﻿[31] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FiSH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1005 
  

  

  lever 
  to 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  slightly 
  raise 
  the 
  same, 
  the 
  stop 
  

   limiting 
  such 
  motion 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  point. 
  When 
  the 
  pressure 
  is 
  released 
  

   the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  forces 
  the 
  loop 
  outward, 
  and 
  thereby 
  changes 
  

   the 
  relative 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  and 
  its 
  supporting- 
  wire, 
  until 
  these 
  

   parts 
  assume 
  their 
  first 
  position. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  "I 
  am 
  aware 
  that 
  spring 
  connections 
  between 
  the 
  spoon 
  and 
  its 
  sup- 
  

   porting 
  wires 
  are 
  not 
  new, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  make 
  any 
  claim, 
  broadly, 
  to 
  

   such 
  construction, 
  my 
  claims 
  being 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  improvement 
  in 
  

   details 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  invented." 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  wire 
  A, 
  the 
  spoon 
  C, 
  the 
  spring 
  D, 
  secured 
  

   to 
  the 
  spoon, 
  and 
  the 
  independent 
  lever 
  F, 
  connected 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  at 
  

   one 
  end, 
  as 
  described; 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  the 
  wire 
  A. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  wire 
  A 
  and 
  sliding 
  lever 
  F, 
  of 
  the 
  

   sliding 
  revolving 
  spoon 
  C, 
  having 
  the 
  doubled 
  spring-rod 
  D 
  and 
  stop 
  

   E, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  271424. 
  

  

  (Harry 
  Conistook, 
  Fulton, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  January 
  30, 
  1883 
  ; 
  artificial 
  bait. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XXXVII.) 
  

  

  An 
  artificial 
  fish 
  or 
  insect 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  fins 
  or 
  wings, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  capable 
  of 
  independent 
  and 
  substantially 
  axial 
  rotation, 
  so 
  that 
  as 
  

   the 
  bait 
  is 
  drawn 
  through 
  the 
  water 
  its 
  fins 
  or 
  wings 
  will, 
  by 
  their 
  free 
  

   and 
  rapid 
  rotation, 
  give 
  a 
  highly 
  animated 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  object. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  ]. 
  An 
  artificial 
  bait 
  for 
  fishing, 
  consisting 
  of 
  an 
  artificial 
  fish 
  or 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  having 
  independently 
  rotating 
  fins 
  or 
  wings, 
  substantially 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  An 
  artificial 
  fish 
  or 
  insect 
  having 
  fins 
  or 
  wings 
  supported 
  to 
  turn 
  

   upon 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  a 
  rod 
  extending 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  or 
  fish, 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  An 
  artificial 
  fish 
  or 
  insect 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  rod 
  passing 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  through 
  its 
  body, 
  and 
  having 
  its 
  projecting 
  ends 
  bent 
  back 
  with 
  

   fins 
  or 
  wings 
  fitted 
  to 
  turn 
  upon 
  said 
  arms, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  rod 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  and 
  hook 
  are 
  con- 
  

   nected, 
  of 
  an 
  artificial 
  fish 
  or 
  insect 
  fitted 
  to 
  turn 
  on 
  said 
  rod, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  swinging 
  and 
  independently 
  rotary 
  fins 
  or 
  wings, 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  