Improved Fishing Tackle or Apparatus for Net-fishing.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fishing Tackle or Apparatus for Net-fishing.
I, GUSTAV ADOLF LARSEN, Manufacturer, of 19 Kongens Gade, Christiania,
Norway, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and.
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved fishing tackle called "Svardnoten" and.
devised for fishing in the open sea by being towed by a steam or sailing ship.
The apparatus is illustrated on the accompanying drawing, where;
Fig. 1 is a side elevation,
Fig. 2 is a plan,
Fig. 3 is a front elevation,
Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the arrangement for adjusting the oblique position:
of the boards d.
The apparatus consists of a large bag or receptacle a, and two vertical arms b, b,
projecting from the mouth of the said bag. The said bag a, and the arms b, b, are.
made of hemp, manilla, or other suitable netting. The receptacle a serves to.
receive, and the arms b, b, serve to guide the fish into the said receptacle. Near
the mouth of the bag a, is placed a funnel-shaped backward pointing partition c,
provided at its narrow end with an opening and having for its object to prevent the
fish from escaping out of the said bag.
In order to automatically open the apparatus during the towing, a board d, is.
fixed to the front end of each arm b, the said boards being given such an oblique.
position, that the pressure of the water will cause them to run out sideways or
diverge and thus open the fishing tackle. The said boards are kept upright in the
water by means of a keel e, attached to their bottom end, and they are kept in their
oblique position by means of ropes f, said ropes being fastened to the corners of
the said boards and joined in a knot g, situated somewhat before the middle of the
said boards, and from this point or knot g, another rope h, joins the apparatus on,
to the towing hawser of the ship.
In Fig. 4 is shown a mode of adjusting the angle or position of the said boards, d,.
the boards being provided at their top and bottom with pivots k, on which a.
sector may turn, so that the part m, of the said sector may form a larger or
smaller angle with the board, and in order to secure the position of the sector 1,.
the arc n of the same is provided with a number of holes, through any of which a
bolt may be fastened in the board d. The connection with the arms b, b, of the
fishing tackle is made by ropes o, and with the before named ropes h, by ropes p.
The said ropes h should be of sufficient length, to allow the apparatus to be
opened fully during the towing.
In order to make the apparatus sink, weights g are fastened to the lower part of
the same, and to keep the apparatus at the desired depth, floats r are fastened to.
the upper part of the same by means of ropes, which may be made longer or
shorter, according to the depth desired.
When the speed of the fishing tackles diminishes, or the fishing tackle is retained
on account of the weight of the fish, the two arms b, b, will approach. each other,.
so as to close more or less the entrance to the bag a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
A fishing tackle adanted to overate at the surface or at any suitable depth of

page_text: the water when towed by a ship, the said tackle or apparatus comprising a large
bag or receptacle a, provided near its mouth with a funnel-shaped partition c, for
retaining the fish, two vertical arms b, b, projecting from the mouth of the said
bag, a, for guiding the fish into the same, and oblique boards d adapted to auto-
matically open the apparatus during the towing, substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of June 1894.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents..