﻿1056 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [82] 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  A 
  fish- 
  wheel, 
  A, 
  having 
  baskets 
  F 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  described, 
  the 
  

   sides 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  wheel-arms, 
  'the 
  diagonal 
  pieces 
  G, 
  aud 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  O, 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  Pieces 
  and 
  frames 
  H 
  7 
  , 
  rising 
  and 
  falling, 
  as 
  shown, 
  on 
  guides 
  

   D, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  wheel." 
  

  

  No. 
  259143. 
  

  

  (Thomas 
  Heaton, 
  Vancouver, 
  Wash.; 
  patented 
  June 
  6, 
  1882; 
  mechanical 
  device 
  

   for 
  catching 
  fish. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CV.) 
  

  

  An 
  endless 
  chain 
  passes 
  over 
  two 
  skeleton 
  wheels, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   journaled 
  in 
  shaft 
  supports 
  upon 
  two 
  connected 
  floats 
  or 
  boats, 
  the 
  other 
  

   wheel 
  is 
  submerged, 
  the 
  endless 
  chain 
  having 
  nets 
  for 
  catching 
  and 
  

   elevating 
  the 
  fish. 
  The 
  submerged 
  skeleton 
  wheel 
  may 
  be 
  adjusted 
  to 
  

   suit 
  different 
  depths 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  instead 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  nets 
  for 
  catch- 
  

   ing 
  fish, 
  rakes, 
  forks, 
  or 
  tines 
  may 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  chain 
  and 
  used 
  

   for 
  gathering 
  and 
  elevating 
  oysters 
  and 
  clams. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  two 
  endless 
  parallel 
  chains 
  on 
  two 
  skeleton 
  

   wheels 
  and 
  two 
  floats 
  supporting 
  the 
  same, 
  whereby 
  oyster- 
  dredges, 
  

   fishing-nets, 
  or 
  sand-elevators 
  may 
  be 
  operated 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  floats 
  having 
  blocks 
  g 
  and 
  carrying-shaft 
  a, 
  

   of 
  a 
  submerged 
  wheel 
  D, 
  having 
  its 
  axle 
  suspended 
  both 
  from 
  shaft 
  a 
  

   by 
  the 
  rods 
  /and 
  by 
  hooks 
  and 
  eyes 
  from 
  the 
  floats, 
  and 
  held 
  in 
  any 
  

   desired 
  position 
  by 
  the 
  rods 
  d, 
  passing 
  through 
  loops 
  e 
  on 
  said 
  blocks 
  

   #, 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  In 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  boats 
  or 
  floats 
  A 
  A, 
  skeleton 
  wheel 
  C, 
  

   journaled 
  upon 
  the 
  boats, 
  the 
  submerged 
  wheel 
  D, 
  hung 
  on 
  the 
  rods//, 
  

   and 
  the 
  endless 
  chains 
  E, 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  fish-nets 
  F, 
  the 
  submerged 
  

   wheel 
  being 
  adjustable 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  braces 
  b 
  b 
  and 
  the 
  rods 
  or 
  

   chains 
  d 
  d, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  264395. 
  

  

  (Samuel 
  Wilson, 
  Dallas, 
  Iowa; 
  patented 
  September 
  12, 
  1882; 
  fishing-wheel. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  CVI.) 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  wheel 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  more 
  segments 
  which 
  have 
  

   wire 
  or 
  other 
  netting 
  at 
  their 
  peripheral 
  and 
  side 
  portions, 
  but 
  have 
  

   their 
  upper 
  projecting 
  portions 
  or 
  scoop 
  ends 
  free. 
  The 
  openings 
  com- 
  

   municate 
  with 
  an 
  escape 
  passage 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  wheel, 
  which 
  

   leads 
  to 
  a 
  chute 
  leading 
  to 
  a 
  cage-net, 
  all 
  so 
  arranged 
  that 
  the 
  wheel 
  

   being 
  located 
  in 
  a 
  fish 
  way 
  and 
  rotated 
  by 
  the 
  water 
  flowing 
  against 
  it, 
  

   or 
  by 
  another 
  wheel 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  shaft 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  fishway, 
  the 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  or 
  the 
  scoops 
  will 
  dip 
  against 
  the 
  current 
  — 
  that 
  

  

  