Year: 1898

page_text: I, GEORGE SENIOR, of Rose Villa, Radcliffe, in the County of Lancaster, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to fly-catchers, of the cord and like types, in which
such cord is capable of being rolled up into, and pulled out of a case; and it has
for its object to provide an improved form or construction of this type of fly-
catcher.
According to this invention, I employ a tape of paper, cloth, or other material,
connected with a roller or winding device within a suitable case, the tape being
covered with and holding the sticky catching substance, and the case being a mere
empty tube or vessel, in which the coated or covered tape is wound up, when not
in use.
In one form, the case may be a metal or cardboard tube or cylinder, with a
slot in its side, through which the coated or covered tape passes; and, axially,
in the centre of this tube or cylinder there is a spindle or barrel, supported in the
ends of the case, and provided with a small crank at one end.
When the tape has been coated or covered in the course of manufacture, it
is wound up in the case on the spindle or barrel, the end just protruding through
the slot, and having, preferably, a device or part capable of being taken hold
of by the thumb and finger, for pulling it out. Then, in action, the coated tapo
is pulled out of the case, unwinding it off the barrel in so doing, and then hung
up in the place desired. When made of card board the case may have a scraping
device for the removal of the flies as the tape is being wound in.
A modification of this construction of fly-catcher consists in making the cylinder
or case ends connected with the shaft or barrel, so that, by turning one of these
ends, the tape may be wound up, or off. A crank, in this case, is not necessary.
According to another modification, the case may be a simple cylindrical or
rectangular box or case, and the tape may be wound on or off a bobbin which fits
in same; the tape passing through a slot in the case, as in the other modifi-
cations described. The actuation of the bobbin may be effected by a crank, or
by other suitable means, such as described.
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page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention has reference to fly-catchers of the type in which the body on
which the flies are to be caught is adapted to be rolled up and unrolled.
The invention will be described by the aid of the accompanying drawings.
In these drawings, Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation; Figure 2 is a cross
section, shewing one construction under the invention; and Figures 3 and 4 are
sectional elevations shewing the two parts of which the article mainly consists,
separated. Figure 5 is a sectional elevation shewing a modification under the
invention.
Referring, in the first instance, to Figures 1 to 4, the body or case of the
article consists of a cylindrical casing a, closed at one end by a flanged cap a¹
permanently adhered thereto, and having a slot at a².
The material or part on which the flies are caught consists of a tape or ribbon
which is designated b; and this tape is fixed, and also wound on a roller or
cylinder c, attached to or formed on the flanged lid or cover d, which is adapted
to fit over the the open end of the case a. This roller or cylinder c has a flange cl
on its outer end, and a pin c or the like supported by the case a, is introduced
just inside it, as shewn, so as to prevent the roller c working out of the case in
winding and unwinding.
The roller c, with the tape b, is placed in the case, by introducing it into the
open end, and passing the tape into the slot or opening a²; this latter being
rendered possible by shearing through the material of the case between the slot
and the outer edge of the case.
The case a, cylinder c, and cover b, in the case shewn, is of card-board; but
these parts may be made of metal, or other material.
The tape is covered with a sticky fly-attracting substance on both sides; and
after this is done, it is wound up on the barrel c, by rotating this barrel by the
lid d, which the lid not being adhered to the case-may be done.
In use, the tape b, which may be of textile material, parchment paper, or other
suitable material, is pulled out of the case by unwinding it off the barrel c;
and it is then hung up by the eye or link b. When it becomes covered with
flies, by taking it down and winding up the tape, by rotating the barrel c, by.
means of the cover d, the flies are scraped off by the material of the case a sur-
rounding the opening or slot at a; this slot being only made sufficiently wide
to just allow the tape to pass freely through it.
In the modification shewn in Figure 5, the tape is adapted to be wound on a
barrel c, having a small crank e¹, or without it, as may be desired; the barrel
being supported at each end in the ends of the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A fly catcher comprising a cylindrical case a, having within it a tape con-
taining on its surface the sticky fly-catching material, and a winding cylinder
or barrel on and off which said tape is wound; substantially as set forth.
2. The fly catcher having parts combined and adapted to operate as set forth,
respectively, with reference to and shewn in Figures 1 to 4, and Figure 5, of the
drawings.