﻿[89] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  PISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1063 
  

  

  No. 
  302086. 
  

  

  (Georgo 
  W. 
  Barton. 
  Bethlehem, 
  Ivy. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  15, 
  1884 
  ; 
  fisherman's 
  minnow- 
  

   bucket. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CXIII.) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  minnow-bucket 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  minnows 
  may 
  

   readily 
  and 
  conveniently 
  be 
  selected 
  and 
  caught. 
  A 
  perforated, 
  dished 
  

   false 
  bottom 
  slides 
  on 
  a 
  vertical 
  rod 
  centrally 
  fixed 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  

   bucket. 
  The 
  false 
  bottom 
  may 
  be 
  raised 
  and 
  lowered 
  by 
  two 
  spring- 
  

   rods 
  fixed 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  p 
  rejections 
  which 
  catch 
  into 
  loops 
  on 
  a 
  

   short 
  transverse 
  bar 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  vertical 
  rod 
  (as 
  shown 
  in 
  

   Fig. 
  1), 
  to 
  set 
  the 
  false 
  bottom 
  at 
  any 
  determined 
  height, 
  the 
  projections 
  

   being 
  released 
  from 
  engagement 
  with 
  the 
  loops 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  

   lower 
  it, 
  by 
  pressing 
  the 
  spring- 
  rods 
  together 
  ; 
  or 
  the 
  false 
  bottom 
  may 
  

   be 
  raised 
  by 
  a 
  spiral 
  spring 
  which 
  encircles 
  the 
  central 
  rod 
  and 
  has 
  one 
  end 
  

   bearing 
  against 
  the 
  bottom 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  against 
  a 
  sleeve 
  on 
  the 
  rod, 
  to 
  

   which 
  sleeve 
  the 
  false 
  bottom 
  is 
  fixed, 
  spring-catches 
  at 
  different 
  heights 
  

   on 
  the 
  sleeve 
  taking 
  into 
  a 
  notch 
  in 
  the 
  rod 
  as 
  desired, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  

   sleeve 
  is 
  turned 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  catches 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  vertical 
  liue 
  with 
  the 
  notch, 
  

   and 
  the 
  false 
  bottom 
  is 
  either 
  being 
  raised 
  by 
  the 
  spring 
  or 
  lowered 
  by 
  

   pushing 
  down 
  the 
  sleeve, 
  all 
  as 
  showu 
  in 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  Instead 
  of 
  several 
  

   spring 
  catches 
  on 
  the 
  sleeve 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  notch 
  in 
  the 
  rod, 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  

   a 
  single 
  catch 
  on 
  the 
  sleeve 
  and 
  several 
  notches 
  in 
  the 
  rod. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  a 
  fisherman's 
  minnow 
  bucket, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  

   guide-rod 
  secured 
  to 
  its 
  bottom, 
  of 
  a 
  false 
  bottom 
  sliding 
  on 
  said 
  guide- 
  

   rod, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  handle 
  having 
  spring-catches 
  engaging 
  with 
  

   the 
  guide-rod 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  a 
  fisherman's 
  minnow-bucket, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  guide- 
  

   rod, 
  B, 
  secured 
  to 
  its 
  bottom 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  notches, 
  i, 
  of 
  a 
  perfo- 
  

   rated 
  false 
  bottom, 
  C, 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  aperturcd 
  tube 
  E, 
  spring-catches, 
  

   /, 
  secured 
  to 
  said 
  tube, 
  and 
  spring 
  F, 
  surrounding 
  the 
  guide-rod 
  and 
  

   arranged 
  between 
  the 
  false 
  bottom 
  and 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  bucket, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  302161. 
  

  

  (Thomas 
  W. 
  Rudolph, 
  of 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  assignor 
  of 
  one-half 
  to 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Moody, 
  of 
  

   Webster 
  Groves, 
  Mo. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  15, 
  1884; 
  minnow-bucl»et. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CXIV.) 
  

  

  In 
  combined 
  minnow-buckets 
  and 
  minnow-nets 
  here, 
  the 
  bucket 
  and 
  

   also 
  the 
  net 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  floating 
  covers. 
  The 
  minnow-bucket 
  has 
  

   a 
  bail, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  cover 
  with 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  its 
  top 
  for 
  holding 
  ice 
  to 
  

   keep 
  the 
  contents 
  cool. 
  The 
  depression 
  is 
  perforated 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  allowing 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  melting 
  ice 
  to 
  drip 
  into 
  the 
  bucket. 
  A 
  

   reticulated 
  bucket 
  of 
  woven 
  wire 
  or 
  fish-net 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  inside 
  the 
  

   minnow-bucket. 
  This 
  wire 
  or 
  net 
  bucket 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  perforated 
  

  

  