DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the invention to provide a system for the registering and control of pests, in which the disadvantages of use of poisonous substances and/or cumbersome traps are avoided.
Another object of the invention is to provide a system for detecting and combating pests, such as rodents, in a fast and efficient way.
To that end, the invention provides a system for detecting and combating pests, characterized in that the system comprises one or more luring boxes that can be selectively placed in an area to be guarded by the system, each luring box being provided with an entrance for a rodent, a rodent detecting means, a connection for an electronic registration unit, a suction unit, and a suction tube connectable with the suction unit.
As known, animals such as mice and rats show a natural tendency to crawl into enclosed areas by way of small apertures.
Based on this natural tendency to crawl into enclosed areas, the invention makes effective use of luring boxes provided with an adapted small aperture through which a rodent, for example, may enter.
The luring box is also provided with a suction duct through which the animal that has been lured into the enclosure is subsequently discharged at high speed, killed by the impact, and caught in a suction unit for later disposal.
The invention efficiently combines the use of such luring boxes with a detection and registration system, wherein each luring box includes a detection means for detecting the presence of an animal, produces a signal in response thereto, and uses the signal to register the animal and trigger operation of the suction system.
Each luring box preferably has a movement detector that reacts on the displacement or presence of the animal, and may include any suitable means, such as, for example, active infra-red, passive infra-red, radar, ultrasonic, microswitch, etc.
A passive infra-red sensor, for example, reacts to the body heat of the animal, and a microswitch acts on contact or weight of the animal
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