﻿[33] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1007 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  As 
  a 
  new 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  an 
  artificial 
  fish-bait, 
  composed 
  of 
  

   hollow 
  glass, 
  having' 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  its 
  interior 
  surface 
  coated 
  with 
  

   silver 
  or 
  gold 
  fluid 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  highly 
  reflective 
  surface, 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  interior 
  surface 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  luminous 
  eompound 
  or 
  paint, 
  and 
  

   a 
  centrally 
  arranged 
  hook-snood, 
  the 
  whole 
  protected 
  by 
  a 
  tilling 
  of 
  

   cement 
  or 
  other 
  suitable 
  material, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  

   set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  289612. 
  

  

  (Carl 
  L. 
  Bollerman, 
  New 
  York*, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  December 
  4, 
  1883 
  ; 
  rotary 
  leader 
  

   link 
  for 
  fishing 
  lines. 
  See 
  Plate 
  XL.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  fishiug 
  lines 
  generally 
  termed 
  

   " 
  hand-lines," 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  weight 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  which 
  goes 
  into 
  the 
  

   water, 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  weight 
  twoor 
  more 
  knots, 
  which 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  receive 
  

   the 
  snells 
  carrying 
  the 
  hooks. 
  The 
  laud 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  

   person 
  of 
  the 
  fisherman, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  bank 
  or 
  boat 
  on 
  which 
  he 
  may 
  be. 
  

   The 
  fisherman 
  throws 
  the 
  leaded 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  stream, 
  

   where 
  it 
  sinks 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  leaving 
  the 
  snells 
  with 
  their 
  hooks 
  at 
  

   varying 
  distances 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  lead. 
  In 
  throwing 
  out 
  

   the 
  line 
  the 
  latter 
  receives 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  number 
  of 
  turns, 
  whereby 
  

   the 
  snells 
  become 
  wrapped 
  about 
  or 
  tangled 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  line 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  invention 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  hand-line 
  not 
  open 
  to 
  this 
  ob- 
  

   jection. 
  

  

  C 
  represents 
  a 
  fishing 
  line, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  at 
  two 
  points, 
  and 
  

   between 
  the 
  cut 
  ends 
  are 
  rods 
  AA. 
  On 
  each 
  rod 
  is 
  a 
  loose 
  tube, 
  D, 
  

   having 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  thereto 
  a 
  fastening, 
  B, 
  which 
  is 
  rigidly 
  attached. 
  

   This 
  fastening 
  is 
  a 
  wire, 
  coiled 
  about 
  the 
  tube, 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  ends 
  being 
  bent 
  

   to 
  form 
  a 
  hook 
  for 
  convenient 
  attachment 
  and 
  detachment 
  of 
  the 
  snell 
  F. 
  

   At 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  is 
  an 
  eye, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  cut 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  are 
  

   attached. 
  A 
  coil 
  is 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  of 
  each 
  eye, 
  and 
  against 
  this 
  

   is 
  a 
  bead, 
  II, 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  tube 
  comes 
  in 
  frictional 
  contact 
  when 
  the 
  

   line 
  turns. 
  By 
  this 
  mea.ns 
  the 
  snells 
  F 
  will 
  always 
  assume 
  the 
  position 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  drawing 
  when 
  the 
  lead 
  has 
  reached 
  the 
  bottom, 
  thus 
  avoid- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  usual 
  tangle. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  aware 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  broadly 
  new 
  to 
  apply 
  a 
  rotatable 
  sleeve 
  

   or 
  cylinder 
  to 
  a 
  rod 
  having 
  an 
  eye 
  to 
  adapt 
  it 
  for 
  attachment 
  to 
  a 
  line. 
  

   For 
  example, 
  patent 
  No. 
  271424 
  illustrates 
  a 
  trolling 
  or 
  spoon 
  bait, 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  bait 
  represents 
  a 
  fish 
  or 
  insect, 
  and 
  is 
  applied 
  

   eccentrically 
  to 
  a 
  rod, 
  around 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  free 
  to 
  rotate. 
  Nor 
  is 
  it 
  novel 
  

   to 
  reduce 
  friction 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  beads 
  of 
  glass 
  or 
  other 
  equally 
  service- 
  

   able 
  material," 
  

  

  