Improvements in or relating to Fly-catchers.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Fly-catchers.
I, JOSEPH DENMAN WILLIAMS, of Hawthorn Villa, Linthorpe, Middlesborough,
in the County of York, Bank Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to fiy-catchers and decorative pendants. According to
this invention a fly-catcher is made of leaves or plates of material folded one upon
the other and provided upon one or more of their meeting faces with an adhesive
or other material, adapted to catch insects, either coated upon those surfaces or
otherwise supported thereby. For transport and storage the leaves are kept folded
to protect the sticky surfaces, but when the device is required for service the
leaves are opened out or turned back to back about the hinge connecting them. To
enable the device to be readily suspended a ring or loop is passed through or
around the hinge or connecting piece by which the leaves or plates are joined.
The leaves or plates may be shaped and coloured to resemble leaves of trees
or other natural objects. They may be made of paper or of any other suitable
material or fabric.
Dated this 97th of Tul. 1800
Improvements in or relating to Fly-catchers.
I, JOSEPH DENMAN WILLIAMS, of Hawthorn Villa, Linthorpe, Middlesborough,
in the County of York, Gentleman, 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:-
This invention relates to fly-catchers, fly-killers or fly-papers (hereinafter referred
to as fly-catchers) and decorative pendants. According to this invention a fly-
catcher is made of leaves or plates of material folded or faced one upon the other
and provided upon one or more of their meeting faces with an adhesive or other
material, adapted to catch or kill insects, either coated upon those surfaces or
otherwise supported thereby. For transport and storage the leaves are kept
folded or faced to protect the sticky surfaces, but when the device is required for
service the leaves are opened out or turned back to back about the hinge connect-
ing them. To enable the device to be readily suspended a ring or loop may be

page_text: passed through or around the hinge or connecting piece by which the leaves or
plates are joined.
The leaves or plates are preferably of artistic design and may be shaped and
coloured to resemble leaves of trees and natural or other objects. They may be
made of paper or of any other suitable material or fabric.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fly-catcher constructed in accordance with
one method of carrying out this invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of fly-catcher.
Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of modified details, and
Figures 5 and 6 show perspective views of other fly-catchers constructed in
accordance with this invention.
The device which is formed of paper cloth or other fabric or material is made
double, the two parts A and B which are similar being connected by a strip C
which is arranged to represent the stalk of the leaf. One side of each of the parts A
and B is coated with some adhesive or other material as at B. For convenience
the adhesive or loaded faces of the leaves are arranged so as to be opposed to each
other, but when it is desired to use the article the leaves are opened out and
reversed so that the non-adhesive or un-loaded sides are back to back. A loop D
through which the strip C passes, may be used to provide a means of suspending
the article.
If preferred in place of opening out and reversing the leaves A and B so that
the non-adhesive or un-loaded sides face each other, the leaves may be opened
out only, and not reversed, so that the adhesive or loaded sides still face each
other. When arranged in this way insects trapped or caught on either of the
coated surfaces may be partially or entirely hidden from view. The substance used
in loading is preferably of such a nature that the coated sides of the fly-catcher
may be brought into contact with each other without adhering permanently
together.
Figure 2 shows a fly-catcher having more ornamental work than that shown
in Figure 1.
The fly-catcher is made to represent vine leaves A and B attached to a stem
carrying a bunch of grapes. The part of the stem may be constructed of
some material easily bent and adapted to fold about the line aa
so that the
coated sides of the leaves (preferably the undersides) may be brought face to
face, but when in use opened out, as shown in the drawing. When the leaves
only of the fly-catcher are arranged to fold in this manner that part representing
the bunch of grapes and which does not fold is not coated with adhesive or other
material. If preferred, however, the whole device may be arranged to fold about
a central line bb, the two sides of the fly-catcher for this purpose being of
course made exact duplicates of one another, and the whole of the device coated on
one surface with a fly-catching or killing material.
A fly-catcher of the kind shown in Figure 2 may be still further modified by
providing it with four or more leaves arranged in pairs so that each pair may be
opened out but still left facing each other as in the alternative arrangement
described with reference to Figure 1. Or again the whole device as above de-
scribed may be made to fold about a central line bb, the upper part of the stem
being connected to a second similar device also made to fold about a central axis.
The two sides of the fly-catcher when arranged according to this last method may
be either partially opened out and the whole suspended by that part of the stem
to which the two devices are connected, or they may be completely opened out
so that the coated surface of one device faces that of the other device.
It is obvious that any leaf may be imitated such as that of a bramble illustrated
in Figure 3 or of a virginia creeper illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, or
any other object such as those illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the leaves or other
designs being arranged according to any of the methods described above.

page_text: The two parts of the fly-catcher shown in Figure 6 may (as an alternative to
their being connected together at their upper ends) be connected at one side so
that they fold about the line c—c. A tab or extension may be provided preferably
secured to the upper portion of that part where the two bottles join, for the pur-
pose of suspending the fly-catcher. The tab may also fold about the same line c--o
and, if desired, may carry at its free end a second pair of bottles similarly con-
nected together at their sides, so that the two pairs may be suspended by a tab
common to both, each pair being either partially opened out only, or opened out
and the coated sides reversed as described with reference to the other forms of
fly-catchers. If preferred in place of coating the fly-catcher or pendant with an
adhesive or other substance, some material such as paper prepared with the adhe-
sive or other mixture, may be adapted to be readily attached to a convenient part
of the pendant; for instance paper may be stamped in the same form as the leaves
A and B, and, after having been coated with the adhesive substance, secured to
one side of the leaves. In this case the pendants may if desired be formed of some
thin metal to render them more durable than when formed of paper, card-board
or the like substance, and the prepared paper may be renewed from time to time.
It will be understood that in place of the stem or other part of the fly-catcher
being bent to separate the adhesive or loaded surfaces or bring them together
such parts may be provided with a hinge or pivot upon which they may be turned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A fly-catcher comprising two opposed parts in the form of leaves or other
objects coated on their inner surfaces with an adhesive or other material so that
insects may be trapped or caught on the coated surfaces, and either partially or
entirely hidden, substantially as described.
2. A fly-catcher comprising two opposed parts in the form of leaves or other
objects connected together and coated on their inner faces with adhesive or other
material coated surfaces being adapted to be in contact or to face each other but
to be opened out or turned back to back for use substantially as described.
3. In a fly-catcher of the kind described the combination with a pendant orna-
mental or otherwise of a prepared material carried by the pendant substantially
as described.
4. The complete fly-catcher substantially as described or illustrated in Figure 1
or Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of Masa 1000
JOSEPH DENMAN WILLIAMS.
Boult, Wade & Kilburn,
Agents for the Applicant.