TWI666986B - Insect trap with reminding function - Google Patents

Abstract

An insect attracting device with a reminding function is suitable for connecting a container and trapping several insects. The insect attracting device includes a housing unit, a pivoting unit, and a moving unit. The pivoting unit includes a pivot shaft penetrating the housing unit laterally, and a warning piece connected to one end of the pivot shaft. The mobile unit is vertically extendable in the housing unit, and the upper end and the lower end are respectively connected to the pivot unit and the container. When the container is filled with the insects, the mobile unit is moved downward by gravity And relative to the housing unit, it moves from an empty position to a fully loaded position, and drives the warning piece to rotate. In the unloaded position, the mobile unit is relatively close to the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning element is substantially horizontal, while in the fully loaded position, the mobile unit is relatively far away from the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning The piece is substantially facing upward to remind the user to replace the container.

Description

Insect trap with reminding function

The invention relates to an insect attracting device, in particular to an insect attracting device with a reminding function.

When catching pests in general agriculture (for example: Spodoptera litura, sweet potato ant elephant, sugar beet moth, etc.), it is usually trapped by a trap device connected to a special bottle, which contains a storage space , And the trap device includes a body defining a compartment, a number of trap holes provided in the body and communicating with the compartment, and a sex pheromone trap provided in the compartment, The chamber has an opening.

When in use, the treasure bottle is inserted into the lower opening and connected with the trap device, and then it is installed on a rod inserted beside a farmland, and attracts a few by the sex pheromone trap piece Insects enter the chamber through the trap holes, and the insects enter the accommodating space of the treasure bottle through the chamber. When the accommodating space of the treasure bottle is filled with the insects, the treasure bottle needs to be replaced before it can be used.

However, in practice, considering the effective attracting distance of the pheromones, usually the aforementioned trapping device will be installed between 20 and 30 meters in order to achieve the best trapping effect. Several of the aforementioned traps are installed around. Because the number of these insects grows greatly affected by changes in temperature, humidity, etc., it is impossible to anticipate the time required to replace these treasure bottles, so farmers must inspect these insect traps frequently and one by one. It is very inconvenient to confirm whether the accommodating space of these treasure bottles has been filled with these insects.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a trap device with a reminding function.

Therefore, the trap device with reminding function of the present invention is suitable for connecting a container and trapping several insects. The container has a containing space. The trap device includes a housing unit, a pivot unit, and a moving unit, and Several wormhole components. The housing unit includes an upper shell portion, a lower shell portion connected below the upper shell portion, and a first chamber defined by the cooperation of the upper shell portion and the lower shell portion. The upper shell portion has two pivoting grooves correspondingly arranged along a horizontal direction, and is formed with a top surface. The lower shell portion has a peripheral wall surrounding the first chamber.

The pivoting unit includes a pivoting shaft that can rotate around an axis and penetrates the upper shell portion and is partially exposed outside the upper shell portion, and a pivot extending outward from the outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft A first connecting piece, a weight piece connected under the first connecting piece, a second connecting piece extending outward from the outer peripheral surface of the pivot and forming an angle with the first connecting piece about the axis, a A wire assembly with an upper end connected to the second connector, and a warning element connected to an end of the pivot exposed outside the upper shell portion and extending away from the axis.

The mobile unit is vertically arranged in the first chamber of the housing unit, and includes a hanging part connected to the lower end of the wire assembly of the pivot unit, and a hanging part provided under the hanging part and It is partially surrounded by the peripheral wall of the lower shell portion and is adapted to be detachably connected to the bottle receiving portion of the container. The bottle receiving portion has a second chamber that longitudinally penetrates and communicates with the first chamber and the accommodating space of the container.

When the mobile unit is moved by the gravity of the container, it can drive the wire assembly and the second connecting member, and rotate the pivot and the warning member. The mobile unit can move relative to the housing unit between an empty position and a fully loaded position. In the empty position, the mobile unit is relatively adjacent to the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning element is substantially horizontal, In the fully loaded position, the mobile unit is relatively far away from the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning element is substantially upward.

The trap hole elements are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper shell portion, and each trap hole element includes a truncated cone trapping channel, and one end of the trapping channel with the smallest cross-sectional area adjoins the first The chamber is suitable for one-way entry of the corresponding insect into the first chamber.

The effect of the present invention is that by providing the pivot and the mobile unit in the housing unit and the warning element at one end of the pivot, the mobile unit can be pulled by the gravity of the container relative to the housing The unit moves to the full load position, and drives the warning piece to rotate substantially upward to achieve the purpose of reminding.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same numbers.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, a first embodiment of a trap device with a reminding function according to the present invention is suitable for connecting a container 11 and installed on a rod 12, and is suitable for setting an attractant (not shown) To trap several insects (not shown), the container 11 has an accommodating space 111. The trap device with a reminding function includes a housing unit 2, a pivot unit 3, a moving unit 4, several trap hole elements 5, and two connecting pieces 6.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the housing unit 2 includes an upper shell 21, a lower shell 22 that is funnel-shaped and connected under the upper shell 21, and a first chamber 23. The upper shell portion 21 has a surrounding wall 211 and a top wall 212 detachably disposed on the surrounding wall 211. The surrounding wall 211, the top wall 212, and the lower shell 22 cooperate to define the first chamber 23. The surrounding wall 211 has two spaced-apart first side wall regions 213, two spaced-apart and second side wall regions 214 connected and connected to the first side wall regions 213, and two corresponding to a horizontal direction X and respectively disposed on the first side wall regions 213 A pivoting groove 215 of a side wall area 213. The top wall 212 has a top surface 216. In this embodiment, the surrounding wall 211 has a square tube shape, and the lower shell portion 22 has a funnel shape, but is not limited thereto.

The lower shell 22 has a peripheral wall 225 surrounding the first chamber 23 and two guide grooves 221 corresponding to the peripheral wall 225. Each guide groove 221 has a longitudinally disposed abutment groove area 222, two assembly groove areas 223 extending upward and to the right from the bottom edge of the peripheral wall 225, and two connection groove areas 224, each The connection groove area 224 connects the respective assembly groove area 223 and the respective abutment groove area 222, and the groove width is smaller than the groove width of the assembly groove area 223. In this embodiment, each abutment groove area 222 is located on the right side of the respective assembly groove area 223, so the assembly groove area 223 extends upward and to the right from the bottom edge of the peripheral wall 225 to connect the respective connection The groove area 224 and the assembly groove area 223 are not limited thereto.

The peripheral wall 225 has two guide regions 226 respectively defining the guide grooves 221, each guide region 226 has an adjacent empty surface 227 above the abutment groove region 222 and an adjacent abutment groove The full load surface 228 below the area 222.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, the pivot unit 3 includes a pivot shaft 215 that can rotate about an axis L1 and penetrates the upper shell 21 and is partially exposed outside the upper shell 21 31. A first connecting member 34 extending outward from the outer circumferential surface of the pivot 31, a weight member 35 connected and disposed under the first connecting member 34, and an outer surface extending outward from the outer circumferential surface of the pivot 31 A second connecting member 36 that is substantially perpendicular to the first connecting member 34 around the axis L1, a wire assembly 37 connected to the second connecting member 36 at an upper end, and a pivot 31 connected to the pivot 31 are exposed thereon The warning member 32 at one end outside the shell 21 and extending away from the axis L1.

The first connecting member 34 has a through hole 341 for connecting the weight member 35. In this embodiment, the weight member 35 is a weight. In other variations, the weight member 35 may also be other objects of known weight (eg, metal blocks, weight blocks, etc.). The second connecting member 36 has a through hole 361. The wire assembly 37 has a wire body 371, and an upper hook 372 and a lower hook 373 respectively disposed on the upper and lower ends of the wire body 371. The upper hook 372 is hung on the second connecting member 36的该 Piercing 361.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 5 and 6, the mobile unit 4 can be installed in the first chamber 23 of the housing unit 2 through the lower shell portion 22 up and down, and includes a connector connected to the lower end of the wire assembly 37 A hanging portion 41, a bottle receiving portion 42 disposed under the hanging portion 41 and partially surrounded by the peripheral wall 225 of the lower shell portion 22 and adapted to be detachably connected to the container 11, and two provided at the bottle receiving portion The outer surface of the portion 42 is slidably extending through the limit posts 43 that abut against the groove area 222 respectively.

It is worth mentioning that the groove width of each connection groove area 224 of the lower shell portion 22 is not greater than the respective column widths of the limiting posts 43, which enables the mobile unit 4 to move up and down in the first chamber 23 When penetrating, the limiting post 43 is not easy to slide into the connecting groove area 224, thereby preventing the moving unit 4 from detaching from the housing unit 2.

The hanging portion 41 has a hanging area 412 that defines a lateral perforation 411, and two extending areas 413 that extend downward from the outer peripheral surface of the hanging area 412 and are spaced apart. The lower hook 373 of the wire assembly 37 is hung on the through hole 411. Part of the extension regions 413 and part of the bottle receiving portion 42 can close the guide grooves 221 so that the guide grooves 221 are not in communication with the first chamber 23. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the hanging portion 41 may also only include an extension area 413, the extension area 413 is ring-shaped and connected under the hanging area 412, and part of the extension area 413 And part of the bottle receiving portion 42 can close the guiding grooves 221.

The bottle receiving portion 42 has a second receiving chamber 423 penetrating and connecting the first receiving chamber 23 and the receiving space 111 of the container 11 longitudinally, and an inner peripheral surface 421 defining the second receiving chamber 423, The inner peripheral surface 421 is formed with a screw 422 and is suitable for screwing the container 11. It should be noted that the container 11 may be a bottle or a bottle with a screw thread and the bottle connecting portion 41 is screwed, but the bottle connecting portion 41 or the container 11 may not have a thread, but may be engaged , Embedding, etc. are connected to each other.

The trap hole elements 5 are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper shell portion 21, and each trap hole element 5 includes a frustoconical trap channel 51 with a minimum cross-sectional area of the trap channel 51 One end is adjacent to the first compartment 23, and the cross sections of the trap channel 51 adjacent to and away from the first compartment 23 are circular and quadrangular, respectively, suitable for one-way entry of the corresponding insect into the first compartment Room 23. It is worth noting that, in this embodiment, the worm trap elements 5 are independently manufactured and then disposed on the upper shell portion 21, and the worm trap channel 51 is adjacent to and away from both ends of the first chamber 23 The cross-sections are respectively circular and quadrangular, however, in other embodiments, the trap hole elements 5 and the upper shell portion 21 may also be integrally formed, and the shape of the trap channel 51 is not limited to this, as long as It is suitable for the corresponding insects to enter the first chamber 23 unidirectionally.

The connecting members 6 are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding wall 211 of the upper shell 21, and each connecting member 6 has a through hole 61 suitable for connecting and being disposed on the rod member 12 (see FIG. 3) .

The moving unit 4 can move relative to the housing unit 2 between an empty position and a full position.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, in the unloaded position, the mobile unit 4 is relatively adjacent to the top surface 216 of the housing unit 2, and the limiting posts 43 will respectively abut the unloaded surfaces 227 to make the mobile unit 4 No longer moving up, and the warning piece 32 is substantially horizontal.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, in the fully loaded position, the moving unit 4 is relatively away from the top surface 216 of the housing unit 2, and the limit posts 43 will respectively abut the fully loaded surfaces 228 so that the moving unit 4 is no longer Move down, and the warning piece 32 is substantially upward.

In use, the attractant is set in the first chamber 23 to lure the insects into the first chamber 23 through the wormhole elements 5. Since the guiding grooves 221 have been closed, and the trap hole elements 5 are only suitable for the corresponding insects to enter the first chamber 23 unidirectionally, the insects will not pass through the guiding grooves 221 Or the worm trap elements 5 leave the first chamber, and only enter the accommodation space 111 of the container 11 through the second chamber 423.

As the number of such insects in the container 11 increases, the mobile unit 4 will be gradually pulled by the gravity of the container 11 and gradually move from the empty position (see Figs. 5 and 6) to the fully loaded position, while moving Drive the wire assembly 37 and the second connecting member 36, and rotate the pivot 31 and the warning member 32. When the container 11 is filled with the insects, the mobile unit 4 reaches the fully loaded position, and The warning element 32 is substantially upwards, allowing the user to clearly see it from a distance, so that the container 11 can be replaced immediately.

It should be particularly noted that, in this embodiment, the weight of the mobile unit 4 and the container 11 totals about 65 grams. Taking the trapping Spodoptera litura as an example, the container 11 can hold about 3300 pieces with a total weight of about 300 grams. The night moth, and the weight of the counterweight 35 is about 150 grams, so that when the container 11 is filled with the night moth, the mobile unit 4 reaches the fully loaded position relative to the housing unit 2, In other implementations, the user can use a single pheromone trap designed for other specific insect species as the attractant, and then according to the selected insect species, the mobile unit 4 and the container 11 The weight adjusts the weight of the weight 35.

In addition, in this embodiment, the first connector 34 and the second connector 36 are substantially perpendicular, however, in other variations, the first connector 34 and the second connector 36 are around the axis L1 The included angle may be an acute angle or an obtuse angle, as long as the mobile unit 4 can be moved by the gravity of the container 11 and drive the warning element 32 so that the container 11 is filled with the insects, the warning The piece 32 may be substantially upwards, and the same effect can be achieved.

Referring to FIG. 9, a second embodiment of the trap device with reminder function of the present invention is similar to the first embodiment, and the difference is that:

The trap device with a reminding function only includes a connecting member 6 and is disposed on the top surface 216 of the upper shell 21. In addition, the pivoting unit 3 further includes a prompting member 33 connected to the prompting member 33 The warning element 32 extends away from the axis L1. The prompting member 33 is at an acute angle with the warning member 32 about the axis L1.

During the movement of the moving unit 4 relative to the housing unit 2 from the empty position to the fully loaded position, the prompting member 33 and the warning member 32 will rotate together, and the prompting member 33 will first substantially face upward, ie The position shown in the figure, and will continue to rotate until the mobile unit 4 reaches the fully loaded position, the warning element 32 is substantially facing upward.

Therefore, when the reminder 33 faces upward, it means that the container 11 is not fully loaded, but it is about to be fully loaded. In this way, the user can be reminded to pay attention to the increase in the number of these insects in order to pre-implement pesticide spraying In response to pest problems.

In particular, the reminder 33 and the warning piece 32 can be coated with different colors (not shown) or separated in other ways (drawing patterns, connecting flags, etc.) to enable users Identify at a glance, but not limited to the implementation mentioned in this description.

However, the shapes of the remaining components and the combined space type of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here. In this way, the second embodiment can also achieve the same purpose and effect as the first embodiment, and can prompt the user to pre-empt the container 11 before the container 11 is fully loaded.

In summary, by providing the pivot 31 and the mobile unit 4 in the housing unit 2 and the warning element 32 at one end of the pivot 31, the mobile unit 4 can be subjected to the gravity of the container 11 When the traction unit moves from the empty position to the fully loaded position relative to the housing unit 2 and drives the pivot 31 and the warning element 32 to rotate, and the container 11 is filled with the insects, the warning element 32 In fact, facing upwards, the user can see it from a distance to remind the user that the container 11 needs to be replaced, so the purpose of the invention is indeed achieved.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still classified as Within the scope of the invention patent.

2‧‧‧Housing unit

21‧‧‧Upper shell

211‧‧‧ around the wall

212‧‧‧Top wall

213‧‧‧ First sidewall area

214‧‧‧Second sidewall area

215‧‧‧Pivot slot

216‧‧‧Top

22‧‧‧Lower shell

221‧‧‧Guide groove

222‧‧‧ against the groove area

223‧‧‧Assembly tank area

224‧‧‧Connecting slot area

225‧‧‧ Zhoubi

226‧‧‧Guide area

227‧‧‧ empty surface

35‧‧‧weight

36‧‧‧Second connector

361‧‧‧Perforation

37‧‧‧Line assembly

371‧‧‧Line body

372‧‧‧Up hook

373‧‧‧Lower hook

4‧‧‧Mobile unit

41‧‧‧Hanging Department

411‧‧‧Perforation

412‧‧‧Hanging area

413‧‧‧ Extension

42‧‧‧ Bottle receiving department

421‧‧‧Inner peripheral surface

422‧‧‧Thread

423‧‧‧ Second room

228‧‧‧full surface

23‧‧‧ First room

3‧‧‧Pivot unit

31‧‧‧Pivot

32‧‧‧Warning

33‧‧‧ reminder

34‧‧‧First connector

341‧‧‧Perforation

43‧‧‧Limit post

5‧‧‧Insect hole components

51‧‧‧ Insect trap

6‧‧‧Connector

61‧‧‧Perforation

L1‧‧‧Axis

X‧‧‧horizontal

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the trap device with reminding function of the present invention; FIG. 2 Is a perspective combined view of the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a perspective combined view of the first embodiment viewed from another angle; FIG. 4 is a rear view of the first embodiment from the perspective of FIG. 2; FIG. 5 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 3, illustrating that a warning element is substantially horizontal when a mobile unit is in an unloaded position relative to a housing unit; FIG. 6 is a line VI- in FIG. 4 VI is a partial cross-sectional view showing that the mobile unit is in the unloaded position relative to the housing unit, and a limit post of the mobile unit is pressed against an unloaded surface of the housing unit; FIG. 7 is a similar to FIG. 5 The view illustrates that the warning element is substantially upward when the mobile unit is in a fully loaded position relative to the housing unit; FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 6 illustrating that the mobile unit is in the fully loaded position relative to the housing unit, and The limit post of the mobile unit abuts a full surface of the housing unit; and FIG. 9 is a three-dimensional assembly diagram of a second embodiment of the trap device with a reminding function of the present invention.

Claims (10)

A trap device with a reminding function is suitable for connecting a container and trapping several insects. The container has a containing space. The trap device includes: a housing unit, including an upper shell portion, and a connection to the upper shell A lower housing part underneath, and a first chamber defined by the cooperation of the upper housing part and the lower housing part, the upper housing part has two pivoting grooves correspondingly arranged along a horizontal direction, and a top is formed The lower shell portion has a peripheral wall surrounding the first chamber; a pivoting unit includes a pivoting groove rotatable about an axis and passing through the upper shell portion and partially exposed to the A pivot shaft outside the upper shell portion, a first connecting member extending outward from the outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft, a weight member connected under the first connecting member, and an outer extending surface extending from the outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft And a second connecting member that is at an angle to the first connecting member around the axis, a wire assembly that is connected to the second connecting member at an upper end, and an end connected to the pivot shaft exposed outside the upper shell portion and facing A warning element extending away from the axis; a moving unit, which can be installed up and down in the first chamber of the housing unit, and includes a hanging portion connected to the lower end of the wire assembly of the pivot unit , And a bottle receiving portion provided under the hanging portion and partially surrounded by the peripheral wall of the lower shell portion and adapted to be detachably connected to the container, the bottle receiving portion has a longitudinal penetration and communicates with the first chamber and In the second chamber of the accommodating space of the container, when the mobile unit is moved by the gravity of the container, it can drive the wire assembly and the second connecting member, and rotate the pivot and the warning member. The mobile unit can move relative to the housing unit between an empty position and a fully loaded position. In the empty position, the mobile unit is relatively adjacent to the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning element is horizontal, while In the fully loaded position, the mobile unit is relatively far away from the top surface of the housing unit, and the warning element faces upward; and several wormhole elements are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper shell portion, and each wormhole element includes A trapping channel with a frustoconical shape, one end of the smallest cross-sectional area of the trapping channel adjoins the first compartment, and is suitable for the corresponding insect to enter the first compartment unidirectionally. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, wherein the lower shell portion further has two guide grooves corresponding to the peripheral wall, and each guide groove has a longitudinal abutment groove area, the The peripheral wall has two guide areas respectively defining the guide grooves, and each guide area has an adjacent empty surface above the abutment groove area and a full load surface below the abutment groove area, the The mobile unit further includes two limit posts disposed on the outer surface of the bottle receiving portion and respectively slidingly extending through the abutment groove areas, and the mobile unit can close the guide grooves to enable the guides When the slot is not in communication with the first chamber, when the mobile unit is in the unloaded position with respect to the housing unit, the limit posts will respectively abut the unloaded surfaces to prevent the mobile unit from moving upwards, When in the fully loaded position, the limit posts will respectively abut against the fully loaded surfaces so that the mobile unit will not move downwards. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 2, wherein the guide grooves further have two assembly groove areas extending upward from the bottom edge of the peripheral wall and correspondingly provided, and two connection groove areas, each The connection groove area connects the respective assembly groove area and the respective abutment groove area, and the groove width is smaller than the groove width of the assembly groove area and not larger than the column width of the respective limit post. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, wherein the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece each have a perforation. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 4, wherein the thread body assembly has a thread body, and an upper hook and a lower hook respectively provided at two opposite ends of the thread body, the upper hook and The lower hooks are respectively hung on the second connecting piece and the hanging part of the mobile unit. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, wherein the first connection member of the pivot unit is perpendicular to the second connection member. The trap device with a reminding function according to claim 6, wherein the pivoting unit further includes a prompting piece connected to the warning piece and extending away from the axis, and the reminding piece is clamped with the warning piece around the axis At an acute angle, during the period when the mobile unit moves from the empty position to the fully loaded position relative to the housing unit, the prompting member and the warning member will rotate together, and the prompting member will first face upward and continue to rotate, Until the mobile unit reaches the fully loaded position, the warning element faces upward. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, further comprising at least one connecting member disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing unit, the connecting member having a perforation. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, wherein the upper shell portion further has a surrounding wall, and a top wall detachably provided on the surrounding wall, the top surface is formed on the top On the wall, the surrounding wall, the top wall, and the lower shell part cooperate to define the first chamber. The trap device with reminding function according to claim 1, wherein the bottle receiving part of the mobile unit further has an inner peripheral surface defining the second chamber, and the inner peripheral surface is formed with threads, suitable for Screw the container.