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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [96] 
  

  

  No. 
  295517. 
  

  

  (Charles 
  A. 
  Bergtold, 
  Now 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  patented. 
  March 
  25, 
  1884 
  ; 
  fish-hox. 
  See 
  Plato 
  

  

  CXXVI.) 
  

  

  The 
  outer 
  or 
  main 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  box 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  removable 
  

   cover, 
  at 
  one 
  extremity 
  whereof 
  is 
  placed 
  a 
  block 
  whereon 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   dressed. 
  A 
  door 
  or 
  cover 
  shuts 
  over 
  the 
  inner 
  box, 
  and 
  is 
  provided 
  

   with 
  a 
  glazed 
  panel. 
  This 
  cover 
  is 
  hinged 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  named, 
  and, 
  

   when 
  opened, 
  rests 
  against 
  two 
  supports 
  at 
  its 
  back. 
  At 
  one 
  extremity 
  

   of 
  the 
  main 
  box 
  arc 
  located 
  a 
  towel-holder 
  and 
  a 
  receptacle 
  for 
  the 
  

   knife 
  used 
  in 
  preparing 
  the 
  fish 
  for 
  use. 
  The 
  inner 
  box 
  is 
  supported 
  

   upon 
  cleats 
  vertically 
  located 
  at 
  each 
  corner 
  against 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  

   outer 
  box, 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  thereof, 
  serving 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  in- 
  

   ner 
  box 
  and 
  strengthening 
  the 
  outer 
  one. 
  At 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  

   box 
  is 
  a 
  trap, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   boxes 
  may 
  be 
  reached, 
  as 
  the 
  upper 
  box 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  in 
  depth 
  than 
  the 
  

   outer, 
  the 
  trap 
  being 
  provided 
  with 
  handles 
  for 
  removal. 
  Across 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  box 
  extend 
  two 
  cleats 
  cut 
  away 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  The 
  

   walls 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  box 
  are 
  perforated 
  with 
  small 
  holes, 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  cover 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  box 
  is 
  perforated 
  in 
  like 
  manner. 
  In 
  using 
  this 
  

   fish 
  -preserving 
  box 
  a 
  sponge 
  or 
  woolen 
  cloth 
  saturated 
  with 
  water, 
  

   whereiu 
  salt 
  and 
  alum 
  have 
  been 
  dissolved, 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  space 
  

   between 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  boxes 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  in- 
  

   ner 
  box. 
  The 
  evaporating 
  moisture 
  from 
  the 
  sponge 
  or 
  cloth 
  charges 
  

   the 
  air 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  boxes, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  box, 
  keeping 
  the 
  

   fish 
  fresh, 
  and 
  any 
  deleterious 
  oders 
  that, 
  if 
  confined, 
  would 
  hasten 
  de- 
  

   cay 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  pass 
  out 
  through 
  the 
  perforations 
  in 
  the 
  cover. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  '•A 
  fish 
  receptacle 
  and 
  preserving 
  device 
  consisting 
  of 
  main 
  box 
  A, 
  

   having 
  handles 
  D, 
  towel-holder 
  B, 
  knife 
  support 
  0, 
  removable 
  top 
  G, 
  

   having 
  depending 
  edges 
  g, 
  perforations 
  g', 
  and 
  dressing-block 
  L, 
  inner 
  

   box 
  I, 
  having 
  lip 
  1', 
  handles 
  i, 
  trap 
  J, 
  and 
  perforations 
  g', 
  the 
  main 
  box 
  

   being 
  provided 
  with 
  cleats 
  E 
  and 
  F, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  combined 
  and 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  to 
  operate 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  300061'. 
  

  

  (Spencer 
  Leo 
  Eraser 
  and 
  William 
  A. 
  Brighain, 
  Toledo, 
  Ohio; 
  patented 
  Juno 
  10, 
  1884 
  ; 
  

   oyster 
  refrigerator. 
  See 
  Plato 
  CXXVII.) 
  

  

  The 
  refrigerator-box 
  is 
  divided 
  horizontally 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  its 
  middle 
  by 
  

   a 
  perforated 
  partition, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  ice 
  is 
  placed. 
  This 
  partition 
  

   has 
  a 
  central 
  opening, 
  through 
  which 
  is 
  inserted 
  a 
  receptacle, 
  into 
  which 
  

   the 
  articles 
  are 
  placed. 
  This 
  receptacle 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  

   box, 
  and 
  is 
  retained 
  in 
  a 
  proper 
  central 
  position 
  by 
  a 
  partition. 
  The 
  

   box 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  cover, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  central 
  opening, 
  which, 
  when 
  

   the 
  cover 
  is 
  in 
  position, 
  is 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  receptacle. 
  

  

  