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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [68] 
  

  

  iuuer 
  ends 
  hinged, 
  to 
  a 
  sleeve, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  two 
  braces 
  hinged 
  

   to 
  said 
  arms 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  thimble, 
  a 
  net 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  the 
  hoop, 
  a 
  

   staff 
  inserted 
  through 
  the 
  sleeve 
  and 
  the 
  thimble, 
  and 
  secured 
  therein 
  

   by 
  a 
  head 
  plate 
  adapted 
  to 
  engage 
  with 
  the 
  thimble 
  when 
  the 
  hoop 
  is 
  

   expanded, 
  said 
  head-plate 
  held 
  firmly 
  against 
  the 
  thimble, 
  when 
  thus 
  

   engaged, 
  by 
  the 
  projecting 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  braces, 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  net 
  from 
  

   turning 
  on 
  the 
  pole, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

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

   perforated 
  spring-arms, 
  hinged 
  together 
  attheir 
  outer 
  ends, 
  made 
  heavier 
  

   at 
  their 
  inner 
  ends, 
  and 
  hinged 
  thereat 
  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. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  In 
  a 
  collapsable 
  landing 
  and 
  bait-net, 
  the 
  spring-arms 
  F 
  and 
  F', 
  

   in 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  suitable 
  net, 
  said, 
  arms 
  provided 
  with 
  means 
  

   whereby 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  secured 
  within 
  the 
  arms 
  I) 
  D', 
  substantially 
  as 
  

   described." 
  

  

  No. 
  272305. 
  

  

  (Otbo 
  M. 
  Muncaster, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  13, 
  1883; 
  landing 
  net. 
  

  

  See 
  Plato 
  LXXXVI.) 
  

  

  A 
  hollow 
  handle 
  of 
  bamboo 
  will 
  hold 
  the 
  wire 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  ring, 
  which 
  

   is 
  sufficiently 
  elastic 
  to 
  be 
  straightened 
  or 
  bent 
  without 
  injury. 
  The 
  

   wire 
  has 
  its 
  ends 
  bent 
  outward, 
  and 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ends 
  is 
  attached 
  a 
  

   longitudinally 
  grooved 
  nut, 
  threaded 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  

   handle 
  has 
  on 
  one 
  end 
  an 
  internally 
  threaded 
  ferrule 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  

   screw 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  nut. 
  To 
  form 
  the 
  net 
  ring 
  the 
  nut 
  of 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  wire 
  is 
  screwed 
  into 
  the 
  ferrule, 
  and 
  the 
  free 
  end 
  is 
  then 
  slipped 
  

   into 
  the 
  groove, 
  where 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  handle 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  fer- 
  

   rule 
  having 
  the 
  groove 
  is 
  sunk. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  net-wire 
  B 
  and 
  the 
  longitudinally-chan- 
  

   neled 
  nut 
  ft 
  2 
  , 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  adapted 
  to 
  fit 
  a 
  threaded 
  ferrule 
  on 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  handle, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  hollow 
  handle 
  or 
  rod 
  A 
  and 
  the 
  elastic 
  

   net-wire 
  carrying 
  the 
  longitudinally-grooved 
  nut 
  b 
  2 
  , 
  substantially 
  as 
  

   described." 
  

  

  No. 
  273651. 
  

  

  (Richard 
  J. 
  Welles, 
  Chicago, 
  111., 
  assignor 
  to 
  William 
  Mills 
  and 
  Thomas 
  Rate 
  Mills, 
  

   Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  G, 
  1883 
  : 
  landing 
  net. 
  See 
  Plato 
  LXXXVII.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  landing-net 
  rings 
  which 
  are 
  detachable 
  from 
  

   their 
  handles, 
  and 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  slipped 
  inside 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  handle 
  

   may 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece, 
  or 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  pieces 
  connected 
  by 
  ferrule. 
  

   The 
  ring-piece 
  may 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  strip 
  or 
  band, 
  elastic 
  or 
  flexible, 
  

  

  