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Composition and device for capturing cockroaches

Assignee: Earth Corp
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Filing: 1973-05-14
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Granted: 1975-10-21
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Expires: 1993-05-14
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Abstract

Abstract A composition for capturing cockroaches comprising a mixture of softener and tackifying resin in the weight ratio of 3-9 : 7- 1 and 0 to 10 percent by weight of rubber, based on the total weight of said mixture and said rubber, and having a viscosity of 40 to 2,100 poises at 25*C, the composition having the properties of up to 50 cm in terms of the result of a steel ball rolling test conducted at an angle of inclination of 30* by using a steel ball of 11 mm in diameter and 5.40 g in weight and up to 5 cm in terms of the result of a plastic ball rolling test conducted at an angle of inclination of 30* by using a plastic ball of 14 mm in diameter and 1.3 g in weight, and a method and a device for capturing cockroaches, using said composition.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira Nishimura
  • 👤 Hiroshi Akamatsu
  • 👤 Sentaro Negoro
  • 👤 Yasutoshi Yoshida

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 01:52
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01M; A01M1/00; A01M1/02; A01M1/14; A01M2200/00; A01M2200/01; A01M2200/011

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 241 words
A DEVICE FOR CAPTURING VARIOUS SIZES OF COCKROACHES WHICH COMPRISES A COMPOSITION-CARRYING MEANS AND A COATING LAYER OF A COCKROACH-CAPTURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF SOFTENER AND TACKIFYING RESIN IN THE WEIGHT RATIO OF 3-97-1 AND 0-10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF RUBBER BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURES AND SAID RUBBER AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF 40 TO 2,100 POISES AT 25*C THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE PROPERTIES OF UP TO 50 CM ROLLING DISTANCE ON THE COMPOSITION IN TERMS OF THE RESULT OF A STEEL BALL ROLLING TEST CONDUCTED AT AN ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF 30* BY USING A STEEL BALL OF 11 MM IN DIAMETER AND 5.40 G IN WEIGHT AND UP TO 5 CM ROLLING DISTANCE ON THE COMPOSITION IN TERMS OF THE RESULT OF A PLASTIC BALL ROLLING TEST CONDUCTED AT AN ANGLE OF INCLUNATION OF 30* BY USING A PLASTIC BALL OF 14 MM IN DIAMETER AND 1.3 G IN WEIGHT SAID SOFTENER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LIQUID POLYBUTENE LIQUID POLYACRYLATE LOWER-MOLECULAR WEIGHT PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN LOWER-MELTING STYRENE RESIN LOWERMOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYISOBUTYLENE PROCESSED OIL AND MINERAL OILS DICETYL PHTHALATE, DIOCTYL PHTHALATE, DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TUNG OIL OITICIA OIL, LINSEED OIL PERILLA OIL, HEMPSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OL, COD OIL, CUTTLFISH OIL CASTOR OIL, OLIVE OIL CAMELIA OIL PINE OIL ROSIN OIL AND PINE-TAR AND COATING LAYER BEING FORMED ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE OF THE COMPOSITION-CARRYING MEANS TO BE EXPOSED TO THE PASSAGE OF COCKROACHES.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 241 words
A DEVICE FOR CAPTURING VARIOUS SIZES OF COCKROACHES WHICH COMPRISES A COMPOSITION-CARRYING MEANS AND A COATING LAYER OF A COCKROACH-CAPTURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF SOFTENER AND TACKIFYING RESIN IN THE WEIGHT RATIO OF 3-97-1 AND 0-10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF RUBBER BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURES AND SAID RUBBER AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF 40 TO 2,100 POISES AT 25*C THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE PROPERTIES OF UP TO 50 CM ROLLING DISTANCE ON THE COMPOSITION IN TERMS OF THE RESULT OF A STEEL BALL ROLLING TEST CONDUCTED AT AN ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF 30* BY USING A STEEL BALL OF 11 MM IN DIAMETER AND 5.40 G IN WEIGHT AND UP TO 5 CM ROLLING DISTANCE ON THE COMPOSITION IN TERMS OF THE RESULT OF A PLASTIC BALL ROLLING TEST CONDUCTED AT AN ANGLE OF INCLUNATION OF 30* BY USING A PLASTIC BALL OF 14 MM IN DIAMETER AND 1.3 G IN WEIGHT SAID SOFTENER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LIQUID POLYBUTENE LIQUID POLYACRYLATE LOWER-MOLECULAR WEIGHT PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN LOWER-MELTING STYRENE RESIN LOWERMOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYISOBUTYLENE PROCESSED OIL AND MINERAL OILS DICETYL PHTHALATE, DIOCTYL PHTHALATE, DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TUNG OIL OITICIA OIL, LINSEED OIL PERILLA OIL, HEMPSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OL, COD OIL, CUTTLFISH OIL CASTOR OIL, OLIVE OIL CAMELIA OIL PINE OIL ROSIN OIL AND PINE-TAR AND COATING LAYER BEING FORMED ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE OF THE COMPOSITION-CARRYING MEANS TO BE EXPOSED TO THE PASSAGE OF COCKROACHES.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
The device according to claim 1, in which said composition-carrying means is a sheet-like substance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
The device according to claim 1, in which said composition-carrying means is a container having at least one opening permitting cockroaches to enter therein.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
The device according to claim 3, in which said container is a container having a slanting stepping plate extending inwardly upward from the bottom of an entrance at its opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
The device according to claim 3, in which said container is a container having an openable flap at the entrance of the opening.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
The device according to claim 3, in which said container has a slanting side wall extending inwardly upward and an opening at the center of its top.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 139 words
The device according to claim 3, in which said container is assembled from a container of the knockdown type composed of a left upper plate, a left side plate, a bottom plate, a right side plate and a right upper plate extending continuously with folds formed between the adjacent plates, auxiliary stepping plates extending from the opposite ends of the left and right side plates with oblique inward folds formed therebetween, and stepping plates extending from the opposite ends of the bottom plate with horizontal folds formed therebetween, each of the stepping plates being continuous at its left and right sides with the auxiliary stepping plates with vertical folds formed therebetween, the left side of the left upper plate and the right side of the right upper plate having joining portions respectively to join both the upper plates together.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the softener of the composition is selected from the group consisting of liquid polybutene, liquid polyacrylate and lower polyisobutylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 18 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the liquid polybutene has an average molecular weight of 300 to 3,000.

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