﻿[67] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1041 
  

  

  side 
  nets 
  forming 
  ii 
  pocket 
  prevent 
  the 
  fish 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  net 
  

   i'rom 
  becoming 
  disengaged, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  loss 
  in 
  the 
  haul, 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  large 
  the 
  catch 
  may 
  be. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  improved 
  gill-net 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described, 
  composed 
  of 
  a 
  

   middle 
  net, 
  F, 
  or 
  gill-net 
  proper, 
  placed 
  between 
  two 
  nets, 
  E 
  and 
  E, 
  to 
  

   form 
  the 
  pockets 
  a 
  and 
  b. 
  the 
  inner 
  net 
  being 
  of 
  finer 
  mesh 
  than 
  the 
  

   two 
  side 
  nets 
  between 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  placed, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  270641. 
  

  

  (Jasper 
  N. 
  Dodge, 
  Detroit, 
  Mich.; 
  patented 
  January 
  l(i, 
  1833; 
  iitsli-net. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

  

  LXXXV.) 
  

  

  A 
  collapsing 
  landing 
  and 
  minnow 
  or 
  bait-net 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  expanded 
  

   readily 
  for 
  use 
  or 
  collapsed 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  packed 
  without 
  unscrewing 
  the 
  

   head 
  from 
  the 
  pole. 
  A 
  hoop 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  two 
  spring 
  arms, 
  which 
  

   arc 
  perforated 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  netting, 
  are 
  made 
  heaviest 
  at 
  their 
  inner 
  

   ends 
  where 
  the 
  greatest 
  strain 
  is, 
  are 
  jointed 
  together 
  at 
  their 
  outer 
  

   ends, 
  and 
  at 
  their 
  inner 
  ends 
  are 
  hinged 
  to 
  a 
  sleeve. 
  These 
  arms 
  have 
  

   hinged 
  to 
  them 
  two 
  braces, 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  hinged 
  to 
  a 
  thimble, 
  the 
  

   sleeve 
  and 
  thimble 
  being 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  staff, 
  and 
  secured 
  

   thereon 
  by 
  a 
  head 
  plate 
  held 
  firmly 
  against 
  the 
  thimble. 
  When 
  the 
  

   sleeve 
  is 
  pushed 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  the 
  braces 
  will 
  be 
  extended 
  

   and 
  hold 
  the 
  spring 
  arms 
  out 
  forming 
  a 
  hoop. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  catching 
  minnows 
  or 
  bait 
  a 
  separate 
  net 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   vided, 
  secured 
  to 
  narrower 
  and 
  thinner 
  spring-arms 
  of 
  a 
  hoop, 
  F 
  and 
  F', 
  

   as 
  shown 
  in 
  Figs. 
  5 
  and 
  6, 
  said 
  arms 
  being 
  turned 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  to 
  form 
  

   flanges, 
  or 
  otherwise 
  provided 
  with 
  lips,/, 
  whereby 
  the}' 
  may 
  be 
  secured 
  

   in 
  the 
  arms 
  D 
  and 
  D'. 
  This 
  separate 
  bait-net 
  is 
  thus 
  adapted 
  to 
  be 
  put 
  

   into 
  that 
  previously 
  described. 
  When 
  not 
  in 
  use 
  it 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  

   taken 
  out, 
  folded 
  up, 
  and 
  stowed 
  away 
  in 
  any 
  convenient 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  aware 
  that 
  heretofore 
  the 
  hoop 
  of 
  a 
  bait-net 
  has 
  been 
  provided 
  

   with 
  hinges 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  folded, 
  and 
  having 
  its 
  sides 
  connected 
  by 
  rods 
  

   with 
  a 
  sliding 
  sleeve 
  on 
  the 
  staff 
  or 
  rod, 
  so 
  that 
  by 
  operating 
  said 
  sleeve 
  

   the 
  hoop 
  may 
  be 
  expanded 
  or 
  collapsed, 
  as 
  desired, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  claim 
  

   such 
  construction, 
  broadly." 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  a 
  collapsable 
  landing 
  and 
  bait-net, 
  a 
  hoop 
  constructed 
  of 
  two 
  

   spring-arms, 
  hinged 
  together 
  at 
  their 
  outer 
  ends 
  and 
  at 
  their 
  inner 
  ends 
  

   hinged 
  to 
  a 
  sleeve, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  two 
  braces 
  hinged 
  to 
  said 
  arms 
  

   and 
  to 
  a 
  thimble, 
  said 
  sleeve 
  and 
  thimble 
  adapted 
  to 
  pass 
  over 
  a 
  staff, 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  A 
  collapsable 
  landing 
  and 
  bait 
  net 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  hoop 
  constructed 
  

   of 
  two 
  spring-arms, 
  hinged 
  together 
  at 
  their 
  outer 
  ends 
  and 
  at 
  their 
  

   S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  66 
  

  

  