US1399193A - Fly-swatter - Google Patents

Description

C. G. COE.

FLY SWATTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27, 1920- 1,399,193, Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

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FLY-SWATTER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed August 27, 1920. SerialNo. 406,311.

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CLYDE citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F ly-Swatters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in fly swatters, and has'for its object to provide a device of the character specified, adapted for connection with a closure of any character, as, for instance, a screen door, and controlled by the movement of the closure for operating the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front view of a door provided with the improved swatter,

Fig. 2 is a side view,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rack bar and supporting bracket.

In the present embociment of the invention, the improved swatter comprises a frame 1 of substantially rectangular formation, which is covered by a covering 2 of perforate material, as for instance, wire cloth. The ends of the frame 1 are braced against that end of the frame which is to be hinged, by means of inclined braces 3, and the frame is hinged to the top of the door a by means of hinges 5, the arrangement being such that the frame swings on a horizontal axis which is transverse to the door.

At the hinged edge, the frame has a shaft 6 and this shaft is provided with a pinion 7 at that end remote from the hinges 8. This pinion is adapted to engage the teeth of a rack bar 8, which is adjust-ably con nected to an angle bracket 9. This angle bracket is composed of two portions extending at right angles, one of the portions having a longitudinally extending slot 10 and the other a pair of alined slots 11. The slots 11 are designed to receive bolts, screws, or the like, for connecting the bracket to the frame 12, in which the door lis arranged, and the slot 10 is designed to receive threaded stems 13 on the rack bar. These stems are of a length such that they will extend through portion of the bracket, and they are engaged by wing nuts 14 below the bracket.

In use, the rack bar 8 is so adjusted with respect to the angle bracket 9, that when the door is opened, the pinion will be given a sufficient extent of angular movement to Gnovnn Con, a

swing the frame from the position shown in Fig. 2, to a position where it is superposed on the screen door. .That is, the frame is moved far enough to cause the same to strike the door a smashing blow, killing any flies that may be between the frame and the screen. As the door swings on outwardly, and at the end of the striking movement of the frame, the pinion passes off the end of the rack bar. When the door is closed, the engagement of the pinion with the rack bar swings the frame upwardly into the position of Fig. 2 and so holds it.

Preferably a fringe, indicated at 15, of cloth, leather or other -flexible material, is arranged at the free edge of the swatter p01- tion. The swatter may be rapidly operated by moving the door a sufiicient distance to swing the swatter, that is, by pushing the door to and fro.

I claim:

1. In combination with a door frame and a door therefor, a swatter, hinges for pivotally connecting the swatter to the door, the swatter extending upwardly across the space between the door and the frame in the closed position of the door, and operating means for the swatter controlled by the movement of the door for swinging the swatter outwardly and downwardly into swatting engagement with the door and comprising a shaft carried by the swatter and alined with the axis of the hinges thereof, pinion fixed to said shaft, a bracket carried by said frame, and a rack arranged on the bracket, the rack and pinion being engaged in the closed position of the door and cooperating to actuate the swatter through its movement and being disengaged after the swatter has been swung down into enga ement with the door and being engageable againon the re turn of the door to closed position to swing the swatter upwardly.

2. In combination with a door frame and door therefor, a swater pivotally connected to the upper end of the door and extending across the space between the door and the frame and overlying the frame, and operating means for the swatter controlled by the movement of the door for swinging the swatter outwardly and downwardly into swatting engagement with the door and including a shaft carried by the swatter, a pinion fixed to said shaft, a bracket carried by the frame and a rack arranged on the bracket and engageable with the pinion.

3. In combination with a closure frame and a closure therefor, a swatter pivoted to the closure and extending across the space between the closure and the frame and over the frame in the closed position of the closure, and operating means for the swatter controlled by the movement of the closure to swing the swatter outwardly and then into swatting engagement with the closure.

7 4:. In combination with a closure frame and a closure therefor, a swatter pivoted to the closure and extending across the space between the closure and the frame and over the frame in the closed position of the closure, and means for swinging the swatter outwardly and against the closure.

5. In a device of the character described for use with screen doors or the like, a swatter including a frame and a meshed covering therefor, and adapted to pivotally mount the swatter on the door, a shaft carried by the swatter, a pinion fixed to the shaft, a stationary bracket, and a rack adjustably mounted on the stationary bracket and adapted for cooperative engagement with the pinion.

6. In a device of the character described for use with screen doors or the like, a swatter adapted to be pivotally mounted on the door and having its major portion disposed away from the door in the closed position thereof, and means controlled by the movement of the door for swinging the swatter into swatting engagement with the door.

CLYDE GROVER con.

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