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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [20] 
  

  

  fish 
  or 
  other 
  aniinal 
  which 
  is 
  pulling 
  on 
  the 
  bait-hook. 
  The 
  bait-hook 
  

   is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  coil 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  by 
  a 
  snood. 
  When 
  a 
  fish 
  or 
  other 
  

   animal 
  seizes 
  the 
  bait-hook 
  and 
  pulls 
  on 
  the 
  same, 
  the 
  draft 
  is 
  trans- 
  

   mitted 
  by 
  the 
  spring-arms 
  to 
  the 
  gaff 
  hooks, 
  which 
  latter 
  are 
  swung 
  

   outward 
  and 
  downward 
  on 
  their 
  pivots, 
  whereby 
  the 
  spring-arms 
  are 
  

   distended, 
  until 
  the 
  gaff-hooks 
  have 
  passed 
  a 
  position 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  

   the 
  bail, 
  when 
  they 
  begin 
  to 
  close, 
  this 
  movement 
  being 
  accelerated 
  by 
  

   the 
  pressure 
  of 
  the 
  spring-arms. 
  The 
  inclined 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  slots 
  pro- 
  

   duces 
  a 
  wedging 
  action, 
  which 
  tends 
  to 
  facilitate 
  and 
  accelerate 
  the 
  

   closing 
  of 
  the 
  hooks. 
  As 
  the 
  spring-arms 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  gaff-hooks 
  

   at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  their 
  pivots, 
  the 
  downward 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  

   gaff-hooks 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  quick, 
  thereby 
  enabling 
  the 
  gaff-hooks 
  to 
  seize 
  

   the 
  fish 
  immediately. 
  For 
  some 
  kinds 
  offish 
  a 
  very 
  light 
  spring 
  is 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  for 
  connecting 
  the 
  bait-hook 
  with 
  the 
  gaff-hooks, 
  and 
  if 
  such 
  a 
  

   light 
  spring 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  device, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  hook 
  with 
  

   a 
  greater 
  spring 
  pressure, 
  this 
  is 
  accomplished 
  by 
  stretching 
  a 
  rubber 
  

   baud, 
  r, 
  over 
  the 
  spring-arms 
  e, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  drawings. 
  The 
  

   rubber 
  band 
  can 
  be 
  moved 
  toward 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  coil 
  e', 
  thereby 
  reducing 
  

   or 
  increasing 
  the 
  pressure 
  on 
  the 
  spring-arms, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  desired. 
  By 
  

   increasing 
  or 
  reducing 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  snood 
  fc, 
  the 
  point 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  

   fish 
  is 
  seized 
  by 
  the 
  gaff-hooks 
  can 
  be 
  regulated. 
  The 
  gaff-hooks 
  are 
  

   set 
  by 
  pressing 
  them 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  frame, 
  in 
  which 
  position 
  they 
  are 
  

   held 
  by 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  bail 
  D, 
  of 
  gaff 
  hooks 
  C, 
  pivoted 
  to 
  the 
  

   bail, 
  a 
  spring 
  B, 
  having 
  its 
  arms 
  e 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  gaff-hooks 
  near 
  their 
  

   pivots, 
  and 
  a 
  bait-hook, 
  A, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  B 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  

   its 
  arms, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  bail 
  or 
  frame 
  D, 
  gaff-hooks 
  C 
  0, 
  pivoted 
  

   to 
  the 
  frame 
  D, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  inclined 
  slots 
  h, 
  a 
  spring, 
  B, 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  with 
  arms 
  e, 
  engaging 
  in 
  the 
  slots 
  h 
  of 
  the 
  gaff-hooks, 
  and 
  a 
  

   bait-hook, 
  A, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  B, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  254313. 
  

  

  (William 
  E. 
  Hemming, 
  Redditch, 
  county 
  of 
  Worcester, 
  England, 
  assignor 
  to 
  Charles 
  

   F. 
  Imbrie, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  28, 
  1882; 
  fish-hook. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

   XXL) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  provide 
  barbed 
  fish-hooks 
  with 
  a 
  baiting 
  needle, 
  upon 
  

   which 
  living 
  bait 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  and 
  held 
  securely, 
  or 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  

   troll 
  ing-spoon 
  may 
  be 
  quickly 
  adjusted. 
  A 
  duplex-barbed 
  fish-hook 
  

   has 
  rigidly 
  secured 
  to 
  and 
  between 
  its 
  shanks 
  one 
  limb 
  of 
  a 
  bent 
  baiting 
  

   needle, 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  limb 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  catch 
  which 
  clasps 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  needle 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  pressed 
  down. 
  When 
  released 
  

   the 
  needle 
  springs 
  out 
  to 
  an 
  angle 
  with 
  the 
  limb 
  when 
  anything 
  desir- 
  

  

  