﻿XXV 
  -PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  BY 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  DURING 
  THE 
  

   YEARS 
  1882, 
  1883. 
  AND 
  1884, 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  THE 
  

   METHODS, 
  PRODUCTS, 
  AND 
  APPLICATIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Robert 
  G. 
  Dyrenforth, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Patents, 
  United 
  Stales 
  Patent 
  Office. 
  

  

  ANALYSIS. 
  

  

  Section 
  C. 
  

  

  I. 
  — 
  Hand 
  implements 
  or 
  tools. 
  

  

  2. 
  — 
  Knives; 
  heading 
  knives. 
  

  

  Pag*. 
  

   No. 
  266134. 
  Grady, 
  James 
  B., 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  17, 
  1882; 
  

  

  fish-cutter 
  9 
  

  

  2. 
  — 
  Knives; 
  fish 
  knives 
  (for 
  general 
  use). 
  

  

  No. 
  253363. 
  Foard, 
  Jeremiah 
  W., 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Cal.; 
  patented 
  February 
  7, 
  

  

  1882 
  ; 
  fish-hook 
  extractor 
  11 
  

  

  2. 
  — 
  Knives 
  ; 
  clam 
  and 
  oijalcr 
  knives. 
  

  

  No.. 
  295611. 
  Amouroux, 
  Louis 
  A., 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  25, 
  1884; 
  

  

  machine 
  for 
  opening 
  oysters 
  It 
  

  

  No. 
  299756. 
  Drake, 
  Cnningham, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  ; 
  patented 
  June 
  3, 
  1884 
  ; 
  oyster- 
  

   clamp 
  12 
  

  

  II. 
  — 
  Implements 
  for 
  seizure 
  of 
  object. 
  

  

  9. 
  — 
  Tangles 
  ; 
  wheel-tangles. 
  

  

  No.' 
  297079. 
  Roman, 
  J. 
  Frank 
  and 
  Franklin 
  L., 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Conn. 
  ; 
  patented 
  

  

  April 
  15, 
  18S4 
  ; 
  apparatus 
  for 
  catching 
  star-fish 
  12 
  

  

  III.— 
  Missiles. 
  

   13. 
  — 
  Guns; 
  whaling 
  guns. 
  

  

  No. 
  256041. 
  Pierce, 
  Ebenezer, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  April 
  4, 
  1882; 
  

  

  breech-loading 
  homb-gun 
  13 
  

  

  No. 
  256548, 
  Cunningham, 
  Patrick, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  April 
  18, 
  

  

  L882 
  ; 
  bomb-gun 
  14 
  

  

  No. 
  10392 
  (reissue). 
  Pierce, 
  Ebenezer, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  October 
  

  

  9, 
  1883; 
  original 
  patent 
  No. 
  256041, 
  April4, 
  1882; 
  breech 
  loading 
  bomb-gun.. 
  IS 
  

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