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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1983
Sal G DeYoreo, Andover, MA (US);
Armatron International, Inc., Melrose, MA (US);
Abstract
An insect killing device has an electrically powered light source surrounded by an electrically conductive grid, the light source and grid being enclosed within a dielectric housing having a side wall which is closed at its upper end by an impervious top and which defines an open port at its lower end. The light source and the grid are energizable by an electric AC power source external to the housing via electric circuit components located in the housing. The side wall has an array of openings through which insects attracted by the energized light source may pass to come into contact with and be electrocuted by the energized grid. The grid is supported on a dielectric carrier and is separably connected to the electric circuit components. The grid and the carrier are removable as a unit from the housing through its port, with the dimensions of the grid and carrier in relation to the dimensions of the housing side wall being such that the grid is disconnected from the circuit components and thus de-energized prior to its being withdrawn from the housing.