ABSTRACT OF ENGLISH FISHERIES PATENTS. 19" 



No. 358 of 1873. — LeACH. — Apparatus for hauling in nets. — To facilitate 

 the labor of hauling in great lengths of rope, netting &c., the boats are 

 provided with auxiliary removable screw-propellers, driven by a steam- 

 engine, which may also pump air or water into the fish- well. The water 

 in the well communicates with the water outside of the boat, so that 

 when the latter is in motion a current is established. The lines are 

 coiled around a barrel, which is rotated by the engine. The capstan is 

 mounted on the same shaft with the barrel, and both are connected to 

 the shaft at will by a double-acting clutch. On the lower end of the 

 spindle which carries and actuates the barrel and capstan is mounted a 

 large bevel-wheel, driven by bevel pinion mounted on a horizontal 

 shaft connected with the engine crank-shaft. The bevel pinion is capa- 

 ble of motion endwise on the shaft, so that it may be thrown out of gear 

 with the large bevel-wheel. The other end is provided with a clutch- 

 coupling, so that the propeller shaft may be driven when required. The 

 barrel is provided with a traveling guide to lay the rope evenly when 

 wound thereon. The guide is provided with grooved pulleys mounted 

 on a vertical double-screw shaft, which is driven at a varying speed, 

 regulated by the coiling-barrel, by means of chain and pulley on the 

 lower end of the haulingbarrel. No drawing. 



No. 1281 of 1873.— Leach.— ^«s/ii??^.— Upper part of the boiler pro- 

 jects through the deck and is provided around its upper edge with a 

 circular rail or guide which supports the barrel of the capstan, which 

 latter forms a cap for the boiler, and is provided with anti-friction wheels 

 which run on the circular rail or guide on the top of the boiler. To the 

 lower edge of the capstan barrel is adapted a horizontal guide- wheel, with 

 a V-shaped edge, which runs against V-shaped guide- wheels mounted in 

 bearings secured to the deck. The capstan barrel also carries a large 

 toothed wheel which is driven by a pinion on the upper end of the ver- 

 tical shaft mounted in bearings attached to the side of the boiler. The 

 large toothed wheel and large horizontal guide- wheel are attached to a 

 band-break-connection to the capstan. No drawing. 



No. 4043 of 1876. — Lake. — Apparatus for catcMng fish. — A sliding 

 shank or bar terminates in a disc, in the center of which is pivoted a 

 latch. Hooks are secured to the lower ring of a crown and pass through 

 openings in the said disc. The crown is composed of a ring, disc, and 

 connecting ribs, this disc having an oblong slot for the passage of 

 the shank. A spiral spring surrounds the shank, and has a tendency 

 to push the first-named disc in the direction of the points of the hooks 

 and cause the latter to close. A bar or dog is fastened to the crown 

 disc, and is provided with a lip which engages with the short end of the 

 latch when the device is "set." 



The bait-holder terminates in a hooked end, being pivoted at its oppo- 

 site extremity to the first-named disc. This holder is bent to form an 

 angle so as to engage with the latch. 



