US1055133A - Fly-killer. - Google Patents

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1). GARSWELL.

FLY KILLBR. APPLICATION FILFBD AUG. 23, 1912.

1,055,138, Patnted Mar.4, 1913.

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BY mic 221. M fi I ATTORNEY.

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DAVID CARS'WTESIE FLIBKILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Be it known that l] Davin (".inswinap, a ritizen ot the United States oi imerim, re siding at tilt; Joseph, in the county ol: Buchanan and State of lllissouri, have invented certain new and useful l mproveinents in l l'y-Killers,'ot \vhith the 'li'iliowing' is a specification.

The object sought by me in this invention to provide a device for destroying llies and other insects whieh combines simplieity of construction, dural'iility, low cost and adaptability to the purpose for \Vliit'll made.

accomplish my object by the pier-filament illustrated in the accompanying iilrawings in which,

Figure I is a front view of the device showing a flap with folded rorners and side edges, a' supporting handle, diverging arms within said folded corners and tubular rivets two of which are in 'engagenuvnt with the hooked ends of the diverging arms: Fig. 3 is a detail of one of said tubular rivets and Fig. 3 is one of said folded (:orners of the flap inelosing one of said arms the tubular end of a rivet inserted through the flap and through the hook on the end of one of the arms the tubular end ol the rivet spread and cru hed on the hook and the (Ollltl' oi the flap Similar letters refer to similar part: throughout the several views, A being the body of a flap made of wire cloth and ll is a stt17-})0l'tlll2; handle therefor. Said. handhis preferably made ofa single strand of wire its lower end looped, the body thereol twist ed upon itself as shown in lfiig. l. the inner ends of the strand forming diverging arms C (l, the tip ends ot the strand reversed forming hooks l) I), as shown in Figs. 1 and :l. The outer or top edge A of said flap A is selvapged to prevent fraying and the sides A A 01' the flap are bent. backward and folded against the body of the flap thereby stiffening the samef Corners E E of the flap are likewise folded backward lapping each other as shown in Fig. l tornring a V shape inelosure for said arms (l (l and hooks D D. F is a tubular rivet as shown in Fig. .2. Ineonstruoting the device preferably three'of these rivets are used.

Ordinarily l insert the riwts by means of a riveting' marhine whirh drives them through the mesh of the llap sinmltaneonsl splitting or spreading the tubular parts f j' and mash ing them on said tohled i-orners lC ll, thereby engaging hooks ll l in rigid position within said. loh'ls, whilethe third. or central rivet enfzagi'as with r-orners ill 1) passing through the wire cloth where the eorners lap each other and also through the folded edges of both sides A A thus holding between the rivet hea d and the crushedtubular end tluyreot' live thicknesses of wire eloth. 'lly the eonstrm-tion shown and described the eonnei-tion ol the flap with the handle is rendered firm and durable while the llap end retains all needed flexibility.

What; 1 claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is,

l. A device for destroying flies and other inset-ts romprising a wire screen ('loth flap, a wire selvage along the top edge thereof, the side edges of the flap folded their entire length thereby stilleninp; the same, the bottom corners of the flap it'olded backward the edges thereof lapping each other forming a ventral stitlenin a handle (Ollhll'lltlttl of a single strand of still' wire looped at the middle, twisted rigidly upon itself from the loop to the flap, the diverging arms and hooks formed by the-ends of said Sll'iilltl, riveted through said llap and Folded rorners, engaging with said books also riveted through the lapped edges and body and 'lolds oi? said tlap (ttt'll rivet i-rnahed upon the bark of the do v ire.

'2. in a wini-loth llap ha ring folded edges and a handle with diverging, ends held within the folded rorners ot Milli flap and tubular rivets theret'or o'l inwardly hooked top ends of said handle to permit the folded corners of said llap and said tip ends to be riveted together and a midway rivet inserted through the five ply thickness of wire.

Intestimony whereot'l alhx my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

v DAVID (ARSWELL Witnesses:

C. M. Armis, Maxim Mrroninln.

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