﻿[93] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1067 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  booms 
  C, 
  the 
  bag 
  or 
  pocket 
  D, 
  the 
  blocks 
  

   ITU, 
  ropes 
  H, 
  and 
  coiled 
  springs 
  F, 
  all 
  arranged 
  and 
  operating 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  vessel 
  A, 
  of 
  the 
  booms 
  0, 
  the 
  bag 
  or 
  

   pocket 
  D, 
  attached 
  to 
  said 
  booms 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  and 
  

   having 
  rings 
  or 
  eyes 
  M, 
  and 
  the 
  ropes 
  L, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  booms, 
  reeved 
  through 
  the 
  eyes 
  M, 
  and 
  having 
  their 
  inner 
  ends 
  

   secured 
  adjustably 
  to 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  268558. 
  

  

  (Michael 
  S. 
  Small, 
  Capo 
  Elizabeth, 
  Me.; 
  patented 
  December 
  5, 
  1882; 
  fish-sack. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  CXXI.) 
  

  

  A 
  floating 
  fish-sack 
  to 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  vessel 
  for 
  holding 
  

   the 
  fish 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  seines. 
  Suspended 
  from 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  fishing 
  vessel 
  by 
  ropes 
  is 
  a 
  square 
  sack 
  of 
  heavy 
  twine 
  

   netting 
  secured 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  which 
  runs 
  around 
  its 
  top 
  and 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  

   hangs. 
  Above 
  the 
  hanging-line 
  on 
  two 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  sack 
  are 
  two 
  flexi- 
  

   ble 
  cylindrical 
  floats. 
  These 
  floats 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  

   cork 
  seine-floats, 
  arranged 
  contiguously 
  along 
  a 
  lace-line, 
  and 
  so 
  closely 
  

   placed 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  one 
  long 
  cylindrical 
  float. 
  They 
  are 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  

   hanging- 
  line 
  by 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  lace-line, 
  and 
  the 
  lace-line 
  and 
  hanging- 
  

   line 
  are 
  further 
  held 
  together 
  by 
  seizings. 
  The 
  cylindrical 
  float 
  is 
  suf- 
  

   ficiently 
  flexible 
  to 
  bend 
  and 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  undulations 
  of 
  the 
  waves. 
  No 
  

   matter 
  how 
  much 
  the 
  vessel 
  may 
  roll, 
  the 
  sack 
  will 
  not 
  "churn," 
  but 
  

   only 
  rise 
  and 
  fall 
  with 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  Fastened 
  to 
  the 
  hang- 
  

   ing-line 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  sack 
  are 
  the 
  looped 
  seine-line 
  for 
  attach- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  seine, 
  seizings, 
  and 
  stop-lines. 
  Projecting 
  over 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  is 
  a 
  boom, 
  and 
  running 
  through 
  a 
  block, 
  a, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   boom 
  is 
  a 
  painter-line. 
  This 
  line 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  hooking 
  into 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  loops 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  sack. 
  When 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  the 
  inner 
  

   ends 
  of 
  the 
  floats 
  rest 
  against 
  the 
  vessel's 
  hull, 
  and 
  projecting 
  outward 
  

   at 
  right 
  angles 
  keep 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  sack 
  extended. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   tendency 
  of 
  the 
  floats 
  to 
  drift 
  in 
  against 
  the 
  vessel's 
  side, 
  the 
  painter- 
  

   line 
  can 
  be 
  hooked 
  into 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  loops 
  and 
  drawn 
  inboard 
  with 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  tautness 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  float 
  extended 
  under 
  the 
  boom. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  

   a 
  school 
  of 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  seine 
  it 
  is 
  brought 
  alongside 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  vessel 
  and 
  the 
  sack 
  is 
  lowered 
  over 
  the 
  side, 
  the 
  suspending 
  

   ropes 
  being 
  made 
  fast 
  to 
  some 
  point 
  along 
  the 
  vessel's 
  rail. 
  The 
  seine 
  

   is 
  then 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  sack 
  by 
  taking 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  floats 
  on 
  the 
  

   hanging-line 
  of 
  the 
  seine, 
  gathering 
  them 
  into 
  a 
  compact 
  bundle, 
  and 
  

   passing 
  this 
  through 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  loops 
  of 
  the 
  seine-line. 
  The 
  stop-line 
  

   is 
  then 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  seine-line 
  aud 
  tightly 
  tied. 
  This 
  operation 
  is 
  

   repeated 
  until 
  all 
  the 
  loops 
  across 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  sack 
  contain 
  a 
  bundle 
  

   of 
  seine 
  buoys. 
  Tims 
  the 
  seine 
  and 
  sack 
  are 
  securely 
  fastened 
  together. 
  

  

  