JPH10108607A - Catching device for moving pest insect - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catching device for moving pest insect for unnecessitating repair for a long time and further sufficiently improving efficiency in catching by providing an adhesive surface in a wide area. SOLUTION: At one side wall section of an outer casing 7 forming an opening part 6, an entrance 8 for moving pest insects is formed and inside the outer casing 7, an inner casing 1 in hierarchical structure is housed while vertically arranging plural floor plates 1 made of thick paper at intervals. Concerning the inner casing, an approach path 10 to floor surfaces on respective stages is provided by opening one side face, a zone 4 coated with an adhesive agent is provided on the surface of the floor, and a guiding zone 5 non-coated with the adhesive agent is provided on the floor surface part in contact with the approach path 10, thus obtaining a catching device B for moving pest insect.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for capturing wandering pests which exterminates pests wandering on a floor surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an adhesive for catching insect pests is applied to the inner surface of a cardboard or plastic container as a catching container for exterminating habitual pests such as cockroaches, ants, mites and the like that wander the floor. Things are well known.

[0003] Such a catching container has a floor surface which is considered to have a relatively high probability of indoor pests wandering, that is, a floor such as a cooking room or a cafeteria where food has the humidity, temperature, and light amount preferred by the target pest. It is placed on a surface, and is used when a predetermined amount or more of pests, which is measured from the size of the container and the adhesive area, is discarded and periodically replaced.

[0004]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional catching container has to be replaced very frequently, such as once a week or once every two to three days. Can form
It is preferable from the viewpoint of replacement workability.

However, as described above, if the area of the adhesive surface provided on the same plane as the indoor floor surface is increased, the entire container must be formed large and flat, and the floor surface on which the container can be installed is wide. There is a problem that it is limited only to the place.

[0006] Even if the adhesive surface is simply arranged three-dimensionally,
The capture efficiency of the sticky surface off the floor did not increase sufficiently.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to provide a large-sized adhesive surface and to eliminate the need for repair for a long period of time, and to have a sufficiently high trapping efficiency for a wandering pest. Is to be a capture device.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, there is provided a box having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of floor boards are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, and the box is provided with floors on each floor. A device for trapping wandering pests, which forms an approach path for wandering pests leading to a surface, provides an adhesive-coated area on the floor surface, and provides an induction area without adhesive coating on a floor surface portion in contact with the approach path. It was.

Alternatively, an inner box having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of floor boards are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction is accommodated in an outer box having an entrance of a loitering pest, and the inner box has a floor surface of each floor. An approach path leading to the entrance path is formed, and an adhesive-coated area is provided on the floor surface, and a guide area without the adhesive coating is provided on a floor surface portion in contact with the approach path, thereby obtaining a wandering insect pest.

[0010] Further, a heater is provided inside the outer box, or the above-mentioned wandering pest capturing container is provided with a wandering pest attractant.

[0011] In the trapping device for wandering pests of the present invention, each floor plate of the box or the inner box having a hierarchical structure is coated with an adhesive, so that the adhesive area is required regardless of the bottom area of the box or the inner box. Accordingly, it can be provided widely and can be used without replacement for a long time.

Further, since the box or the inner box is formed with an access path leading to the floor of each floor, the pests can easily enter the floor of each floor through the access path.
The pests from the entrance of the outer box to the entrance of the inner box can similarly easily enter the floor of each floor.

Further, according to the present invention, a guidance area without an adhesive coating is provided on the floor surface portion in contact with the approach path of each floor surface, so that the pests can enter the guidance area very easily, and then many pests are introduced. Enters the pressure-sensitive adhesive-coated area on the same floor as the guide area, and is very efficiently adhered and captured.

In the invention in which the heater is provided inside the outer box, the air inside the outer box and the inner box is warmed and stays, and the temperature is set to a temperature preferred by the target pest even when the temperature outside the box is relatively low. It is possible to attract wandering pests from the entrance of the outer box.

According to the invention in which the attractant for wandering pests is provided inside the outer box, the pests can be attracted by taste, touch, smell, pheromone, and the like to attract the wandering pests into the outer box.

In the repair work for maintaining the function of the capturing device of the present invention, the floor surface of each floor coated with the adhesive may be replaced or the entire inner box may be replaced, and the outer box is reused. It is possible.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, in the first embodiment, a box 2 having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of floorboards 1 made of cardboard are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction is provided. A wandering pest approach path 3 leading to the floor surface of the vehicle, an adhesive-coated area 4 is provided on the floor surface, and a guide area 5 without adhesive coating is provided on the floor surface portion adjacent to the approach path 3. It is a sexual pest capture device A.

The box 2 is preferably formed of an inexpensive general-purpose material. For example, it is preferable that the box 2 is entirely formed of cardboard or other thick paper.

If the inner side surface of the box 2 is formed of corrugated paper (corrugated paper) 2a, for example, so that the repetition direction of the corrugation is up and down, the floor boards 1 can be easily inserted and attached one by one. They can be replaced one by one.

The pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the pressure-sensitive adhesive-coated area 4 of the floorboard 1 is composed of a well-known tack-type pressure-sensitive adhesive which can adhere to small habits of insects, such as cockroaches, ants and mites, which wander the floor. Examples of the adhesive component include polybutene, liquid polyisobutylene, liquid polybutadiene, liquid polychloroprene, liquid polysulfide, liquid polyisoprene, synthetic rubber, and natural rubber. Other transparent adhesive components are selected from the group consisting of alkylbenzenes having an alkyl group having 10 to 14 carbon atoms or derivatives thereof, tributyl phosphate, dimethyl phthalate, butyl oleate, diethylene glycol dibenzoate and methyl acetyl ricinoleate. Organic compounds can be exemplified.

The guiding area 5 of the floorboard 1 without the adhesive coating is:
It is preferable to provide at least a width wider than the body length of the pest to be controlled. For example, it is preferable to provide a width of about 1 to 3 cm to guide small pests such as cockroaches to each floor.

When a pest gets on such an induction area 5, it is perceived by an organ such as a tactile sense that the air flow at the back of the box body 2 is stable, and if the pest enters the adhesive coated area smoothly. Conceivable.

The vertical spacing of the floor panel 1 may be set to a preferred interval for the target pest. For example, when the target to be captured is a cockroach, the distance between the floor and the floor 1 is set so as to substantially match the thickness of the insect body. It is preferable to provide it at about 2 to 1 cm.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the second embodiment, one side wall portion of a rectangular cardboard outer box 7 having a square opening 6 formed in a part of the upper surface is provided with a wandering pest. Entrance 8 is opened so as to reach the bottom surface, and an inner box 9 having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of cardboard floorboards 1 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction is accommodated in the outer box 7. Is provided with an approach path 10 which is open on one side and communicates with the floor of each floor, and has an adhesive-coated area 4 on the floor.
And a guide device B for wandering pests provided with a guidance area 5 having no adhesive coating on the floor surface portion in contact with the approach path 10.
It is.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the inner box 9 is
The inner box 9 and the outer box 7 are aligned with each other when stored, so that no gap is formed for escape of insect pests.

As shown in FIG. 2B, a heater 11 made of a ceramic heater connectable to an external power supply (not shown) is fixedly provided on the upper portion of the outer case 7. The internal air is warmed so that even when the temperature is relatively low, the temperature can be set to a temperature preferred by the target pest. As a heater,
Other well-known mechanisms may be employed, for example, electric heating such as a planar heater using carbon, oxidation reaction of metal, liquid fuel such as benzene, solid fuel, etc., and a heat storage material. And the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the outer box 7 of the second embodiment
It is preferable that a well-known attractant 12 is provided on the inner bottom surface. As the attractant 12, there are pheromone and bait (fish meal such as skipjack, cheese, etc.). As shown in FIG. 4, a liquid attractant is put into an ampoule 13 and a sponge-like or felt-like porous mat 14 is formed. May be constantly supplied.

As shown in FIG. 5, a large outer box 15 is provided.
Of course, two or more inner boxes 9 may be accommodated.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the third embodiment has a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of box-shaped units c _{1 to} c ₆ having openings on the lower surface are stacked and floor plates 16 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction. The box C is formed with a slope 17 formed by bending a floor plate 16 at a pair of opposing corners of the square floor of each of the box-shaped units c _{1 to} c ₆ , and an opening 18 is formed on the floor surface of the unit downstairs. It is formed so as to communicate with the outside of the unit. A rectangular adhesive-coated area 4 is provided on the floor between the pair of openings 18, and a portion of the floor adjacent to the approach path (opening 18 and slope 17) without adhesive coating is provided. The trapping device C is provided with an area 5 and when the box-shaped units c _{1 to} c ₆ are stacked, the openings 18 of the respective floors are arranged so as not to overlap with each other, and the approach path of the wandering pest is formed in a spiral shape.

The box-shaped units c _{1 to} c ₆ may be formed of either cardboard or plastic board, but the lower side wall 19 is attached to the periphery of the rectangular floor plate 16 by downward locking. A piece 20 is formed, and a locking hole 21 into which a locking piece 20 of another unit can be inserted is formed on the floor immediately above the piece 20.

A downward locking piece 22 is also formed at the lower end of the slope 17 and a locking hole 23 into which the locking piece 22 is inserted is formed in the opening 1.
8 are formed at two opposing locations on the floor surface.

A plurality of box-shaped units c _{1 having} such a structure.
The stacking to c ₆ are alternately stacked in a position rotated 90 ° in the floor as shown in Figure 7 for each floor, the engaging piece 20 of the corresponding side wall 19 is fixed by inserting the locking holes 21 Then, the locking piece 22 of the slope 17 is inserted into the locking hole 23 to spirally communicate the approach path. Incidentally, the lower surface of the box-type unit c ₁ of the lowest stage, suitably coated with a bottom plate 24.

The third embodiment C composed of such a hierarchically structured box body can be used as it is as a container for capturing wandering pests as in the first embodiment, and can be used as an outer box 7 (as in the second embodiment). (See FIG. 2, FIG. 3 or FIG. 5).

Using such a third embodiment C,
The wandering pests such as cockroaches are in the bottom box-shaped unit c
_{In addition to 1,} it is possible to directly enter the unit from the opening 18 of each floor, and then to the floors of the upper and lower floors via the guidance area 5 and the slope 17.

Generally, wandering pests tend to enter the adhesive-coated area 4 in an unused state or with a relatively small number of catches, but the guiding area 5 and the approach path are formed integrally. In the capturing device according to the third embodiment, the probability of encountering a relatively unused adhesive surface increases, and the capturing probability increases accordingly.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, an inner box having a hierarchical structure is accommodated in an outer box, an access path leading to the floor of each floor is formed in the inner box, and an adhesive is provided on the floor. Since the covering area and the guide area are provided, it has an adhesive surface with the largest possible area and does not need to be repaired such as replacement for a long time. There is an advantage that the capture efficiency is sufficiently high because of entry.

Further, in the above-mentioned invention in which a heater is provided inside the outer box or an attractant for wandering pests is installed, it is possible to further enhance the trapping efficiency together with the above-mentioned advantage that the adhesive surface is not required to be replaced for a long time. There is also the advantage that you can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view of the second embodiment; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the outer box of the second embodiment with a cutout;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the attractant.

FIG. 5 is a cutaway plan view of an outer box of a second embodiment having a plurality of inner boxes.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 16 Floorboard 2 Box 2a Corrugated paper 3, 10 Ingress way 4 Adhesive coating area 5 Guidance area 6, 18 Opening 7 Outer box 8 Inlet 9 Inner box 11 Heater 12 Attractant 13 Ampoule 14 Porous mat 15 Large outer box 17 Slope 19 Side wall 20, 22 Locking piece 21, 23 Locking hole 24 Bottom plate

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takaaki Ito 1-9-28 Kutarocho, Chuo-ku, Osaka City Inside Sumika Lifetech Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A box having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of floorboards are arranged at intervals in a vertical direction is provided, and an approach path of a wandering pest which leads to a floor surface of each floor is formed in the box body. An apparatus for trapping wandering pests, wherein an adhesive-coated area is provided and a guide area without an adhesive coating is provided on a floor surface portion in contact with the approach path. 2. An inner box having a hierarchical structure in which a plurality of floorboards are arranged at intervals in a vertical direction is accommodated in an outer box having an entrance of a wandering pest, wherein the inner box has a floor surface of each floor. A trapping device for wandering pests, wherein an access path leading to the entrance path is formed, an adhesive-coated area is provided on the floor surface, and a guide area without adhesive coating is provided on a floor surface portion in contact with the approach path. 3. The container for capturing wandering pests according to claim 2, wherein a heater is provided inside the outer box. 4. The container for capturing wandering pests according to claim 2, wherein an attractant for wandering pests is provided inside the outer box.