1. A vermin extermination device comprising:
a housing, said housing having a closed passage therein with an open end;
a trigger device having a trigger, said trigger placed along said open end of said closed passage;
a ring release mechanism connected to said trigger mechanism; and
at least one resilient ring, said ring release mechanism releasing said at least one resilient ring after said at least one resilient ring is expanded, upon configuration of said at least one expanded resilient ring and actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, onto said vermin,
said at least one expanded resilient ring, upon release by said ring release mechanism onto said vermin, detaches from said vermin extermination device so as to be free therefrom and contracts onto said vermin,
whereby said vermin is killed.
2. The extermination device according to claim 1,
wherein the housing is configured to hold a plurality of expanded resilient rings and to hold a first one of the expanded resilient rings at a release position, and
the extermination device is configured to release the first one of the expanded resilient rings when the trigger device is actuated and to move a second one of the expanded resilient rings to the release position when the first one of the expanded resilient rings is released from the release position.
3. The extermination device according to claim 2, further comprising a biasing means configured to apply a force to the second one of the resilient rings, towards the release position.
4. The extermination device according to claim 3, wherein the biasing means is coupled to the trigger device.
5. The extermination device according to claim 1, configured to release the at least one expanded resilient ring, such that it contracts around a neck of the vermin.
6. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, further comprising:
loading device means having a tapering body adapted to allow said resilient ring to be expanded from a narrow end to a wide end of the tapering body, wherein the wide end includes a formation adapted to engage with said housing of said vermin extermination device.
7. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein the vermin are selected from the group consisting of mice, rats, stoats, polecats, possums and other animals considered vermin.
8. The vermin extermination device according to claim 7, wherein the diameter of said common passage for said vermin is selected from the group consisting of about 25-40 mm, about 60-100 mm, and diameters consistent with said vermin.
9. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said extermination device is affixable to an object or surface selected from the group consisting of the ground, a tree, a pole, a post, a board, a horizontal surface and a vertical surface.
10. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein a bait or attractant is placed within said closed passage prior to configuring said vermin extermination device to kill said vermin.
11. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said trigger device is disposed within said closed passage.
12. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a spring means for assisting the ring release mechanism in releasing said at least one expanded resilient ring.
13. The vermin extermination device according to claim 12, wherein said spring means, upon actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, applies a force to said ring release mechanism, forcing said at least one expanded resilient ring onto said vermin.
14. The vermin extermination device according to claim 13, wherein said expanded resilient ring is disposed on said housing adjacent the open end thereof, whereby said force from said spring means pushes said at least one expanded resilient ring free of the housing.
15. The vermin extermination device according to claim 14,
wherein said housing comprises a notch at said open end, said spring means connected to said trigger device through said notch, said spring means, upon actuation by said vermin, applying said force to said at least one expanded resilient ring along said notch,
whereby said spring means pushes said at least one expanded resilient ring off said housing onto said vermin.
16. The vermin extermination device according to claim 12, wherein said spring means, upon actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, applies a lateral force to said expanded resilient ring.
17. The vermin extermination device according to claim 12, wherein said extermination device is armed by a user contracting said spring means.
18. The vermin extermination device according to claim 12, wherein said trigger device comprises:
a firing means having a cocked position and a release position, and
said spring means for biasing said firing means when in said cocked position to said release position,
whereby upon actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, said firing means, through action by said spring means, moves from said cocked position to said release position.
19. The vermin extermination device according to claim 18, wherein said firing means, under the action of said spring means, pushes said at least one expanded resilient ring free of said extermination device and onto said vermin.
20. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, further comprising leverage means for leveraging the energy input in arming said at least one expanded resilient ring to release said at least one expanded resilient ring.
21. The vermin extermination device according to claim 20, wherein said extermination device is armed by a user placing said at least one resilient ring onto said ring release mechanism.
22. The vermin extermination device according to claim 20, wherein said leverage means comprises:
a firing means having a cocked position and a release position, and
a biasing means for biasing said firing means when in said cocked position to said release position,
whereby upon actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, said firing means, through action by said biasing means, moves from said cocked position to said release position.
23. The vermin extermination device according to claim 22, wherein said firing means, under the action of said biasing means, pushes said at least one expanded resilient ring free of said extermination device and onto said vermin.
24. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said resilient ring is made of a material selected from the group consisting of: natural rubber, synthetic rubber, a composite material and a metal.
25. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one expanded resilient ring has a configuration selected from the group consisting of: circular and rectangular.
26. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one expanded resilient ring, upon release, contracts to a normal size, the contracted resilient ring at said normal size having an inner diameter less than a neck size of a vermin.
27. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein said trigger device and said ring release mechanism are connected to said housing.
28. The vermin extermination device according to claim 27, further comprising:
a cover, said cover engaging the open end of said housing, said cover having a second open end thereof, said vermin entering said second open end and engaging said ring release mechanism.
29. The vermin extermination device according to claim 28, wherein a user arms said trigger device and said ring release mechanism on said housing while said cover is separate from said housing, and wherein said user then connects said housing and said cover, arming the vermin extermination device.
30. The vermin extermination device according to claim 28, further comprising:
interlocking means for connecting said housing with said cover.
31. The vermin extermination device according to claim 1, wherein the holder has a configuration selected from the group consisting of tubular and rectangular.
32. A method of exterminating vermin, the method comprising employing the vermin extermination device of claim 1.
33. A method of exterminating vermin comprising:
loading at least one resilient ring onto a ring release mechanism, said at least one resilient ring loaded being expanded thereby;
setting a trigger device having a trigger;
positioning said trigger along an open end of a holder, said holder having a closed passage therein; and
placing a bait or attractant within said closed passage,
wherein upon actuation of said trigger by a vermin, triggering the release of said at least one expanded resilient ring from said extermination device onto said vermin such that said at least one expanded ring is free from said extermination device,
whereby the at least one released expanded resilient ring contracts upon and kills said vermin.
34. The method of exterminating vermin according to claim 33, further comprising:
arming said extermination device by a user contracting a spring means, said spring means providing the energy to activate said extermination device after actuation by said vermin.
35. The method of exterminating vermin according to claim 33, further comprising:
arming said extermination device by a user expanding said at least one resilient ring onto said ring release mechanism, said at least one expanded resilient ring providing the energy to activate said extermination device after actuation by said vermin.
36. The method of exterminating vermin according to claim 33, wherein a plurality of said resilient rings are loaded onto said ring release mechanism, and wherein said ring release mechanism releases one of said plurality of resilient rings onto said vermin.
37. The method of exterminating vermin according to claim 36, further comprising, after said one resilient ring is released, moving a second of said resilient rings to a release position.
38. A method of exterminating a pest, comprising the steps of:
holding an expanded resilient ring on a holder, said expanded resilient ring posed along an open end of a closed passage of said holder, a bait or attractant being placed within said closed passage; and
releasing the expanded resilient ring free of the holder such that it contracts around a pest free from said holder when said pest actuates a trigger mechanism,
thereby exterminating the pest.
39. A kit for a vermin extermination device comprising:
a housing, said housing having a closed passage therein with an open end;
a trigger device having a trigger, said trigger when configured placed along said open end of said closed passage;
a ring release mechanism when configured connected to said trigger mechanism; and
at least one resilient ring, said ring release mechanism when configured releasing an expanded resilient ring placed thereon, upon actuation of said trigger device by said vermin, onto said vermin;
said expanded resilient ring, when configured and upon release by said ring release mechanism onto said vermin, detaches from said vermin extermination device and contracts onto said vermin,
whereby said vermin is killed by the configured vermin extermination device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A mobile communication system for providing a plurality of services to a mobile terminal in accordance with a subscriber contract, said mobile communication system comprising:
a core network comprising a plurality of nodes each providing said portable terminal with different services, and responsive to a location registration request from said portable terminal to register said portable terminal into a node which is determined on the basis of a subscriber contract of said portable terminal and to transmit temporary subscriber identification information to said portable terminal, said temporary subscriber identification information for identifying that said portable terminal is contained in said node; and
a radio network which relays a message signal between said portable terminal and said core network, comprising a controller for connection with said plurality of nodes in said core network, wherein during the relay, said controller identifies a node for containing said portable terminal based on the temporary subscriber identification information upon receipt of a message signal including the temporary subscriber identification information from said portable terminal, and transmits the message signal to said node.
2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said core network further comprises a first location management device which manages a location in a line switched communication of said portable terminal, wherein a node which receives a location registration request from said portable terminal requests said first location management device for an update of a location registration.
3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:
said radio network transmits the location registration request to a node determined by default when the location registration request received by said controller from said portable terminal includes fixed subscriber identification information instead of the temporary subscriber identification information, and
said core network, upon receipt of the location registration request including the fixed subscriber identification information from said radio network, investigates a subscriber contract of a portable terminal which has transmitted the location registration request, from the fixed subscriber identification information, determines a node for containing said portable terminal based on the acquired subscriber contract, registers said portable terminal in said node, and transmits temporary subscriber identification information to said portable terminal, said temporary subscriber identification information for identifying that said portable terminal is contained in said node.
4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:
said core network, upon receipt of the location registration request including the temporary subscriber identification information from said radio network, determines a node for containing a portable terminal which has transmitted the location registration request from the temporary subscriber identification information, registers said portable terminal in said node, and transmits new temporary subscriber identification information to said portable terminal, said new temporary subscriber identification information for identifying that said portable terminal is contained in said node.
5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said core network further comprises a first location management device which manages a location in a line switched communication of said portable terminal, and a second location management device which manages a location in a packet switched communication of said portable terminal, wherein when said second location management device receives a location registration request from said portable terminal, said core network transmits the temporary subscriber identification information and temporary subscriber identification information for the packet switched communication to said portable terminal in association with said first location management device.
6. The mobile communication system according to claim 5, wherein:
when the location registration request received by said second location management device from said portable terminal includes fixed subscriber identification information instead of the temporary subscriber identification information for the packet switched communication, said second location management device requests said first location management device for an update of a location registration.
7. The mobile communication system according to claim 5, wherein:
when the location registration request received by said second location management device from said portable terminal includes a temporary subscriber identification information for packet switched communication, said second location management device identifies a node for containing said portable terminal from the temporary subscriber identification information for packet switch, and requests said node for an update of location registration, and said node requests said first location management device for an update of location registration.
8. A core network in a mobile communication system for providing a plurality of services to a portable terminal in accordance with a subscriber contract, said core network characterized by comprising:
a plurality of nodes providing different services from one another to said portable terminal,
wherein upon receipt of a location registration request from said portable terminal, said portable terminal is registered in a node which is determined on the basis of a subscriber contract of said portable terminal, and temporary subscriber identification information is transmitted to said portable terminal such that the temporary subscriber identification information allows to identify that said portable terminal can be contained in said node.
9. A radio network for relaying a message signal between a plurality of nodes in a core network and a portable terminal in a mobile communication system for providing a plurality of services to said portable terminal in accordance with a subscriber contract, said radio network characterized by comprising:
a controller which connects with said plurality of nodes in said core network, wherein during a relay of the message signal, said controller identifies a node for containing said portable terminal based on the temporary subscriber identification information upon receipt of a message signal including the temporary subscriber identification information from said portable terminal, and transmits the message signal to said node.
10. A service control method for a mobile communication system for providing a plurality of services to a portable terminal in accordance with a subscriber contract with a plurality of nodes each having a function of providing different services to said portable terminal, wherein:
in a core network,
upon receipt of a location registration request from said portable terminal, registering said portable terminal in a node determined on the basis of a subscriber contract of said portable terminal, and transmitting temporary subscriber identification information to said portable terminal such that the temporary subscriber identification information allows to identify that said portable terminal can be contained in said node, and
in a radio network,
when a message signal is relayed between said portable terminal and said core network, upon receipt of a message signal including the temporary subscriber identification information from said portable terminal, identifying a node for containing said portable terminal based on the temporary subscriber identification information, and transmitting the message signal to said node.