﻿1088 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [114] 
  

  

  connected 
  with 
  suitable 
  means 
  for 
  generating 
  1 
  and 
  maintaining 
  a 
  current 
  

   of 
  electricity, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  cases 
  or 
  boxes, 
  B, 
  adapted 
  to 
  pass 
  length- 
  

   wise 
  of 
  the 
  box 
  A 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  disks 
  0, 
  and 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  to 
  be 
  treated, 
  all 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  herein 
  set 
  

   forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  an 
  apparatus 
  for 
  subjecting 
  orgauic 
  substances 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  

   of 
  electricity, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  arranged 
  to 
  rotate 
  in 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  directions, 
  the 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A, 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  cases 
  or 
  boxes, 
  B, 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  box 
  A 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  and 
  wires 
  

   or 
  conductors 
  adapted 
  to 
  connect 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  electricity, 
  

   arranged 
  to 
  pass 
  a 
  current 
  of 
  electricity 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  disks 
  

   C, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  a 
  case 
  or 
  box, 
  B, 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  passed 
  

   through 
  the 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A, 
  all 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   herein 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  In 
  an 
  apparatus 
  for 
  subjecting 
  organic 
  substances 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  

   of 
  electricity, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  insulated 
  bearings 
  a 
  and 
  insulated 
  

   pulleys 
  c 
  c' 
  with 
  the 
  shafts 
  b, 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  the 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A, 
  and 
  one 
  

   or 
  more 
  cases 
  or 
  boxes, 
  B, 
  adapted 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  box 
  A 
  and 
  

   between 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  all 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  herein 
  set 
  

   forth. 
  

  

  u 
  4. 
  In 
  an 
  apparatus 
  for 
  subjecting 
  organic 
  substances 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  

   of 
  electricity, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  cases 
  or 
  boxes, 
  B, 
  having 
  

   sides 
  capable 
  of 
  conducting 
  electricity, 
  and 
  non-conducting 
  ends, 
  top, 
  

   and 
  bottom, 
  the 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A, 
  the 
  disks 
  U, 
  and 
  wires 
  or 
  conductors 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  connect 
  the 
  apparatus 
  with 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  electricity 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  maintain 
  a 
  current 
  of 
  electricity 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  disks 
  C 
  to 
  the 
  other, 
  

   the 
  conducting 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  or 
  boxes 
  B, 
  and 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  said 
  

   cases 
  or 
  boxes, 
  all 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  herein 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  275973. 
  

  

  (Oscar 
  Andrews, 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass. 
  : 
  patented 
  April 
  17, 
  18813 
  ; 
  preparing 
  salt 
  lish 
  for 
  

   market. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CXLII.) 
  

  

  Salt 
  iish 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  bars 
  or 
  cakes, 
  eacli 
  cake 
  weighing 
  one, 
  two, 
  or 
  

   more 
  pounds. 
  The 
  layers 
  of 
  tish 
  are 
  held 
  together 
  in 
  compact 
  form 
  by 
  

   thread 
  or 
  twine 
  sewed 
  through 
  them. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  The 
  method 
  oi" 
  preparing 
  salt 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  market, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   first 
  making 
  the 
  layers 
  of 
  fish 
  into 
  a 
  bar 
  or 
  cake, 
  and 
  then 
  applying 
  a 
  

   fastening 
  material 
  interiorly 
  to 
  the 
  bar 
  or 
  cake 
  by 
  passing 
  said 
  fasten- 
  

   ing 
  material 
  through 
  the 
  layers 
  of 
  fish 
  constituting 
  said 
  bar 
  or 
  cake, 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  As 
  an 
  improved 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  a 
  bar 
  or 
  cake 
  of 
  salt 
  fish, 
  

   the 
  layers 
  offish 
  which 
  constitute 
  said 
  bar 
  or 
  cake 
  being 
  held 
  together 
  

   compactly 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  fastening 
  material 
  passed 
  through 
  said 
  layers, 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  described." 
  

  

  