﻿[27] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1001 
  

  

  No. 
  276055. 
  

  

  (William 
  T. 
  J. 
  Lowe, 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  17, 
  1883; 
  spoon-bait 
  for 
  fishing. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XXXI.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  certain 
  improvements 
  in 
  

   spoon-bait 
  for 
  fishing 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  patent 
  was 
  granted 
  this 
  inventor 
  

   April 
  25, 
  1882, 
  No. 
  256843. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  practice 
  that 
  the 
  spoon 
  

   arranged 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  above-named 
  patent 
  is 
  liable, 
  

   in 
  rapid 
  trolling, 
  or 
  when 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  drawn 
  through 
  the 
  water 
  against 
  

   a 
  strong 
  current, 
  to 
  spread 
  too 
  far 
  for 
  advantageous 
  results, 
  and 
  remain 
  

   so 
  until 
  the 
  wire 
  spring 
  is 
  bent 
  into 
  shape 
  again 
  by 
  hand. 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  serious 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  perfect 
  working 
  of 
  the 
  spoon-bait, 
  and 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  invention 
  is 
  to 
  overcome 
  this 
  difficulty. 
  To 
  

   this 
  end, 
  to 
  the 
  spoon-bait 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  patent 
  is 
  applied 
  a 
  link 
  

   loosely 
  pivoted 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  which 
  connects 
  the 
  spoon 
  with 
  the 
  rod 
  or 
  

   wire 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  revolves 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  limit 
  its 
  outward 
  

   movement 
  without 
  disturbing 
  in 
  any 
  degree 
  its 
  free 
  revolution 
  in 
  the 
  

   water. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  a 
  spoon-bait 
  for 
  fishing, 
  in 
  combination, 
  the 
  spoon 
  d, 
  provided 
  

   with 
  the 
  eye 
  d' 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end, 
  and 
  the 
  loop 
  or 
  bend/ 
  upon 
  its 
  inner 
  

   surface, 
  the 
  spring 
  e, 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  spoon, 
  as 
  shown, 
  and 
  

   provided 
  with 
  the 
  eye 
  e 
  3 
  , 
  and 
  a 
  connecting-link 
  loosely 
  pivoted 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  in 
  the 
  loop 
  or 
  bend/, 
  and 
  loosely 
  encircling 
  at 
  its 
  other 
  end 
  the 
  

   outer 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  e, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  stated. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  combination, 
  the 
  rod 
  or 
  wire 
  <x, 
  the 
  spoon 
  d, 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  

   eye 
  d' 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end, 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  loop 
  or 
  bend/ 
  upon 
  its 
  inner 
  

   surface, 
  the 
  spring 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  eye 
  e 
  3 
  , 
  and 
  connecting-link 
  g, 
  

   having 
  the 
  eye 
  #', 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  stated." 
  

  

  No. 
  281083. 
  

  

  (Louis 
  Kessler, 
  Ludington, 
  Mich.; 
  patented 
  July 
  10, 
  1883; 
  fishing 
  apparatus. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XXXII.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  usual 
  construction 
  of 
  spoon-bait, 
  the 
  forward 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  

   is 
  rigid 
  with 
  or 
  hinged 
  to 
  the 
  rotating 
  sleeve, 
  allowing 
  it 
  to 
  yield 
  to 
  a 
  

   certain 
  degree 
  to 
  the 
  pressure 
  from 
  forward 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  drawn 
  through 
  the 
  

   water, 
  but 
  still 
  causing 
  it 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  resistance, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  present 
  a 
  severe 
  strain 
  upon 
  the 
  line, 
  especially 
  if 
  drawn 
  

   with 
  considerable 
  speed. 
  To 
  avoid 
  this 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   ends 
  of 
  coiled 
  springs 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  rotating 
  sleeve, 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  concave 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  spoon, 
  allowing 
  it 
  to 
  tilt 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   sleeve 
  when 
  drawn 
  speedily 
  through 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  thus 
  causing 
  it 
  to 
  

   1 
  »resent 
  only 
  its 
  point, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  dotted 
  lines 
  in 
  Fig. 
  2, 
  and 
  so 
  offer 
  

   less 
  resistance. 
  

  

  