﻿1040 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [66] 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  In 
  the 
  lock 
  -joint 
  for 
  fishing-rods, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  sleeve 
  

   A, 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  locking-stud 
  of 
  the 
  sleeve 
  E, 
  constructed 
  to 
  fit 
  within 
  

   the 
  sleeve 
  A, 
  and 
  a 
  collar, 
  H, 
  held 
  to 
  slide 
  and 
  rotate 
  on 
  said 
  sleev.e 
  

   E, 
  and 
  formed 
  with 
  an 
  L-shaped 
  slot 
  for 
  engaging 
  the 
  locking-stud 
  on 
  

   the 
  other 
  sleeve, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  u 
  2. 
  In 
  a 
  lock-joint 
  for 
  fishing 
  rods, 
  the 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  sleeve 
  

   A, 
  provided 
  near 
  one 
  end 
  with 
  the 
  collar 
  or 
  annular 
  ridge 
  C 
  and 
  the 
  

   the 
  studs 
  M 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sleeve 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  collar, 
  of 
  the 
  

   sleeve, 
  E, 
  fitting 
  in 
  the 
  sleeve 
  A 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  annular 
  ridge 
  

   or 
  collar 
  G, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  sliding 
  sleeve 
  H, 
  having 
  an 
  inwardly 
  projecting 
  

   flange, 
  J, 
  above 
  the 
  collar 
  G, 
  and 
  also 
  having 
  two 
  L-shaped 
  slots, 
  K, 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  upward 
  from 
  the 
  free 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  sleeve 
  H, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  309028. 
  

  

  (William 
  W. 
  Byington, 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  December 
  0, 
  1884 
  ; 
  iish 
  line 
  and 
  book 
  

   guard. 
  See 
  Plato 
  LXXXIII.) 
  

  

  A 
  piece 
  of 
  clastic 
  metal 
  resembling 
  the 
  ordinary 
  " 
  eye" 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  hook 
  

   and 
  eye 
  "of 
  commerce 
  is 
  slipped 
  over 
  the 
  fish 
  -rod 
  and 
  the 
  shaft 
  or 
  

   shank 
  of 
  the 
  fish-hook. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  fishing-rod 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  dependent 
  from 
  

   end 
  thereof, 
  of 
  a 
  detachable 
  spring-band 
  encircling 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  clamp- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  inner 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  baud 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  rod, 
  whereby 
  during 
  transportation 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  line 
  are 
  

   maintained 
  in 
  close 
  relationship 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  throughout 
  their 
  length 
  

   while 
  the 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  and 
  speedily 
  released 
  for 
  use, 
  substanti- 
  

   ally 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  255671. 
  

  

  (Matthew 
  and 
  Thomas 
  Reynolds, 
  Havre 
  De 
  Grace, 
  Md. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  28, 
  188*2; 
  

   gill-net. 
  See 
  Plate 
  LXXXIV.) 
  

  

  The 
  net 
  consists 
  of 
  three 
  parts, 
  viz, 
  a 
  double 
  net 
  externally, 
  the 
  mesh 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  permit 
  fish 
  to 
  pass 
  through, 
  and 
  an 
  intermediate 
  

   net, 
  which 
  constitutes 
  the 
  gill-net 
  proper, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  therefore 
  of 
  finer 
  

   mesh. 
  The 
  three 
  nets 
  are 
  united 
  at 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  by 
  ropes, 
  thus 
  

   forming 
  two 
  pockets, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  net. 
  As 
  the 
  fish 
  

   come 
  against 
  the 
  net, 
  they 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  coarse 
  mesh 
  net 
  into 
  the 
  

   pocket, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  gill-net, 
  which 
  is 
  reinforced 
  or 
  

   braced 
  in 
  its 
  bulged 
  position 
  by 
  the 
  net 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side, 
  thus 
  pre- 
  

   venting 
  breaking 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  however 
  great 
  the 
  strain. 
  In 
  hauling, 
  the 
  

  

  