﻿1086 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [112] 
  

  

  the 
  cover, 
  and 
  bears 
  with 
  its 
  upper 
  edge 
  against 
  the 
  packing-ring 
  d, 
  

   and 
  secures 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  place, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "6. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  cover 
  B, 
  of 
  a 
  turn-button, 
  L, 
  secured 
  to 
  

   a 
  bolt, 
  I, 
  having 
  a 
  head, 
  M, 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  nose, 
  m, 
  and 
  a 
  plate, 
  N, 
  se- 
  

   cured 
  to 
  the 
  cover 
  13, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  stops, 
  n, 
  between 
  which 
  the 
  nose 
  

   m 
  swings, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  261984. 
  

  

  (James 
  H. 
  Baxter, 
  Portland, 
  Me., 
  assignor 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Dyer 
  and 
  David 
  

   L. 
  Fernald, 
  both 
  of 
  same 
  place; 
  patented 
  August 
  1, 
  1882; 
  apparatus 
  for 
  packing 
  

   dried 
  fish. 
  See 
  Plato 
  CXXXIX.) 
  

  

  Molds 
  which 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  sections 
  hinged 
  together, 
  

   and 
  of 
  cylindrical 
  contour 
  on 
  their 
  interior, 
  are 
  constructed 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  grooves 
  for 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  binding-cords, 
  and 
  with 
  fastenings 
  for 
  

   keeping 
  the 
  molds 
  closed 
  and 
  locked 
  when 
  removing 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  screw 
  press 
  employed, 
  and 
  until 
  the 
  binding-strings 
  are 
  tied, 
  

   during 
  which 
  operation 
  other 
  molds 
  may 
  be 
  successively 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  

   press 
  for 
  a 
  repetition 
  of 
  the 
  process. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  fish-compressing 
  mold 
  C, 
  constructed 
  of 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  hinged 
  together 
  on 
  their 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  of 
  cylindrical 
  contour 
  on 
  

   their 
  interior, 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  transverse 
  grooves, 
  c 
  c', 
  in 
  and 
  through 
  

   them 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  binding 
  strings 
  or 
  cords, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  

   one 
  or 
  more 
  hooks 
  and 
  fastenings, 
  e 
  f, 
  for 
  holding 
  the 
  molds 
  locked 
  

   with 
  the 
  fish 
  under 
  pressure, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  

   herein 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  265735. 
  

  

  (James 
  H. 
  Baxter, 
  Portland, 
  Me., 
  assignor 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Dyer 
  and 
  David 
  

   L. 
  Fernald, 
  both 
  of 
  same 
  place 
  ; 
  patented 
  October 
  10, 
  1882; 
  putting 
  up 
  dried 
  fish. 
  

   See 
  Plate 
  CXL.) 
  

  

  Fish 
  is 
  compressed 
  into 
  a 
  compact 
  mass 
  in 
  a 
  mold 
  under 
  a 
  press 
  and 
  

   held 
  firmly 
  together 
  by 
  binding 
  strings 
  applied 
  at 
  different 
  points 
  in 
  

   its 
  length 
  and 
  tied 
  while 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  under 
  pressure. 
  This 
  bound 
  pack- 
  

   age 
  is 
  then 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  wrapper 
  of 
  waxed 
  paper, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  whole 
  

   is 
  inclosed 
  in 
  an 
  outer 
  wrapper 
  of 
  manilla 
  paper. 
  These 
  wrappers 
  ex- 
  

   clude 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  this 
  fact, 
  with 
  the 
  expulsion 
  of 
  the 
  air 
  from 
  between 
  

   the 
  fish 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  press, 
  prevents 
  the 
  fish 
  spoiling 
  in 
  hot 
  weather 
  or 
  

   on 
  long 
  voyages 
  or 
  from 
  losing 
  weight. 
  On 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  

   wrapper 
  is 
  inscribed 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  marks 
  which 
  enables 
  the 
  dealer 
  to 
  cut 
  

   the 
  package 
  into 
  the 
  desired 
  smaller 
  parts 
  without 
  weighing, 
  aud 
  this 
  

   without 
  objectionable 
  exposure 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  by 
  removing 
  the 
  wrapper 
  

   and 
  without 
  handling 
  it. 
  

  

  