Improvements in and connected with Fly Papers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fly Papers.
We, FRANK VINCENT WIGHTMAN, Salesman, of No. 221 South Front Street,
RUDOLPH WAGNER BIRDSELL, Manufacturer, of No. 55 North Second Street,
and THEODORE DAVIS NOSTRAND, Salesman, of No. 237 South Front Street, in
the City of Philadelphia, in the County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania,
and all citizens of the United States, 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:-
Our invention has relation to a series of sheets or discs of fly paper having an
exposed sticky face, the sheets being superposed one upon the other and adapted to
be removably mounted in a suitable receptacle, each sheet being provided with one
or more ungummed flaps, whereby successive sheets or strips may be removed from
the pile as occasion demands; and in such connection the invention relates
particularly to the construction and arrangement of such sticky fly paper sheets,
strips or discs and mounted in a receiving appliance.
The principal objects of our invention are first, to provide a series of discs or
sheets of sticky fly paper superposed upon one another, and each sheet or disc being
provided with one or more ungummed flaps or points, whereby they may be
successively removed from the pile; and second, to provide in connection with the
pile of superposed sheets, strips or discs a hollow or dished receptacle, the bottom
whereof is gummed, said receptacle adapted to receive and maintain the sticky
body portion of the paper in substantially flat condition and to maintain the
ungummed removal flaps or points in an elevated or angular position with respect
to the sticky body portions of said sheets or discs.
Our invention stated in general terms, consists of a series of sheets or discs of
sticky fly paper constructed, arranged and adapted to be employed in a receptacle
in substantially the manner bereinafter described and claimed.
The nature and scope of our invention will be more fully understood from the
following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming
part hereof, in which
Figure 1, is a top of or plan view of a pile of fly paper mounted in a hollow
receptacle and embodying main features of our invention.
Fig. 2, is a longitudinal central section of Fig. 1 ; and
Fig. 3, is a top or plan view of one of the sheets removed from the pile and from
the receptacle.
Referring to the drawings a, represents a hollow or dish-shaped receptacle having
a flat bottom a', and a rim or periphery a³. Within this receptacle a, is mounted
a series of sheets or discs of fly paper, each sheet or disc b, having at its edge or
periphery one or more flaps or points d. The body of each sheet or disc b, is
covered or gummed with a layer e, of sticky matter, but the flaps d, are not
gummed. The sheets or discs b, are superposed one upon the other and arranged
so that their gummed surfaces lay flat within the receptacle upon the bottom a',
and their ungummed flaps or points d, are elevated at an angle to the flat portions
of the sheets, which flaps or points rest by preference upon the periphery or rim a³,
of the receptacle.
In assembling the sheets or discs together, a layer e, of sticky material is first
spread over the bottom a', of the receptacle, a sheet or disc b, is then mounted flat

page_text: on the bottom, and its upper surface coated with a suitable sticky substance or
material. Successive sheets or discs b, are then mounted upon the first sheet, each
sheet being coated on its upper and lower faces with the sticky substance or
material, with the exception of the topmost sheet, which is not coated upon its
upper surface. The flaps or points d, of the successive sheets are arranged so that
they radiate from a common center. The flaps of one sheet are not laid under or
over the flaps of another sheet, but to one side, that is, staggered so that the points
may be separately seized and one of the sheets of the series thereby readily
removed. By lifting one or more flaps of a single sheet, the sheet may be stripped
or peeled off of the pile, exposing the gummed surface of the next succeeding sheet
to view and for action upon the fly lodging thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A series of superposed sheets or discs of sticky fly paper provided with
integral flaps or points radiating from a common centre and staggered so that a
flap or point of one of the sheets may be separately seized and that sheet thereby
removed, substantially as described.
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2. The combination with a receptacle provided with a rim, of a series of
superposed sheets or discs of sticky fly paper provided with integral non-coated.
flaps or points arranged so as to radiate from a common centre and staggered so
that a flap or point of one of the sheets may be separately seized and that sheet
thereby removed, and the said flaps or points normally resting upon the periphery
or rim of said receptacle, substantially as described.
Dated at Philadelphia. Pa this 21st day of December A:D. 1896.
FRANK VINCENT WIGHTMAN,
THEODORE DAVIS NOSTRAND,
RUDOLPH WAGNER BIRDSELL,
Per J. G. Lorrain,
Norfolk House, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.