﻿[5] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  979 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  No. 
  303474. 
  Webb, 
  Justice, 
  Georgetown, 
  Ky. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  12, 
  1884 
  ; 
  lock- 
  

   joint 
  for 
  fishing-rods 
  65 
  

  

  No. 
  309028. 
  Byington, 
  William 
  W., 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  December 
  9, 
  1884 
  ; 
  

   fish 
  -line 
  and 
  hook-guard 
  66 
  

  

  V. 
  — 
  Nets. 
  

  

  Pocket 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  255671. 
  Reynolds, 
  Matthew 
  and 
  ThomaB, 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  Md. 
  ; 
  patented 
  

   March 
  28, 
  1882; 
  gill-net 
  66 
  

  

  Hoopnets; 
  landing 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  270641. 
  Dodge, 
  Jasper 
  N., 
  Detroit, 
  Mich. 
  ; 
  patented 
  January 
  16, 
  1883; 
  fish- 
  

   net 
  67 
  

  

  No. 
  272305. 
  Muncaster, 
  Otho 
  M., 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  13, 
  

   1883; 
  landing 
  net 
  68 
  

  

  No. 
  273651. 
  Welles, 
  Richard 
  J., 
  Chicago, 
  111., 
  assignor 
  to 
  William 
  Mills 
  and 
  

   Thomas 
  Bate 
  Mills, 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  6, 
  1883 
  ; 
  landing 
  net. 
  .. 
  68 
  

  

  Trailing 
  nets 
  ; 
  dredges. 
  

  

  No. 
  255561. 
  Arapian, 
  Edward, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March28, 
  1882 
  ; 
  sponge- 
  

   fishing 
  net 
  69 
  

  

  No. 
  279792. 
  Paterson, 
  Edwin, 
  Port 
  Washington, 
  N, 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  June 
  19, 
  1883 
  ; 
  

   oyster-dredge 
  70 
  

  

  No. 
  284156. 
  Woodruff, 
  JohnN., 
  Fairton, 
  N. 
  J. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  28, 
  1883 
  ; 
  oyster- 
  

   dredge 
  72 
  

  

  Folding 
  or 
  jerk 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  288650. 
  Merchant, 
  George, 
  jr., 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  November 
  20, 
  

   1883 
  ; 
  purse-block 
  for 
  seines 
  72 
  

  

  Parts 
  of 
  nets 
  and 
  apparatus 
  for 
  manufacture. 
  

  

  No. 
  256287. 
  Chaunier, 
  Jean, 
  of 
  Lyons, 
  France, 
  assignor, 
  by 
  direct 
  and 
  mesne 
  

   assignments, 
  to 
  Pierre 
  J. 
  Boris, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  Frank 
  G. 
  Kincaid, 
  of 
  Somerville, 
  and 
  

   Osceola 
  A. 
  Whitmore, 
  of 
  Maiden, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  11, 
  1882 
  ; 
  machines 
  for 
  

   making 
  fish- 
  nets 
  ; 
  patented 
  in 
  France 
  October 
  30, 
  1880 
  73 
  

  

  No. 
  262140. 
  Sollers, 
  Nathaniel 
  D., 
  Cove 
  Point, 
  Md. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  1, 
  1882; 
  

   knrfcHng 
  board 
  for 
  manufacturing 
  nets 
  77 
  

  

  No. 
  295262. 
  Manula, 
  Erick, 
  Astoria, 
  Oreg. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  18, 
  1884 
  ; 
  machine 
  

   for 
  casting 
  leads 
  on 
  fish-net 
  lines 
  79 
  

  

  VI.— 
  Traps. 
  

   Pocket 
  traps. 
  

  

  No. 
  257960. 
  McCord, 
  William 
  R., 
  East 
  Portland, 
  Oreg., 
  assignor 
  to 
  himself, 
  S. 
  

   B. 
  Story, 
  C. 
  W. 
  Prindle, 
  and 
  J. 
  M. 
  McCoy; 
  patented 
  May 
  16, 
  1882; 
  fish- 
  

   wheel 
  80 
  

  

  No. 
  259143. 
  Heaton, 
  Thomas, 
  Vancouver, 
  Wash.; 
  patented 
  June 
  6, 
  1882; 
  me- 
  

   chanical 
  device 
  for 
  catching 
  fish 
  82 
  

  

  No. 
  264395. 
  Wilson, 
  Samuel, 
  Dallas, 
  Iowa; 
  patented 
  September 
  12, 
  1882; 
  fishing- 
  

   wheel 
  82 
  

  

  No. 
  301653. 
  Williams, 
  Thornton 
  F., 
  Cascade 
  Locks, 
  Oreg. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  8, 
  1884 
  ; 
  

   fishing-machines 
  83 
  

  

  