Improved Appliance for Catching Flies.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improved Appliance for Catching Flies.
We, HENRY Moss, of Claremont Road, Alexandra Park, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Commercial Traveller, and MARY JANE BROWN, of Tile
Street, Bury, in the said county, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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This invention relates to appliances smeared with bird lime or other sticky
material used to catch flies and is designed to provide a more efficient and neater
article for the purpose than anything that has hitherto been done.
For this purpose we take a flat strip of paper preferably narrow and of con-
siderable length and apply or affix a loop or other means of suspension at both
ends. This loop is preferably made by doubling the paper strip over upon itself
and securing it by paste or other means. The narrow Hat strip is made of manilla
or other strong tough paper. The paper strip may preferably be about 1 yard
long and inch wide or of any other suitable size or dimensions. We also take
or provide a receptacle for the bird lime or other substance. with two narrow slits
through which the paper strip passes. This receptacle is preferably made cylin-
drical in the form of an ordinary pill box but may be of oval rectangular or other
form of cardboard paper metal or other material. In the side or edges of the
two parts which form the receptacle slits are cut into which the strip of paper can
be inserted and when the two parts are brought together the slits coincide and
enclose the paper strip thus leaving a portion extending transversely or dia-
metrically across the box or receptacle.
The receptacle is filled with the bird lime or other substance either before or
after the paper strip is placed in position and the second part of the receptacle
encloses both the bird lime and the paper.
The external portion of the strip of paper remains perfectly dry and in use the
receptacle is drawn backwards and forwards along the strip of paper until the
bird lime is all deposited thereon and the appliance is then hung up in a loop
or festoon in a suitable situation.
When filled with or covered with flies it is taken down and discarded or thrown
away and replaced by a fresh one.
Dated this 28th day of June 1899.

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this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to appliances smeared with bird lime or other sticky or
adhesive compound or mixture used to catch flies and is designed to provide a
more efficient and neater article for the purpose than anything that has hitherto
been produced.
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The invention consists essentially in constructing the appliance with a long
flat strip of paper to receive the coating of the adhesive compound or mixture the
paper strip being placed in a coil in the interior of the receptacle preferably
separated from the adhesive substance by separate receptacle, or by a division
placed in the interior or in other similar manner.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Sectional elevation of the appliance.
Fig. 2, Plan of same.
Fig. 3. Perspective view.
Fig. 4. Perspective view showing a modified form.
Fig. 5. Perspective view showing another, modification.
A receptacle A is provided to contain a quantity of a sticky or adhesive com-
pound or mixture such as bird-lime and a flat strip of paper 1 upon the surface
of which the material is to be spread or coated.
The receptacle A may be cylindrical oval rectangular or other shape preferably
in the form of an ordinary pill box and it may be made of wood, cardboard paper
metal or other suitable material. The paper strip B, is of considerable length
formed with a loop b at the end or a hook or other means of suspension may be
attached thereto. The loop bis preferably made by doubling the paper strip over
upon its self and securing it by paste or a metallic fastener or otherwise, or a
wire or metallic hook loop or ring may be attached thereto. The narrow flat
paper strip is made of a hard tough strong paper such as manilla paper which will
absorb but little of the material when spread upon it. The paper strip B may be
about one and a half yards long and half an inch wide or of any other suitable
size or dimensions.
The paper strip B is wound into a coil and placed in the interior of the recep-
tacle A. This coil may be enclosed in a separate receptacle C to prevent the
adhesive material coming into contact with it in its coil form, or the receptacle A
may be divided into two compartments of any relative shapes or sizes.
In another modification such separate compartments may be dispensed with and
the coil of paper B be wound upon a pin c placed in the receptacle A, as in
Fig. 4.
A slit D is made in the side of the receptacle A through which the paper strip
is drawn from the coil and where the inner receptacle or compartment is used a
similar slit E is made therein.
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The paper strip B is rolled into a coil and placed in the receptacle A with the
looped end projecting externally and the receptacle A is filled with a sticky or
adhesive material either before or after the paper strip is placed therein the
lid a encloses both the paper and material.
The external portion of the paper strip B remains perfectly dry so that it may
be handled or attached to any article and in use the paper strip is slowly drawn
out of the receptacle A. the adhesive material being thereby coated or deposited
upon it. Any length of the strip may be withdrawn as required. The appliance
is then hung up in a loop or festoon in a suitable situation.
When the paper strip is filled or covered with flies it is taken down and dis-
carded or thrown away and replaced by a fresh one.
We wish it to be understood that we are well aware that perforated reel shaped
vessels to contain an adhesive paste with a string or raffia affixed thereto and

page_text: reeled around the exterior of the reel have been made and we make no claim
thereto nor per se to a cord tape or wire smeared with an adhesive material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. An appliance for catching flies constructed with a flat paper strip to receive
the coating of the adhesive material substantially as described.
2. In an appliance for catching flies the combination with the receptacle such
as A of any suitable contour to contain an adhesive material, of a separate
receptacle or compartment to contain a coil of paper and a paper strip coiled and
inserted therein to receive a coating of the adhesive material substantially as
described.
3. An appliance for catching flies constructed and arranged substantially as
described and shown.
thin 97th day of March 1900.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool & London, Patent Agents.