JPH10229801A - Mosquito catcher - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mosquito catcher for hardly affecting the body of human or animal. SOLUTION: This mosquito catcher 1 is provided with an attracting gas generation means 6 for generating carbon dioxide for attracting mosquitoes, an adhesion means 5 for adhering the mosquitoes and a heat generation means 2 for attracting the mosquitoes to the adhesion means 5 by heating the adhesion means 5. Then, the mosquitoes are attracted by the carbon dioxide generated by the attracting gas generation means 6 and the approaching mosquitoes are strongly attracted by the adhesion means 5 turned to a state similar to the skin of the human or the animal by the heat generation means 2 and adhered to the adhesion means 5 like being attracted to. Thus, since the mosquitoes are efficiently caught without being killed and an odor accompanying the killing of the mosquitoes is not generated, the body of the human or the animal is not adversely affected and the body of the human or the animal is prevented from being bitten by the mosquitoes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mosquito trap, and more particularly, to a mosquito trap that has little effect on the body.

[Prior art]

[0002] Mosquitoes, which are insects that pierce the human or animal body and suck blood with a snout, not only cause inflammation at the stab, but also transmit the pathogens of infectious diseases such as malaria and Japanese encephalitis. It is well known that there are also things. As a mosquito trap used to prevent such mosquito bites, conventionally, there are a mosquito coil, an electric mosquito trap, and a spray-type mosquito trap. These mosquito traps emit gas or liquid into the space where the mosquito is present, kill the insects by directly bathing the mosquito, and prevent the mosquito from being bitten.

[0003]

However, any of the conventional mosquito traps emits a peculiar odor due to the generation of gas or liquid for killing mosquitoes. Depending on the user, the user may have a bad mood, or may have an adverse effect on the body such as modulation of the body and illness. In particular, use for the sick and infants has to be refrained from, and cannot be said to be highly safe for the body.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a mosquito trap which has little effect on the human or animal body.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 comprises attraction means for attracting mosquitoes,
And a sticking means for sticking the mosquito.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the mosquito can be attracted by the attracting means to approach the attracting means, and the attracted mosquito can be adhered to the adhesive means by the adhesive means. The mosquito can be captured without killing. Therefore, by catching the mosquito, no off-flavor is produced when killing insects, so that it is possible to prevent the mosquito from sticking to the human or animal body without adversely affecting the human or animal body. Can be.

[0007] More specifically, the attracting means may be of any configuration as long as it is for attracting mosquitoes around animals or humans, and the sticking means is for sticking mosquitoes. Any configuration may be used, for example, an adhesive tape may be used, or an adhesive substance may be provided at a predetermined position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mosquito trap according to the first aspect, the attraction means includes an attraction gas generating means for generating gas for attracting the mosquito.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the attraction gas generating means is provided as the attraction means.
Mosquitoes are attracted by the gas generated by the attracting gas generating means, and the attracted mosquitoes are adhered by the adhesive means,
Captured without being killed. Therefore, claim 1
Similar to the effect described above, by capturing the mosquito without emitting an unpleasant smell when killing the mosquito, it is possible to more effectively prevent the mosquito from sticking to the human or animal body.

Specifically, the gas generated by the attracting gas generating means provided as the attracting means is more effective if it is, for example, carbon dioxide, which is a substance having an effect of collecting mosquitoes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any gas may be generated as long as it is a gas that attracts mosquitoes. In addition, it is preferable that the adhesive unit is provided near the induced gas generating unit.

[0011] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
The mosquito trap according to the item (1), further comprising, as the attraction means, a heat generating means for inducing heat and heating the adhesive means to attract the mosquito to the adhesive means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the attracting means is provided with a heat generating means for inducing heat and heating the adhesive means to attract the mosquito to the adhesive means, the heated adhesive means is provided. Can be brought into a state similar to human or animal skin, and mosquitoes attracted by attracting means, for example, attracting gas generating means, can be strongly attracted and attracted by the heating adhesive means. Since it is adhered to the means, mosquitoes can be captured more effectively. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the mosquito from sucking blood by piercing a human or animal body more effectively than the effects of the above-described claims.

Specifically, the heating means is preferably an electric heating element, such as a heater wire or an infrared light bulb. Further, it is desirable that these heating elements are configured to maintain a constant temperature.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a mosquito trap according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a mosquito trap as an example to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the mosquito trap.

First, the configuration will be described. 1 and 2, 1 is a mosquito trap according to the embodiment of the present invention, 2 is a cylinder, 2
a is a sheet heating element, 3 is a bottom plate portion, 4 is a top plate portion, 5 is an adhesive tape serving as an adhesive means, 7 is a carbon dioxide gas cylinder, 8 is a conduction tube, 9 is an electromagnetic valve, and 10 is the top plate portion 4. A discharge hole drilled in the lower surface edge portion, 11 is an adapter for mediating power supply from a power supply, 14 is a rod-shaped protection member, 20 is opening / closing control of the electromagnetic valve 9 and temperature control of the planar heating element 2a. Control unit.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a mosquito catcher 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a cylindrical tubular body 2 having an adhesive tape 5 as an adhesive means and a sheet heating element 2a. A bottom plate portion 3 and a top plate portion 4 provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the cylindrical body 2, and a carbon dioxide gas generator 6 provided in an inner space of the cylindrical body 2 for generating gas for attracting the mosquito. And

The outer diameter of the body of the mosquito trap formed by the adhesive tape 5, the planar heating element 2a and the cylindrical body 2 is shorter than the diameters of the bottom plate 3 and the top plate 4. Bottom plate 3
And a peripheral portion of the top plate portion 4 is formed so as to form a flange with respect to the cylindrical body 2, and a bar-shaped protection member 1 is sandwiched between upper and lower flanges with the cylinder 2 interposed therebetween.
A plurality of tubes 4 are provided along the outer periphery of the cylindrical body 2. The top plate 4 has a discharge hole 7 formed on the lower surface thereof.

The planar heating element 2a of the cylindrical body 2 is provided so as to cover the entire outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 2 and generate heat outward. Temperature is controlled so as to maintain a constant temperature. In this embodiment, the sheet heating element 2a uses a thermostat (not shown), and as shown in FIG.
Is controlled by the control unit 20 disposed in the internal space of the control unit.

The control unit 20 supplies predetermined electric power to the sheet heating element 2a, thereby
The exothermic temperature T of a is controlled to be constant. In this case, the predetermined power W supplied from the control unit 20 to the sheet heating element 2a is variably controlled, for example, according to the heat generation capacity of the sheet heating element 2a. For example,
It is assumed that DC12V is 330 mA. Note that the predetermined power W
And the heating temperature T of the planar heating element 2a are in a proportional relationship. As described above, the control unit 20 supplies a constant power to the planar heating element 2a, so that the heating temperature T of the planar heating element 2a is the surface temperature of the human body (the temperature of the human skin). For example, it is controlled at around 38 ° C. The control unit 20 is supplied with a DC voltage generated from a commercial power supply (AC 100 V) by the AC adapter 11, for example, DC 12V as a power supply voltage.

Further, the heat-generating surface of the planar heat-generating member 2a provided over the entire outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 2 is provided with an adhesive tape 5 over the entire circumference so that the heat-generating surface becomes an adhesive surface. Is wound, and the one that comes into contact with the heat generating surface is adhered. Thus, the mosquito trap 1
Since the adhesive tape 5 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body of the above, facing the heating surface of the sheet heating element 2a, when the sheet heating element 2a generates heat, the adhesive tape 5 is formed.
Also generate heat. The adhesive surface of the heat-generating adhesive tape 5 is connected to the protective members 14 and 1 described above.
4, etc., protect the user's hand from contacting the adhesive surface when the mosquito catcher is moved, for example, by other members. The adhesive strength of the adhesive surface is such that the flying mosquito is adhered only by contact, and the adhesive tape 5 is made of a heat resistant material capable of withstanding the temperature generated by the planar heating element 2a. Of course, it has the property.

As shown in FIG. 2, a carbon dioxide gas generator 6 as an induced gas generating means is provided in the space inside the cylinder 2. It is well known that carbon dioxide is a substance that acts to attract mosquitoes.

The carbon dioxide gas generator 6 includes a carbon dioxide gas cylinder 7 that is connected to the discharge hole 10 of the top plate 4 by a conductive pipe 8, and an intermediate portion of the conductive pipe 8 that is connected to the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 7. Provided in the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 7
Drive valve 9 for adjusting the amount of carbon dioxide gas blown out from
And The electromagnetically driven valve 9 is controlled to be opened and closed by the control unit 20 so that the electromagnetically driven valve 9 opens at a predetermined time and the carbon dioxide gas passes through the conduit 8 periodically. The control unit 20 secures power by the adapter 11 as described above. In this case, for example, the control unit 20 includes a timer, counts a predetermined time by the timer, and responds to the electromagnetically driven valve 9 according to the counted time. A predetermined amount of voltage adapted to the degree of opening and closing is supplied to open and close the opening and closing valve of the electromagnetically driven valve 9 for a predetermined period.

As described above, the carbon dioxide gas ejected by opening and closing the electromagnetically driven valve 9 passes through the conductive tube 8 and enters the inside of the top plate 4 and is discharged from the discharge hole 10. Note that the number of the discharge holes 10 provided in the top plate 4 is arbitrary. Although not shown, a connector for connecting to the adapter 11 is provided on the bottom plate 3.

Since the embodiment of the mosquito trap 1 according to the present invention is configured as described above, the carbon dioxide is generated by the carbon dioxide generating device 6 of the mosquito trap 1 so that the mosquito trap 1 is removed.
The mosquito can be attracted by the discharged carbon dioxide gas to be brought closer to the mosquito trap 1. The carbon dioxide gas is ejected from the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 7, and is discharged from the discharge hole 10 through the inside of the conduit 8 and the inside of the top plate 4.
The control unit 20 controls so that a predetermined amount of gas is ejected at a predetermined time via the electromagnetically driven valve 9. Then, the attracted mosquito is heated by the planar heating element 2a, thereby being attracted and adhered to the adhesive tape 5 which has been heated to a temperature similar to that of human or animal skin. This will allow the mosquito to be more effectively captured without being killed. Therefore, by capturing the mosquito, no off-flavor is generated when killing the insects, so that the mosquito can more effectively sting the human or animal body without adversely affecting the human or animal body. Can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the carbon dioxide gas generator as the attraction gas generating means and the heating element as the heat generating means are used together as the attraction means. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A mosquito trap may be constituted independently together with an adhesive means such as an adhesive tape. Further, in the above embodiment, the shape of the mosquito catcher was a cylindrical shape provided with flanges at upper and lower portions, but is not limited to this, and a rectangular tube shape provided with flanges at upper and lower portions, a prismatic shape or Any shape such as a cylindrical shape may be used. further,
Although a cylinder was used as the means for generating carbon dioxide gas, the invention is not limited to this, and any device having a structure for generating carbon dioxide gas may be used. In the present embodiment, the cylinder is provided with an electromagnetically driven valve to adjust the amount of carbon dioxide gas ejected from the cylinder. However, the amount may be manually adjusted.

It is preferable that the adhesive tape 5 wound around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body is provided so as to be detachable. In the portable mosquito catcher of the above embodiment, an adhesive tape was used as the adhesive means, but any structure may be used as long as the adhesive can capture the mosquito, for example,
The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body may be formed by spraying an adhesive substance. In the mosquito trap of the above embodiment, it is desirable that the above-mentioned carbon dioxide gas cylinder is detachably configured so as to be replaceable. In addition, it is needless to say that specific detailed structures and the like can be appropriately changed.

[0027]

As described above, according to the mosquito catcher according to the first aspect of the present invention, by capturing the mosquito without killing the mosquito, an odor accompanying the insect killing does not occur. Thus, the mosquito can be prevented from stabbing the human or animal body without adversely affecting the human or animal body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as in the first aspect, the mosquito is captured without emitting an unpleasant smell when killing the mosquito.
The mosquito can be more effectively prevented from stinging a human or animal body.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, it becomes possible to make the heat-generating adhesive means similar to the skin of a human or animal, and the mosquito attracted by the attracting means, for example, the attracting gas generating means. Is strongly attracted by the heat-generating adhesive means, and is adhered to the adhesive means so as to be attracted, so that mosquitoes can be captured more effectively, and more than the effects of the inventions of the above-mentioned claims. Effectively, the mosquito can be prevented from stinging the human or animal body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a mosquito trap as an example to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a mosquito trap as an example to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 mosquito catcher 2 cylindrical body 2 a planar heating element 3 bottom plate part 4 top plate part 5 adhesive tape 6 carbon dioxide gas generator 7 carbon dioxide gas cylinder 10 discharge hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mosquito catcher comprising: attracting means for attracting mosquitoes; and sticking means for sticking the mosquitoes. 2. A mosquito trap according to claim 1, wherein said attraction means comprises attraction gas generating means for generating gas for attracting said mosquito. 3. The mosquito collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said attracting means includes a heat generating means for attracting said mosquito to said adhesive means by heating the adhesive means to generate heat. vessel.