Improvements in or relating to Fly Catching Paper.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Fly Catching Paper.
I, WILLIAM THUM, of the City of Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent and
State of Michigan, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sticky fly.
paper, and the invention consists in the new and novel method of preparing the
package of web containing the sticky compound for shipment; also in the con-
struction of the package so that it may be readily and quickly adapted for use;
and the objects of my invention are, first, to prepare the package of the web,
covered with the fly catching compound, in such a manner that the entire width of the
web may be covered with the compound and still prevent the same from escaping from
the package; second, to utilize a pair of discs in connection with the core sustaining
said discs, both for the purpose of forming a holder for the web and also utilizing
the adjacent faces of the discs for the prevention of the over or outward flow of
the compound which is spread on the surface of the paper strips or web; and third
to utilize the spool composed of the two discs and core as a means for preventing
the paner strip or web from coming in contact with adjacent objects when the
web is unwound for use.
These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing in which;-
Figure 1 shows an elevation of my device with the fly catching strip or web
wound upon the core between the retaining discs and sealed so as to prevent the
sticky compound from escaping; and,
Figure 2 shows an elevation, with the strip or web unwound ready for use.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views:
In the drawings A represents the core upon which the web is wound. This core
may be constructed of wood, metal, or other suitable material. F, F represent
the retaining discs which serve also for the purpose of sealing the ends of the web
when wound upon the core. These discs may be made of wood, metal, or other
suitable material and the core and dises may be made integral with each other if
desired. The adjacent faces of the discs should be perpendicular or substantially
perpendicular, to the core, and should be placed such a distance apart as to allow
the web to be wound between them, there being substantially no space whatever
between the ends of the roll of web and the adjacent discs, the ends of the roll of
web abutting closely against the inner surface of the discs, thereby utilizing the
discs for the purpose of sealing or preventing the sticky material from flowing
outwardly from the web at the ends of the roll. D represents that part of the web
which is covered with the sticky compound. C represents a transverse strip of
sealing compound which prevents the fly catching material from flowing from
the end of the paper strip or web. An opening E, provided with a strengthening
piece, may be used for convenience in hanging up the unwound strip to which the
discs are attached. When the web covered with the fly catching compound has
been wound upon the core A, as shown in Fig. 1, I use two circles of wax of suitable

page_text: consistency, shown by H, H. Each circle of wax is drawn around the periphery
at the extreme end of the wound-up roll, and is brought in contact with the inner
surface of the discs, thereby, with the sealing C and the discs F, F, completely seal-
ing the prepared package, so that when so sealed the sticky compound cannot
escape therefrom. The sealing material H, H, however, is of such consistency
that the paper strip may be readily unrolled. The sealing circles H, H, merely
serve to seal the outer layers of the roll, the inner part being sealed by means
of the discs as above described. The package when completed may be dipped into
any waterproof material if found desirable, which will not interefere with the
ready unwinding of the web, in order to protect the package and its contents from
moisture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In combination with a core, of a pair of discs, one at either end of the core,
a web covered with fly catching compound wound upon said core and forming a
roll having its ends in contact with the adjacent faces of said discs, each disc
furnishing a seal for the ends of said roll, and a suitable seal applied to the outer
layer of said roll so as to seal said outer layer at the points of contact with the
discs, substantially as described.
2. In combination with a pair of discs, a core at substantially right angles to
the inner surface of the said discs, a web provided with a sticky compound wound
upon said core and forming a roll having its ends in contact with the adjacent
faces of the discs, a suitable sealing strip C transversely across the paper strip,
and a suitable sealing at the points of intersection of the outer layer of web with
the discs substantially as described.
3. In combination with a core as A, a pair of sealing discs, having their adjacent
faces at right angles to the said core, a web covered with fly catching compound
wound upon said core forming a roll having its ends in contact with the adjacent
surfaces of said discs, which discs furnish a sealing for the ends of said roll, a trans-
verse sealing strip C, two rings of sealing material H, H, and a hole or opening E
in a strengthening piece applied to the end of the paper for the purpose of sustain-
ing the same when the paper is unrolled, substantially as described.
4. In combination with a core of two sealing discs having their adjacent faces
arranged at right angles to said core, a web or strip covered with a sticky fly
catching compound, wound upon and forming a roll upon said core, the ends of
said roll being in contact with the adjacent faces of the discs, and two sealing
rings H, H, composed of plastic material for preventing the sticky compound from
escaping from the web or roll, said sealing rings being of such consistency as to
allow the web or strip to be readily unrolled without removing said rings from
the roll, substantially as described.
1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.