﻿[117] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1091 
  

  

  No. 
  261623. 
  

  

  (Hubert 
  W. 
  Morgan, 
  Westfield, 
  Mass., 
  assignor 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  Edwin 
  R. 
  Lay, 
  of 
  

   same 
  place, 
  and 
  James 
  T. 
  Morgan, 
  of 
  Winsted, 
  Conn.; 
  patented 
  July 
  25, 
  1882; 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  whalebone. 
  No 
  drawing. 
  ) 
  

  

  A 
  strong 
  solution 
  of 
  an 
  alkali, 
  such 
  as 
  potash, 
  is 
  heated 
  and 
  in 
  this, 
  

   whalebone, 
  in 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  whalebone 
  to 
  a 
  quart 
  

   of 
  the 
  solution, 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  consistency 
  desired 
  in 
  

   the 
  resulting 
  mixture, 
  is 
  dissolved. 
  If 
  this 
  solution 
  be 
  applied 
  in 
  coats 
  

   to 
  flexible 
  but 
  comparatively 
  inelastic 
  substances, 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  rendered 
  

   permanently 
  elastic 
  thereby. 
  Whips 
  are 
  instanced. 
  A 
  highly 
  elastic 
  

   body 
  may 
  be 
  produced 
  by 
  making 
  the 
  whalebone 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  

   thicker 
  consistency 
  — 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  thick 
  paste 
  — 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  somewhat 
  plas- 
  

   tic 
  character 
  by 
  adding 
  a 
  larger 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  whalebone 
  cuttings 
  or 
  

   shavings 
  to 
  the 
  given 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  potash 
  solution, 
  and 
  then 
  adding 
  

   thereto 
  fine 
  cuttings 
  of 
  leather 
  or 
  leather 
  ground 
  up 
  into 
  a 
  pulp, 
  so 
  that 
  

   the 
  whole 
  mixture 
  may 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  tough 
  and 
  hard 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  a 
  die, 
  and 
  then 
  molding 
  it. 
  Waste 
  whalebone 
  in 
  cuttings, 
  shavings, 
  

   or 
  waste 
  pieces, 
  is 
  used. 
  This 
  solution 
  of 
  whalebone 
  may 
  have 
  added 
  

   to 
  it 
  any 
  desired 
  water-proof 
  substance, 
  such 
  as 
  gum-shellac 
  or 
  other 
  

   desired 
  substance 
  of 
  similar 
  nature, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  applied 
  it 
  will 
  resist 
  

   the 
  action 
  of 
  moisture 
  or 
  dampness. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  new 
  compound 
  or 
  liquid 
  preparation 
  of 
  whalebone, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   whalebone 
  dissolved 
  in 
  an 
  alkali, 
  substantially 
  as 
  hereinbefore 
  de- 
  

   scribed." 
  

  

  No. 
  299515. 
  

  

  (Reuben 
  Brooks, 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass.; 
  patented 
  June 
  3, 
  1884; 
  process 
  of 
  treating 
  the 
  

   waste 
  of 
  salt 
  fish. 
  See 
  Plate 
  CXLIII.) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  desalt 
  fish-waste. 
  The 
  waste 
  is 
  first 
  mechanically 
  

   disintegrated 
  or 
  pulverized, 
  is 
  then 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  water 
  

   until 
  the 
  salt 
  is 
  removed, 
  or 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  very 
  dilute 
  sulphuric 
  acid, 
  or 
  

   other 
  antiseptic 
  which 
  will 
  also 
  prevent 
  putrefaction, 
  and 
  finally 
  the 
  glue 
  

   is 
  extracted 
  preferably 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  described 
  in 
  patent 
  No. 
  243713, 
  

   granted 
  LePage, 
  July 
  5, 
  1881. 
  The 
  material, 
  after 
  being 
  disintegrated, 
  

   is 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  perforated 
  receptacle, 
  which 
  is 
  itself 
  suspended 
  in 
  a 
  tank 
  

   containing 
  water, 
  the 
  water 
  being 
  changed 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  until 
  the 
  

   desalting 
  process 
  is 
  complete. 
  From 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  sulphuric 
  acid 
  

   may 
  be 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  water, 
  but 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  chemicals 
  may 
  be 
  entirely 
  

   dispensed 
  with 
  if 
  the 
  tanks 
  are 
  so 
  situated 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  a 
  constant 
  

   stream 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  flow 
  in 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  over 
  the 
  material 
  and 
  percolate 
  

   down 
  through 
  the 
  mass. 
  The 
  liquid 
  is 
  discharged 
  from 
  the 
  bottom, 
  

   carrying 
  the 
  salt 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  