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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [24] 
  

  

  lever 
  ,r, 
  which 
  are 
  extended 
  beyond 
  the 
  shell 
  at 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   head. 
  When 
  the 
  pressure 
  on 
  the 
  rod 
  w 
  and 
  lever 
  is 
  released 
  and 
  rod 
  I 
  

   "withdrawn 
  the 
  latch 
  o 
  again 
  retains 
  the 
  rod 
  I. 
  Guide-brackets 
  serve 
  

   also 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  applying 
  thereto 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  hooks 
  which 
  ex- 
  

   tend 
  radially 
  from 
  the 
  grooved 
  cone 
  t 
  of 
  each 
  bracket, 
  the 
  ball-shaped 
  

   inner 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  hooks 
  being 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  grooves 
  of 
  the 
  cones 
  t 
  by 
  

   collars 
  v. 
  The 
  casing 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  slits 
  for 
  the 
  free 
  outward 
  pass- 
  

   age 
  of 
  the 
  hooks 
  when 
  the 
  actuating 
  mechanism 
  is 
  released. 
  The 
  hooks 
  

   are 
  thrown 
  outward 
  by 
  the 
  cones 
  m 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  latch 
  o 
  is 
  released 
  

   from 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  permits 
  the 
  forward 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  The 
  bait 
  

   hook 
  is 
  operated 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  manner: 
  A 
  silver 
  string 
  is 
  attached 
  

   by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  hole 
  n 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  base-plate 
  g, 
  and 
  then 
  

   passed 
  through 
  the 
  two 
  holes 
  u 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  a, 
  being 
  then 
  

   connected 
  with 
  a 
  common 
  string, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  bait 
  is 
  drawn 
  through 
  

   the 
  water. 
  The 
  fish 
  tries 
  to 
  bite 
  at 
  the 
  head. 
  This 
  causes 
  the 
  pushing 
  

   in 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  w 
  x 
  by 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  bite, 
  and 
  consequently 
  the 
  release 
  

   of 
  the 
  latch 
  o 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  /, 
  which 
  is 
  instantly 
  thrown 
  forward, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  cones 
  m 
  spread 
  the 
  hooks 
  i, 
  which 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  

   the 
  shell 
  into 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  hold 
  it 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  a 
  

   release 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  impossible. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  In 
  a 
  bait-hook, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  fish-shaped 
  shell, 
  having 
  

   helically-bent 
  fins 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  longitudinal 
  slits 
  in 
  the 
  body 
  

   thereof, 
  with 
  outwardly-swinging 
  hooks, 
  a 
  spring-actuated 
  mechanism 
  

   for 
  throwing 
  out 
  the 
  hooks, 
  and 
  a 
  latch 
  mechanism 
  projecting 
  through 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  shell, 
  whereby 
  the 
  hook 
  actuating 
  mechanism 
  is 
  locked 
  

   or 
  released, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  In 
  a 
  bait-hook, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  longitudinally 
  -guided 
  rod 
  

   /, 
  having 
  fixed 
  cones 
  m 
  and 
  spring 
  p, 
  with 
  the 
  outwardly-swinging 
  hooks 
  

   ?', 
  hinged 
  to 
  the 
  brackets 
  k, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "3. 
  In 
  a 
  bait-hook, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  outwardly-swinging 
  hooks 
  

   % 
  and 
  guided 
  slide-rod 
  I 
  with 
  a 
  recessed 
  locking-latch, 
  o, 
  spring 
  o', 
  forked 
  

   rod 
  w, 
  and 
  fulcruined 
  levers, 
  substantially 
  as 
  specified. 
  

  

  "4. 
  In 
  a 
  bait-hook, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  guide-brackets 
  k, 
  having 
  

   each 
  a 
  grooved 
  cone, 
  t, 
  with 
  hooks 
  i, 
  retaining-collars 
  v, 
  shell 
  a 
  &, 
  hav- 
  

   slits 
  %' 
  for 
  the 
  hooks 
  ?', 
  and 
  means 
  for 
  operating 
  the 
  hooks, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  256843. 
  

  

  (William 
  T. 
  J. 
  Lowe, 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  2."), 
  1£82; 
  spoon-bait, 
  lor 
  lisliinff. 
  

   Patented 
  in 
  Canada 
  January 
  28, 
  1882. 
  See 
  Plato 
  NX 
  VII.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  spoonbait 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  lower 
  

   portion 
  of 
  (he 
  spoon 
  is 
  adjustably 
  held 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  rod 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  

   revolves. 
  Heretofore 
  spoons 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  with 
  \J 
  -shaped 
  guides 
  

  

  