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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [84] 
  

  

  tweeii 
  the 
  sides 
  o, 
  gather 
  them 
  in 
  as 
  the 
  nets 
  rise 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  pass 
  

   them 
  toward 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  wheel, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  double-inclined 
  

   chutes 
  r, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  delivered 
  from 
  the 
  back 
  p 
  of 
  the 
  nets 
  

   as 
  they 
  revolve, 
  and 
  discharge 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  out 
  

   of 
  both 
  ends 
  into 
  long 
  chutes 
  w, 
  alongside 
  and 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  wheel, 
  to 
  conduct 
  the 
  fish 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  hold 
  of 
  the 
  scow. 
  These 
  

   chutes 
  will 
  have 
  perforated 
  or 
  slat 
  bottoms 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  water 
  discharg- 
  

   ing 
  into 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  nets 
  to 
  escape, 
  in 
  order 
  not 
  to 
  flow 
  into 
  and 
  fill 
  

   the 
  scow. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  A 
  fishing-machine 
  consisting 
  of 
  revolving 
  dip-nets 
  having 
  chutes 
  

   discharging 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  revolving 
  net-w 
  r 
  heel, 
  supporting-posts 
  

   for 
  said 
  wheel, 
  a 
  scow 
  having 
  extension-timbers 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  for 
  the 
  

   support 
  of 
  the 
  posts, 
  and 
  chutes 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  wheel 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  

   fish 
  from 
  the 
  nets 
  and 
  discharge 
  them 
  into 
  the 
  scow, 
  combined 
  and 
  

   arranged, 
  and 
  the 
  net-wheel 
  being 
  provided 
  with 
  means 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   turned, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  revolving 
  shaft 
  a, 
  carrying 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   dip-nets 
  having 
  openings 
  in 
  their 
  sides, 
  with 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  double-inclined 
  

   chutes 
  v, 
  mounted 
  on 
  the 
  shaft, 
  and 
  the 
  inclined 
  portions 
  thereof 
  resting 
  

   upon 
  the 
  lower 
  back 
  portions, 
  p, 
  of 
  the 
  nets, 
  with 
  their 
  ends 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  

   the 
  openings 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  said 
  nets, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  252466. 
  

  

  (Albert 
  N. 
  Iloxio, 
  Foxborougb, 
  Mass., 
  and 
  Edward 
  Collins, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  

   January 
  17. 
  1882; 
  fish-trap. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CVIII.) 
  

  

  The 
  posts 
  of 
  the 
  trap 
  are 
  made 
  hollow 
  and 
  of 
  metal, 
  and 
  are 
  strength- 
  

   ened 
  by 
  a 
  movable 
  frame, 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  rod 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  frame 
  is 
  about 
  

   the 
  line 
  of 
  posts 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  and 
  serves 
  as 
  a 
  buoy. 
  It 
  is 
  attached 
  

   loosely 
  to 
  the 
  posts, 
  and 
  is 
  permitted 
  to 
  slide 
  up 
  and 
  down, 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  

   fixed 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  separate 
  net 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  trap 
  is 
  stretched 
  

   from 
  a 
  post 
  in 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  transverse 
  to 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  channel. 
  Thus 
  fish 
  going 
  up 
  or 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  will 
  

   be 
  directed 
  into 
  the 
  trap, 
  and 
  thence 
  will 
  pass 
  into 
  the 
  pound. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "In 
  a 
  fish-trap, 
  the 
  posts 
  A 
  A, 
  made 
  hollow, 
  and 
  of 
  metal, 
  the 
  said 
  

   posts 
  being 
  arranged 
  as 
  shown, 
  the 
  rods 
  h, 
  the 
  frame 
  G, 
  and 
  the 
  net 
  B, 
  

   all 
  arranged 
  and 
  combined 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  shown, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  254989. 
  

  

  (Major 
  B. 
  Marshall, 
  Vienna, 
  Md. 
  ; 
  patented 
  March 
  14, 
  1882; 
  fish-trap. 
  See 
  Plato 
  

  

  CIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  trap 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  poles 
  driven 
  into 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  near 
  

   its 
  bank 
  forming 
  three 
  jnclogures, 
  one 
  of 
  spear-head 
  shape, 
  and 
  two 
  

  

  