﻿[15] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  989 
  

  

  No. 
  10392, 
  reissue. 
  

  

  (Ebeuezer 
  Pierce, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  9, 
  1883, 
  original 
  patent 
  No. 
  

   256041, 
  April 
  4, 
  1882 
  ; 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun. 
  See 
  Plates 
  XII 
  and 
  XIII. 
  ) 
  

  

  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  invention 
  are 
  more 
  fully 
  described 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   original 
  patent. 
  The 
  construction 
  and 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  device 
  are, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  patent, 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  which 
  

   has 
  already 
  been 
  given. 
  The 
  change 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  claims. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  hinged 
  barrel, 
  

   with 
  the 
  breech-piece 
  carrying 
  firing 
  devices, 
  and 
  a 
  sliding 
  rod 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  connect 
  with 
  and 
  actuate 
  the 
  firing 
  devices 
  by 
  impact, 
  as 
  described, 
  

   said 
  rod 
  being 
  arranged 
  in 
  guides 
  on 
  the 
  hinged 
  barrel 
  to 
  move 
  there- 
  

   with 
  during 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  inserting 
  a 
  cartridge 
  or 
  charge 
  in 
  the 
  barrel 
  of 
  

   the 
  gun 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  turned 
  on 
  its 
  hinge, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  

   forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  of 
  the 
  divided 
  

   sliding 
  rod 
  which 
  operates 
  the 
  mechanism 
  employed 
  for 
  firing 
  the 
  

   charge 
  by 
  impact, 
  one 
  portion 
  of 
  said 
  rod 
  being 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  guide 
  

   upon 
  the 
  breech-piece 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  being 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  guides 
  upon 
  the 
  barrel, 
  whereby 
  the 
  barrel 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  

   back 
  on 
  its 
  hinge 
  without 
  disconnecting 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  rods, 
  substanti- 
  

   ally 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  In 
  a 
  breech-loading 
  bomb-gun 
  wherein 
  a 
  hollow 
  breech-piece 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  the 
  firing 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  a 
  catch 
  is 
  provided 
  to 
  engage 
  with 
  a 
  

   tumbler-tooth 
  on 
  the 
  hammer-axis 
  when 
  the 
  gun 
  is 
  cocked, 
  a 
  push-rod 
  

   on 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  said 
  breech-piece, 
  adapted, 
  when 
  pushed, 
  to 
  release 
  

   said 
  tumbler-tooth, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  barrel 
  hinged 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  said 
  breech-piece, 
  and 
  latched 
  or 
  pinned 
  to 
  

   the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  said 
  breech-piece, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  described. 
  

  

  "4. 
  In 
  a 
  breech 
  -loading 
  bomb-gun, 
  a 
  flat-surfaced 
  breech-piece 
  having 
  

   a 
  barrel 
  hinged 
  thereto 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  upper 
  edges 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  said 
  breech-piece, 
  and 
  latched 
  or 
  pinned 
  thereto 
  at 
  the 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  edge, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  253456. 
  

  

  (Marciene 
  H. 
  Whitconib, 
  Holyoke, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  February 
  7, 
  1882; 
  fishing 
  appa- 
  

   ratus. 
  See 
  Plate 
  XIV.) 
  

  

  This 
  apparatus, 
  designed 
  to 
  be 
  set 
  after 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  a 
  trap, 
  is 
  for 
  

   fishing 
  through 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  ice, 
  and 
  when 
  a 
  fish 
  is 
  caught 
  on 
  the 
  hook 
  

   a 
  signal 
  denoting 
  the 
  fact 
  is 
  automatically 
  displayed. 
  A 
  cylindrical 
  

   tube 
  forms 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  tube 
  is 
  

   inserted 
  a 
  stick 
  which 
  serves 
  as 
  a 
  standard. 
  On 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  

  

  