US2249718A - Flycatcher - Google Patents

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July 15, 1941. 2,249,718 F. TRAvNlcEK, Now BY CHANGE oF NAME F. GRlNx-:ss

FLYCATCHER Filed Feb. 23, 1940 Patented July 15, 1941 FLYCATCHER Frank Travnicek, East St. Louis, Ill., now by change of name Frank Grness Application February 23, 1940, Serial No. 320,339

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a fly catcher having a web of paper coated with a sticky viscous substance or lure.

An object of the invention is to provide a ily paper intended to be suspended in a vertical position or plane, with a coating of viscous lure which will have means for retarding the flow of the lure downwardly. I n wann temperatures any coating of this character has a tendency to run and when such a paper is suspended in a vertical position it may run to such an extent as to leave at least a portion of the surface improperly coated,

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for supporting a roll of paper attached to a crank in such a manner that the paper may be wound upon the crank to expose fresh coated surfaces of the paper.

Other objects are to provide a device of the character described, which will be economical in construction and convenient to use, and to provide additional advantages which will be apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section, showing a device embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4,-4, Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a section of the paper on line 5-5, Fig. 1.

The device includes a frame which supports a roll of paper with a web in a vertical position, the roll in one embodiment (Figs. 1 and 2)'being situated in a casing containing a viscous lure which coats the web. A crank in the upper part of the frame is connected to the web so as to expose a fresh portion of the web. In another embodiment (Figs. 3 and 4) the spool is supported on the frame while the web is guided through the container. The paper is embossed, or perforated, so as to better hold the viscous coating. The construction and operation of the device will be apparent from the following detail description.

The frame includes a base I attached to and supporting a pair of uprights 2, spaced from each other and connected at their top ends by a cross bar 3, which serves as a handle for the device. Below the cross bar 3, a crank shaft 4 is journalled in the upper portion of the uprights 2 The receptacle 5 is positioned adjacent or on the base I, and is held in position by a cross bar or pin 6 which passes through holes in the uprights 2, and in notches 'I in end walls -8 of the receptacle. The receptacle is provided with a removable lid 9, so formed as to provide a slot I0 at the top of the receptacle. A spool II, carrying a roll of paper I2, is positioned in the receptacle below the rod 6, the rod 6 serving to hold the spool against displacement. A web of the paper extends from the spool through the slot I0 upwardly in a vertical position to a line of attachment with the crank 4. 'I'he receptacle 5 is adapted to hold a quantity of viscous tacky lure I3. This lure is such that it will attract flies to it and will hold them when they light upon it.

The lure being generally stiff and tacky will adhere to the paper, but because the effective web of the paper is in a vertical position there will be a tendency for the iiuid to flow downwardly, especially in hot temperatures. To improve the paper in this respect it is preferably embossed, as best shown in Fig. 5. As shown these embossments comprise a series of corrugations I4. It will be understood, of course, that these embossments need not be in a line or need not be continuous. While the embossments are preferred, perforations may also be used to the same eifect.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the spool II is supported on a shaft I5 outside the receptacle 5. In this case the web I2 passes from the spool II downwardly through the slot I0 in the top of the container adjacent the rod 6, then under and around a bar I6 in the container, through the tacky material I3 and upwardly through the slot I0 to the crank 4.

Some of the results of this invention may be accomplished by pre-coating the roll of paper with 'a tacky lure, so that it is unnecessary to run the web of paper through a mass of the lure.

It will be understood that the rod 6 may be readily removed, in which case the container 5 as well as the spool I I (in the embodiment Figs. 1 and 2) may be quickly removed and replenished or replaced.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the invention accomplishes its objects. A y paper has been provided with means for suspending it in a vertical plane and having means for retarding the flow of the lure downwardly. A device has been provided by which the web of a roll of paper may be attached to a crank in such a manner that the web will be suspended in a vertical position and, by the crank, a web nalled on the upper portion of the uprights, a

receptacle adapted to contain a fluid seated upon the base, a spool in the receptacle, a web of paper on the spool having an end connected to the crank, and a removable bar passing through the uprights in a position to engage the top of the receptacle and the spool.

2. A ily catcher comprising a base, a pair of uprights secured to the base, a cross bar connecting the upper ends of the uprights, a crank shaft journalled in upper portions of the uprights below said cross bar, a receptacle adapted to contain a fluid seated upon the base vertically below said crank shaft, a web of paper having an end connected to the crank and extending downwardly into the receptacle, and a removable bar passing through the uprights and through notches in end walls of the receptacle.

FRANK TRAVNICEK..

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