﻿1000 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [26] 
  

  

  No. 
  267203. 
  

  

  (Lysauder 
  S. 
  Hill, 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Mich.; 
  patented 
  November 
  7, 
  1882; 
  spoon-bait. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XXIX.) 
  

  

  A 
  wire 
  has 
  a 
  loop 
  upon 
  its 
  upper 
  end 
  for 
  the 
  attachment 
  of 
  the 
  

   swivel 
  or 
  the 
  line 
  and 
  a 
  loop 
  upon 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  for 
  the 
  attachment 
  of 
  

   the 
  hook. 
  The 
  inner 
  ends 
  of 
  these 
  loops 
  form 
  stops 
  to 
  limit 
  the 
  move- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  spoou 
  in 
  its 
  vertical 
  play 
  upon 
  the 
  wire. 
  The 
  upper 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  loop, 
  which 
  serves 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  attach- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  wire 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  and 
  below 
  this 
  upper 
  end 
  there 
  is 
  hinged 
  

   to 
  the 
  spoon 
  a 
  rod, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  loop 
  formed 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  end 
  to 
  catch 
  

   over 
  the 
  wire 
  and 
  an 
  g-shaped 
  stop 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  end 
  to 
  strike 
  against 
  

   the 
  spoon, 
  and 
  thus 
  prevent 
  the 
  spoon 
  from 
  dropping 
  too 
  low. 
  This 
  

   rod 
  being 
  pivoted 
  to 
  the 
  wire, 
  any 
  pressure 
  upon 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  tfle 
  

   spoon 
  will 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  close 
  inward 
  toward 
  the 
  wire 
  and 
  then 
  rise 
  up- 
  

   ward, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  pressure 
  is 
  released 
  the 
  spoon 
  at 
  once 
  drops 
  

   downward 
  and 
  outward 
  at 
  its 
  lower 
  end. 
  The 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  

   made 
  to 
  operate 
  it 
  entirely, 
  and 
  thus 
  springs 
  are 
  dispensed 
  with. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  wire 
  A, 
  the 
  spoon 
  D 
  sliding 
  thereon, 
  and 
  a 
  

   hinged 
  connecting-rod, 
  I, 
  having 
  the 
  stops 
  O 
  formed 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  ends 
  

   for 
  striking 
  against 
  the 
  spoon, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown." 
  

  

  No. 
  273996. 
  

  

  (Christopher 
  Hymers, 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo.; 
  patented 
  March 
  13, 
  1883; 
  self-adjusting 
  fish- 
  

   shaped 
  fish-hook 
  holder. 
  See 
  Plate 
  XXX.) 
  

  

  This 
  invention 
  is, 
  in 
  some 
  respects, 
  an 
  improvement 
  on 
  the 
  invention 
  

   described 
  in 
  a 
  patent 
  granted 
  to 
  this 
  inventor 
  January 
  4, 
  1881, 
  No. 
  

   236161, 
  the 
  hook 
  being 
  held 
  between 
  similar 
  expanding 
  jaws. 
  There 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  in 
  addition, 
  a 
  safety-hook 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  the 
  jaws 
  by 
  the 
  impingement 
  of 
  the 
  fish's 
  head 
  against 
  the 
  

   hook 
  when 
  used 
  in 
  trolling. 
  The 
  jaws 
  in 
  this 
  improvement 
  are 
  pushed 
  

   into 
  their 
  conical 
  socket 
  and 
  held 
  therein 
  by 
  a 
  spiral 
  spring 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  

   a. 
  cam, 
  as 
  before. 
  A 
  spoon 
  is 
  provided, 
  having 
  its 
  body 
  slit 
  transversely 
  

   and 
  the 
  slit 
  portions 
  bent 
  out 
  in 
  opposite 
  directions 
  to 
  form 
  bands, 
  

   adapting 
  the 
  spoon 
  to 
  be 
  slipped 
  on 
  and 
  off 
  the 
  bait 
  without 
  disturbing 
  

   the 
  hook. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  u 
  l. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  gripping-jaws 
  I, 
  link 
  L, 
  knob 
  M, 
  and 
  

   spring 
  O, 
  forcing 
  the 
  jaws 
  into 
  a 
  tapering 
  socket 
  of 
  the 
  metal 
  fish 
  F. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  I, 
  L, 
  M, 
  O, 
  and 
  fish 
  F 
  of 
  the 
  safety- 
  

   hook 
  P, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "3. 
  The 
  spoon 
  S, 
  having 
  bands 
  s, 
  adapted 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  fish-hook 
  

   body 
  F, 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  