Donald L Robbins

US Patent:

20110277373, Nov 17, 2011

Filed:

May 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/780451

Inventors:

Donald D. Robbins - Caldwell ID, US

International Classification:

A01M 13/00

US Classification:

43125, 43124

Abstract:

An extermination device for burrowing rodents that includes an internal combustion engine having an exhaust and a blower assembly, the exhaust of the internal combustion engine being diverted through the blower assembly, a pressurized flow of exhaust gas being directed through the outlet of the blower assembly. The outlet of the blower assembly is adapted for insertion into the opening of a burrow. In one embodiment the device is configured as a portable apparatus. In this embodiment, a common portable leaf blower may be modified so that the exhaust is bypassed through the blower assembly, to be forced by the blower assembly through its outlet. In another embodiment, the extermination device for burrowing rodents includes a blower assembly that is mountable on a vehicle, the internal combustion engine of the vehicle attachable to the blower assembly.