Improvements in so-called Fly-catching Balls.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1900-Accepted, 13th Oct.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in so-called Fly-catching Balls.
I, SIEGFRIED FRENKEL, of 54, Leipzigerstrasse, Halle on Saale, in the German
Empire, Manufacturer of Fancy-Paper Wares, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention as follows:-
Heretofore the so-called fly-catching balls constructed of paper, and serving
the purpose of keeping flies off metallic and other polished surfaces, more especi-
ally in connection with chandeliers and decorative objects, are, owing to their
shape, mostly unsuitable for transport or for storing. Moreover these fly-catching
balls are easily damaged or rendered unsightly by pressure or by blows, and
therefore particular precautions have to be taken to preserve them during trans-
port and in storing.
The object of this invention is to obviate this disadvantage by providing a fly-
catching ball that can be folded flat for transport and storing.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the ball of semi-circular folding
leaves of paper or other suitable material, which are so arranged as to have the
straight side of all the leaves placed in a geometrical axis of the ball or sphere.
The paper leaves are glued together at parts so as to form cell shaped recesses,
which may be of any desired conformation.
To enable the ball to be folded flat, I glue the first and last leaves to a circular
disc of cardboard or strong paper, wood or other suitable material. The disc is
capable of being folded or doubled up both ways, i.e. inward and outward in
such a manner as to cause the leaves either to lie flat together, or by turning in
the opposite direction, to form a ball. To keep the fly catcher in its spherical
form it is advantageous to provide a fastening device for the two flaps of the
disc.
The ball may be formed of any convenient material, and the external form of
the fly catcher may be varied to any suitable configuration, as for example, oval,
conical, egg-shaped or polygonal, without affecting the nature or spirit of this
invention.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
I, SIEGFRIED FRENKEL, of 54, Leipzigerstrasse, Halle on Saale, in the German
Empire, Manufacturer of Fancy-Paper Wares, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Heretofore the so-called fly-catching balls constructed of paper, serving the
purpose of keeping flies off metallic and other polished surfaces more especially
in connection with chandeliers and decorative objects, are, owing to their shape
mostly unsuitable for transport or for storing. Moreover these fly-catching balls
are easily damaged or rendered unsightly by pressure or by blows, and therefore
particular precautions have to be taken to preserve them during transport and
in storing.
The object of this invention is to obviate this disadvantage by providing a fly-
catching ball that can be folded flat for transport and storing.
Referring to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved-fly-catching ball.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the same partly folded.
Figures 3 and 4 are a side elevation and plan respectively of the same folded
for transport.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the ball of semi-circular folding
leaves a of paper or other suitable material, which are so arranged as to have the
straight side of all the leaves placed in a geometrical axis. of the ball or sphere.
The paper leaves are glued together at parts so as to form cell shaped recesses b,
which may be of any desired conformation.
To enable the ball to be folded flat, I glue the first and last leaves a to a circular
disc c of cardboard or strong paper, wood or other suitable material. The disc c
is capable of being folded or doubled up both ways, i.e. inward and outward in
such a manner as to cause the leaves either to lie flat together, as shown in
Figures 3 and 4 or by turning in the opposite direction, indicated at Fig. 2, to
form a ball, as shown in Fig. 1. To keep the fly-catcher in its spherical form it
is advantageous to provide a fastening device d for the two flaps of the disc c.
The ball may be formed of any appropriate material, and the external form
may be varied to any suitable configuration, as for example oval, conical, egg-
shaped or polygonal, without affecting the nature or spirit of this invention.
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
A fly-catching ball, characterized by the special construction of its constituent
parts which enables the ball to be folded into a flat shape and consisting of semi-
circular leaves (a) so arranged as to fall with their straight edges in a common
axis of the sphere; the two outer leaves of such ball being secured to a circular
plate (c) adapted to be folded centrally and fitted with a fastening device for
keeping the ball in spherical form substantially as described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.