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Automated Adjustable Interval Insect Trap, Yongbiao Liu, Kenneth F. Haynes
Automated Adjustable Interval Insect Trap, Yongbiao Liu, Kenneth F. Haynes
Entomology Faculty Patents
An automated, adjustable-interval insect trap includes a plurality of individual cards having a surface coated with insect adhesive to capture insects. The cards are received on trays having wheels that engage a series of four parallel guide rails. By operation of a positioning mechanism, the trays carrying the cards are moved along the guide rails, one at a time, into an insect capturing position for a selected time interval. The positioning mechanism includes a timer, a drive motor, an axle operatively connected to the drive motor and a series of spaced fan plates mounted on the axle at longitudinally spaced …