JP2002000156A - Three-dimensional insect trap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an adhesive member from exposure to the outside, to prevent a place on which the trap is set from stains of the dropped adhesive or fallen flying insect pests and to improve capturing performances of the flying insect pests. SOLUTION: This three-dimensional insect trap 1 is formed by enclosing the circumference of the adhesive member 2 for capturing the flying insect pests with a cover 3 configured by a ceiling part 4, a bottom part 5 and a sidewall part 6 composed of luminous tapes 6a and installing gaps 8a becoming a invading part 8 allowing the flying insect pests to invade between the luminous tapes 6a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a three-dimensional insect trap for capturing flying pests that can be active at night using their phototacticity.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a place where there is no power source such as a farmland, to eliminate flying pests that harm mosquitoes, flies, feathers, moths, and other agricultural crops, and flying pests that are not hygienic in a kitchen environment such as a restaurant. It is effective to attract the flying pests by using the phototaxis of the flying pests without power supply and capture the attracted flying pests with the adhesive part. An insect trap composed of an adhesive and an adhesive member is a known insect trap as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 62-11379.

According to the description and drawings of the specification, the insect trap shown as the insect-inducing fluorescent sticky trap in the utility model publication has an adhesive part formed on almost the entire surface of the mount, and further, a fluorescent paint is formed thereon. It is considered that a strip-shaped fluorescent material such as a painted tape is applied to this adhesive part in a flat-type configuration, which is attached to the adhesive part. It is possible to attract and capture with the sticky part.

[0004]

However, in such a flat-type insect trap disclosed in the Japanese Utility Model Publication,
In the structure, the adhesive portion must be exposed on the surface. For this reason, when installing this flat type insect trap outdoors under the condition of exposure to rain or dew, water such as rain will reduce the adhesive strength of the adhesive section, so it should be installed outdoors for a long period of time. And it is difficult to use a water-sensitive material such as paper for the adhesive portion. Also, when handling the flat-type insect trap, there is a possibility that the user may accidentally touch the adhesive portion to give a user discomfort. Furthermore, when the flat type insect trap is used outdoors in a suspended state, the trap is shaken by external influences such as wind and adheres to nearby fixtures and agricultural products. Furthermore, even when the flat-type insect trap is used in a state of being hung indoors of a commercial facility such as a kitchen, there is a concern that there is a problem that the trap is shaken and adheres to a person near the trap or a kitchen fixture. .

[0005] When an adhesive is applied to form the adhesive portion, it may be necessary to adopt a fluid material that may hang down over time. It is also conceivable that the flying pest captured by the adhesive portion is peeled off from the adhesive portion and falls. On the other hand, when the above-mentioned flat type insect trap is used, the floor surface below the trap is soiled by the dripping adhesive or the flying pests that have fallen, so that the installation place is limited. It will be.

Further, in the structure of this flat type insect trap, a fluorescent substance is adhered on the adhesive part of the mount so that the fluorescent substance is too large compared to the area of the adhesive part. Is smaller, the probability of catching the flying pest by the adhesive part even if the flying pest is attracted by a fluorescent substance is rather reduced, so the area ratio between the adhesive part and the fluorescent substance must be devised, which is complicated. There is also a problem.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention can prevent the adhesive strength of the adhesive member from being reduced by rainwater or dew when it is put outdoors, and can freely select the material of the adhesive member.
Fixtures (including various fixtures such as kitchen fixtures; the same applies hereinafter),
Or a light emitting means for preventing adhesion to a nearby person, preventing the installation place from being stained with a dripping adhesive or a dropped flying pest, and an area of the adhesive member for attracting the flying pest. It is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional insect device which also has a function of preventing the device from becoming smaller due to attachment of the device.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a three-dimensional insect trap according to the present invention, comprising an adhesive member for capturing flying pests in a strip shape, a ceiling portion, a side wall portion, and a bottom portion surrounding the adhesive member. The side wall portion has an invading portion into which the flying pests can enter, and the side wall portion has light emitting means capable of emitting light enough to attract the flying pests without power. (Claim 1). The adhesive member is supported at the upper and lower ends thereof by a ceiling portion and a bottom portion of the cover (claim 2). In addition, even if a gap is formed in the side wall portion as the invading portion (Claim 3),
A plurality of through-holes may be formed in the side wall portion as the invading portion (claim 4). Further, the light-emitting means may be a light-emitting band-shaped member used in the wall portion (Claim 5). Further, as the light-emitting means, a side wall member is formed of a synthetic resin, and a light-storing material is contained therein. It is also possible to make it (claim 6). The luminous band member includes a luminous tape and a luminous sheet.

According to the structure of such a three-dimensional insect trap,
Since the entire periphery of the adhesive member is covered with a cover including a side wall portion, a ceiling portion, and a bottom portion, even when the three-dimensional insect trap is installed outdoors, it is possible to suppress the adhesive member from being wet by rainwater or dew. Water-sensitive material such as paper can be used for the adhesive member, and the adhesive member can be prevented from sticking to the hand during the installation work.In addition, it can be used outdoors or in commercial facilities such as kitchens. Even after being installed indoors, even if it shakes due to external influences such as wind, it will not adhere to adjacent crops, furniture, or nearby people.

Further, according to the structure of these three-dimensional insect traps, when an adhesive is applied to form an adhesive member, the adhesive may hang down or fly pests may fall off the adhesive member. Since the agent and the flying pest are received by the bottom portion, the floor surface below the three-dimensional insect trap does not become dirty with the adhesive or the flying pest, and can be freely installed at any place.

Further, according to the structure of these three-dimensional insect traps, since the adhesive member and the side wall portion having the light emitting means are arranged separately and independently, the light emitting area of the side wall portion can be increased. Thereby, the area of the adhesive member is not reduced, and the area required for attracting and capturing the flying pest can be secured for each of the adhesive member and the side wall portion.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The three-dimensional insect trap 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2
Is a strip-shaped adhesive member 2, and a ceiling portion 4 for surrounding the adhesive member 2, which is located at an upper end in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive member 2, a bottom portion 5 located at a lower end in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive member 2, and It is basically constituted by a cover 3 composed of a side wall portion 6 provided between the ceiling portion 4 and the bottom portion 5,
The adhesive member 2 is installed at a desired location such that both ends in the longitudinal direction are positioned vertically.

The adhesive member 2 is formed, for example, by applying an adhesive to one or both surfaces of a material such as paper, and has a longitudinal length of about 300 mm in this embodiment. ing. The kind of the applied adhesive is not particularly limited, and a fluid adhesive may be used. Further, a commercially available adhesive tape may be used to form the adhesive member 2.

The ceiling portion 4 of the cover 3 has two side surfaces 4a and 4b opposed to the adhesive surface of the adhesive member 2, and two side surfaces 4c and 4d connected to both ends of the side surfaces 4a and 4b.
It is a substantially box-shaped independent member composed of an upper surface 4e that closes one of the openings formed by these four side surfaces 4a to 4d. In this embodiment, the lateral width of the side surfaces 4a and 4b has a length of about 70 mm, and the lateral width of the side surfaces 4c and 4d has a length of about 30 mm. And the side 4c
And a side surface 4d, a hanging hand 7 for hanging the three-dimensional insect trap 1 to another is formed.

The bottom portion 5 of the cover 3 has substantially the same configuration as the above-described ceiling portion 4. That is, the bottom portion 5 has two side surfaces 5 opposed to the adhesive surface of the adhesive member 2.
a, 5b, two side surfaces 5c, 5d connected to both ends of the side surfaces 5a, 5b, and these four side surfaces 5a to 5d.
And a bottom surface 5e that closes one of the openings formed by the above. With such a configuration, when a fluid adhesive is applied to form the adhesive member 2, the bottom portion 5 serves as a tray for hanging the adhesive. Further, when the flying pests similarly attached to the adhesive member 2 are separated from the adhesive member 2 by their own weight and fall down, the bottom portion 5 also serves as a tray for the dropped flying pests. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the floor below the place where the three-dimensional insect trap 1 is installed from being stained with the adhesive or the flying insect.

As the side wall portion 6 of the cover 3, a plurality of luminous band members 6 made of a luminous tape or a luminous sheet are used.
1 and 2, for example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one end in the longitudinal direction is fixed to the inner surfaces of the side surfaces 4a to 4d forming the ceiling portion 4, and Side surface 5a whose other end in the direction forms bottom portion 5
To 5d. A gap 8a between the light-storing belt-like members 6a is large enough to contain a predetermined flying pest.
Are formed, and constitute the invading portion 8 when the flying pest attracted by the light of the luminous band-like member 6a enters the inside of the three-dimensional insect trap 1. The light-storing band member 6a is a member containing a light-storing material, for example, but the kind of the light-storing material is not particularly limited as long as the light-storing material can emit light in the dark enough to attract flying pests.

As described above, the entire periphery of the adhesive member 2 is covered with the cover 3 composed of the ceiling portion 4, the bottom portion 5, and the side wall portion 6, so that the cover 3 can adhere to the three-dimensional insect trap 1 when installed outdoors. The member 2 is protected from rain and dew, and as described above, it is possible to use a material such as paper that is vulnerable to water for the adhesive member 2, so that costs can be reduced, and when the adhesive member 2 is discarded after use. Environmental impact is small.

Next, an example of a configuration for making the adhesive member 2 detachable from the three-dimensional insect trap 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The side surface 4a of the ceiling portion 4 is different from the other side surfaces 4b to 4d and the upper surface. It is detachable from 4e, and the side surface 4a and the upper surface 4e are formed with a protruding engaging portion 9 and a concave engaging portion 10 so that they can be engaged with each other. And the ceiling part 4
On the side surface 4b, a hook 11 is formed which protrudes from the inner surface and is bent toward the upper surface 4e. The side surface 5a of the bottom portion 5 can be detached from the side surfaces 5c and 5d so as to fall down, and the side surface 5b of the bottom portion 5 has a rear bottom surface 5e protruding from the inner surface thereof. A hook 11 bent to the side is formed. Further, the adhesive member 2 has a handle portion 12 so that portions near both ends in the longitudinal direction thereof can be held by hand, and the handle portion 12 is used for externally inserting the hook 11. A through hole 13 is formed.

With such a configuration, after each of the through holes 13 of the adhesive member 2 is extrapolated to the hook 11,
The side surface 4a of the ceiling portion 4 is lifted up in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, and the protruding engaging portion 9 on the side surface 4a and the concave engaging portion 1 on the upper surface 4e.
By engaging with 0, the adhesive member 2 can be attached to the three-dimensional insect trap 1. In order to remove the adhesive member 2 from the three-dimensional insect trap 1, an operation opposite to this operation may be performed. However, the attachment / detachment structure of the adhesive member 2 is not limited to this,
Any configuration may be used as long as the adhesive member 2 to which the flying pests are attached can be replaced with a new adhesive member 2.

Next, the three-dimensional insect trap 1 according to the present invention.
A comparison verification test between the planar insect trap 14 and the one having the same adhesive member area as the three-dimensional insect trap will be described. Although not shown, the planar insect trap 14 has a three-layer structure in which a light-storing member is arranged on one sheet, and a translucent adhesive member is further arranged so as to overlap the light-storing member. .

First, the procedure of the comparative verification test will be described below. As shown in FIG. 3, a room (hereinafter, referred to as an environment room) 15 having a width of 3120 mm, a height of 2400 mm to the ceiling, and a depth of 3120 mm is used, and the dimension from the lower end of the traps 1 and 14 to the floor is 1500 mm. Thus, the three-dimensional insect trap 1 and the flat insect trap 14 are suspended from the ceiling.
The three-dimensional insect trap 1 and the conventional flat insect trap 14 are illuminated with light of a fluorescent lamp of 1000 lux or more for 60 minutes or more before hanging to suspend light. The temperature of the environmental chamber 15 is set to 25 ° C. and the humidity is set to 60%, and
They were released and their catches were counted one day later.

As a result of this test, as shown in FIG.
While the number of traps of the conventional planar trap 14 was 78 and the percentage of the total number of fleas released was 33%, the trap of the three-dimensional trap 1 of the present invention was 147 and the trap of the fly was 147. The ratio to the total number is 61%, and the three-dimensional trap 1 is 1.8 times as many as the conventional flat trap 14. Therefore, it is clear that the trapping performance of the flying insects is greatly improved by making the structure of the insect trap three-dimensional as in the present invention, as compared with the planar trap 14.

Finally, the structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has been described as the three-dimensional insect trap 1 of the present invention, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. An example of the configuration of another three-dimensional insect trap 1 will be described with reference to FIG. However, the same components as those in the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The three-dimensional insect trap 1 shown in FIG. 5 has an adhesive member 2 and a ceiling portion 4 surrounding the entire periphery of the adhesive member 2.
The cover 3 is basically composed of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped cover 3 having a bottom portion 5 and a side wall portion 6.
Is formed of a synthetic resin such as plastic containing a luminous material. For this reason, since the ceiling part 4 and the bottom part 5 also emit light, the light diffusion area of the three-dimensional insect trap 1 of this embodiment is larger than the three-dimensional insect trap 1 of the previous embodiment. A plurality of through holes 8b are provided in the side wall portion 6 so that the flying pests can enter the inside, thereby forming an invading portion 8. In addition, although only the bottom part 5 is shown in the figure on the inner surface of the ceiling part 4 and the inner surface of the bottom part 5, two holding pieces 16 project in parallel inward, respectively.
The holding member 16 holds the adhesive member 2. The ceiling portion 4 can be detached from the side wall portion 6 at, for example, a boundary line shown in the upper part of the three-dimensional insect trap 1 in FIG. 5, and the adhesive member 2 can be removed from the opening formed by removing the ceiling portion 4. May be replaced so that the adhesive member 2 in which a large amount of flying pests are captured can be replaced with a new adhesive member 2.

Lastly, the three-dimensional insect trap 1 has been described as being installed at a desired location such that both ends in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive member 2 are located vertically, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. It is also possible to use the member 2 in such a manner that both ends in the longitudinal direction are at the same height, that is, the ceiling portion 4 and the bottom portion 5 of the cover 3 are oriented sideways.

[0027]

As described above, according to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, since the entire periphery of the adhesive member is covered with the cover including the side wall, the ceiling, and the bottom, the adhesive member can be used outdoors. Even if a three-dimensional insect trap is installed, it is possible to prevent the adhesive member from being wet by rainwater or dew. Further, since the entire periphery of the adhesive member is covered with the cover, it is possible to prevent the adhesive member from being attached to the hand and giving discomfort during the installation work of the three-dimensional insect trap. Even if the equipment is installed outdoors such as in a field or indoors in a commercial facility such as a kitchen, it can be prevented from adhering to adjacent crops, furniture, or nearby people even if it shakes greatly due to the wind or other external influences. it can.

According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, since the adhesive member has the bottom portion at the lower end in the longitudinal direction, the adhesive for forming the adhesive member hangs or flying pests. Even if it falls, it can be received by the bottom part, so that the floor surface is not stained by the adhesive or the flying pests. Therefore, it can be freely installed at any place.

Further, according to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, the side wall portion is formed by using a phosphorescent band-like member or by forming the side wall portion from a synthetic resin containing a luminous material. Since it has a light emitting means, the adhesive member and the light emitting means are in a separate and independent relationship, and by increasing the area capable of emitting light, the area of the adhesive member is not reduced, and each flying insect is attracted and captured. In this case, the necessary area can be secured.

Further, by using a three-dimensional insect trap as in the first to sixth aspects of the present invention, as shown in a comparative verification test, the performance of capturing insect pests is higher than that of a flat insect trap. Can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of a three-dimensional insect trap according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of attaching and detaching an adhesive member to and from the three-dimensional insect trap according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an experimental environment for comparing the three-dimensional insect trap according to the first embodiment with a conventional flat insect trap.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing comparison data between a three-dimensional insect trap obtained as a result of an experiment in the environment of FIG. 3 and a conventional flat insect trap.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a structure of a three-dimensional insect trap having a structure different from that of FIGS. 1 and 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Three-dimensional insect trap 2 Adhesive member 3 Case 4 Ceiling part 5 Bottom part 6 Side wall part 6a Luminescent band member 8 Penetration part 8a Gap 8b Through hole 11 Hook 13 Through hole 16 Holding piece

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Ojima 1-16-9 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo F-term in Cats Co., Ltd. (Reference) 2B121 AA12 BA03 BA09 DA33 EA01 EA21 FA02

Claims (6)

[Claims] At least a strip-shaped adhesive member for capturing a flying pest, and a cover surrounding the adhesive member and having a ceiling portion, a side wall portion, and a bottom portion, wherein the side wall portion is provided with a flying pest. A three-dimensional insect trap having an invading portion capable of invading, and light emitting means capable of emitting light to such an extent that a flying pest can be attracted without power supply on the side wall portion. 2. The three-dimensional insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive member is supported by upper and lower ends of a ceiling portion and a bottom portion of the cover. 3. The three-dimensional insect trap according to claim 1, wherein a gap is formed in the side wall portion as the invading portion. 4. The three-dimensional insect trap according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed in the side wall portion as the invading portion. 5. The three-dimensional insect trap according to claim 1, wherein a luminous band member is used in the wall portion as the light emitting means. 6. The three-dimensional insect trap according to claim 1, wherein a side wall member is formed of a synthetic resin as the light emitting means, and a phosphorescent material is contained therein.