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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [38] 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  sinker 
  or 
  plummet 
  for 
  fishing-tackle 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  cylindrical 
  

   body, 
  A, 
  having 
  rounded 
  ends 
  and 
  projecting 
  guide-rods, 
  B 
  B, 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  lengthwise 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  adapted 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  rings 
  or 
  loops 
  D 
  D, 
  

   to 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  attached, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  aud 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  286188. 
  

  

  (Daniel 
  Erickson, 
  Chicago, 
  111. 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  9, 
  1883 
  ; 
  sinker 
  for 
  fish 
  nets. 
  Sec 
  

  

  Plate 
  XL 
  VII.) 
  

  

  Heretofore, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  sinkers 
  had 
  either 
  been 
  formed 
  of 
  certain 
  pre- 
  

   determined 
  lengths 
  and 
  tubular, 
  their 
  only 
  method 
  of 
  attachment 
  to 
  

   the 
  lines 
  or 
  nets 
  being 
  to 
  string 
  them 
  thereon 
  before 
  knotting 
  the 
  line 
  

   to 
  the 
  net, 
  or 
  by 
  splitting 
  shot 
  and 
  then 
  placing 
  them 
  on 
  and 
  pinching 
  

   the 
  open 
  edges 
  over 
  the 
  line. 
  In 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  constructions 
  fishermen 
  

   are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  such 
  sizes 
  of 
  sinkers 
  only 
  as 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  case 
  cylindrical 
  sinkers 
  are 
  formed 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  groove 
  enlarged 
  at 
  its 
  bottom, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  laid 
  and 
  there 
  

   seeured 
  by 
  contracting 
  the 
  outer 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  groove, 
  and 
  the 
  sinker- 
  

   lead 
  is 
  drawn 
  or 
  rolled 
  in 
  continuous 
  rods 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  sold 
  in 
  coils 
  or 
  

   by 
  the 
  yard, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  form 
  sinkers 
  of 
  va- 
  

   rious 
  lengths 
  and 
  suitable 
  weights 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  require 
  them 
  on 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  nets. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  As 
  a 
  new 
  artiele 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  a 
  sinker 
  for 
  fishing-nets, 
  composed 
  

   of 
  a 
  cylindrical 
  bar 
  of 
  lead 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  slot, 
  a, 
  enlarged 
  at 
  its 
  bot- 
  

   tom, 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set. 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  261505. 
  

  

  (Oliver 
  G. 
  Wilson, 
  Gallatin, 
  Tenu. 
  ; 
  patentedJuly 
  18, 
  1882; 
  fishing-float. 
  See 
  Plato 
  

  

  XLVIII.) 
  

  

  The 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  float 
  is 
  of 
  cork, 
  wood, 
  or 
  other 
  light 
  material, 
  and 
  

   has 
  a 
  central 
  opening 
  extending 
  longitudinally 
  through 
  it. 
  The 
  float 
  

   stem 
  of 
  hard 
  wood 
  or 
  composition, 
  aud 
  either 
  solid 
  or 
  in 
  sections, 
  is 
  in- 
  

   serted 
  into 
  this 
  opening 
  with 
  its 
  ends 
  projecting 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  

   body. 
  Thread 
  is 
  wound 
  around 
  the 
  tapered 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  float-body 
  

   binding 
  it 
  firmly 
  lo 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  protecting 
  the 
  ends. 
  In 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  stem 
  are 
  longitudinal 
  guide 
  holes 
  extending 
  inward. 
  From 
  these 
  

   extend 
  counter 
  holes 
  to 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  Between 
  the 
  guide 
  

   holes 
  aud 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  float 
  are 
  holes 
  which 
  extend 
  diagonally 
  

   through 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  float 
  is 
  strung 
  upon 
  the 
  line 
  by 
  the 
  holes 
  in 
  

   the 
  stem. 
  The 
  friction 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  holes 
  prevents 
  the 
  moving 
  or 
  

   slipping 
  of 
  the 
  float 
  when 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  suddenly 
  jerked. 
  The 
  line 
  passes 
  

  

  