US258393A - Francis endicott - Google Patents

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F. ENDIGOTT.

FLY BOOK.

Patented May 23, 1882..

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FRANCIS ENDIOOTT, OF CLIFTON, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES F. IMBRIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLY-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,393, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed July 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS Eunioo'rr, of Clifton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain useful Improvements in Fly-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to books or holders used for carryin gfishin g-flies and smelled hooks,

and has the object to prevent the flies from becoming tangled, and to allow for their convenient insertion and removal.

Figure l is a face view of an open fly-book of the improved construction. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 wof Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the retainers are secured to the leaves; and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The book, consisting of cover A and leaves B, is of usual construction, except as hereinafter specified. At the top or bottom of each leaf 13 metal clips a are attached, which clips are similar to those heretofore used, and at the opposite end of the leaf are the spring-retainers I). These consist preferably of spiral springs attached at one end by a thread sewed into the material of the leaf, and formed at the other end with an eye or hook, 0, for attachment of the snell. A thread, d, preferably of silk -worm gut, passes through each spring I), and through the leaf to and through the spring on the opposite side. These serve to hold the springs in place when the flies are detached, and at the same time allow the springs to stretch. At the edges of the leaves 5 B a re-enforcing strip, 6, of metal or other suitable material, is secured between the two sheets of material of which the leaf is formed. This strip serves to strengthen the leaves at the places most liable to wear, and also prevents 4o them from buckling by thetension of the springretainers.

In use the hooks are caught beneath the clips a, as shown, and the snells shown atf caught upon the retainers b. The springs are 45 thus stretched and retain the snells taut, so that they are held securely, and may be readily removed as wanted.

With these devices a large number of flies or snelled hooks can be carried in the book 50 with great convenience.

If desired, the clips and retaining-springs may be alternated on each end of the leaf,

and intermediate retainers applied for shorter

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