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  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1010 
  

  

  out 
  of 
  the 
  flout 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  which 
  causes 
  the 
  float 
  to 
  

   sit 
  perpendicularly 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  prevents 
  the 
  wrapping 
  or 
  tang- 
  

   ling 
  of 
  the 
  lino 
  about 
  the 
  stem. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  body 
  a, 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  b, 
  provided 
  at 
  each 
  

   end 
  with 
  the 
  stem-guide 
  "holes 
  d 
  d' 
  and 
  friction 
  -holes 
  e 
  e, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  270358. 
  

  

  (Ralph. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Aklrich, 
  Northampton, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  January 
  9, 
  1883; 
  fishing-float. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XLIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  float 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  block 
  of 
  wood 
  in 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  boat, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  

   :i 
  foot 
  to 
  a 
  foot 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  recess 
  formed 
  in 
  it. 
  In 
  

   this 
  recess 
  is 
  a 
  sheet-metal 
  housing, 
  in 
  which 
  is 
  journaled 
  the 
  reel, 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  line 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  fish-hook 
  is 
  attached 
  is 
  wound. 
  The 
  shaft 
  

   of 
  the 
  reel 
  terminates 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  in 
  or 
  is 
  provided 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  with 
  a 
  

   crank 
  for 
  winding 
  in 
  the 
  line, 
  and 
  for 
  setting 
  or 
  locking 
  the 
  reel 
  and 
  

   mast 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  rods 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  float, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  

   Fig. 
  3. 
  The 
  mast 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  float 
  by 
  springs. 
  These 
  springs 
  

   are 
  fast 
  to 
  a 
  metal 
  socket 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  mast 
  is 
  held, 
  

   and 
  are 
  placed 
  upon 
  a 
  rod 
  which 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  upright 
  plates 
  which 
  

   are 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  a. 
  plate 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  float. 
  The 
  free 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   springs 
  are 
  of 
  considerable 
  length, 
  and 
  extend 
  in 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  

   rest 
  in 
  the 
  plate, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  2, 
  and 
  thus 
  serve 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  springs 
  

   so 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  lift 
  the 
  mast 
  when 
  released. 
  

  

  The 
  sail 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  mast 
  by 
  rings 
  which 
  are 
  attached 
  respect- 
  

   ively 
  to 
  the 
  boom 
  and 
  gaff, 
  and 
  is 
  hoisted 
  when 
  the 
  ma,st 
  is 
  lifted 
  to 
  

   vertical 
  position, 
  by 
  the 
  cord 
  j, 
  which 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  a 
  ring 
  and 
  passes 
  

   through 
  a 
  block, 
  and 
  thence 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  stern 
  of 
  the 
  float, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   made 
  fast 
  in 
  an 
  eye, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  keel 
  of 
  the 
  float 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  hole 
  immediately 
  under 
  the 
  reel 
  for 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  baited 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  stern 
  of 
  the 
  float 
  is 
  

   an 
  eye 
  for 
  attaching 
  to 
  the 
  float 
  the 
  anchor-line. 
  

  

  To 
  prepare 
  the 
  float 
  for 
  fishing, 
  the 
  hook 
  is 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  baited, 
  then 
  

   passed 
  through 
  the 
  hole 
  a, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  line 
  required 
  drawn 
  off 
  

   from 
  the 
  reel. 
  The 
  mast 
  is 
  then 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  

   float, 
  and 
  the 
  rod 
  /<', 
  passed 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  over 
  it 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  rod 
  h, 
  

   and 
  this 
  rod 
  h 
  is 
  then 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  under 
  the 
  crank 
  /of 
  the 
  reel, 
  which 
  

   will 
  cause 
  the 
  rods 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  mast 
  and 
  reel. 
  In 
  this 
  condition 
  the 
  

   float 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  anchored 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  the 
  hook 
  dropped. 
  The 
  

   mast 
  and 
  reel 
  will 
  remain 
  in 
  this 
  locked 
  condition 
  until 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   turbed 
  sufficiently 
  by 
  the 
  biting 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  to 
  turn 
  the 
  reel, 
  whereupon 
  

   the 
  crank 
  will 
  be 
  moved 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  rod 
  h 
  and 
  set 
  the 
  reel 
  and 
  mast 
  

  

  