An Improvement in Landing Nets.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Landing Nets.
I, JOHN WILSON of The Firs, South Woodford, Essex, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to anglers' landing nets of that kind in which the net frame
is adapted to fold back on to the handle when the net is carried on the person and
to be projected outwards into line with the handle when the net is required for use,
and the object of the invention is to provide a simple strong and efficient construction
of hinge joint which will enable the net frame to be quickly thrown over to the
extended position or folded back after use by the motion of the one hand in which
the handle is held without the assistance of the other hand the joints being moreover
capable of being made rigid when required.
The improved joint of my invention is adapted to be introduced between the net
frame and handle of an ordinary rigid net in order to convert it into a folding net
the joint piece being either a permanent fixture to the bow or frame of the net or
removable in which case it would be provided with the requisite male and female
screws at both ends for connection with the net frame and handle. The joint piece
is formed of two members hinged together by a rule joint, the hinge knuckles being
offset so as to admit of the one member folding back upon the other, and in order
to ensure the requisite strength and rigidity of the joint when in the extended
position the one member is prolonged some distance past the hinge joint in the form
of a spur or bracket of channelled section in the groove of which the other
member is adapted to be received the channelled extension and the part fitting in
it forming together a plane cylindrical continuation of the handle adapted to be locked
rigidly together by a sliding or preferably a screw collar movable upon and embracing
both when the joint is to he made permanently rigid.
Dated this 11th dox of Inno 1806
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents..
An Improvement in Landing Nets.
I, JOHN WILSON of The Firs, South Woodford, Essex, Engineer, 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 relates to anglers' landing nets of that kind in which the net frame
is adapted to fold back on to the handle and to be projected outwards into position
for use when required and the object of the invention is to provide a simple strong
and efficient construction of joint which will admit of the net frame being quickly
thrown over to the extended position and there locked or of being folded back after

page_text: use, the extending and locking, or the unlocking and folding, being effected by the
motion of the one hand in which the handle is held without the assistance of the other
hand.
The improved joint of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings
forming part of this specification which represent the joint in the extended and folded
positions.
The improved joint is situated between the net frame and handle and may either be
a permanent fixture to the bow or frame of the net or be removably connected to the
frame and handle by screw joints,
The joint piece is formed of two members A B hinged together by a sort of rule
joint at C the hinge knuckles being offset or projecting from the members A B so as
to bring the joint to such position that the one member A may fold back upon the
member B as shewn in Figure 2.
In order to ensure rigidity of the joint and enable it to be locked when in the
extended position the member A has a spur or prolongation extending past the joint,
as shewn at a, and is channelled or grooved longitudinally, as at d, to receive the
part b of the member B which is of reduced width, the parts a and when the joint
is extended, as in Figure 1, together forming a plain cylindrical continuation of the
part B upon which slides a locking ring or sleeve which by embracing the
parts a blocks the two members rigidly together. The locking sleeve slides freely
on the member B and handle F its motion being limited by a stop f so that by the
mere act of inclining the handle the locking sleeve will slide in or out of operative
position. To enable the automatic locking engagement to be effected notwithstanding
that the locking ring may slide down to the joint before the joint becomes
straightened out, the end of the part a is rounded or bevelled so that on striking the
sleeve it will force it back after which the sleeve will come forward and lock the
parts as before.
It will be evident that the cross sectional forms of the parts a and b may be
reversed, the part a being a single central web such as b whilst the part 6 would be of
channelled section like a.
In order that the joint may be permanently locked rigid if desired, the sleeve E
may have a screw thread cut in it at e for screwing on a thread at e¹ on the part a or
be otherwise retained in the locked position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A landing net joint consisting of members hinged together by offset knuckles the
one member having a spur or prolongation extending past the joint and adapted to
receive or to fit into the other member, in combination with a locking sleeve adapted
to slide freely upon and to embrace the interfitting portions of the two members so
as to render the joint rigid as described.
1100
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.