fly swatter
The fly swatter (Austrian. Fliegenpracker , ostösterr. Flying trouble , bairisch fly splasher / Fliangbatscha or Fliangduscher , fränkisch Muggnbadscher , badisch Muggedatscher / Muggebatscher , pfälzisch Miggeblädsch ) is used, in particular flying insects to kill by a string. Their inexpensive and non-toxic effect is advantageous.
Technical development
The first plastic constructions were registered for a patent (CH 324403A) by the Stuttgart inventor Erich Schumm as early as 1953 ; Despite its simple construction, the fly swatter has challenged the inventors up to the present day. It was always felt to be disadvantageous that the insects were usually crushed when they were swatted with the fly swatter and their body fluids could be absorbed by absorbent surfaces, such as B. wallpaper, permanently contaminated. Developments followed in which the insect was pressed, but the elasticity of the swatter prevented the insect from bleeding out (for example patent DE 20 2004 015 770). Other developments concerned the size of the fly swatter. An inventor has developed a particularly compact form (example patent DE 29812166) with which insects can also be hit in winding hiding places.
Furthermore, electric fly swatters have been developed to counteract the disadvantages of conventional fly swatters. They usually consist of one or more round or oval, electrically conductive nets that are surrounded by an electrically insulating edge. A battery in the handle applies high voltage to the network or networks so that insects are killed by an electric shock if touched .
Patents, utility models and trademarks
The following official publications can be researched on the server of the German Patent and Trademark Office :
- Patent DE 370046A Fly swatter: Gun-like fly swatter from 1922 by Markus Heidbreder
- Patent CH 324403A: Erich Schumm's fly swatter , 1954 in Switzerland, previously registered in Germany in 1953. The patent describes the most common form of fly swatter that is still used today.
- Patent DE 29812166: Bodo Maier's fly swatter , registered in 1998. The patent describes a very short fly swatter that can also be used against insects in tight spaces.
- Utility model DE 20 2004 015 770: Fly swatter by Georg Draser, registered in 2004. The patent describes a fly swatter that does not crush the insect.
- Patent DE 29608460: Handle part for a fly swatter and fly swatter with this handle part by Slavko Schön, registered in 1996. Modified clap, which should avoid touching the deceased insects as part of their disposal.
- Utility Model DE 20309630: fly swatter with replaceable luftdurchlässsigen adhesive power of Mariusz Nawrocki and Viktor Solokow, logged in 2003. adhesive on the fly swatter the insects to catch instead of killing them.
Others
In the fairy tale The Brave Little Tailor a poor kills Schneider with a cloth rag seven flies on his Mus have settled.
