JP3602672B2 - Insect trap - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a dry insect trap capable of catching insects such as moths, and more particularly to a combination of a hollow umbrella having a funnel-shaped shooter and a telescopic bottle which is attached and attached to a lower portion of the hollow umbrella. Insect traps.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, two types of insect traps (trap housings) and dry insect traps have been put into practical use as trap insects (trap housings) for trapping insects such as moths using a fragrance device that gradually releases an attractant such as sex pheromone. I have.
[0003]
In the former adhesive insect trap, a fragrance releasing device that gradually releases an attractant such as sex pheromone is fixed to the inner ceiling of a housing having a predetermined open structure such as a triangular cylinder, and the insect trap is mounted on the inner bottom surface of the housing. It is constructed by laying an adhesive sheet.
[0004]
Further, the latter dry trap has a funnel-shaped shooter at the lower end, and a hollow umbrella body in which the fragrance device is fixed to the ceiling surface of the lid, and is attached to a lower portion of the funnel-shaped shooter of the hollow umbrella body. It is constructed by combining with a bottle.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the former adhesive insect trap, if insects such as moths adhere to and catch a certain amount on the insect catching adhesive sheet laid on the inner bottom surface of the housing, it is possible to capture more insects. There was a problem that could not be done. In the case of sticky insect traps, branches and leaves of street trees and the like, and dust adhere to the sticky sheet, lowering the trapping performance, and birds and the like entering the housing inadvertently and being caught. There was also a problem to do. Therefore, the insect catching adhesive sheet in the housing must be replaced many times in one year, and the operation is complicated. In particular, when the insect trap is mounted above a large tree such as a street tree, a long ladder or a special car has to be used, which makes the operation difficult.
[0006]
Also, in the case of the latter dry insect trap, if the bottle height is small, a large amount of insects cannot be stored in the catch, so the bottle must be replaced many times, and as with the adhesive insect trap, However, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and the replacement operation is difficult. Furthermore, when the height of the bottle is increased, a large amount of insects can be stored, but the height and volume of the entire insect trap become extremely large, and these insect traps are stored in large quantities or transported, Another problem is that it is inconvenient and uneconomical to dispose.
[0007]
The insect trap according to the present invention is an entirely new technique developed in view of the above-mentioned many conventional problems, and particularly in an insect trap constituted by a hollow umbrella having a funnel-shaped shooter and a bottle, A bottle is formed by an upper cylinder for a bottle and a lower bottle, and the lower bottle is stored in the upper cylinder for the bottle, or the lower bottle is connected to the lower part of the upper cylinder for the bottle to expand and contract the entire bottle freely. It is intended to provide a technique for obtaining insect traps.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The insect trap according to the present invention is a technique which has fundamentally improved the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the gist of the first invention of the trap is that the trap is provided with an attractant such as sex pheromone mounted thereon. In this case, a bottle upper cylinder is provided below the insect trap, and a lower bottle capable of engaging and connecting an upper outer periphery to a lower part of an inner peripheral wall of the bottle upper cylinder is stored in the bottle upper cylinder. An insect trap characterized by being constituted .
[0009]
The gist of the second invention of the insect trap according to the present invention is the insect trap according to the first invention, wherein a funnel-shaped shooter is connected to a space below a hollow umbrella having a lid at an upper portion thereof . It is. Further, the gist of the third invention is the insect trap of the first invention or the second invention, wherein a suspension hole is provided in a part of the hollow umbrella body.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a side view of an insect trap according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view showing each component of the insect trap of FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of each component of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the hollow umbrella, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the assembled state of each component of FIG. 3, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state where the insect trap in the state of FIG.
[0011]
1 to 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a hollow umbrella body, and an upper ring-shaped collar body 2 and a lower funnel-shaped shooter 3 are integrally connected to each other by four legs 4, A large opening 5 is provided between the four legs 4 so that insects such as moths can freely enter.
[0012]
A dish-shaped lid 6 is fitted and fixed in the upright upper edge 2a of the ring-shaped collar body 2, and a suspension hole 7 is provided on each of the upright upper edge 2a and the peripheral wall of the lid 6 to drain water. 8 are drilled. A support hole 10 through which the support cord 9 can be inserted is formed in the horizontal flange portion 2b of the ring-shaped flange body 2. The lower ends of the four legs 4 are suspended and projected to the outside of the outer peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped shooter 3, as shown in FIG. 11 are protrudingly provided.
[0013]
Numeral 12 denotes a cylindrical upper cylinder for a bottle, and a flange 13 protruding from the upper peripheral edge of the outer periphery of the upper cylinder can be engaged with the claw 11 of the four legs 4. Is formed with a small-diameter aperture edge 14. Reference numeral 15 denotes a lower bottle having an outer diameter dimension that can be stored in the upper cylinder 12 for the bottle, and a flange edge 16 that can be engaged with the small-diameter squeezing edge 14 is formed on an outer peripheral upper edge thereof. Have been.
[0014]
The bottle used in the insect trap of the present invention includes the above-described bottle upper cylinder 12 and lower bottle 15. When used as a bottle, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the lower bottle 15 housed in the bottle upper cylinder 12 is pulled down from the bottom thereof, and the flange 16 of the lower bottle 15 is By engaging with the squeezing edge 14 of the upper cylinder 12, the entire depth of the bottle can be made substantially equal to the sum of the heights of the upper cylinder 12 and the lower bottle 15. Thereby, a large amount of captured insects can be stored in the bottle.
[0015]
Next, when storing, transporting, or discarding the insect trap, the lower bottle 15 is pushed into the bottle upper cylinder 12 from the bottom of the bottle lower cylinder 12 as shown in FIGS. By reducing the size, it can be stored in the cardboard box 17 or the like and stored, transported, or discarded in this state.
[0016]
In the above-described embodiment, the ring-shaped collar body 2, the funnel-shaped shooter 3, and the four legs 4 interconnecting them are integrally molded by using a plastics injection molding method. Although it is possible, since the lid 6 cannot be integrally formed with these components, a separately molded lid 6 is fitted and fixed in the upright upper edge 2a of the ring-shaped collar body 2 later. You can do it.
[0017]
In the above-mentioned bottle, with the lower bottle 15 housed in the bottle upper tube 12, the flange 13 of the bottle upper tube 12 is strongly engaged with the claws 11 of the four legs 4 of the hollow umbrella 1. Thus, the bottle can be connected to the hollow umbrella body 1.
[0018]
In using the insect trap according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, a fragrance releasing device 18 for gradually releasing an attractant such as sex pheromone is attached to the center of the lower surface of the lid 6, and both ends of the hanging strap 19 are connected to each other. The insect trap is hung on a predetermined branch 20 or the like of the tree through the hanging hole 7, and the support cord 9 is inserted and attached to the support hole 10 of the horizontal flange 2 b, and the other end is fixed to the branch or the like. It can be attached to trees and used while stabilizing the trap.
[0019]
As described above, the insect trap according to the present invention comprises a bottle capable of collecting a large amount of captured insects by the bottle upper cylinder 12 and the bottle 15, and the lower bottle 15 is housed in the bottle upper cylinder 12. It is possible to reduce the height of the bottle, or to pull out the lower bottle 15 downward to increase the depth of the bottle, so that it can be stored, transported, or when the insect trap is discarded. It is not bulky and convenient to handle.
[0020]
Therefore, the insect trap according to the present invention, like the above-mentioned conventional dry insect trap, does not perform the operation of climbing a high tree such as a street tree and replacing the bottle of the insect trap, and allows a certain amount of insects in the bottle. If collected, the entire insect trap can be replaced and disposed of. When discarding the trap, the bottle can be reduced as described above to make the trap compact, and the trapped insects can be discarded as they are.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
Since the insect trap according to the present invention has the above-described structure and operation, the bottle attached to the lower part of the hollow umbrella can be used by expanding and contracting as necessary. Therefore, when collecting insects, it is possible to store a large amount of captured insects by extending the bottle downward, and when storing, transporting or disposing of insect traps, reduce the size and occupy a large area. Can be prevented.
[0022]
The insect trap according to the present invention has a simple overall structure, can be mass-produced at low cost, and can be reduced in size as described above, so that it is troublesome to replace some bottles of the trap as in the prior art. No extra work is required, the entire trap can be easily replaced, and the trap after use can be discarded in a disposable form.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of an insect trap according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing each component of the insect trap of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of each component of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of a hollow umbrella body.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the components of FIG. 3 are assembled.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state where the insect trap of FIG. 5 is stored in a cardboard box.
FIG. 7 is a perspective explanatory view showing a use state.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hollow umbrella body 2 Ring-shaped collar body 2a Standing upper edge 2b Horizontal collar 3 Funnel-shaped shooter 4 Leg 5 Opening port 6 Lid 7 Hanging hole 8 Drain hole 9 Support string 10 Support hole 11 Claw 12 Upper cylinder 13 for bottle Rim 14 squeezing rim 15 lower bottle 16 rim 17 corrugated cardboard box 18 fragrance device 19 hanging cord 20 branches

Claims (3)

In an insect trap with an attractant such as sex pheromone attached above, a bottle upper cylinder is provided below the insect trap, and the upper outer periphery is engaged with and connected to the lower part of the inner peripheral wall of the bottle upper cylinder. An insect trap, wherein the obtained lower bottle is housed in the bottle upper cylinder. 2. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein a funnel-shaped shooter is connected to and separated from below a hollow umbrella having a lid at an upper portion. The insect trap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a suspension hole is provided in a part of the hollow umbrella.

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