| US 7,614,180 B2 | ||
| Device for trapping flying insects | ||
| Emma Amelia Durand, Jamestown, R.I. (US); Michael J. Palombo, Warwick, R.I. (US); and Richard B. Dunne, Jamestown, R.I. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Woodstream Corporation, Lititz, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/907,624. | ||
| Application 11/907624 is a continuation of application No. 11/083090, filed on Mar. 18, 2005, granted, now 7,281,351, filed on Oct. 16, 2007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/554409, filed on Mar. 19, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0092433 A1, Apr. 24, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A01M 1/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 43—139 | 19 Claims |
| 1. A flying insect trapping device having a fuel supply containing a combustible fuel, comprising:
an insect trap chamber configured to receive flying insects through an insect inlet;
a combustion chamber defined by at least one wall and including a heat zone having an interior space, combustion occurring
in said heat zone to generate exhaust gas for attracting flying insects to said insect inlet;
a heat exchanger element contained within said heat zone interior space of said combustion chamber to conduct heat generated
by the combustion in said chamber away from said heat zone interior space and toward said combustion chamber wall, said heat
exchanger element defining a plurality of channels that minimize disruption of exhaust gas flow through said chamber;
a thermoelectric device having a first side in contact with said combustion chamber wall and a second side spaced from said
combustion chamber wall, said thermoelectric device generating electric current from heat transferred from said combustion
chamber wall, to said thermoelectric device first side and then to said thermoelectric device second side; and
said electric current generated by said thermoelectric device being used to power a component of said device.
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