Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 7th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 9th Aug., 1887
RESERVI
I, PETER DUNCAN MALLOCH of Perth in the County of Perth N.B. fishing tackle
maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
At present the usual method of arranging Salmon and other kinds of flies for
fishing purposes, is to set them into parchment pockets of a specially prepared book.
My invention has advantages over this system which give it a novel character as
hereinafter set forth.
In my said invention, I construct a box or case, which consists of folding leaves
(made of tin or other suitable substance). These leaves are hinged, and made to close
together so as to form a flat case. Or the sides of these leaves I attach a series of
flat, tongue-shaped, springs which are slightly bent and otherwise suitably shaped
and adapted to receive the hook of the "fly" when pressed in between the spring and
the side of the leaf to which it is attached.
The "flies" being held in the said springs, instead of being set in parchment
pockets, cannot fall out as they do in the book form; neither do they get crushed,
nor lose their colour so soon; the "flies" take up less space in the box, and each
individual colour can be seen at a glance.

page_text: I, PETER DUNCAN MALLOCH of Perth in the County of Perth N.B. fishing tackle
maker, 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 :-
At present the usual method of arranging Salmon and other kinds of "flies" for
fishing purposes is to set them in parchment pockets of a specially prepared book.
My invention has advantages over this system which give it a novel character
as hereinafter described. The accompanying drawings will more fully describe
and illustrate the subject. Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing the case opened
with the "fly" spring pegs ranged on the sides of the "leaves"; and figure 2
illustrates the shape of the spring pegs.
The box or
case consists of folding leaves, B. B. B of tin or other suitable
material. These leaves are hinged together at D and made to close so as to form
a flat case. On the sides of these leaves I attach a series of flat spring pegs F,
tongue shaped, (as shown in Figure No. 2), which are slightly bent and otherwise
adapted with a suitable eyelet to receive the "flies" when gently pressed into
them. The "flies" being held by these spring pegs instead of set in parchment
pockets, they cannot fall out or get lost as they do in the book form; neither do
they get crushed or lose their colour so soon; besides the "flies take up less space
in the box than in the parchment pockets of a book, and each individual colour
can be seen at a glance.
I do not confine myself to precise details.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
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Constructing and arranging cases of any size or shape having pegs attached to and
in combination therewith, substantially as and for the purpose described and shown.
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