﻿[9")] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1069 
  

  

  Door 
  for 
  receiving 
  a 
  box 
  containing- 
  salted 
  fish, 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  slatted 
  

   Door 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  water-pan, 
  which 
  fills 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  moisture 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   vents 
  the 
  rapid 
  evaporation 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  salted 
  fish. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   second 
  slatted 
  Door 
  above 
  the 
  first, 
  above 
  which 
  upper 
  Door 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  case 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  door 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  glass 
  panels. 
  The 
  

   smoked 
  fish 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  slatted 
  Door 
  will 
  be 
  exposed 
  to 
  view 
  by 
  the 
  

   glass. 
  The 
  upper 
  floor, 
  E, 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  solid, 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  being 
  made 
  

   of 
  slats. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  • 
  k 
  1. 
  In 
  a 
  fish-safe, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  box 
  A, 
  of 
  the 
  doors 
  O 
  

   and 
  D, 
  the 
  slatted 
  floors 
  E 
  and 
  F, 
  and 
  the 
  water-pan 
  G, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  a 
  fish-safe, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  box 
  A, 
  of 
  the 
  doors 
  

   and 
  D, 
  the 
  slatted 
  floors 
  E 
  and 
  F, 
  the 
  glass 
  panels 
  J, 
  and 
  the 
  water-pan 
  

   G, 
  substantially 
  as 
  herein 
  shown 
  and 
  described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  

   forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  291195. 
  

  

  (Ralph 
  S. 
  Jennings, 
  Boston, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  January 
  1, 
  1884 
  ; 
  fish 
  package. 
  See 
  

   Plates 
  CXXIV 
  and 
  CXXV.) 
  

  

  The 
  claims 
  describe 
  the 
  package 
  and 
  fully 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  invention 
  be 
  

   lieved 
  to 
  be 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  case. 
  Fig. 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  drawing 
  exhibits 
  a 
  

   supposed 
  course 
  or 
  movement 
  of 
  air. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1 
  . 
  The 
  herein-described 
  portable 
  package 
  for 
  transporting 
  fish, 
  it 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  tight 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  and 
  tight 
  sides, 
  except 
  that 
  one 
  side 
  has 
  au 
  

   air-aperture 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  has 
  another 
  air- 
  

   aperture 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  top, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  partitions 
  or 
  shelves 
  

   formed 
  of 
  narrow 
  cross-bars 
  constructed 
  to 
  allow 
  large 
  air 
  spaces 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  them, 
  and 
  arranged, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth, 
  to 
  compel 
  the 
  air 
  

   which 
  enters 
  the 
  lower 
  aperture 
  through 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  package 
  to 
  

   move 
  in 
  a 
  broken 
  or 
  circuitous 
  passage 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  aperture, 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  '" 
  2. 
  The 
  herein-described 
  portable 
  package 
  for 
  transporting 
  Dsh, 
  it 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  an 
  outside 
  casing 
  and 
  interior 
  partitions 
  or 
  shelves 
  constructed 
  

   of 
  strips 
  or 
  supporting-pieces 
  arranged 
  to 
  allow 
  a 
  free 
  passage 
  of 
  air 
  

   between 
  them, 
  and 
  each 
  arranged 
  to 
  project 
  part 
  way 
  across 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  package 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  adjacent 
  partitions 
  or 
  

   shelves 
  project, 
  and 
  air 
  apertures 
  through 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  casing, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "3. 
  In 
  a 
  portable 
  package 
  for 
  transporting 
  fish, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  

   the 
  external 
  casing 
  and 
  theinterior 
  partitions 
  or 
  supports, 
  each 
  having 
  

   at 
  one 
  edge 
  a 
  cut-away 
  portion 
  or 
  passage 
  for 
  air, 
  and 
  means, 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  set 
  forth, 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  moving 
  over 
  said 
  passage." 
  

  

  