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A compact insect trapping appliance uses an efficient ultraviolet light mounted from underneath a protective dome to both attract insects and to enable the user to position the appliance to selectively direct the ultraviolet light in a desired direction, away from a line of sight of people near the

A compact insect trapping appliance uses an efficient ultraviolet light mounted from underneath a protective dome to both attract insects and to enable the user to position the appliance to selectively direct the ultraviolet light in a desired direction, away from a line of sight of people near the appliance. The inner walls of the upper, partially open chamber carries a low voltage grid array for deleteriously affecting and disabling insects which alight on the inner walls of the upper chamber. This low voltage grid array produces a low voltage current, and acts fairly slowly and silently to disorient and disable the insect as it makes contact. Once the insect gets becomes sufficiently disabled, it will likely fall directly into, or by its own movements, slide into an entry hole of an conical surface and through a narrow neck of a sound suppression chamber within the appliance. A lower unit at the bottom of this sound suppression chamber, which may be configured in conjunction with a lower drawer, supplies an additional measure of energy to insure that the insect is dead. This lower unit may employ a combination of electrical current, electromagnetic energy, intermittent energy and heat.

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[ What is claimed:] [1.] A flying insect elimination appliance comprising:a housing including an open upper chamber;a light radiation source supported within said open upper chamber and supported by said housing;means for supplying electrical power to said light radiation source, and supported by sa

[ What is claimed:] [1.] A flying insect elimination appliance comprising:a housing including an open upper chamber;a light radiation source supported within said open upper chamber and supported by said housing;means for supplying electrical power to said light radiation source, and supported by said housing;holder means, detachably connected to said housing, for collecting and containing said disabled insects;disabling means, supported by said housing, and at least partially surrounding said upper chamber and having a surface in a position to be illuminated by said light radiation source for disabling insects by electrical conductance, and wherein said disabling means by electrical conductance further comprises a sheet of material embedded with positive and negative conductive strips closely enough spaced so that electrical current can be applied to the conductive strips to disable and disorient insects which land on said sheet of material; andtrapping means, supported by said housing for directing disabled insects into said holder means and located underneath a lowermost extent of said disabling means.