﻿[21] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  995 
  

  

  able 
  may 
  be 
  slipped 
  upon 
  the 
  needle. 
  The 
  needle 
  may 
  be 
  passed 
  through 
  

   any 
  small 
  and 
  not 
  necessarily 
  vital 
  part 
  of 
  live 
  bait, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  

   needle 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  it 
  will 
  hold 
  the 
  bait 
  securely. 
  A 
  trolliiig- 
  

   spoon 
  provided 
  with 
  staples 
  may 
  be 
  adjusted 
  on 
  the 
  pin 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  

   live 
  bait, 
  being 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  catch, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  bait. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  As 
  an 
  improved 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  a 
  fish-hook 
  made 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described, 
  with 
  a 
  baiting-needle, 
  B, 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  rear 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  shank, 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combinatiou, 
  with 
  the 
  hooks 
  A, 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  baiting-needle 
  

   i> 
  and 
  clasp 
  b', 
  substantially 
  as 
  specified. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  hooks 
  A 
  and 
  baiting-needle 
  B, 
  of 
  the 
  

   trolling-spoon 
  0, 
  provided 
  with 
  hooks 
  or 
  staples 
  d, 
  whereby 
  said 
  troll- 
  

   ing 
  spoon 
  may 
  be 
  removably 
  attached 
  to 
  and 
  locked 
  next 
  the 
  barbed 
  

   hooks, 
  substantially 
  as 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  264256. 
  

  

  (Frank 
  De 
  Forest, 
  De 
  Soto, 
  .Mo. 
  ; 
  patented 
  September 
  12, 
  1882; 
  fish-hook. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

  

  XXII.) 
  

  

  Two 
  hooks 
  with 
  their 
  barbs 
  in 
  opposite 
  directions, 
  and 
  bent 
  so 
  that 
  

   their 
  barbed 
  ends 
  may 
  separate, 
  are 
  jointed 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  shank. 
  

   The 
  shanks 
  have 
  the 
  usual 
  eyes 
  for 
  receiving 
  the 
  fishing 
  line, 
  which 
  

   passes 
  through 
  them, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  drawn 
  upon, 
  the 
  upper 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  hooks 
  are 
  brought 
  together 
  and 
  the 
  barbs 
  are 
  spread. 
  The 
  bait 
  of 
  

   sufficient 
  size 
  to 
  retain 
  the 
  barbed 
  ends 
  together 
  is 
  placed 
  over 
  the 
  

   hooks. 
  When 
  thus 
  baited, 
  the 
  hooks 
  cannot 
  separate 
  by 
  being 
  drawn 
  

   through 
  the 
  water; 
  but 
  when 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  thus 
  

   drawn 
  upon, 
  the 
  barbs 
  spread. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  double-jointed 
  fish-hook 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  hooks 
  A 
  pointed 
  

   in 
  opposite 
  directions, 
  with 
  their 
  points 
  arranged 
  to 
  stand 
  in 
  close 
  con- 
  

   tiguity 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  whereby 
  they 
  are 
  held 
  against 
  being 
  spread 
  apart 
  

   by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  by 
  the 
  bait 
  placed 
  thereon, 
  and 
  having 
  their 
  

   shanks 
  looped 
  or 
  bent 
  into 
  eyes 
  around 
  a 
  pivot, 
  b, 
  while 
  their 
  upper 
  

   euds 
  have 
  passed 
  through 
  them 
  the 
  line 
  c, 
  all 
  constructed 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  

   described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  280610. 
  

  

  (William 
  N. 
  Greer, 
  Watertown, 
  Dak.; 
  patented 
  July 
  3, 
  1883; 
  fish 
  trap-hook. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XXIII.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  has 
  relation 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  lish-hooks 
  generally 
  known 
  

   as 
  "lever-hooks", 
  and 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  lever-hooks 
  in 
  

  

  