92 



V. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



the distribution of sunfish from the Edenton (N. C.) station for 

 the fiscal years 1921 and 1922 : 



ConiparatiiG costs per trip of (Ustribution of sunfish from Edenton (N. C.) 

 station, fiscal years J921 and 1922. 



NEW EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN SHIPPING LIVE FISH. 



In connection with the foregoing a number of new devices mak- 

 ing for greater economy and efficiency have been developed during 

 the year, and are discussed and illustrated in the following pages. 



nSH-TKANSPORTATION PAIL. 



This device, developed by E. C. Fearnow, superintendent of fish 

 distribution. United States Bureau of Fisheries, was patented June 

 18, 1922 (see agreement and license below), and the drawing and 

 descriptive text are taken from the United States Patent Office 

 specification of letters patent No. 1419549. (See fig. 4, p. 94.) 



AGREEMENT AND LICENSE. 



Whereas Edgtir C. Fearnow, a resident of Capitol Heights, in tlie county of 

 Prince Georges and Stale of Maryland, has invented a container for trans- 

 porting live tish and lias filed on Marcli G, 19212, an application for United States 

 letters patent thereon, serial ISO. .^»41.")00; and 



Whereas the said Kdgar O. Fearnow is desirous of granting, and the United 

 States Government of receiving, rights in and to said invention and any 

 patent granted thereon : 



Now, tlierefore, In consideration of one dollar ($1) and other valuable con- 

 siderations paid by the United States Government to the said Edgar C. Fearnow, 

 the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said Edgar C. Fearnow agrees 

 to and does hereby grant to the United States Government, and to each and all 

 of its component departments, a license to employ the device described and 

 claimed in said application and in any patent granted upon or covering 

 said invention to the full end of the term or terms tliereof, and to make and 

 use and to have made and to have used by otiiers, all for United States gov- 

 ernmental purposes onlj', any substance, material, or article embodying said 

 invention. 



And the said Edgar C. Fearnow covenants for liimself, his legal representa- 

 tives, and assigns, that he owns Jind controls the entire right, title, and interest 

 in and to said invention, and application for patent, and that no representation 

 has been made nor any instrument executed by him inconsistent herewith. 



