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(Application filed July 11, 1898.) (No Model.)

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.THE NORRIS PETERS CO . PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

United States Patent Office.

JOHN WILLIAM SCHRIEVER, OF RICHLAND, IOWA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION· forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,494, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed July 11,1898. Serial No. 685,679. (No ffiodel.)

To all whom it may eoncerh:

Be it known that I, John William Schriever, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richland, in the county of Keokuk and 5 State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fly-Paper Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fly-paper holders.

to The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to hold compactly a sheet of fly-paper to' prevent the same from being’ blown about by the wind and contacting with 15 other objects and capable, after the exposed portion of the paper has become filled with flies, of being readily adjusted to bring fresh portions of the fly-paper in position for catching flies.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fly-paper holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corre36 sponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

designates a horizontal cylinder or body preferably constructed of sheet metal; but any other suitable material may be employed. The cylinder is designed to receive a sheet 35 of fly-paper and is capable of compactly holding the same, and it is adapted to prevent the fly-paper from blowing about and contacting with other objects. The fly-paper is readily attached to the cylinder by overlap40 ping the ends 5 of the paper, the coating for catching flies serving to hold the ends of the paper together, as will be readily understood.

The cylinder is adapted to be rotated to expose different portions of the surface of the 45 fly-paper 4 until the entire sheet is consumed, and in order to prevent the fly-paper from coming in contact with a table or other support upon which the device may be placed the cylinder is provided at its ends with 50 flanges 2, having series of straight edges 3, forming rests and adapted to prevent the cylinder from rolling. The flanges 2, which form annular series of straight edges, are preferably composed of polygonal plates se-_: cured to the ends of the cylinder and form- 55 ing ends or heads for the same.

The invention has the following advantages: The device, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted to receive readily a sheet of fly-paper, and it 60 is capable of preventing the same from being blown about by the wind. It exposes the flypaper more effectually than when the same is laid flat upon a table or other supportingsurface, and it compactly arranges the fly- 65 paper and successively exposes fresh portions of the same as the exposed portions become used. The straight edges of the polygonal flanges correspond and form series of rests which hold the cylinder against accidental 70 movement.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 75