An Improved Landing Net for Anglers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Landing Net for Anglers.
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I FRANK BURTON of 1 Heaton Street, Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln,
Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the apparatus which forms the subject of this invention is to
80 construct an anglers net so as to make it collapsible and in such a form that it
may be readily disjointed and taken to pieces & quickly returned to form.
Hitherto the hand nets have been constructed of a cumbersome character,
in appearance and in form, but by means of my invention I attain several important
objects.
For this end I provide a handle of covenient length, which handle may be in one
piece or in halves. One end of the said handle is enlarged, and on the right and left
sides are arranged recesses for the reception of the arins or wings of the separate
projections which act as supports for the sides of the net. At the end of the
handle I attach in a suitable manner an H shaped piece, so constructed that the
wings or arms constituting the supports of the net may be carried in and supported
by the recesses embodied in the before mentioned H shaped piece. The two wings
or arms are then connected at their extremities by suitable means, and secured
to one of the aforesaid sides or wings constituting the support for the net.
There are other ways in which the objects of this invention may be attained,
notably by using a pin at each side of the enlarged end of the handle or shaft, in
addition to or instead of the H shaped piece before mentioned.
Dated this 13th day of December 1893.
FRANK BURTON.
I, FRANK BURTON of Heaton Street, Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln,
Tailor do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
My invention has relation to improvements in landing nets for angling and
similar purposes.
I construct part of the apparatus in the ordinary way, that is to say, I employ a
handle of suitable length, and at one end I attach a ferrule with Y shaped
projections for the purpose of receiving the sides or supports of the net. The sides,
wings, or supports for the net are indicated at A on the accompanying drawing and
a portion of the net (sufficient for the purpose of this invention) is shown at B.
The sides, wings or supports A are each made independent of the other, and are
preferably constructed of lancewood.
The ferrule may be in one or more parts & suitably attached to the
handle D.
The net is passed over the sides wings or supports A and secured at top and
bottom.
It will be seen from the drawing that when the sides wings or supports are
introduced to the Y shaped projections at E there still requires a certain amount of
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page_text: tension in order to give to the net the requisite strength to sustain any weight it
might be called on to bear.
To attain this I employ a piece of string of suitable length J which is attached
at F and passed through the opposite side wing or support A by means of a hole
and downwards, and a ring is attached to the end of the said string, the ring being
indicated at H, which latter is held in position by the stud I, which latter may be
either on the wing or support A or embodied with the Y shaped support herein-
before referred to.
When the string J is drawn up, a contraction of the side wings must necessarily
ensue and the ring H is then attached or passed over the stud I after which the net
is ready for use.
It will therefore be seen that I thus secure a collapsible form of net, and one that
may readily be taken to pieces, which is the object I seek to attain by this
invention.
I do not restrict myself to the particular manner mentioned in the foregoing
description as to the attachment of the string. On the contrary, it may be brought
from the point F and after being passed through the opposite side wing or
support A, be brought back again & suitably secured at F.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of the ferrule and Y shaped projections, together with the
independent sides, wings or supports, and net, as also the string passing from
the one side of the sides, wings or supports to the other, and suitably secured,
substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of September 1894.
FRANK BURTON.