Improvements in Landing Nets.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
Improvements in Landing Nets.
I, GEORGE WESTRUP of 5 Alexandra Villas Finsbury Park London, N.
Architect, 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 has for its object improvements in the collapsing rings of landing
nets more especially with reference to the head (& the attachment thereto of the
said rings) by which the sides of such rings are connected to the handle so that they
may be more readily expanded & fixed and taken apart.
In this invention the sides of the ring are expanded by sliding their bases into
converging sockets or grooves in the head & when so expanded the said sides are
automatically fixed in position by cleats or projections thereon entering apertures
opening from the said sockets or grooves. This will be more clearly understood by
the following description & the figures hereunto attached.
The sides a, a, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 have affixed to them near their bases a
projection or cleat b. 6 Figs. 1, 3, 4 & 5.
The head c Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 is formed with converging sockets as shewn
in Figs. 1, 2 & 4 or grooves as shewn in Figs. 3 & 5 into which the bases of the
sides slide at a certain part of each of the sockets or grooves an aperture e, e,
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 is formed into which the cleat or projection b. fits.
:
The top ends of the sides meet or are connected Figs. 6 & 7 therefore when their
lower ends are slid into the sockets or grooves it tends to draw apart or open the
said upper ends which being restrained on account of their connection cause the
sides to act as it were on the principle of levers having the points f. f. Figs. 1, 3,
4 & 5 as fulcrums & thus their lower extremities are forced outward & when the
aforesaid cleats or projections have slid as far as the aforesaid apertures they are
forced into them & securely fix the sides in position.
The sides may be instantly removed by pulling one of them outwards until the
cleat or projection is removed from the aperture when the side may be withdrawn
from the socket or groove after which the other side may be similarly treated.
In the drawings hereunto attached :-
Fig. 1 shews that form of the invention in which the aperture is at the lower end
of the socket & on the outer face thereof. The head is shewn with part removed
to allow a view of sockets &c.: the left hand side shews one side of the net being
slid into position & the right hand side shews one side in position.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 1 on line X-Y.
Fig. 3 shews that form of the invention in which a groove with the aperture,
formed by a bar across said groove, on the inuer face is used instead of a socket.
The dotted line shews the side of the groove.
Fig. 4 shews that form of the invention in which the apertures are at the upper
ends of the sockets on the inner face thereof.
Fig. 5 shews that form of the invention in which a groove with the aperture,
formed by a bar across said groove, on the outer face is used instead of a socket.
The dotted line shews the side of the groove.
Figs. 6 & 7 shew the general appearance of the net expanded.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
:-
1. Expanding the rings of landing nets by sliding the ends of their sides down-
wards into converging sockets or grooves in the head as shewn in Figs. 1, 3, 4 & 5
or any mere modification thereof.
2. Securing the net when expanded by means of a projection or catch as shewn
in Figs. 1, 3, 4 & 5 or any mere modification thereof.
3. Utilising the outward pressure exerted by the ends of the sides in combination
with the sockets or grooves, substantially as herein before described & illustrated in
drawings hereunto attached, to automatically fix & retain the said sides in position
when the net is expanded.
Dated this 19th day of January 1894.
G. WESTRUP.