An Improved Fly Oatching Device.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fly Oatching Device.
I, JOHN ARTHUR MOORE, of 24, Freeman Street, Grimsby, in the County of
Lincoln, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved fly catching device which 19 capable of
being amply and economically provided and which 18 efficient for its purpose
My invention consists in providing a piece of tape or other similar material
having width of surface upon which suitable adhesive paste or gum may be pro-
vided so as to afford a relatively large area upon which the flies may be caught,
and further in applying such tape or in applying string on which the suitable
adhesive paste or gum is provided round a spool, bobbin, reel or cone preferably
having side flanges, which retain the tape wound upon the spool, and which is
capable of being unwound therefrom when the tape is to be stretched or elongated
for use, and further weighting such spools so that upon one end of the tape being
held the weight of the spool may cause the tape to be unwound
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a spool of cardboard or other
suitable material having side circular flanges, and having its cential part hollow
and preferably filled with sand or other material to add weight to the spool The
one extremity of the tape is firmly secured to the exterior of the spool upon which
it is to be wound the tape being preferably hist provided with a coating of suit-
able adhesive paste or gum, then being wound thereupon with its other extremity
uncovered by the gum, and projecting so that it can be held so as to permit the
weight of the spool to unwind the tape when it is ready to be applied for use
I do not limit my invention to the use of any particular adhesive paste as any
well known viscous paste of suitable composition may be employed
My invention further consists of a fiv catching device in which the strip of tape
01 string is coated with adhesive paste by being drawn through a receptacle con-
taining such paste, the receptacle being formed of two opposing caps, one fitted
upon the other, and both preferably being cylindrical The peripheral edge of
each of the caps is peculiarly formed with two projections. The tape is intro-
duced transversely and lies in the hollow of the curvatures in the peripheral edge
of the caps, intermediate to the projections, the caps being so opposed that the
projections of their peripheries shall lie contiguous, while the curvatures are op-
posed
The result is that as the tape is drawn through the box previously filled with
viscous adhesive paste the rear edges of the respective caps as the tape enters are
caused to compress the tape and slightly restrain its forward motion, while the
opposite edges tend to separate and so allow the tape which is applied with adhesive
paste by its passage through this interior of the box to pass out freely It will
thus be seen that in the operation of drawing the tape through the box the project-
ing portions of the peripheries of the caps are contiguous and permit the caps

page_text: being held together while the tape is passed through It is obvious that the edges
of the caps may be modified in form for permitting of the same effect to De
produced.
Dah 11th day of Luna 1908
An Improved Fly Catching Device,
I, JOIN ARTHUR MOORE, of 24, Freeman Street, Grimsby, in the County of
Lincoln, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same 18 to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement.-
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My invention relates to an umpioved fly catching device which is capable of
being simply and economically provided and which is efficient for its purpose.
My invention consists in providing a pieces of tape or other similar material
having width of surface upon which suitable adhesive paste or gum may be pro-
vided so as to afford a relatively large area upon which the flies may be caught.
and further in applying such tape or in applying sting, paper, bass or like
material, on which the suitable adhesive paste oi gum is provided 1ound a spool,
bobbin, reel or cone preferably having side flanges which retain the tape wound
upon the spool, and which is capable of being unwound theretion when the tape
is to be stretched or elongated for use and further weighting such spools so that
upon one end of the tape being held the weight of the spool may cause the tape to
be unwound.
My invention further consists of a fly catching device in which the strip of
tape or like material is coated with adhesive paste by being drawn through a
receptacle containing such paste, the receptacle being of special form as herein-
after described.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,
Figures 1, 2, and 3 are front, side and front sectional elevations respectively
of the fly catching device according to the first modification, while
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are elevations of the device according to the second modi-
fication.
In carrying my invention into effect as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 I provide
a spool of cardboard or other suitable material having circular side flanges a a, and
having its central part b hollow and preferably filled with sand or other heavy
material c to add weight to the spool
The one extremity of the tape d is firmly secured to the exterior of the spool
upon which it is to be wound the tape being preferably first provided with a
coating e of suitable adhesive paste or gum, then being wound thereupon with its
other extremity uncovered by the gum, and projecting as shown in Figure 1, so
that it can be held so as to permit the weight of the spool to unwind the tape
when it is ready to be applied for use as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
The invention as illustrated in Figures 4 5, and 6 consists of a fly catching
device in which the strip d of tape or like material is coated with adhesive paste
by being drawn through a receptacle 9 containing such paste, the receptacle
being formed of two opposing caps one fitted in the other, and both prefer-
ably being cylindrical The peripheral edge of each of the caps is peculiarly

page_text: formed with two projections 1 kk. The tape d is introduced transversaly and
lies in the hollow of the curvatures in the peripheral edge of the caps, intermediate
to the projections, the caps being so opposed that the projections lie contiguous,
while the curvatures are opposed. The result is that as the tape is drawn through
the box, previously filled with viscous adhesive paste, the rear edges of the
respective caps as the tape enters are caused to compress the tape and slightly
restrain its forward motion, as shown in Figure 6, while the opposte edges tend
to separate and so allow the tape d which is applied with adhesive paste by its
passage through the box g to pass out freely It will thus be seen that in the
operation of drawing the tape through the box the projecting portions of the
peripheries of the caps h are contiguous and permit the caps being held together
while the tape is drawn through It is obvious that the edges of the caps may be
modified in form for permitting of the same effect to be produced
Having now particularly described and ascertained. the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed I declare that what I
claim 18:-
1 An improved fly catching device consisting of a tape, string or the like
coated with adhesive paste and attached at one end to and wound upon a bobbin,
reel or spool which is preferably weighted in order to facilitate the unwinding of
the tape when the latter is suspended by its unattached extremity as herein before
described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings
2. An improved fly catching device consisting of a tape, string or the like
adapted to be drawn through a receptacle which is filled with viscous adhesive
paste and constructed as herein before described with reference to Figures 4 to 6
of the accompanying drawings.
3. An improved fly catching device in which coated tape or other material
having width of surface is employed, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 5th day of September 1898
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C, and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.