﻿984 
  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [10] 
  

  

  gate 
  and 
  is 
  thrown 
  into 
  or 
  against 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  semicircular- 
  

   shaped 
  turner 
  F. 
  The 
  momentum 
  carries 
  them 
  partly 
  around 
  the 
  cir- 
  

   cumference 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  turner, 
  when 
  they 
  fall 
  back 
  on 
  the 
  

   belt 
  D 
  behind 
  the 
  gate 
  E, 
  having 
  been 
  turned 
  in 
  an 
  opposite 
  direction 
  

   from 
  what 
  they 
  were 
  when 
  they 
  met 
  the 
  gate 
  E. 
  By 
  this 
  arrangement 
  all 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  carried 
  tails 
  forward, 
  after 
  either 
  going 
  over 
  or 
  under 
  the 
  

   gate 
  E. 
  From 
  there 
  they 
  are 
  carried 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  pulley 
  d 
  1 
  . 
  At 
  this 
  

   point 
  is 
  placed 
  what 
  is 
  called 
  a 
  deflector, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  place 
  

   the 
  fish 
  on 
  the 
  carrier 
  or 
  belt 
  H, 
  with 
  the 
  heads 
  toward 
  the 
  saws 
  or 
  

   cutters 
  If. 
  This 
  deflector 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  section 
  

   of 
  a 
  cone 
  bent 
  to 
  a 
  semicircle 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  extension 
  or 
  flattened 
  

   side, 
  g. 
  The 
  fish 
  enter 
  the 
  deflector 
  at 
  its 
  larger 
  end, 
  tail 
  first, 
  and, 
  

   following 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  cone, 
  the 
  tail 
  strikes 
  the 
  brush 
  or 
  stop 
  g 
  1 
  . 
  

   The 
  head 
  slides 
  along 
  the 
  flattened 
  side 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  drops 
  on 
  the 
  belt 
  

   with 
  the 
  head 
  toward 
  the 
  saw 
  or 
  cutter 
  I 
  1 
  . 
  The 
  belt 
  H 
  moves 
  on 
  the 
  

   pulleys 
  h 
  ¥ 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  h, 
  and 
  it 
  also 
  runs 
  under 
  the 
  pulley 
  d 
  l 
  

   and 
  belt 
  D. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  belt 
  H 
  forward 
  and 
  under 
  belt 
  

   D 
  and 
  pulley 
  of 
  1 
  , 
  which 
  hold 
  it 
  in 
  position 
  while 
  the 
  cutters 
  1 
  1 
  1 
  remove 
  

   the 
  heads 
  and 
  tails. 
  They 
  are 
  then 
  carried 
  forward 
  by 
  the 
  belt 
  H 
  and 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  the 
  box 
  K, 
  whence 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  

   and 
  cleansed 
  of 
  their 
  entrails, 
  or 
  otherwise 
  further 
  prepared 
  for 
  boxing. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  In 
  a 
  machine 
  for 
  dressing 
  fish, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  hopper 
  

   A, 
  the 
  elevator- 
  belt 
  B, 
  provided 
  with 
  buckets 
  b, 
  chute 
  C, 
  endless 
  belts 
  

   D 
  and 
  H, 
  with 
  their 
  pulleys 
  d 
  h 
  and 
  d' 
  h', 
  and 
  knives 
  I 
  and 
  I 
  1 
  , 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  In 
  a 
  machine 
  for 
  dressing 
  fish, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  endless 
  

   belt 
  or 
  carrier 
  D, 
  pulleys 
  d 
  d\ 
  swing-gate 
  E, 
  deflectors 
  F 
  and 
  G, 
  chute 
  

   C, 
  and 
  the 
  cutters 
  I 
  and 
  I', 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described. 
  

  

  k 
  ' 
  3. 
  In 
  a 
  machine 
  for 
  dressing 
  fish, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  endless 
  

   belts 
  D 
  and 
  H, 
  with 
  their 
  pulleys 
  d 
  h 
  and 
  d 
  1 
  h', 
  and 
  the 
  cutters 
  I 
  I' 
  cm 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  belt, 
  with 
  the 
  chute 
  and 
  deflector 
  G, 
  whereby 
  the 
  

   fish 
  are 
  delivered 
  sidewise 
  to 
  the 
  cutters, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  

   described. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  In 
  a 
  machine 
  for 
  dressing 
  fish, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  chute 
  

   C 
  and 
  carrier 
  D,of 
  the 
  inclined 
  gate 
  E 
  and 
  curved 
  deflector 
  F, 
  whereby 
  

   the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  on 
  the 
  carrier 
  is 
  automatically 
  regulated, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  5. 
  In 
  apparatus 
  designed 
  to 
  prepare 
  and 
  dress 
  fish 
  by 
  mechanical 
  

   means, 
  a 
  deflector 
  made, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described, 
  as 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  

   section 
  of 
  a 
  cone 
  or 
  conoid, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  flattened 
  side 
  or 
  projection, 
  

   and 
  adapted 
  to 
  alter 
  the 
  relative 
  position 
  of 
  fish 
  while 
  descending 
  

   from 
  one 
  carrier 
  to 
  another 
  carrier 
  parallel 
  to 
  it." 
  

  

  