An Improvement in Anglers' Landing Nets.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Anglers' Landing Nets.
I, JOHN WILSON, of The Firs, South Woodford, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to anglers' landing nets of that kind in which the net
frame is adapted to be folded back against the handle and to be projected outwards
in line with the handle and locked rigidly in relation thereto when required for
use, and the object of the improvement, is to provide a more efficient form of joint
for the purpose.
The improved joint is a double pivotal joint formed of two members respectively
adapted to be screwed or otherwise connected to the net frame and handle, these
two members being connected by an intermediate link pivoted to both. The
pivotal motion may be so limited, either by the form of the parts or by stop pins
playing in slots or notches, as to permit of folding in one direction only or the
joint may fold in either direction the joint being in either case rigidly locked
when the net is in use by a tube or sleeve sliding upon and enclosing the joint, the
sleeve being provided with means of retaining it in the locked position if
desired.
Dated this 26th day of March 1897.
An Improvement in Anglers Lang.
I, JOHN WILSON, of The Firs, South Woodford, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
same
My invention relates to anglers' landing nets of that kind in which the net
frame is adapted to be folded back against the handle and to be projected outwards
in line with the handle and locked rigidly in relation thereto when required for

page_text: use and the object of the improvement is to provide a more efficient form of joint
for the purpose.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein Figure 1 is a side view of the improved joint represented in
dotted lines as folded and in full lines as straightened out but not secured by the
locking ferrule or sleeve. Figure 2 is a sectional plan view shewing the joint
straightened and locked. Figure 3 is a separate view of the intermediate link.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
The improved joint is a double pivotal joint formed of two members A B adapted
to be screwed or otherwise connected the one A to the net frame and the other B
to the handle, these two members A B being connected by an intermediate link C
pivoted to both. The parts A B are made of metal and have hemispherically-
rounded ends a b longitudinally slotted to receive the link C which is a plate
preferably of the form shewn, working on pivot pins d rivetted in the slotted ends
of the members A B. It is preferred that the pivotal motion be so limited as to
permit of folding in one direction only, so that when the member A is brought into
line with the member B the parts will be rigid in the manner of a knuckle or rule
joint and for this purpose the link C is formed with shoulders c which abut against
stop pins e rivetted in the ends of the members A B and crossing the slots in the
path of the shoulders c as shewn. But it will be evident that by omitting the stop
pins there will be freedom for pivotal motion in either direction and in that case
the link ends may be unshouldered.
In either case the joint is rigidly locked in the straightened form when the net
is in use, by a tubular ferrule or sleeve F sliding freely upon the member B and
of sufficient length to entirely cover the joint when the same is straightened out,
the lower end of the sleeve being screw threaded internally at f and adapted to
screw upon a threaded part fl of the member A whereby it is securely retained in
operative position. It will be evident that, instead of thus screwing on to the
member A, the sleeve may be thus retained by any equivalent locking engage-
ment with said member.
When the member A carrying the net frame is folded back upon the handle as
shewn in Figure 1, the sleeve is confined between the link C and a flange 62 on
the member B, but immediately the net frame is, by the manipulation of the
handle or otherwise, thrown over into operative position and held at a downward
inclination, the sleeve F slides over and locks the joint rigidly without, in case of
emergency, necessarily being screwed to the part A this precaution being however
taken where the net is to be carried in readiness for use.
The sleeve F being a long and heavy tube ensures an easy and certain sliding
motion and the necessary strength whilst the adjacent ends of the member A B
being hemispherically rounded ensure that the sleeve will slip easily over the the
joint without encountering any obstruction.
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. In a landing net handle, a double pivotal joint formed of two members con-
nected by an intermediate link pivoted to both, in combination with a sliding
sleeve or ferrule adapted to slip off the joint for folding or over the joint to hold
it rigid substantially as specified.
2. In a landing net handle, a double knuckle joint formed of two members con-
nected by an intermediate plate link pivoted to both and provided with stops to
limit the pivotal motion, in combination with a sliding sleeve or ferrule adapted
to slip over and enclose the joint substantially as specified.
3. În a landing net handle, a double pivotal joint formed of two members con-
nected by an intermediate link pivoted to both, in combination with a sliding
tubular sleeve adapted to slip over and enclose the joint and to be retained in that

page_text: position by a screw or equivalent locking engagement with the one member as
specified.
Dated this 24th day of December 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.