US370696A

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Publication number: US370696A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1904-09-27

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J. HAND.

FLY NET.

N0. 370,696. Patented Sept. 27, 1887'.

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UNITED `STAT-Es PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES HAND, OF IHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO G. RAL- STON AYRES, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY AYRES, AND LOUIS H. AYRES,

ALL oF sAME PLAGE.

- FLY-NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 370,696, dated September 27, 1887.

Application tied April 25, 18er. semi No. 2.136.001. (No model.)

To afZZ whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs HAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Horse Nets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improvement on the horse-net forming the subject of John C. Ayres Patent No. 228,019, dated May 25,v

1880, the object of myinvention being,mainly,

to cheapen the 'net without detracting from its efficiency.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a horse-net made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of one of the transverse cords of thenet; Fig. 3, an enlarged View of part of one of said cords, and Fig. 4 an enlarged view showing the construction of part of the net.

vThe net forming the subject of the patent above `alluded to was composed of longitudinal textile tapes, or, as they are termed in the trade, bars, and transverse strips of leather, usually termed cords, these strips being interwoven with said bars where they crossed the same, the leather cords being employed because their loose pendent ends formed lashes which would not become entangled, and the longitudinal textile bars being used because 3o such use facilitated the manufacture and reduced the cost of the net, as compared with one having longitudinal leather bars, to which the transverse cords were knotted. Each of the transverse cords of the patented net was, however, composed of one piece of leather, and owing to their length the cost of these cords constituted by far the greater part of the entire cost of the net.

In carrying out my present invention,there 4o fore, I use in place of the leather cords formerly employed, composite cords-that is to say, cords composed of a central textile portion, a, with leather lashes b secured to the ends thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, these leather v .I5 lashes constituting the loose pendent portions of the cord and being consequently free'from that tendency to entanglement which is a defect of textile-cord lashes-a defect which is not wholly overcome even when such lashes 5o are provided with metal tips, as has been proposed. The length of the central textile portion, a, of the cord lis such that in making the net theknots formed in joining the ends of said central portion to the leather lashes b will coincide with the outermost or lowest of thelongitudinal textile tapes or bars d of the net,and will, by engagement with the warp-threads of said bars, serve to prevent lateral displacement of the cords.

The composite cords are cheaper than those made wholly of leather, for the textile portions of the cords are inexpensive, and the short lashes b can be made of scrap or waste leather, and as the weaving of the net is not rendered anymore difticult by the use of said composite cords, it follows that the net can be manufactured more economically than one made in accordance with the patent referred to above.

The textile portion a of the cord shown consists of twisted strands; but a narrow textile tape or band may be used in place thereof,and is regarded as the equivalent of the same.

In forming the breast portion of the net, looped leather strips are interwoven with the lower tapes or bars, d, of the net, in the man ner shown in Fig. 1, so as to form the lashes on this portion of the net.

Rubber or rubber-covered strips, or other equivalents of leather, may be used in making the lashes b, although the use of leather is preferred.

I claim as my inventivon- 1. A horsenet composed of longitudinal textile tapes or bars with transverse cords consisting each of a central textile portion, and lashes of leather or like material secured to the ends of the same, said transverse cords being interwoven with the tapes or bars, all substantially as set forth. 9o

2. The combination of the longitudinal textilel bars or tapes of a horse-net with transverse cords interwoven with said bars, each of said cords consisting of a central textile portion, and lashes of leather or like material 9 5 secured to the ends of the same, the protuberant joints engaging with the lower longitudinal bars of the net, all substantially as speci ed.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name Ico to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` JAMES HAND.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH.