﻿[83] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  KELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1057 
  

  

  is, 
  will 
  open 
  at 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  to 
  the 
  fish 
  ascending- 
  the 
  stream 
  — 
  

   and 
  will 
  be 
  entered 
  by 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  attempt 
  to 
  pass 
  under 
  the 
  wheel. 
  

   Then, 
  as 
  each 
  segment 
  rises, 
  the 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  scooped 
  up, 
  carried 
  in 
  and 
  

   shunted 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  chute, 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  delivered 
  into 
  the 
  

   trap-cage, 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  at 
  pleasure. 
  The 
  wheel 
  may 
  be 
  raised 
  or 
  

   lowered 
  as 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  varies. 
  

  

  Tackle, 
  not 
  shown, 
  for 
  hoisting 
  the 
  wheel 
  will 
  be 
  used 
  mainly 
  in 
  case 
  

   of 
  raising 
  the 
  wheel 
  for 
  protection 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  floods. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  A 
  fishing- 
  wheel 
  having 
  sector-nets 
  provided 
  with 
  mouths 
  P 
  and 
  

   discharge-opening 
  I, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  discharge-chute 
  and 
  a 
  cage- 
  

   net, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  fishing-wheel 
  having 
  catching-nets, 
  of 
  

   cage-net 
  arranged 
  to 
  move 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  in 
  guide-ways, 
  and 
  provided 
  

   with 
  hoisting 
  and 
  lowering 
  tackle, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  301653. 
  

  

  (Thornton 
  F. 
  Williams, 
  Cascade 
  Locks, 
  Oreg.; 
  patented 
  July 
  8, 
  1884; 
  fishing-machine. 
  

  

  Seo 
  Plate 
  CVII.) 
  

  

  A 
  wheel 
  of 
  revolving 
  dip-nets 
  is 
  mounted 
  on 
  a 
  scow 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   located 
  in 
  different 
  positions. 
  The 
  supports 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  are 
  upon 
  an 
  

   extension 
  of 
  the 
  stern 
  of 
  the 
  scow, 
  and 
  the 
  nets 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  double- 
  

   inclined 
  chutes, 
  for 
  discharging 
  the 
  fish 
  out 
  of 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  

   into 
  other 
  chutes 
  extending 
  forward 
  and 
  discharging 
  into 
  the 
  hold 
  of 
  

   the 
  scow, 
  which 
  may 
  contain 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  wheel-arms 
  are 
  

   contrived 
  with 
  buckets 
  for 
  rotating 
  the 
  nets. 
  The 
  wheel 
  consists 
  of 
  

   axle 
  a, 
  arms 
  b, 
  rims 
  c 
  and 
  d, 
  and 
  floats 
  e, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  arms 
  for 
  turn 
  

   iug 
  the 
  wheel 
  by 
  the 
  current 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  floats 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  out- 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  arms 
  and 
  parallel 
  to 
  them, 
  instead 
  of 
  extending 
  across 
  from 
  

   one 
  arm 
  to 
  another, 
  which 
  would 
  turn 
  the 
  fish 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  nets. 
  

   The 
  wheel 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  crank 
  and 
  be 
  turned 
  by 
  power 
  from 
  the 
  scow 
  or 
  

   elsewhere. 
  The 
  shaft 
  is 
  mounted 
  in 
  boxes 
  /, 
  which 
  may 
  slide 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  

   post, 
  g, 
  by 
  a 
  clip, 
  //, 
  connecting 
  it 
  thereto. 
  The 
  boxes, 
  being 
  suspended 
  

   by 
  cords 
  i, 
  form 
  an 
  overhead 
  beam, 
  j; 
  or 
  two 
  posts 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  each 
  

   box, 
  to 
  form 
  guides 
  between 
  which 
  the 
  boxes 
  may 
  be 
  fitted; 
  or 
  a 
  sash- 
  

   frame 
  connected 
  over 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  and 
  having 
  the 
  boxes 
  in 
  it, 
  

   may 
  be 
  arranged 
  between 
  the 
  posts. 
  The 
  cords 
  will 
  pass 
  over 
  pulleys 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  posts, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  a 
  windlass 
  Jc, 
  on 
  the 
  scow, 
  for 
  

   raising 
  and 
  lowering 
  the 
  wheel. 
  The 
  posts 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  stern 
  tim- 
  

   bers 
  or 
  keelsons 
  I 
  of 
  the 
  scow 
  on, 
  the 
  posts 
  being 
  stayed 
  by 
  rods 
  n. 
  The 
  

   nets 
  consist 
  of 
  two 
  sides 
  o, 
  back 
  p, 
  and 
  a 
  rim-section, 
  q, 
  of 
  wire-gauze 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  wheel-arms, 
  rim-bars 
  t, 
  and 
  backstays 
  u, 
  in 
  snch 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  that 
  the 
  rim-section 
  q 
  and 
  back 
  p 
  receive 
  the 
  fish 
  entering 
  be- 
  

   S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  67 
  

  

  