﻿[73] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1047 
  

  

  rings 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  where 
  the 
  blocks 
  D 
  are 
  in 
  Fig. 
  1, 
  the 
  bridle- 
  

   ropes 
  C 
  being- 
  fastened 
  to 
  these 
  rings, 
  connecting 
  with 
  the 
  seine, 
  and 
  

   the 
  purse-rope 
  E 
  passing 
  through 
  them 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  boat 
  at 
  X. 
  To 
  

   raise 
  the 
  seine 
  and 
  remove 
  the 
  fish 
  the 
  purse-rope 
  E 
  must 
  be 
  drawn 
  

   into 
  the 
  boat, 
  pursing 
  up 
  the 
  seine 
  and 
  slipping 
  through 
  the 
  rings. 
  

   There 
  is 
  necessarily 
  much 
  friction 
  in 
  this 
  process, 
  and 
  consequently 
  

   much 
  strength 
  is 
  required. 
  To 
  relieve 
  this 
  friction 
  the 
  pulley-blocks 
  D 
  

   are 
  presented. 
  The 
  purse-rope 
  E 
  passes 
  over 
  the 
  pulley 
  G 
  in 
  the 
  shell 
  

   1)', 
  and 
  the 
  bridle-rope 
  passes 
  under 
  the 
  cross-bar 
  H 
  (through 
  the 
  open- 
  

   ing 
  I 
  above 
  the 
  partition 
  J), 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  fast 
  to 
  said 
  cross-bar 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  a 
  cord, 
  K, 
  to 
  accommodate 
  which 
  a 
  gouge 
  or 
  depression, 
  L, 
  is 
  made 
  

   therein. 
  When 
  the 
  seine 
  is 
  pursed 
  up, 
  the 
  pulley-blocks, 
  being 
  brought 
  

   close 
  together, 
  are 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  lapping 
  into 
  each 
  other 
  — 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  shells 
  

   D' 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  forced 
  in 
  upon 
  the 
  pulleys 
  Gr 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  blocks 
  and 
  in- 
  

   terfere 
  with 
  the 
  pulleys 
  and 
  rope 
  E. 
  To 
  prevent 
  this 
  the 
  fenders 
  S 
  are 
  

   provided, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  shell. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  herein-described 
  purse-block 
  for 
  seines, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  

   D', 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  fenders 
  S, 
  extending 
  laterally 
  across 
  the 
  same, 
  on 
  

   opposite 
  sides 
  thereof, 
  the 
  horizontal 
  partition 
  J 
  above 
  the 
  pulley 
  G, 
  

   and 
  the 
  cross-piece 
  n, 
  located 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  frame, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  an 
  indentation 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  cord, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  bridle 
  rope 
  is 
  secured, 
  all 
  combined 
  and 
  arranged 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the-purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  256287. 
  

  

  (Jean 
  Channier, 
  of 
  Lyons, 
  France, 
  assignor, 
  by 
  direct 
  and 
  mesne 
  assignments, 
  to 
  

   Pierre 
  J. 
  Boris, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  Frank 
  G. 
  Kincaid, 
  of 
  Somerville, 
  and 
  Osceola 
  A. 
  Whit- 
  

   more, 
  of 
  Maiden, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  patented 
  April 
  11, 
  1882; 
  machine 
  for 
  making 
  fish-nets. 
  

   Patented 
  in 
  France 
  October 
  30, 
  1S80. 
  See 
  Plates 
  XCIII 
  to 
  C, 
  inclusive.) 
  

  

  This 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  machines 
  for 
  making 
  netting 
  for 
  seines 
  of 
  

   the 
  description 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "diagonal 
  mesh." 
  The 
  primary 
  object 
  is 
  

   to 
  provide 
  devices 
  for 
  tying 
  the 
  threads 
  or 
  cords 
  automatically 
  into 
  

   knots 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  fisherman's" 
  or 
  "double-becket" 
  knot, 
  and 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  hand-made 
  nets. 
  A 
  further 
  

   object 
  is 
  to 
  provide 
  mechanism 
  for 
  producing 
  a 
  net 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  made 
  

   by 
  hand 
  in 
  a 
  rapid 
  and 
  effective 
  manner, 
  and 
  so 
  to 
  construct 
  and 
  ar- 
  

   range 
  the 
  knot-tyiug 
  devices 
  that 
  the 
  knots 
  will 
  be 
  tied 
  with 
  great 
  rap- 
  

   idity 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  which 
  will 
  prevent 
  their 
  slipping. 
  The 
  means 
  of 
  

   forming 
  the 
  meshes 
  and 
  tying 
  the 
  knots 
  may 
  be 
  illustrated 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   The 
  thread-guide 
  and 
  lifter 
  C 
  2 
  rises 
  vertically 
  and 
  lifts 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  

   W 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  thread- 
  bearer 
  n, 
  the 
  slots 
  h 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  to 
  

   receive 
  the 
  threads 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  pivoted 
  arm 
  C 
  8 
  striking 
  against 
  

   the 
  inner 
  sliding 
  section, 
  A 
  2 
  , 
  carrying 
  the 
  pins 
  /r, 
  drawing 
  the 
  pins 
  back 
  

  

  