Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Electric charge generating or conducting means – For application to living beings
Patent
1997-03-04
1999-09-07
Fleming, Fritz
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Electric charge generating or conducting means
For application to living beings
43 98, A01M 2302, A01M 1900
Patent
active
059496363
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method and apparatus for electrocuting pests such as gophers, rats and the like. The present invention employs a resistive switch that uses the same electrodes to sense the presence of a pest therebetween as are used to electrocute the pest. The resistive switch senses a leakage current flowing through the pest and into the reference electrode of its electronic circuit and uses the presence of this current to trigger the generation of a high voltage and current that is of sufficient magnitude to dispatch the pest. A timer deactivates the generator after a predetermined time has elapsed to save battery power. A status indicator is provided that does not consume power unless activated by a user. The invention will not retrigger until reset by turning it off and then on again, thereby activating the power on reset circuit. The generator is battery powered and has been designed to collapse the output voltage if more current than is necessary to electrocute a rodent is attempted to be drawn from it.
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Johnson William L.
Luther William R.
Noe Robert
Agrizap, Inc.
Fleming Fritz
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