GB1596043A - Fly swatters - Google Patents
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- GB1596043A GB1596043A GB1255777A GB1255777A GB1596043A GB 1596043 A GB1596043 A GB 1596043A GB 1255777 A GB1255777 A GB 1255777A GB 1255777 A GB1255777 A GB 1255777A GB 1596043 A GB1596043 A GB 1596043A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
- A01M3/00—Manual implements, other than sprayers or powder distributors, for catching or killing insects, e.g. butterfly nets
- A01M3/02—Fly-swatters
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Description
(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN FLY SWATTERS
(71) I, JOHN EDWIN TAYLOR, a British Subject, of Telford, Over, Gloucester, do hereby declare the invention, for which I pray that a patent may be granted to me, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to fly swatters and is concerned with the provision of a fly swatter which is more efficient than those at present in use.
Many fly swatters include a stem at the end of which a perforated resiliently flexible blade is disposed and, although such a swatter is easy to use, the blade propels air before it to give a fly advance warning of impending danger. A specific object of the invention is to avoid this disadvantage.
According to the invention there is provided a fly swatter comprising a stem and a swatting element attached to the stem, which swatting element is formed of a flexible, non-resilient foraminous material, preferably of netting.
The stem may be tubular and may, for example, be formed as an extrusion of a synthetic plastics material, such as polypropylene.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing, which is a side view, partly in section, of a fly swatter.
The fly swatter comprises a tubular stem 1 which is an extrusion of a synthetic plastics material such as polypropylene. A knob 2 is attached to one end of the stem 1 by means of a spigot 3 formed on the knob 2, the spigot 3 engaging in the end of the stem. Attached to the other end of the stem 1 is a swatting element 4 formed of folded netting.
The method of attachment of the swatting element 4 to the stem 1 involves taking a piece of netting of the required size, folding it in half and then bunching the folded edge of the netting to provide, in effect, a shank 5 to which adhesive is applied, this shank 5 then being forced into the end of the stem 1 so that, upon setting of the adhesive, the shank 5 is firmly fixed in position.
In order to force the shank 5 constituted by the bunched netting into the end of the tubular stem 1, a piece of copper wire (not shown) may be employed, the wire being bent in half and, when so bent, having a length greater than that of the tubular stem 1. Before the netting is bunched to form the shank 5 the wire is engaged with the netting and, as soon as the bunch has been formed, both halves of the wire are passed through the stem 1 and the shank 5 is drawn into the open end of the stem 1 by pulling on both ends of the copper wire.
When, however, the bunched netting has been drawn sufficiently far into the open end of the stem 1, one end of the wire is released and only the other end is pulled to cause the wire to be disengaged from the netting.
The netting may be fish netting of a mesh size such that, when the swatting element 4 is passed through the air, substantially no air current is set up by its approach towards a fly who accordingly receives no advance warning that he is about to be swatted. Half-inch mesh size has been found suitable.
Other fly swatters have previously been used which involve a swatting element formed of horse hair or the like but these have been intended merely to discourage flies and to persuade them to depart whereas the swatter of the present invention is basically a fly killer.
If an attempt is made to use a horse hair switch to kill a fly the fly will usually escape relatively unharmed since the relatively smooth and light hairs of the switch may slide freely over the insect. In the swatter described above, however, the many apertures in the netting provide traps for the fly, so that when struck by the swatter it becomes caught in the interstices of the netting and is decapitated, disembowelled, and/or garrotted by the coarse filaments thereof. The netting may be formed, in conventional manner, of knotted thread-like filaments, or may be of the kind which is moulded from synthetic material.
Unlike the conventional type of swatter using a resiliently flexible blade, the swatter according to the invention can reach around corners and ledges, and into crevices and hollows, and can thus be used to kill a fly wherever it may settle. It therefore succeeds where the conventional type of swatter fails.
Of course, although reference has been made above to the killing of flies, the swatter can be used for killing mosquitoes, wasps and any other insects.
WHAT I CLAIM IS:
1. A fly swatter comprising a stem and a swatting element attached to the stem, which swatting element is formed of a flexible, non-resilient foraminous material.
2. A fly swatter according to claim 1, wherein the foraminous material is netting.
3. A fly swatter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stem is tubular.
4. A fly swatter according to claim 3, wherein the tubular stem is an extrusion of synthetic plastics material.
5. A fly swatter according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a portion of the foraminous material extends into, and is retained in, one end of the tubular stem.
6. A fly swatter substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawing.
**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.
Claims (6)
1. A fly swatter comprising a stem and a swatting element attached to the stem, which swatting element is formed of a flexible, non-resilient foraminous material.
2. A fly swatter according to claim 1, wherein the foraminous material is netting.
3. A fly swatter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stem is tubular.
4. A fly swatter according to claim 3, wherein the tubular stem is an extrusion of synthetic plastics material.
5. A fly swatter according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a portion of the foraminous material extends into, and is retained in, one end of the tubular stem.
6. A fly swatter substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawing.
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GB1255777A GB1596043A (en) | 1978-03-23 | 1978-03-23 | Fly swatters |
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GB1255777A GB1596043A (en) | 1978-03-23 | 1978-03-23 | Fly swatters |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US7484328B1 (en) * | 2004-05-05 | 2009-02-03 | John Richard Daugherty | Finger mounted insect dissuasion device and method of use |
US8915014B1 (en) * | 2004-05-05 | 2014-12-23 | John Richard Daugherty | Finger mounted insect dissuasion device and method of use |
RU2675317C1 (en) * | 2017-11-23 | 2018-12-18 | Александр Васильевич Бобровских | Manual impact-applied fly-swatter |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US7484328B1 (en) * | 2004-05-05 | 2009-02-03 | John Richard Daugherty | Finger mounted insect dissuasion device and method of use |
US8915014B1 (en) * | 2004-05-05 | 2014-12-23 | John Richard Daugherty | Finger mounted insect dissuasion device and method of use |
RU2675317C1 (en) * | 2017-11-23 | 2018-12-18 | Александр Васильевич Бобровских | Manual impact-applied fly-swatter |
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PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |