A lice removing apparatus and method of using it are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flexible fabric sheet having a pair of pockets defined on a first side of the sheet adjacent opposite ends of the sheet. A second side of the sheet includes a plurality of projections, or other physically coarse material, that strip nits from a person's hair when passed there over. A user inserts his fingers and thumb into the pockets, folds the sheet around a lock of hair, and runs the sheet along the length of the hair while squeezing the folded sheet into constant contact with the hair. Thereafter, the sheet is discarded and a new one is used for cleaning a subsequent lock of hair. The sheets may be stored in a contained in a manner that provides easy access for grasping the sheet and removing it from the container with one hand.

Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for solarizing soil using a moveable optical focusing array. In one example, an apparatus to solarize soil from a moveable platform includes a vehicle, an array of mirrors located on the exterior of the vehicle, in which the mirrors are steerable to control the orientation of the mirrors to direct sunlight to a spot on soil that generates heat to a solarize the soil, and a sensor coupled to the vehicle to measure the temperature of the soil, in which the orientation of the mirrors is determined based at least in part on the measured temperature to control the temperature of the soil.

A parasite eradicating device configured for eradicating parasites by producing a high-temperature airflow, directing it in a stream at an infestation area where parasites thrive, and suctioning the airflow away from the infestation area, such that the parasites are killed and their eggs rendered nonviable by the heat of the airflow.

A device, for trapping an item in an intake hose of a vacuum before the item reaches a collection bin of the vacuum, includes a body and a screen. The body has a chamber, an entrance, and an exit. The chamber is configured such that when the chamber is coupled to an intake hose of a vacuum and the vacuum draws fluid into the intake hose, the fluid flows through the chamber. The entrance is couplable with an intake hose of a vacuum and configured such that when fluid flows through the body's chamber, the fluid enters the chamber through the entrance. The exit is coupleable with the intake hose of a vacuum and configured such that when fluid flows through the body's chamber, the fluid leaves the chamber through the exit. The screen of the device is disposed inside the body's chamber, and sized and configured to allow fluid that the vacuum draws in to flow through the body's chamber while preventing large objects suspended in the fluid from flowing through the body's chamber.

The present invention relates to a device (1) for neutralizing ectoparasites. In order to prevent a release of toxic substances into a host body by an ectoparasite during its removal the device comprises a container (3) containing a neutralizing freezing medium, preferably an aerosol cooling medium, in particular preferably an aerosol of a mixture of isohexadecane, isopropyl myristate and cooling medium, preferably 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; a body (2), in which the container (3) is located and which comprises a terminal front wall (21) with a discharge opening (212) located on the axis (O) of the outlet (31) of the container (3) and a terminal rear wall (22); a body end part (23) in a form of a convex shell element that encloses the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) on the external side of this wall (21) and comprises an exhaust opening (231) located on the axis (O) of the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) at a distance from this discharge opening (212) and at least one vent opening (232).

The present invention relates to a device (1) for neutralizing ectoparasites. In order to prevent a release of toxic substances into a host body by an ectoparasite during its removal the device comprises a container (3) containing a neutralizing freezing medium, preferably an aerosol cooling medium, in particular preferably an aerosol of a mixture of isohexadecane, isopropyl myristate and cooling medium, preferably 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; a body (2), in which the container (3) is located and which comprises a terminal front wall (21) with a discharge opening (212) located on the axis (O) of the outlet (31) of the container (3) and a terminal rear wall (22); a body end part (23) in a form of a convex shell element that encloses the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) on the external side of this wall (21) and comprises an exhaust opening (231) located on the axis (O) of the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) at a distance from this discharge opening (212) and at least one vent opening (232).

A poleborne thrustable arthropod trap allows a user to kill or capture an arthropod from a safe distance. The trap includes a tube, a pole extending through the tube, and a handle stop attached to a proximal end of the pole to limit distal extension of the pole. A receptacle having a distal opening is attached to a distal end of the tube, and a disk moveable within the receptacle is attached to a distal end of the pole to limit proximal retraction of the pole. A user wielding the tube may shove the receptacle against a surface to enclose an arthropod within the receptacle. The user may then thrust the k to kill the arthropod, or slowly push the disk to coax the arthropod into the receptacle then retract the disk to trap the arthropod.

A poleborne thrustable arthropod trap allows a user to kill or capture an arthropod from a safe distance. The trap includes a tube, a pole extending through the tube, and a handle stop attached to a proximal end of the pole to limit distal extension of the pole. A receptacle having a distal opening is attached to a distal end of the tube, and a disk moveable within the receptacle is attached to a distal end of the pole to limit proximal retraction of the pole. A user wielding the tube may shove the receptacle against a surface to enclose an arthropod within the receptacle. The user may then thrust the k to kill the arthropod, or slowly push the disk to coax the arthropod into the receptacle then retract the disk to trap the arthropod.

A system to verify product authenticity includes a transceiver configured to receive information regarding one or more pieces of ferromagnetic material that are in or on a product. The system also includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit radiation to heat the one or more pieces of ferromagnetic material in or on the product. The system also includes a heat sensor configured to detect heat emitted from the one or more pieces of ferromagnetic material that are in or on the product. The system further includes a processor in communication with the transceiver, the electromagnetic radiation source, and the heat sensor. The processor is configured to determine if the product is counterfeit based on the received information and the detected heat.

An induction heating system includes a container that includes one or more ferromagnetic element mounting locations. The system also includes a plurality of ferromagnetic elements positioned in the one or more ferromagnetic mounting locations. The system also includes one or more electromagnetic radiation sources configured to individually target the plurality of ferromagnetic elements such that different ferromagnetic elements are heated to different temperatures. The system further includes a processor operatively coupled to the one or more electromagnetic radiation sources and configured to control an amount of electromagnetic radiation delivered to each of the ferromagnetic elements.