction from the entrance of the capture portion toward the inside of the capture portion, the insect attracted by the second attracting portion and invading the flocked portion can be reversed. It disappears and is captured by the capture part when passing through the flocked part. Therefore, even if a large amount of insects are captured by the capturing unit, the capturing efficiency of the instrument does not decrease. In addition, insects can be captured quietly, and the environment around the instrument is not contaminated when capturing insects.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the insect attracted to the first attracting part spontaneously invades the flocked part due to the attracting effect of the second attracting part, and moves the flocked part toward the inside of the capturing part. Therefore, the configuration of the second attracting unit is simplified, compared with the case where the insect is forcibly sent into the inside of the capturing unit using mechanical means, and the cost is low and the number of failures is small.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the insect can be attracted to the inside of the catching portion with one attracting source, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure of the instrument can be simplified.

  According to invention of Claim 4, since the light radiate | emitted from the lamp for insect traps which is the 1st attracting part and the 2nd attracting part permeate | transmits the flocked part, and is output outside the capture part, many Since insects have the property of being attracted by the ultraviolet rays contained in the light, it is possible to attract and capture a wide variety of insects. In addition, since there is less deterioration with time compared to the case where the first attracting part and the second attracting part are used as odor sources such as carbon dioxide gas, the insect trapping efficiency of the instrument can be maintained for a long time without maintenance.

  According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the insect passing through the flocked part is forcibly sent into the inside of the capturing part by the vibration operation of the flocked part, so that the insect capturing efficiency of the instrument is improved.

  According to the invention of claim 6, since the insect attracted to the first attracting part is securely attached to the hair transplantation part, it is possible to reliably feed the insect into the capturing part by the vibration operation of the hair transplantation part. Thus, the insect trapping efficiency of the instrument is improved.

  According to the invention of claim 7, by causing the insect captured by the capture unit to be thermally dead by the heating unit, the insect does not escape when the user ejects the insect from the capture unit. Moreover, since the hair transplant part functions as a member which insulates the capture part and can raise the internal temperature of the capture part effectively, the captured insect can be surely killed by heat.

  According to the invention of claim 8, since the heating unit can be operated only when the number of insects captured by the capture unit increases, energy saving can be achieved.

(First embodiment)
An insect trap according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. 1 and 2 show the configuration of the insect trap 1 according to the present embodiment. The insect trap 1 attracts flying insects such as flies and mosquitoes and captures these insects, and is installed in an outdoor space where there are many insects or a space in a building facing the outdoor space. . The insect trap 1 is provided at an entrance of the catching unit 3, an attracting light source 2 as a first attracting unit that attracts the insect 20, a capturing unit 3 that captures the insect 20 attracted by the attracting light source 2, and the entrance As a second attracting part for attracting the hair transplanted part 4 inclined to the inside toward the inside of the capturing part 3 and the insect 20 attracted by the insect light source 2 through the hair transplanting part 4 to the inside of the capturing part 3 The insect light source 5 and a housing 6 that accommodates the above-described parts are provided. The housing 6 has an opening 61 for emitting light emitted from the insect attracting light source 2 to the outside.

  The insect attracting light source 2 is a straight tube type insect trapping lamp that emits light containing ultraviolet rays, and is attached to sockets 62 disposed on both inner side surfaces of the housing 6. The ultraviolet rays contained in the emitted light from the insect light source 2 are set based on the insect's running light curve or the visibility curve, and have a high insecticidal effect. The socket 62 is connected to a ballast 63 provided inside the housing 6, and the ballast 63 is connected to a commercial power supply via a power line 64.

  The capture part 3 is provided below the lure light source 2, extends in the longitudinal direction of the lure light source 2, and has a box shape with the top opened. The upper part of the capture part 3 is covered with the above-described hair transplant part 4. The member constituting the capturing unit 3 may be a net-like member having a fine mesh that prevents the captured insect 20 from escaping, but from a aesthetic point of view, a plate that can completely block the captured insect 20 from the outside. It is desirable to be a member. The capture unit 3 is detachable from the housing 6 so that the insects 20 inside the capture unit 3 can be easily discharged. Note that the capture unit 3 may be openable and closable with respect to the housing 6 in order to discharge such insects 20.

  The insect attracting light source 5 is an insect trapping lamp similar to that described above, and is provided in the inside of the capture unit 3, that is, in a space constituted by the capture unit 3 and the hair transplanting unit 4, and is arranged in the space. It is attached to the socket 31. The socket 31 is connected to the ballast 63 described above. The attracting light source 5 has a higher attracting effect than the attracting light source 2 as the first attracting part. Specifically, the intensity of the ultraviolet light contained in the emitted light of the attracting light source 5 is higher than that of the attracting light source 2. It has been enlarged.

  The hair planting part 4 includes a plurality of base materials 41 arranged at substantially constant intervals in the front-rear direction of the capturing unit 3 and ultrafine hair materials 42 planted on the base material 41 so as to cover the upper part of the capturing unit 3. It is arranged in. 3A and 3B show the configuration of the flocked part 4. FIG. The base material 41 is made of a long plate-like member, and its length dimension is set to be approximately equal to the length of the capture part 3, and the width dimension is set to a predetermined length according to the specifications of the bristle material 42. The hair material 42 is planted on the side surface of the base material 41 so that the hair tip side is inclined toward the inside of the capture unit 3, and the hair material 42 is inclined with respect to the normal of the side surface of the hair surface, that is, the side surface of the base material 41. It is desirable that the angle is about 30 ° to 60 °. Between the adjacent bristle materials 42, a gap s of a size that allows the insect 20 to enter is provided. Here, as the hair material 42, acrylic fiber, nylon fiber, fluorine fiber, glass fiber, polyethylene fiber, pork hair having a diameter of about 0.01 to 0.3 mm and a length of about 5 mm to 30 mm, etc. Is used.

As a method for flocking the hair material 42, there is a method of bundling hair materials every several to several hundreds to generate a hair bundle, putting the hair bundle in a hole formed on the flocked surface, and bonding and fixing to the flocked surface. In this method, the hair bundle is planted in several places on the flocked surface. By using such a flocking method, the flocked part 4 can be manufactured by the same manufacturing equipment as a toothbrush having a bristle material as in the present invention. When the above-described hair transplantation method is used, the density of the hair transplantation per one hair bundle may be about 0.5 to 200 / mm ² , and particularly preferably about 10 to 100 / mm ² . Moreover, it is desirable that the flocked area per one hair bundle is about 0, 5 to 3 mm, and the distance between the hair bundles is 2 mm or less. Examples of the material of the base material 41 include resin materials such as polypropylene and acrylic that are easy to mold.

  Next, the operation of the insect trap 1 configured as described above will be described. When the user turns on the power of the instrument 1, each of the insect light sources 2 and 5 is turned on. The insects 20 around the instrument 1 are attracted by the light emitted from the attracting light source 2. The insect 20 attracted to the attracting light source 2 is attracted by the light emitted from the attracting light source 5 and enters the flocked portion 4. The insect 20 that has entered the flocked part 4 moves toward the inside of the capture part 3 and moves through the flocked part 4 and is captured by the capture part 3 when passing through the flocked part 4. The insect 20 captured by the capturing unit 3 is killed by lack of food and water.

  As mentioned above, according to the insect trap 1 which concerns on this embodiment, since the hair transplant part 4 inclines in the direction which goes to the inside of the capture part 3 from the entrance of the capture part 3, the insect 20 which invaded the hair transplant part 4 reverses. When it becomes impossible to pass through the flocked part 4, it is captured by the capturing part 3. Therefore, even if a large amount of insects 20 are captured by the capturing unit 3, the capturing efficiency of the instrument does not decrease. In addition, the insect 20 can be captured quietly, and the environment around the instrument 1 is not contaminated when capturing the insect 20.

  Further, the insect 20 attracted by the attracting light source 2 spontaneously invades the flocked part 4 due to the attracting effect of the attracting light source 5 and moves the flocked part 4 toward the inside of the capturing part 3. Compared with the case where the insect 20 is forcibly fed into the capturing unit 3 using the means, the configuration of the second attracting unit is simplified, and the cost is low and there are few failures. In addition, since there is less deterioration with time compared to the case where the first attracting part and the second attracting part are used as odor sources such as carbon dioxide gas, the insect trapping efficiency of the instrument can be maintained for a long time without maintenance.

(Second Embodiment)
An insect trap according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 show the configuration of the insect trap 1 according to this embodiment. In this embodiment, the hair transplant part 4 is provided in the opening 61 of the housing | casing 6, the whole front side part of this instrument 1 is the capture part 3, and it is one as a 1st attraction part and a 2nd attraction part. Insect light source 7 is provided inside capture unit 3. In addition, the flocked part 4 has translucency, the base material 41 is made of an acrylic resin or glass resin that does not contain an ultraviolet absorber, and the hair material 42 has an ultraviolet light transmittance. High acrylic fiber, fluorine fiber, glass fiber, polyethylene fiber, etc. are used. Thereby, the light emitted from the insect attracting light source 7 is transmitted through the flocked part 4 and output to the outside of the capturing part 3.

  As described above, according to the insect trap 1 according to the present embodiment, the insect 20 can be attracted to the inside of the capture unit 3 with one attracting source, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the structure of the instrument 1 can be simplified. . Moreover, since the light emitted from the insect attracting light source 2 is transmitted through the flocked part 4 and output to the outside of the capturing part 3, many insects have a characteristic that is attracted to the ultraviolet rays contained in the light. Therefore, it becomes possible to attract and capture a wide variety of insects.

(Third embodiment)
An insect trap according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 show the configuration of the insect trap 1 according to this embodiment. The present embodiment is the first implementation in that a means for forcibly attracting the insect 20 to the inside of the capturing unit 3 using mechanical means and killing the insect 20 captured by the capturing unit 3 is provided. It differs from the form.

  The insect trap 1 includes, as a second attracting unit, a fan 8 that blows air from the insect attracting light source 2 toward the capturing unit 3 and a vibration mechanism 9 that slightly vibrates the flocked portion 4 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flocked surface. . The fan 8 is provided above the insect attracting light source 2 with the air blowing port facing downward, and attaches the insect 20 attracted to the attracting light source 2 by the wind pressure to the hair transplantation part 4. Further, instead of the fan 8, an air vacuum pump may be installed inside the capture unit 3, and the insect 20 attracted by the insect light source 2 may be attached to the hair transplant unit 4 by the suction force of the pump. .

  8A and 8B show the configuration of the vibration mechanism 9. The vibration mechanism 9 is composed of a linear motor provided at one end of the flocking portion 4, and a movable portion 91 of the motor is disposed on the upper portion of the base material 41 with an adjacent base material therebetween. The movable part 91 reciprocates at high speed in the arrangement direction of the base materials 41, and varies the spacing between the flocked surfaces facing each other.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the insect trap 1 further includes a heating unit 10 that causes the insect 20 captured by the capturing unit 3 to die by heat, and a detection unit 11 that detects the presence of the insect 20 captured by the capturing unit 3. . The heating unit 10 is a device that raises the internal air temperature of the capture unit 3, and specifically includes a heating wire disposed on the inner wall of the capture unit 3.

  When the detection unit 11 detects the presence of a certain number or more of insects 20 inside the capture unit 3, the detection unit 11 sends a drive signal to the heating unit 10 to operate the heating unit 10. As the detection part 11, the infrared sensor which detects the presence or absence of a moving body with infrared rays is mentioned, for example. Here, when the detection unit 11 is an infrared sensor, a sufficient number of insects are captured by the capture unit 3 when the number of infrared intercepts of 1 second or more exceeds 3 times per minute in the sensing unit of the sensor. It is determined that the heating unit 10 is operated. Moreover, as another structure of the detection part 11, what capture | photographs the inside of the capture part 3 with a camera and calculates the quantity of the insect 20 captured by the capture part 3 based on the image data is mentioned.

  Next, the operation of the insect trap 1 configured as described above will be described. When the user turns on the power of the instrument 1, the insect attracting light source 2 is turned on and the fan 8 is operated. At the same time, the flocking unit 4 starts to vibrate slightly by the vibration mechanism 9. The insects 20 around the instrument 1 are attracted by the light emitted from the attracting light source 2. The insect 20 attracted to the attracting light source 2 adheres to the hair transplantation part 4 by the wind pressure of the fan 8. The attached insects 20 are sent into the capturing unit 3 by the vibration operation of the hair transplanting part 4, and are captured by the capturing part 3 when passing through the hair transplanting part 4. When the number of insects 20 captured by the capture unit 3 increases, the detection unit 11 operates the heating unit 10, thereby causing the insects 20 to die by heat.

  FIG. 9 shows, in time series, the action in which the insects 20 are sent to the capture unit by the vibration operation of the flocking unit 4. The insects 20 attached to the hair planting part 4 due to the wind pressure of the fan 8 are in a state of attaching to the hair material 42 located on the insect attracting light source 2 side (upper side in the drawing). In such a state, when the space between the flocked surfaces is narrowed, the hair material 42 is further inclined toward the capturing unit 3 side (the lower side in the figure), and thereby the insect 20 is pushed into the capturing unit 3 side. When the spacing between the flocked surfaces increases, the hair material 42 returns to its original state, while the insect 20 pushed into the capture unit 3 side is caught by the hair tips of the hair material 42 located on the capture unit 3 side. The state is maintained and the state is maintained. By repeating such an operation, the insect 20 is sent into the capturing unit 3.

  As described above, according to the insect trap 1 according to the present embodiment, the insect 20 attracted to the insect light source 2 is reliably attached to the hair transplantation part 4 by the wind pressure of the fan 8, and the flocking action is performed by the hair transplantation part 4. Since the insect 20 passing through the part 4 is forcibly sent into the inside of the capturing part 3, the insect capturing efficiency of the instrument is improved. In addition, by causing the insect 20 captured by the capture unit 3 to thermally die by the heating unit 10, the user does not escape when the user ejects the insect 20 from the capture unit 3. Moreover, since the hair transplant part 4 functions as a member which insulates the capture part 3, and can raise the internal temperature of the capture part 3 effectively, the insect 20 captured by the capture part 3 is surely made to heat-death. Can do. Moreover, since the heating part 10 can be operated only when the insects 20 captured by the capture part 3 increase, energy saving can be achieved.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said various embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the meaning of invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which an insect is attracted using an attracting light source has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the insect may be attracted using an odor source that emits an odor preferred by the insect. In the first embodiment, in order to attract the insect 20 attracted to the attracting light source 2 to the inside of the capture unit 3, the attracting light source 2 is configured by one capturing lamp, and the attracting light source 5 is used for a plurality of capturing insects. It may be configured by a lamp. Moreover, what further improved the insect trapping efficiency of the instrument may be provided by further providing a trapping lamp inside the trap part 3 shown in the third embodiment.

The perspective view of the insect trap which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. Side surface sectional drawing of the said insect trap. (A) is a perspective view of the hair transplantation part of the said insect trap, (b) is sectional drawing which expanded a part of the said hair transplantation part. The perspective view of the insect trap which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Side surface sectional drawing of the said insect trap. The perspective view of the insect trap which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. Side surface sectional drawing of the said insect trap. (A) is a perspective view of the vibration mechanism of the said insect trap, (b) is a side view of the vibration mechanism. The figure which shows the effect | action by which the insect which exists in the hair transplant part in the said insect trap is sent into a capture part in time series.

Explanation of symbols

1 Insect catcher 2 Insect light source (first attracting part)
3 Capturing part 4 Flocking part 5 Insect light source (second attracting part)
7 Insect light source (first attracting part, second attracting part)
8 Fan (second invitation part)
9 Vibration mechanism (second attraction part)
10 Heating unit 11 Detection unit 20 Insect

Claims (8)

An insect trap provided with a first attracting part for attracting insects and a capturing part for capturing insects attracted by the first attracting part,
A flocked portion that is provided at the entrance of the capture unit and is planted by being inclined in a direction from the entrance toward the inside of the capture unit;
An insect trap, comprising: a second attracting unit that attracts the insect attracted to the first attracting unit to the inside of the capturing unit through the flocked portion.   2. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the second attracting unit is provided inside the capturing unit and has a higher attracting effect than the first attracting unit.   The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the first attracting part and the second attracting part are one attracting source provided inside the capturing part. The first attracting part and the second attracting part are insect trapping lamps that emit light containing ultraviolet rays,
4. The insect trap according to claim 3, wherein the flocked portion has translucency.   2. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the second attracting part is a mechanism that slightly vibrates the flocked part in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flocked surface.   The second attracting part has a fan that blows air from the first attracting part toward the capturing part, and insects attracted to the first attracting part by the wind pressure by the fan are applied to the flocked part. The insect trap according to claim 5, which is attached.   The insect trap according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a heating unit that thermally kills the insect captured by the trap unit. A detection unit for detecting the presence of insects captured by the capture unit;
The insect trap according to claim 7, wherein the detection unit operates the heating unit when detecting the presence of a certain number or more of insects.

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