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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Alan Weir Bucher, Manheim, PA (US);
Richard L. Eyer, Lititz, PA (US);
Marko Konstantin Lubic, Shillington, PA (US);
Troy A. Wetzel, West Reading, PA (US);
Robert T. Cruz, Lititz, PA (US);
Alan Weir Bucher, Manheim, PA (US);
Richard L. Eyer, Lititz, PA (US);
Marko Konstantin Lubic, Shillington, PA (US);
Troy A. Wetzel, West Reading, PA (US);
Robert T. Cruz, Lititz, PA (US);
Woodstream Corporation, Lititz, PA (US);
Abstract
An electronic mouse trap is provided having multiple kill and automatic killing chamber clearing capabilities. The trap includes an elevated killing chamber rotatably mounted on a base that houses a collection bin positioned under the chamber and which has an entrance pathway that provides mice with access to the chamber. Upon completion of a killing cycle and the killing of a mouse, the chamber is automatically rotated by a gear motor about a longitudinal axis that is slightly below the floor of the chamber. The chamber rotates approximately 180 degrees so as to be inverted, allowing the dead mouse to fall downwardly into the collection bin. Once the chamber has been inverted and the mouse removed by gravity, the gear motor reverses the rotation direction and returns the chamber to its upright position where it is ready to reinitiate the killing cycle for another mouse.