Pest Pepper Poppers

Raccoons skunks and pesky critters love to rummage through garbage cans at night, causing a mess for the homeowners and collectors. Likewise, beekeepers live in perpetual fear of bears seeking a sweet treat or frames of larvae within their hives. in a single visit, a bear can ruin an entire season's worth honey and destroy hives with powerful claws and teeth.

Pepper powders and pastes might applied to the outside surface of trash connectors or beehives might deter some of these pests, but can wash off in rain or create a messy residue. Also, they aren't delivered to the attacker selectively. Something that sprays Fire-alarm levers anti-theft tags and bank security dye packs hold their contents safely or spray staining dyes over a wider area. with a small explosive charge, party poppers send streamers out into the air for celebrations. A similar combination could propel a powder or fluid containing capsicain powder towards varmints invading trash cans or beehives.

Each pest pepper popper would be a plastic cylindrical case 3-5 cm in diameter and contain a small sodium azide gas charge like a car airbag. in front of the charge, the pepper composition would be arranged to disperse when the charge triggers. a mechanical or electronic trigger would ignite the charge when the outer surface is depressed. When a varmint tries to open the trash can or beehive and triggers the popper, they'll be covered in pepper powder and frightened by the loud snap. Also, anyone nearby will hear the pop and know that it's gone off.

Each charge would be individually packaged in a protective case and protected with a removable arming pin to prevent premature triggering. each cylinder would be brightly colored and inscribed with a warning for trash collectors or the curious.

To install the charge, a user would remove the pest pepper popper from its protective blister pack, remove an adhesive backing, and stick it to a surface. then they would remove the arming pin, and walk away, more confident that they wouldn't have a trail of trash to pick up after or a broken beehive to replace.