﻿[23] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  To 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  997 
  

  

  No. 
  295369. 
  

  

  (Newton 
  A. 
  Dickinson, 
  Chester, 
  Conn.; 
  patented 
  Murch 
  18, 
  1884; 
  trolling-hook. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XXV.) 
  

  

  A 
  tapering 
  stick 
  has 
  a 
  socket 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  end, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  upper 
  

   screw-threaded 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hook 
  is 
  secured, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  reduced 
  upper 
  end, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  shoulder, 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  cap 
  of 
  lead 
  is 
  placed, 
  having 
  an 
  aperture 
  

   in 
  its 
  upper 
  end, 
  through 
  which 
  an 
  eyed 
  screw 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   stick. 
  The 
  eyed 
  screw 
  holds 
  the 
  cap 
  in 
  place, 
  and 
  serves 
  for 
  the 
  attach- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  line. 
  A 
  spring 
  rod 
  or 
  fender 
  is 
  secured 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end 
  in 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cap, 
  and 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hook, 
  serv- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  fend 
  off 
  any 
  sea- 
  weeds 
  or 
  the 
  like 
  which 
  the 
  hook 
  may 
  meet, 
  while 
  

   it 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  elastic 
  not 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  that 
  

   may 
  bite 
  the 
  hook. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  tapering 
  stick 
  having 
  its 
  upper 
  portion 
  re- 
  

   duced 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  having 
  screw-threaded 
  sockets 
  in 
  the 
  

   ends 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  a 
  hook 
  having 
  a 
  screw-threaded 
  shank 
  inserted 
  into 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  stick, 
  a 
  cap 
  of 
  heavy 
  metal 
  fitting 
  over 
  the 
  reduced 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  stick, 
  an 
  eyed 
  screw 
  fitting 
  into 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  stick 
  

   and 
  holding 
  the 
  cap 
  in 
  place, 
  and 
  a 
  flexible 
  or 
  elastic 
  rod 
  or 
  fender 
  fast- 
  

   ened 
  into 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  and 
  extending 
  down 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   the 
  hook, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  shown 
  and 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  253308. 
  

  

  (Karl 
  Mtiller, 
  Hornberg, 
  Baden, 
  Germany; 
  patented 
  February 
  7, 
  1882; 
  bait-hook. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XXVI.) 
  

  

  The 
  bait-hook 
  is 
  inclosed 
  within 
  a 
  fish-shaped 
  casing 
  made 
  of 
  two 
  

   sections. 
  One 
  section 
  is 
  provided, 
  at 
  that 
  part 
  which 
  represents 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  with 
  helically 
  -bent 
  wings, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  the 
  correspond- 
  

   ing 
  end 
  with 
  a 
  lug 
  which 
  fits 
  into 
  an 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  section. 
  

   The 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  can 
  be 
  sprung 
  together. 
  At 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   casing 
  is 
  mechanism 
  for 
  throwing 
  forward 
  the 
  catching-hooks 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  base-plate. 
  The 
  base-plate 
  is 
  retained 
  at 
  its 
  rear 
  end 
  on 
  one 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  a 
  retaining 
  strip 
  at 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  while 
  the 
  front 
  end 
  is 
  se- 
  

   cured 
  by 
  a 
  pin 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  latch 
  piece. 
  To 
  the 
  plate 
  are 
  further 
  attached 
  

   two 
  guide-brackets, 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  rod 
  is 
  guided. 
  This 
  rod 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  

   two 
  fixed 
  cones, 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  rear 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  rod, 
  the 
  other 
  near 
  the 
  

   front 
  end, 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  shell. 
  Between 
  the 
  front 
  cone 
  and 
  a 
  

   collar 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  base-plate 
  is 
  interposed 
  a 
  spiral 
  spring, 
  which 
  

   bears 
  upon 
  the 
  front 
  cone, 
  and 
  which 
  tends 
  to 
  throw 
  the 
  rod 
  in 
  the 
  di- 
  

   rection 
  of 
  the 
  arrow 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  The 
  spring-pressed 
  rod 
  is 
  locked 
  

   by 
  a 
  recessed 
  latch-piece 
  that 
  is 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  by 
  

   a 
  spring, 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  forked 
  rod, 
  and 
  a 
  fulcrumed 
  lever. 
  The 
  latch 
  -piece 
  

   may 
  be 
  so 
  moved 
  as 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  rod 
  by 
  pressure 
  upon 
  the 
  rod 
  w 
  and 
  

  

  