﻿1064 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [90] 
  

  

  cover 
  designed 
  to 
  float 
  the 
  bucket 
  when 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  If 
  the 
  inner 
  

   bucket 
  is 
  of 
  net, 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  hoop 
  at 
  its 
  top, 
  having 
  ears 
  which 
  pass 
  through 
  

   slots 
  made 
  through 
  the 
  floating 
  perforated 
  cover 
  to 
  receive 
  fastenings. 
  

   The 
  ears 
  may 
  receive 
  a 
  pole 
  when 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  catching 
  fish. 
  The 
  

   net 
  may 
  be 
  provided 
  with 
  hoops 
  between 
  its 
  ends 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   keeping 
  it 
  distended 
  when 
  in 
  use. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  an 
  inner 
  reticulated 
  bucket 
  or 
  net, 
  of 
  a 
  

   buoyant 
  cover 
  therefor, 
  and 
  an 
  outer 
  bucket 
  inclosing 
  both, 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  new 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture 
  described, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  minnow- 
  

   net 
  or 
  reticulated 
  bucket 
  having 
  j>erforated 
  ears 
  a 
  a, 
  a 
  cover 
  having 
  

   slots 
  to 
  receive 
  said 
  ears, 
  and 
  a 
  float 
  applied 
  to 
  said 
  cover, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  A 
  perforated 
  minnow-bucket 
  having 
  a 
  float 
  attached 
  to 
  it, 
  in 
  

   combination 
  with 
  an 
  outer 
  imperforate 
  bucket, 
  substantially 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed." 
  

  

  No. 
  307375. 
  

  

  (Charles 
  F.Busche, 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo.; 
  patented 
  October 
  28, 
  1884 
  ; 
  minnow-bucket. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  CXV.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  minnow-buckets 
  which 
  float 
  

   when 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  as 
  heretofore 
  constructed 
  

   such 
  buckets 
  have 
  generally 
  been 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  air-tight 
  chamber 
  

   in 
  the 
  lid 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  bucket 
  to 
  float. 
  The 
  disadvantage 
  of 
  this 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  bucket, 
  it 
  is 
  declared, 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  lifting 
  the 
  lid, 
  the 
  air-cham- 
  

   ber 
  beiug 
  raised 
  with 
  it, 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  bucket 
  is 
  tilted 
  by 
  transferring 
  

   the 
  supporting 
  air-chamber 
  to 
  one 
  side, 
  the 
  result 
  being 
  the 
  upsetting 
  

   of 
  the 
  contents 
  into 
  the 
  larger 
  bucket. 
  To 
  obviate 
  this, 
  the 
  bucket 
  is 
  

   made 
  with 
  an 
  annular 
  air-tight 
  chamber, 
  to 
  which 
  both 
  the 
  perforated 
  

   body 
  and 
  the 
  lid 
  are 
  secured. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "As 
  a 
  new 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  a 
  minnow-bucket 
  consisting 
  of 
  an 
  

   annular 
  air-tight 
  chamber, 
  0, 
  having 
  a 
  lid, 
  B, 
  secured 
  thereto, 
  and 
  a 
  

   perforated 
  body, 
  A, 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  chamber, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown, 
  

   whereby 
  the 
  lid 
  can 
  be 
  raised 
  without 
  disturbing 
  the 
  horizontal 
  position 
  

   of 
  the 
  bucket, 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  253501. 
  

  

  (Edward 
  Bourne, 
  Allegheny, 
  Pa.; 
  patented 
  February 
  14, 
  1882; 
  sportsman's 
  game-ring. 
  

   See 
  Plates 
  CXVI 
  and 
  CXVII.) 
  

  

  The 
  ring 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece 
  of 
  wire 
  pointed 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  which 
  is 
  bent 
  

   to 
  form 
  a 
  hook. 
  At 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  is 
  formed 
  a 
  loop 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  hook 
  

   end 
  is 
  caught 
  after 
  passing 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  game 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  bo 
  carried. 
  

  

  