A NEW STAND OR RECEPTACLE FOR FLY PAPERS OR OTHER SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL USED FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Christopher Wheeler, of 143, Hackney Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Pharmaceutical Chemist, for the Invention of "A NEW
STAND OR RECEPTACLE FOR FLY PAPERS OR OTHER SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL
USED FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE."
Scaled the 23rd May 1876, and dated the 23rd February 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Christopher Wheeler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February 1876.
CHRISTOPHER WHEELER, of 143, Hackney Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Pharmaceutical Chemist. "A NEW STAND OR RECEPTACLE FOR FLY PAPERS OR
OTHER SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL USED FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE."
The novelty of this Invention consists in the making of a new stand for fly
papers or other substance which may be used for a similar purpose, which shall be
at once useful besides ornamental, and in substitution for plates, saucers, or other
unsightly objects at present used for such purpose.
To carry out my Invention I take a piece of wood, say, about six inches square
(I do not confine myself to any size in particular), and place around it a frame to
forin a channel, receptacle, or cistern for water or other fluid; the fly paper or other
substance of a porous nature is put across the top, so that each end shall dip into
the channel or other receptacle for the water, and by reason of the porosity of the
paper or other substance it will absorb the water, completely saturating the fly
paper or other substance used, and continue thus until all the liquid is dried up.
These stands may be made of glass, porcelain, or of any other suitable material, and
of any shape or configuration, so long as a channel or groove or cistern is provided
in which one or more ends of the fly paper or other substance shall dip into the
water or other fluid, and will be as applicable for the drawing room, by reason of
its ornamental character, as for any other place.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Christopher Wheeler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
August 1876.
CHRISTOPHER WHEELER, of 143, Hackney Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Pharmaceutical Chemist. "A NEW STAND OR RECEPTACLE FOR FLY PAPERS' OR
OTHER SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL USED FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE."
'
The novelty of this Invention consists in the making of a new stand for fly
papers or other substance which may be used for a similar purpose, which shall be
at once useful besides ornamental, and in substitution for plates, saucers, or other
unsightly objects at present used for such purpose.
To carry out my Invention I take a piece of wood, say, about six inches square
(I do not confine myself to any size in particular), and place around it a frame to
form a channel, receptacle, or cistern for water or other fluid; the fly paper or other
substance of a porous nature is put across the top, so that each end shall dip
into the channel or other receptacle for the water, and by reason of the porosity of
the paper or other substance it will absorb the water, completely saturating
the fly paper or other substance used, and continue thus till all the liquid is
dried up.
These stands may also be made of glass, porcelain, or of any such suitable material,
and of any shape or configuration, so long as a channel or groove or cistern is
provided in which one or more ends of the fly paper or other substance shall dip
into the water or other fluid, and will be as applicable for the drawing room, by
reason of its ornamental characters, for any other place.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I have annexed
hereto Drawings of my new stands as an illustration. These Drawings show a square
and a rectangular shaped stand made of glass.
Figures 1 and 1* are plan views, and Figures 2 and 2ª are sections through Figures 1
and la
a is the body of the stand; b, the channel; c, the outer case or frame; and d, the
paper or other substance used as a fly destroyer.
Having thus described; the nature and object of my said Invention, I declare
that what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is, the new stand or receptacle for fly papers or other
substance or material used for a similar purpose made of any suitable material and
configuration, and having a channel or cistern for the purpose, substantially as
herein-before described and shewn in the Drawings, or any mere modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Christopher Wheeler, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
CHRISTOPHER WHEELER. (L.S.)