GB2447969A

GB2447969A - A device to extract flying insects such as flies from a room

Info

Publication number: GB2447969A
Application number: GB0706232A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Huseyin Bayir
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-03-30
Filing date: 2007-03-30
Publication date: 2008-10-01
Also published as: GB0706232D0

Abstract

A device to extract flying insects such as flies from a room, the device is mounted to a wall (figs 1 and 2), window (figs 1 and 2) or an existing ventilation/air conditioning pipe (7, figs 5 and 6) comprises a frame 1 with a light 2 to attract the flies and a fan 4 to produce a flow of air that pulls/pushes the fly out of the room. Preferably the device incorporates a net (14, fig 12) to catch the flies as apposed to pushing the flies out of the room. The light may be an ultra violet light and may be positioned around, in front of or adjacent to the fan, and may vary in shape. The frame of the unit may vary in shape and may be supported by brackets (8, fig7), suspended by chains (9, fig 11) or screwed/nailed to a wall, window or ventilation pipe. To increase the efficiency of the unit, more than one fan and more than one light may be used, for example a light and fan may be posited at one end of a rectangular fame and another light and fan positioned at the opposing end of the frame (fig 9, 10). Preferable the fans rotate in the same direction to generate a faster stream of air.

Description

Fly Escane Unit

Description

This invention relates to device to abstract flies from a room to outwards. The device constructed of ultra violet light and a fan and mounted to convenient side of the room such as wall, window or built air conditioning pipe.

There has been number of solution to reduce the existence of flies in a room, such as fly executors and some other poisonous substances. Each of these has got another side of disliking the way of killing them. The fly executor by means of the voltage when killing the fly it produces disturbing noise. In some others there is always a risk of keeping the poisonous indoors to kill the flies. Even if it killed it is disturbing to see dead insects. Once more, even if they are dead they are carrying bacteria and viruses on the poisonous substances and fly executor. In addition, the appearance is disturbing. The present invention proposes a extraction of the flies by means of the ultra violet light associated with fan which pushing the air out of the room with the flies. As the invention pushes the air outward it cleans the air from the room such as the smoke and the dust etc. Therefore the fly escape helps conditioning the air.

This invention is mounted on the window, wail or air conditioning pipe. Depending on the convenient position, the invention is on the brackets on suspending chains or built in window, wall or air conditioning pipe. In either position by means of attractive light the flies get attracted and go close to the device which has the fan running. By means of the fan there is an air stream going out of the room. The fly which is in the air stream has been thrown out of the room. The fly could be alive or dead as the fly may hit the wing of the fan. Not only the flies also the smoke, dust and other polluted air is thrown outside.

The invention in figure 1 illustrates a built fly escape in window (figure 1 and 2), wall (Figure land 2) and air conditioning pipe (figure 5and 6). As it shows in figure 1, ultra violet lights attached on the frame of the unit and the fan in the centre positioning pushing the air out of the room. In figure 3 the unit is L shape which is suspended on the chains. Basically the ultra violet light is parallel to the earth and attaching to the fan which is vertical. In the unit of figure 3 is more convenient where is difficult to build in and also it is easy to remove and change the place of the unit. As the unit could on the brackets or suspended on the chains. In figure 4.

Depending on the size of the room of course the size of the unit is important. Where it matters, the unit is constructed of a number of ultra violet light tubes and the two fans on opposite side of the ultra violet light tubes(fig 4). One fan, of course, attaching where it's mounted and the other fan standing opposite but both pushes the air on the same direction as ultra violet lights in between these two fans. The flies get attracted into the stream of air which is relatively stronger so the fly would be thrown out of the room. In figure 5, shows the fly escape is built in air conditioning pipe. Where there is no convenient place it may need to mount on the air conditioning pipe. In this shape and the positioning substantially the size and the air stream of the air conditioning pipe must be taken into account. Also as the fly pollutes the air conditioning pipes and the fan of the air conditioning unit, the air conditioning unit must be serviced more often and the user and the engineer must be aware of this. The fly escape unit on the air conditioning pipe must be positioned in such an angle not to interfere with the flow of air generated by the air conditioning pipe. (figureS, figure 6).

In figure 7, the fly escape is in shape of a cubic box, on one side a fan 4 and surrounded by ultra violet lights 2 and on the opposite side of the fan again ultra violet lights and an entrance. And all other four faces of the unit made of wire net 6. In this shape, the fan which is facing the exit does not need to be stronger. This facilitates keeping the hot air in the room.

By means of the ultra violet lights, the fly gets extracted close to the unit. Once the fly's get into the wire net it would be difficult to get out of the unit. While the fly's fly around for the escape it would be extracted by the fan.

In figure 9, the invention again is in a cubic shape. On opposite sides of the unit there are fans which are surrounded by ultra violet lights. In this shape the unit produces stronger and faster stream of air 11 by means of two fans rotating on the same direction. The unit in figure 9 is stronger relatively to figure 8. This allows the unit, a smaller size of dimension with the same efficiency.

In figure 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 the ultra violet lights in the invention are in straight tubes 2 placed around the fan or associated with one side of frame of the fan. This ultra violet light tube frame could be on two or more sides of the frame or the cubic box of the fan.

In figure 2, 6, 8, 10 the ultra violet lights in the fly escape are circular attractive lights 3 around the fan to have the lights possibly more close to the fan. This will save energy due to using less ultra violet light tubes.

In figure 7, 8, 9 and 10 the fly escape unit is in a cubic shape. The sides could be made up of wire net or fabric net. But it is essential to have an entrance for the fly to go into the net.

Once the fly enters the net it would be more difficult to escape the trap, therefore, the fan of the fly escape unit with the net, fig 7, is relatively smaller and slower circulation with the same efficiency compared to other shapes without the wire net, fig 8.

In figure 11, the invention has most of the features such as double fan, working on the same direction outward of the room and circular ultra violet lights around the fans. And in the space of between two fans there have been ultra violet light tubes. The unit in figure 11 works more efficiently and in a smaller volume. As the fly gets attracted by the circular attractive lights 3, and attractive light tubes 2 the fly goes in between two fans 4. Because of the two fans circulating in the same direction there would be a faster stream of air generated, therefore, the fly gets sucked out of the room.

A fly escape unit can be built in where it is convenient and can also be suspended on chains for an easy mounting, displacements and servicing. Where it is possible it can be on brackets or nailed, screwed on the surface engaged. The fly escape unit is powered by mains power 13 or battery power.

In figure 12, the invention is constructed of attractive lights, fan and a net bag 14. Figure 12 illustrates the fly escape unit is keeping insects and flies in a bag rather pushing them out of the room. The unit with the bag will be used where there is no exit to the outside. Also the temperature of the room would not to be thrown out.

There can be a combination of the features of all these different shapes of fly escape unit.

Claims

Fly ESC8De Unit Claims 1. A fly escape unit comprising of attractive

lights (fig 1, num 2) such as ultra violet lights and a fan (fig 1, num 4) associated to the attractive lights pushing the ambient atmosphere and the flies outwards of the room.
2. A fly escape unit the attractive lights (fig I, number 2), according to claim 1, powered by battery or main power (fig 1, num 13) is ultra violet lights or any other attractive lights (fig 1, num 2) which is in a shape of parallel tubes, circles, frames or / and any other positioning of the attractive lights (figi, num 2) associated with fan (fig 1, num 4) to help attract the fly or any other insects to come close to the fan.
3. A fly escape unit fan 4 according to claim 1, powered by battery or mains power and the fan substantially close to the attractive lights and rotates the direction that push out the ambient air 11 and the flies 10.
4. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims the positioning of the attractive lights 2 are circular attractive lights 3 around the fan, attractive lights 2 parallel tubes close to the fan, or any other geometric shapes.
5. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims the fan is one or more, rotating on the same direction to help the stream of air outwards of the room.
6. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims in which the shape of the fly escape unit is in a shape of circle (figure 2), flat (figure 1), and cubic box (figure 7), U shape (figure 4), L shape (figure 5) or any other geometric shapes.
7. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims the wire net (fig 7, number 6) is shape of a cage which traps the flies in (fig 7, num 10) which comes close to the fan and confines the fly thus the fan does not need to be strong so less air will be pushed out of the room and also saves energy.
8. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims a net bag (fig 12, number 14) which is associated with the fan confines the insects and the flies trapped by the fan in the net bag which is as fine as a fly will not be able to escape.
9. A fly escape unit according to any of the preceding claims a fly escape unit can be a combination of the features of each different shapes of fly escape unit.