IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOATS OR BUOYS FOR FISHING NETS
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS FISHER of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Solicitor do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF FLOATS OR BUOYS FOR FISHING NETS, to be as follows:-
This invention consists in forming the floats or buoys employed for supporting
fishing nets of papier machè paper pulp fibrous plaster or other similar material
capable of being moulded or shaped in or upon dies by which a stronger lighter
article can be produced than by making them as at present of metal-The buoys
being of a globular form may be made in two halves the upper one having inserted
through the crown a hook or ring for attachment to the net and the two parts
then secured together by a zone and joined with marine glue, I also propose to
make them corrugated or reeded and with the ribs running from crown to zono in
a vertical line or spirally by which much additional strength is gained, the buoy
may be filled with rough cork so that if by accident there should be any perforation
of the shell its buoyancy would be retained.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
100, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I THOMAS FISHER of Birmingham in the county of Warwick, Solicitor, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF FLOATS OR BUOYS FOR FISHING NETS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement reference being bad to the Drawings hereunto annexed and to the
letters and figures marked thereon that is to say :-
This Invention consists in forming the Floats or Buoys employed for supporting
fishing nets of papier maché paper pulp, fibrous plaster or other similar material
capable of being moulded or shaped in or upon dies, by which a stronger and
lighter article can be produced than by making them as at present of metal.
The Buoys being of a globular form may be made in two halves one having inserted
through the crown a hole or ring for attachment to the net and the two parts then
secured together by a zone or flange and joined by marine glue or other suitable
adhesive substance and afterwards sewn with cord wire or like suitablo material or
the meeting edges may be rivetted together. I also propose to make them corru-
gated or reeded and with the ribs running from crown to zone in a vertical line
or spirally by which much additional strength is gained, the Buoy may be filled
with rough cork so that if by accident there should be any perforation of the
shell its buoyancy would be retained.
Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a plan of a buoy, Fig. 2 an elevation showing-
the two halves a being the flanges having sinall holes b for sowing the two
parts together after they have been attached by an adhesive substance. Fig. 3
is a perspective view shewing the two parts attached together by the zone c..
Fig. 4 shews a plan of a corrugated form and Fig. 5 a perspective view of one with
ribs, either of these two forms being for the purpose of adding still greater strength
to the Buoy but I do not confine myself to the precise form of corrugation or ribs
shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is Improvements in the Manufacture of Flots or Buoys for supporting
fishing nets by making such Buoys of Papier Maché paper pulp fibrous plaster
or other similar material capable of being moulded or shaped in or upon dics as
herein more fully set forth & specified.