﻿[10] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  993 
  

  

  Ho 
  283444. 
  

  

  (Richmond 
  A. 
  Wentworth, 
  Appleton, 
  Me. 
  ; 
  patented 
  August 
  21, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fish-trap 
  or 
  

   spring-hook. 
  See 
  Plate 
  XIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  spring 
  attachments 
  for 
  fishing 
  

   lines 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  bait, 
  hook, 
  and 
  line, 
  when 
  pulled 
  by 
  the 
  fish 
  taking 
  

   the 
  bait, 
  operate 
  a 
  trigger, 
  releasing 
  a 
  spring 
  and 
  suddenly 
  jerking 
  the 
  

   hook 
  into 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  biting; 
  and 
  it 
  consists 
  in 
  an 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  upon 
  the 
  fish-trap, 
  for 
  which 
  letters 
  patent 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  

   No. 
  263638, 
  were 
  granted 
  this 
  inventor 
  August 
  29, 
  1882. 
  

  

  A 
  metal 
  rod 
  has 
  an 
  eye 
  or 
  hole 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end 
  to 
  which 
  is 
  attached 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  line. 
  Encircling 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  rod, 
  and 
  fastened 
  with 
  

   one 
  end 
  near 
  its 
  top 
  is 
  a 
  coiled 
  spring, 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  fast- 
  

   ened 
  in 
  a 
  cross-piece 
  which 
  slides 
  upon 
  the 
  rod. 
  To 
  this 
  cross-piece 
  is 
  

   fastened 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  line, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  bait 
  hook 
  is 
  

   attached. 
  This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  passesdown 
  along 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  through 
  

   a 
  .small 
  piece 
  of 
  cord 
  or 
  wire, 
  which 
  passes 
  through 
  an 
  eye 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  trigger. 
  On 
  the 
  trigger 
  is 
  a 
  

   spring, 
  the 
  free 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  bears 
  against 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  rod, 
  

   which 
  is 
  grooved 
  longitudinally 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  

   prevent 
  its 
  slipping 
  sidewise. 
  By 
  moving 
  this 
  spring 
  up 
  or 
  down 
  upon 
  

   the 
  trigger, 
  the 
  force 
  required 
  to 
  spring 
  the 
  trap 
  may 
  be 
  adjusted 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  catch. 
  

   Around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  coiled 
  spring 
  is 
  placed 
  another 
  

   small 
  coiled 
  spring, 
  against 
  which 
  the 
  shoulder 
  of 
  the 
  cross-head 
  strikes 
  

   when 
  the 
  trap 
  is 
  sprung, 
  thus 
  cushioning 
  the 
  stroke 
  of 
  the 
  cross-head. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  herein 
  -described 
  fish-trap 
  or 
  spring-hook, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  

   rod 
  A, 
  spring 
  I, 
  spring 
  C, 
  sliding 
  cross-head 
  D 
  D', 
  trigger 
  E, 
  having 
  

   the 
  adjustable 
  spring 
  F, 
  and 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  cord 
  or 
  wire, 
  b, 
  with 
  eye 
  a, 
  

   and 
  hook-line 
  B', 
  passing 
  through 
  said 
  eye 
  «, 
  all 
  constructed 
  and 
  com- 
  

   bined 
  to 
  operate 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  shown 
  and 
  set 
  

   forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  in 
  a 
  fish-trap 
  or 
  spring-hook 
  of 
  the 
  described 
  

   class, 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  A, 
  spring 
  C, 
  having 
  cross-head 
  I) 
  I)', 
  and 
  cushion- 
  

   spring 
  I, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  set 
  

   forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  286494. 
  

  

  (Merrill 
  R. 
  Skinner, 
  Hamburg, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  9, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fish 
  trap-hook. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XX.) 
  

  

  This 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  those 
  hooks 
  which 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  aux- 
  

   iliary 
  hooks 
  or 
  gaff-hooks, 
  so 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  bait-hook 
  that 
  a 
  pull 
  

   on 
  the 
  bait-hook 
  will 
  cause 
  the 
  gaff 
  hooks 
  to 
  swiug 
  down 
  and 
  seize 
  the 
  

   S. 
  Mis. 
  70—63 
  

  

  